Tag: 2023 World Series

Corey Seager understandably ignored an awkward question about the Dodgers letting him go

What an utterly bizarre interaction.

Corey Seager helped lead the Texas Rangers to the franchise’s first World Series with a decisive 5-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The former 2016 Rookie of the Year earned the title of World Series MVP with six runs batted in and three home runs over the course of the five game series.

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It’s the second World Series MVP crown for the high-level shortstop, previously winning the honor with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020. Seager played with Los Angeles for the first six seasons of his career before signing a massive 10-year, $325 million contract with the Rangers in 2022.

A lot of people had questions as to why the Dodgers would let such a talented, young player walk, but not many would think to ask that question at the postgame press conference at the conclusion of the World Series.

Well, one reporter did, and it was extremely awkward.

Seager, understandably, declined to answer the head-scratching question. Who cares why they let him go? He’s a Rangers legend now.

The Rangers delightfully sang along to Creed anthem “Higher” to celebrate World Series victory

The Rangers singing “Higher” by Creed after winning the World Series is everything.

After the Texas Rangers adopted the Creed song “Higher” as their season anthem, the team fulfilled the lyrics in that famous rock ballad after winning the World Series on Wednesday night.

After the team took down the Arizona Diamondbacks to win the franchise’s first-ever World Series title, the Rangers decided to belt out “Higher” with each other in the locker room as they doused each other in beer to celebrate.

It was as spirited a post-World Series victory sing-a-long as you could imagine for the Rangers, completing the Creed-fueled playoff run of a lifetime. They, indeed, took their team higher.

We’re curious if any other teams will embrace Creed next MLB postseason, or if another nostalgic rock band will take the spotlight.

For now, we’ll blast “Higher” while we’re riding in the car this week in honor of the Rangers and the song that helped inspire a World Series victory.

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Rangers reliever Will Smith has astonishingly won 3 straight World Series titles with different teams

Rangers reliever Will Smith is one lucky guy.

Texas Rangers reliever Will Smith might be the luckiest athlete in all of professional sports right now.

After his team topped the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night, Smith officially became the first MLB player to win three consecutive World Series titles with three different teams.

That startling achievement that Smith can now claim for his own started when he helped the Atlanta Braves win the World Series back in 2021. When Atlanta traded him to the Houston Astros in August 2022, he wound up winning yet another World Series that October.

Well, signing with the Rangers in March as a free agent gave Smith an unexpected advantage to win a third straight World Series this fall.

MLB teams might be lining up to contend for Smith’s services once he reaches free agency since his deal with Texas is about to expire, just for the World Series luck alone.

He seems to have all the good baseball vibes in the world right now, and we wouldn’t be shocked if he found himself celebrating one of these again with a new team next year.

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Bruce Bochy’s recliner joke perfectly summed up his journey to a Rangers World Series win

Bruce Bochy went from relaxing in retirement to leading a World Series effort for the Rangers.

The Texas Rangers have won their first World Series in franchise history, and they have future Hall of Fame manager Bruce Bochy to thank for that.

After leading the San Francisco Giants to three titles as manager, Bochy came out of retirement this past offseason after a few years away to manage the Rangers.

It wound up working out spectacularly, as Bochy led the Rangers to a championship over the Arizona Diamondbacks in his first season managing the dugout.

While reflecting after the big win on how he got to this moment, Bochy recalled how he was relaxing in a recliner in Nashville, Tennessee, before he got the call to come back to the majors.

It’s really neat to hear Bochy describe how dramatically his life changed and how much it means to him to get to celebrate yet another impressive title effort.

While Bochy didn’t really need to do anything else to confirm his future Hall of Fame status, this is just the icing on the cake for the legendary manager.

Now, he can return to Arlington to help Texas potentially win another title next year.

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D-backs fans in the stands were so confused when Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s HR ball seemingly disappeared

The game wasn’t close, but the search for that baseball was RIVETING.

The Arizona Diamondbacks had themselves a rough Halloween night in Tuesday’s Game 4 of the World Series, but they did manage to show some life late in the game with six unanswered runs.

And while it would be a stretch to call that late rally a serious comeback attempt, it did provide us with one of the weirder moments in the stands.

Batting with two outs in the eighth inning, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a three-run home run into the left-field stands to bring the Snakes within six runs.

Again, the home run was pretty inconsequential and only made the game look closer than it really was. But I just can’t stop laughing at the scene in the stands. For 20 seconds, nobody could find the baseball. At one point, it appeared that one fan was falsely accused of catching the baseball, and he had to be like, “No, this is a different ball.” And then the search just continued.

