MLB: A Retrospective Of October 2018, ALWC
(originally written October 2018)
NLWC: COL/CHC ALWC: OAK/NYY NLDS: LAD/ATL NLDS: COL/MIL ALDS: NYY/BOS ALDS: CLE/HOU NLCS: LAD /MIL ALCS: HOU/BOS WS: LAD/BOS
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Impressive as Davis's homer was for its speed, Giancarlo Stanton's 8th-inning blast was equally impressive for its majesty. Barely staying inside the LF fair pole, the roundtripper put NY up 7-2...which would serve as the final score.
TSR loves championship baseball, and aims to preserve the memory of every key postseason catch, call, decision, etc. long past October. Here, we run down the 2018 AL Wild Card Game.
The A's curious choice to go with an "opener", Liam Hendriks, rather than the number of conventional starting pitchers at its disposal was a talking point in the days leading up to the game.