Just a great day/evening of major league baseball. The LA Dodgers, who are my second favorite team in the National League, took a 3-2 series lead with a 5-2 win over the gritty Milwaukee Brewers. Clayton Kershaw, who I saw pitch in person last summer in Oklahoma city on a rehab assignment pitched seven strong innings to lead the way. I’ve seen many of these Dodger players pass thru OKC and other than Machado I like the team. I’ve seen Taylor, Bellinger, and Puig just to name several. Our AAA baseball stadium in Bricktown is awesome by the way. Great place to watch a game.
The series now goes back to Milwaukee. This won’t be easy for the Dodgers. These Brewers have been the toughest team in baseball for the past month or so. The Dodgers must get the lead early and take Josh Hader out of play.
The winningest team in baseball this season, the Bosox, with 108 regular season wins, has shown this regular season was no fluke with back to back wins in Houston to take what appears to be a commanding 3-1 season lead. Justin Verlander goes for the Astros tonight and maybe he could go some in a Game 7 if it goes that far, but the Red Sox appear to be on the cusp of a World Series berth under first year manager Alex Cora. Cora was A.J. Hinch’s second in command for Houston last year as they won their first ever World Series.
Nice for Alex Cora. His players love him. He understands the basic premise of player motivation. I wonder if he’d consider head coaching an NBA team in the Northwest Division on which Russell Westbrook plays. Coaching is coaching. The most basic premise of coaching is human motivation. Making other humans want to go thru a wall for you and the team.
Alex Cora in OKC–why not?
Verlander goes for the Astros tonight in what for them is the first of three elimination games if this goes that far.
Sam Presti, don’t be stubborn. Think outside the box for once in picking a head coach. Give Alex Cora a call. Trust me, he’d have no problem coaching in the NBA.
I love Altuve. I love his heart. He’s running on a bad knee, but his heart is there. But this isn’t his season apparently, it’s the season of Mookie Betz, JD Martinez, and Alex Cora.