Texas Rangers (7-0) (6-0) On The Road, Up (2-0) In The ALCS

A quick early evening update: the Texas Rangers (7-0) in these prostituted ‘offs, (6-0) on the road, are up (2-0), vs the defending champion Houston Astros, who are in their 7th straight ALCS.

Texas is managed by Bruce Bochy, now (43-17) in the ‘offs starting in 2010, (he was (8-16) in previous ‘offs games), when he guided the truly undeserving of 3 titles, (the Mays/McCovey/Marichal and others teams of the ’60’s never won one) S.F. Giants to the crown and seems headed to the watered down “Hall.”

Texas and the Minne Vikings have each been in existence since 1961 with no crowns, the longest such droughts.

Maybe Texas ends that drought under Bochy this year. They are now big favorites to make their third World Series appearance, the first a loss to Bochy managed S.F. in 2010 and a horrible loss (I will spare the details) to the Cardinals of St. Louis in 2011, the Red Birds’ 11th and to date last crown.

Mike Napoli, pictured as a Texas player above, likely would have been a non bet World Series MVP in 2011.

He did win a title, contributing mightily to the Red Sox third one of this century, in 2013.

P.S. I put on sound, 2 out none on, bottom 9, game ended when on a (3-1) pitch there was a fly out to center.

John Smoltz said it was gutty to challenge on a (3-2) pitch. He is beyond mistake prone!!