10/24 WS GM1: Astros(Keuchel) vs Dodgers(Kershaw) 7PM CT
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Re: 10/24 WS GM1: Astros(Keuchel) vs Dodgers(Kershaw) 7PM CT
The Dodgers won 104 games in the regular season, the Astros 101. When Game 1 dawns on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium -- mere minutes from Century City -- it will be the first time two 100-win teams face each other in the Series since the Reds and Orioles in 1970, and the first time in any postseason series since the Yankees-Royals American League Championship Series in 1977. Only seven times have two 100-game winners met on this Series stage. Now come these two clubs, which have already accomplished so much this year.
Though these clubs added prized upgrades to their rotation -- the Astros with Justin Verlander in the final seconds before the waiver deadline at the end of August, the Dodgers with Yu Darvish in the final seconds before the non-waiver deadline at the end of July -- they both have homegrown stud starters taking the hill in Game 1. Houston heads all the way to Hollywood just to run into a Texan, with Dallas native Clayton Kershaw lined up on regular rest against a fully rested Dallas Keuchel.
The Dodgers, who are 7-1 in this magic month, outscoring their opponents, 48-19, will have had four days of rest by the time Game 1 begins, ample time to evaluate the condition of star shortstop Corey Seager's back after he missed the NLCS. Los Angeles has the home-field advantage by virtue of the superior regular-season record (the first club to gain that advantage under the new format). The Dodgers also had a built-in rotation advantage in the first two rounds of the postseason because of the hamstring injury that held up the Nationals' Max Scherzer and the five-game NL Division Series battle that compromised the Cubs.
But this time, L.A.'s opponent is aligned exactly as hoped -- Keuchel in Game 1, ALCS MVP Verlander in Game 2. This gives the Astros added confidence coming off an epic seven-game battle against the Yankees in the ALCS
At the break in 2017, the Dodgers (61-29) and Astros (60-29) were far and away the best two teams in MLB, each with a winning percentage more than 70 points higher than the third club on the list (the D-backs, who were 53-36). In the grueling test the postseason has become, it is unusual for both clubs that hit that halfway point with the best record in their league to actually face each other in the Fall Classic. It's happened just three times in the Wild Card era (1995 Braves-Indians, 1996 Yankees-Braves and 2013 Red Sox-Cardinals).
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Re: 10/24 WS GM1: Astros(Keuchel) vs Dodgers(Kershaw) 7PM CT
Make it so, Astros.
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The World Series guarantees me three nights where I don’t have to produce a newscast. I like the World Series.
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Re: 10/24 WS GM1: Astros(Keuchel) vs Dodgers(Kershaw) 7PM CT
Major League Baseball announced Gerry Davis, Phil Cuzzi, Laz Diaz, Dan Iassogna, Bill Miller, Paul Nauert and Mark Wegner as the umpires for the 2017 World Series. Davis will serve as the crew chief for the Fall Classic.
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Re: 10/24 WS GM1: Astros(Keuchel) vs Dodgers(Kershaw) 7PM CT
Angel Hernandez got screwed again
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Re: 10/24 WS GM1: Astros(Keuchel) vs Dodgers(Kershaw) 7PM CT
That will give you time to write that book, Three Nights in October, that you have been planning.MrCrowesGarden wrote:The World Series guarantees me three nights where I don’t have to produce a newscast. I like the World Series.