Red Sox/MLB ASTROS WIN THE WORLD SERIES

[Fenway]

 

[Fenway]

Tony LaRussa expected to join Red Sox organization

The Red Sox are expected to announce Thursday that Hall of Fame manager and former Diamondbacks executive Tony La Russa has joined the organization.

His exact role is unclear, but a source told the Herald that La Russa’s next stop will be in Boston following four years in Arizona’s front office, a stint as special assistant to the league’s commissioner, and 33 years as a manager in Chicago, Oakland and St. Louis.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Baseball (as you all know) is my 3rd sport, but here goes:

How does McCullers get the run in there, but Reddick cannot? Just putrid.

If you are Roberts/Darvish, how do you let Springer (probable MVP if HOU wins) beat you there with first base open?

If I am Hinch, I have a real quick hook with LM.

It’s only the second inning and Morrow looked real good. I might have let him hit there?

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Also, that 3rd strike call on Gurriel was low.

And is there a slower player in MLB than McCann?

 

[JRull86]

4 HBP in 2+ innings. I get you have a 5 run lead, but how long can you leave McCullers in with no FB control?

 

[Fossy21]

4 HBP in 2+ innings. I get you have a 5 run lead, but how long can you leave McCullers in with no FB control?

He clearly did it on purpose to break the hearts of Dodgers fans as they were all stranded.

 

[Fossy21]

Strike zone sure seems to favour the Dodgers an awful lot so far.

 

[Fenway]

Seeing Christmas commercials during a baseball game in unsettling

 

[JRull86]

Strike zone sure seems to favour the Dodgers an awful lot so far.

Strike zone has been all over the place

 

[Mr Cartmenez]

Roberts waited way too long to pull Darvish, especially when Kershaw is available for 40+ pitches.

 

[Fenway]

 

[N o o d l e s]

Dodgers should hire Girardi lol

 

[Pia8988]

Springer for MVP

 

[JRull86]

@Aeroforce happy for you.

What a great series. Probably my favorite non-Red Sox related world series since NYY/ARZ. Congrats to the city of Houston, they deserve it.

 

[trenton1]

this was a lousy game. f*** mlb.

 

[Fossy21]

Congrats to the Astros. Great series. On to the offseason we go, should be interesting.

 

[Fenway]

Astros have come a long way from their humble beginnings

@Aeroforce - Was Colt Stadium located where the football stadium is now?

 

[Fenway]

It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.

 

[McGarnagle]

Underwhelming game after the first six. Good for the Astros though, they earned it.

 

[Aeroforce]

@Aeroforce happy for you.

What a great series. Probably my favorite non-Red Sox related world series since NYY/ARZ. Congrats to the city of Houston, they deserve it.

Thanks SO much!!

Gotta admit it was a bit of a nervous day, though not as bad as the night before Boston/Vancouver Game 7 when I couldn't sleep at all. I've followed the Astros since childhood (I'm 49) and there's been lots of 'close but no cigar' and even more 'not even close' seasons.

I remember losing to the Dodgers in 1980 (though the Astros won the one game playoff) and 1981. I remember that epic Game 6 vs. the Mets in 1986 that ultimately ended in heartbreak, amidst all the Mets' allegations of Mike Scott scuffling the ball (who they'd have faced in Game 7). I remember all the playoff flops of the Biggio/Bagwell era, bringing in Randy Johnson to no avail, and even 2005.

So I was guarding my heart for what history suggested would be another failure.

But not tonight - Charlie Brown finally kicked that football.

The hurricane angle, while real, has been played to death. So from a pure sports standpoint, this night was magical. I know Boston has had droughts with their pro teams.

But Houston? The only two championships the city has experienced were the back-to-back Rockets championships in '94 and '95. (I don't, but some even consider those 'asterisk' championships since Michael Jordan was on sabbatical; and of course I cherish Aeros' championships in the WHA, IHL, and AHL.)

My folks are getting up in years, but still doing well, thank God. My dad went to bad in the late innings, but my mom stayed up, donning one of my old Astros' t-shirts with #5 Bagwell on the back. So sharing it with her was fantastic.

The parade is Friday at 2. I'm still in a bit of disbelief. I know when I'm in that groggy state when I wake up tomorrow, I'm going to think I had the craziest dream that the Astros won the World Series. Then I'll wake up and realize - THEY DID!!!!!

 

[Aeroforce]

Astros have come a long way from their humble beginnings

@Aeroforce - Was Colt Stadium located where the football stadium is now?

I wasn't sure, so I looked it up (it predates me slightly, as my first baseball game was at the Astrodome with JR Richard pitching).

Yes, that's exactly where it was. It's now where where NRG Stadium and the dilapidated Astrodome sit.

Hindsight being 20/20, when I see clips of hockey goalies playing without masks, I often ask myself, 'Why did it take so long to figure out that wasn't a very good idea?'

Likewise, when I see pics of baseball being played outdoors in Houston in the summer, I think 'Yeah, that's a great idea.'

And speaking of great ideas, how about this SI cover from June 2014, when the Astros were terrible? Not only did the writer predict the 2017 championship, series MVP George Springer is on the cover.

 

[DKH]

i told yah I like Charlie Morton.

My favorite non Boston champions

Congrats to city of Houston hopefully this gives you positive karma to rebuild your great city

What a team

Dodgers team was very likeable as well but so glad for Astros

 

[Dueling Banjos]

Houston is where i set foot in America for the first time and it was the starting point of the trip of my lifetime. Impressive city in an even more impressive state.

Congrats Aeroforce.

 

[Gee Wally]

Tony LaRussa to work with Red Sox

As Alex Cora prepares for his first managing job with the Red Sox, he’ll have a Hall of Famer available as a resource.
A major league source confirmed that the Red Sox will announce the addition of Tony La Russa to their organization on Thursday. While La Russa’s exact title is not yet known, the Globe’s Nick Cafardo reported last month that the former White Sox, A’s, and Cardinals manager was looking to join an organization in an advisory capacity – a role in which he proved valuable to Diamondbacks first-year manager Torey Lovullo as well as Arizona’s front office in 2017.
“There’s nobody in baseball I respect more than Dave Dombrowski,” La Russa told Cafardo.


http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/r...ith-red-sox/2J8v2iWzr9hl0Emb20OHPK/story.html

 

[TP]

Congrats to Houston. I like to see a team win for the first time.

 

[Rubber Biscuit]

So happy to see Houston pull it off. My dad is an Astros fan. He's also a Dallas Cowboys fan and a Canadiens fan. Not only has he seen those two win plenty, but I would never be able to stomach watching either of them win anything in my lifetime. I'm glad he got to see Houston win, and I'm glad I was able to cheer for them.