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As fans in the first row continued looking behind seats for the baseball, the guy in the red D-backs jersey somehow ended up with the ball. How he got it — I have no idea. But he seemed to have the ball right away and nobody else in the area noticed.

That was honestly the most compelling part of the game. Let’s hope those fans stopped looking for the ball eventually.

Diamondbacks fans started tossing paper airplanes while watching a World Series blowout

They had to stay entertained somehow.

The final score in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ World Series Game 4 loss to the Texas Rangers looked much closer than it actually was.

And it was in the middle of that 11-4 blowout that put the D-backs on the brink of losing out on a ring that some Arizona fans decided they had enough: They decided to make paper airplanes — maybe out of the Stand Up to Cancer signs given out for the game? — and fling them to see how far they could go. Even the Chase Field public address announcer couldn’t stop them.

So, here you go: What went down on Tuesday night:

Stats (and the eye test) show World Series umpire had a horrendous Game 3

Alfonso Marquez had a BAD game.

It was a World Series game that had MLB fans once again calling for robot umps.

In Game 3, with the Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks in a tight 3-1 victory, home plate umpire Alfonso Marquez had a rough game. Per @UmpireAuditor, he got 89.9 percent of his calls correct, which isn’t great.

Video, as you’ll see below, shows a blatant strike that was called a ball, and some outside pitches called strikes, much to everyone’s consternation, including the hitters involved.

We have seen some not good umpiring in these playoffs and this is just another one to add to the list:

An Iowa fan hilariously protested the controversial Minnesota call behind home plate at the World Series

This Iowa fan really thinks it wasn’t a fair catch.

Some fans will hold onto a call they don’t like after the game is over, but this Iowa fan took a recent grievance to the next level during Monday night’s World Series game.

Yes, the third game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers somehow got the Iowa Hawkeyes football team involved as a disgruntled Iowa fan held a sign that read “It wasn’t a fair catch” on it behind home plate for the whole world to see.

The sign refers to the recent Iowa game against Minnesota where a last-minute punt return for a touchdown from cornerback Cooper DeJean was waived off when referees ruled that DeJean had signaled for a fair catch.

Rather than just simmer on this with his Iowa buddies on the group chat, this fan bought a ticket in one of the best seats in the house to air his lingering frustrations with how that Hawkeyes game ended.

The seat this fan paid for was reportedly going for around $1,500 on resale.

Well, this Iowa fan won’t be able to turn back time and change the outcome of that game, but they can now know that a global television audience now knows that they thought DeJean didn’t call for the fair catch.

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An Iowa fan hilariously protested the controversial Minnesota call behind home plate at the World Series

This Iowa fan really thinks it wasn’t a fair catch.

Some fans will hold onto a call they don’t like after the game is over, but this Iowa fan took a recent grievance to the next level during Monday night’s World Series game.

Yes, the third game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers somehow got the Iowa Hawkeyes football team involved as a disgruntled Iowa fan held a sign that read “It wasn’t a fair catch” on it behind home plate for the whole world to see.

The sign refers to the recent Iowa game against Minnesota where a last-minute punt return for a touchdown from cornerback Cooper DeJean was waived off when referees ruled that DeJean had signaled for a fair catch.

Rather than just simmer on this with his Iowa buddies on the group chat, this fan bought a ticket in one of the best seats in the house to air his lingering frustrations with how that Hawkeyes game ended.

The seat this fan paid for was reportedly going for around $1,500 on resale.

Well, this Iowa fan won’t be able to turn back time and change the outcome of that game, but they can now know that a global television audience now knows that they thought DeJean didn’t call for the fair catch.

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Diamondbacks Avnet uniform patch: What is it and why does Arizona wear it?

Here’s the answer.

You may be watching the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2023 World Series and suddenly, it hits you: There’s a uniform patch on their threads that says Avnet.

And you’re now wondering: What the heck is Avnet and why would the Diamondbacks wear that on their sleeves?

There’s a very good answer to that. Avnet distributes electronics, and their headquarters are in Phoenix. The company struck a deal with the franchise to have the “A” on their jerseys for years back in February.

Interesting fact from 12 News: “Arizona has different versions of the jersey patch that match each of their uniforms. For hitters, the location of the patch depends on if they are a righty or lefty. For right-handed hitters, the patch will be on their left arm as that arm is more visible when they are hitting. For left-handed hitters the patch will be on their right arms.”

And now you have the answer!