Whew! Let's first start with Stephen Strasburg. He continued his amazing pitching in the postseason- not just this one. He gave up two runs in the first, but after pitching coach Paul Menhart noticed he was tipping his pitches, he was masterful.
Anthony Rendon was also incredible. He knocked in one in the first, saved Major League Baseball in the 7th, and batted in two more in the 9th.
As for the top of the 7th, with Yan Gomes on first, Trea Turner seemingly beat out an infield single. The ball was thrown away. Gomes ended up on third, and Turner ended up on second. Sam Holbrook inexplicably called runner's interference even though Turner ran straight from the batter's box and shifted father right before touching the base. Turner made no play on the first baseman's glove.
After that call, which no one thinks was a good one,Game 6 of the 2019 World Series turned into a shitshow. The umpires went to the headphones for an extraordinarily long time. The official line from the MLB is that they were checking to see if the rule was applied correctly and seeing if the Nats could protest the game.
BULLSHIT!
Why did Gary Cedarstrom make the out signal after relinquishing the headset if the MLB was telling the truth? Sam Holbrook fucked up in Game 6 of the World Series. This was the third game the umpires showed extreme pro-Astros bias. The umps needed some kind of backing. So they faked a replay (an illegal replay) to make it look like they got some kind of confirmation that one of their umpires didn't just ruin the World Series.
Holbrook had missed a call the first batter of the game, who happened to be Trea Turner. Hmm, I wonder if that played a role in the interference call.
Two batters later, Rendon hit a two (should've been three) run homer to save Major League Baseball's ass.
After the inning, Dave Martinez argued with the umpires. I actually can't believe they threw him out of the game. The umpires messed up, and usually umpires allow managers to vent when they mess up. Major League Baseball needs to apologize if they want this cloud to be lifted off of the game's biggest stage.
The other story was Alex Bregman's inappropriate celebration after his first inning homerun. Bregman had watched his homer int he Game 2 in an exaggerated way. I hate criticizing a fellow Jew, but Bregman has to be better than that. Juan Soto hit a homer in the 5th and he carried the bat to first in retaliation. Apparently, the Astros didn't appreciate Soto's gesture, which smacks of hypocrisy if true.
The Nats won 7 (should've been 8) to 2. Except for maybe Stras, I'd take Max Scherzer as my Game 7 starter over anyone in baseball.
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