New York Times
For five years, wherever the Houston Astros traveled, they felt the fury behind the booing and jeers from opposing fans, and withstood charges that their 2017 World Series championship was tainted by allegations of cheating.
(Jeremy Peña was named the World Series M.V.P. The rookie was asked to step in for Carlos Correa this season and he was the M.V.P. of the A.L.C.S. and the World Series.)
Amid the outcry, the Astros never went away. They kept striving to legitimize their success, reaching the postseason each subsequent year while advancing to the World Series three times. But as close as they came in that half decade, they never managed to prove unequivocally that, yes, they could win a title without illegally stealing opponents’ signs. Now they can.
Playing at home, where the scandal is rarely highlighted, the Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1, in Game 6 on Saturday to win the World Series, rewarding their loyal fans with an unimpeachable championship to pair with their tarnished title in 2017.
Playing at home, where the scandal is rarely highlighted, the Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1, in Game 6 on Saturday to win the World Series, rewarding their loyal fans with an unimpeachable championship to pair with their tarnished title in 2017.
That was the year the Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers for Houston’s first World Series crown. But they were later forced to admit to using technology and banging on trash cans to steal and relay signs. In the wake of the scandal, they were shunned by the baseball world, with fans in opposing stadiums demonstrating their outrage by booing and flashing signs that vilified them as cheaters.
Winning this year does not change history, but it helps isolate the cheating scandal as a one-time event, not a crutch on which Houston rested its only title.
“It goes away forever,” John Smoltz, the Hall of Fame pitcher who was broadcasting the Series for Fox, said after Game 5. “To win this one would be the greatest relief in the world.”
Houston’s fans found instant relief in the sixth inning when Yordan Alvarez, the Astros’ powerful left fielder, hit a three-run blast to center field that wiped away a one-run deficit. The fans, growing anxious as their team was being shut out and trailed by a run, exploded as the ball sailed through the air and Astros players poured out of the dugout and danced in foul territory to celebrate along with them.
“Amazing,” Alvarez said through a translator when asked about the moments after his home run. “When I was rounding second base I felt the whole stadium moving.”
The Astros added another run in the inning when Alex Bregman walked and scored on a single by Christian Vázquez. Houston’s talented bullpen, one of the keys to the team’s success, shut the Phillies down for the remaining three innings, leading to the ultimate celebration on the field.
The victory provided special joy and perhaps some vindication, as well, for Dusty Baker, the Astros’ manager who had never won a World Series, despite leading five teams to the playoffs, a record. At 73, Baker became the oldest manager to win a World Series.
(Baker was asked if finally winning a World Series had hit him yet. “It hit me all right,” he said. “It hit me as soon as Yordan hit that ball over the moon over there.”)
25 comments:
CHEATERS!
& You know it, Montoya.
Houston Assholes.
Dusty Baker, black manager of the Astros takes them to the top. So where is the racism Democrats continue to harp upon?
Like a falling tree in the forest when nobody is around to hear it.
Once a cheater always a cheater.
November 6, 2022 at 4:36 AM
So what do you play CANICAS pinche mamon.
WORLD CHAMPIONS HOUSTON ASTROS going to HOUSTON, HOUSTON, HOUSTON dino
y aqui esta tu arbol joto
don't turn your back on these cheap ass racist republicans. puros jotingos
A Championship Season in Mariachi Country
Good story read it...
By Cecilia Ballí
The racism is kept on the down low. It is the same way with women's oppression. No se hagan los pendejos.
They didn't check the Astros players to see if they had any concealed electronic devices.
Once a cheater is always a cheater. That is the Republicans on elections. HAHA
The ASTROS are true World Series Champs.
The republicans are nothing more than caca de perro.
El Valle es de los DEMOCRATAS
A votar mi RAZITA
Let's put these caca de perro republicanos where they belong in the outhouse. HAHA
This win is Trump fault, blame on him. Biden was sleeping on the job.
Astros should of stripped to prove no buzzers
November 6, 2022 at 11:23 AM
yes they did but they are invisible to the ojo encuerado idiota
go stros if the vaqueros del southmost can make the fat city of mcallen their cesspool well good for them.Hahahahahaha jajajajaja babosos
What about the game where the Phillies figured out Lance McCullers game (pitch tipping)? McCullers didn’t want to rat on them so he said that he had a bad day…. But it was obvious. Someone stole the signals. In baseball, everybody does it…. Yes the Astros pushed it too far, but sign stealing is standard in the MLB.
The Astros won the 2022 World Series and a number of other league pennants on their own talent, hard work and Dusty Baker’s guidance.
As for no racism in the MLB, Dusty got the job with the Astros because they were in trouble. If you recall he was only renewed for one year in 2021…. Team owners hire Black managers to fix things and let them go when the team is doing better. Thank goodness he has stayed. Bless Dusty Baker.
And OMG- Jeremy Peña!
Bento E. Spinoza
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The racism is kept on the down low. It is the same way with women's oppression. No se hagan los pendejos.
November 6, 2022 at 9:40 AM
Now, this is an example of good writing, critical thinking and telling it as it is.
"When I was rounding second base, I felt the whole stadium moving," he said. "I think it was all the fans."Alvarez.
como andaria? go stros...
GOP heavyweights McCarthy, Gingrich back ‘triple threat’ candidates in McAllen.
WHAT? Mcallen no vota puros mojarretes y panzones. They think a republican is a new type of taco/sanwicho IDIOTAS......
Strongest cold front of the season expected Friday
bpub is disconnecting accounts pass due on thursday so I heard!
Y la rata en la isla con su vieja e vacaciones de 60 diaz pagados,
del dinero de los que pagan.
A powerful storm, potentially bringing snow and blizzard conditions, will send a cold front southward into Texas Friday. Get your wood ready you won't have electricity like the last freeze, only the northern part of the city where the rich and famous and all elected officials live.
Good luck taxpayers....
Anonymous Anonymous said...
"When I was rounding second base, I felt the whole stadium moving," he said. "I think it was all the fans."Alvarez.
como andaria? go stros...
November 7, 2022 at 7:16 AM
Only people that have attended a game in a stadium understand the energy of the fans. It is a roar, when they scream. It is a moving herd when they stomp the stadium.
The racist republicans hate baseball lots of hispanics in baseball. They might just ban the playing of baseball because it might influence democracy. FACT
The racist republicans are claiming that the Phillies won the world series and the broadcasting company was telecasting a fake game, and the score was Phillies 5 and the Astros 0. COMO LA DE AQUI PUROS MENTIROSOS.
Houston comes out in force to celebrate Astros
An estimated crowd of nearly 2 million raucous fans lined a 1.7-mile stretch of downtown on Monday afternoon for the championship parade.
Y el southmost? Still backing a looser. They play american football NOT soccer - PENDEJOS!!!
funny, suckers!
November 6, 2022 at 3:26 PM
Maricon
The Astros by far are more talented than the Phillies. As usual, talent would up winning. Still, at this level of competition, luck is also a major contributor. Astros fans saw it in the four games we won. The stars aligned and the Houston Astros are World Champs! As a great seer friend of mine says, "I'd rather be lucky than good". Totally acceptable to me. Sonos Astros!!
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