World Series Champions from 2023 Rangers & the 2024 Champion Dodgers IN a Series!

 

What happens when the last two World Series Champions meet in a series during the regular season?

Well, first, you buy your tickets early, otherwise you will not have a seat, second, who come to the game wearing your gear, and in this case, a LOT of Dodger blue in the stands, and lastly—you listen to the crowd, because, even though you are in N. Texas.., This crowd was mostly DODGER FANS!

The mere announcement of players such as Ohtani, Freeman , and Betts—and this crowd at Globe Life Field, almost turned this place into Dodger Stadium—it was that loud.

The three game set, saw the Dodgers outscore the Rangers 7-4, and of those runs—they win game one –3 to 0, lose game two 4-3 and win the third game 1-0.

Tyler Mahle for the Rangers goes 7 innings and throws shut out baseball, gives way to the bullpen, and the allow the one run with pinch hitter Will Smith in the 8^th inning starts it off with shot up the middle, then goes to second on a walk drawn by Shohei Ohtani, and Sacrifice Fly to left field when Smith sits at third, and scores—and that’s the ONLY run allowed in the game!

Chris Martin who entered the game in the 8^th, takes the loss on that one—but still the Dodgers, who’s starter Tyler Glasnow, left the game in the 4^th with soreness in the legs—and gave way to six relievers who threw 5 innings of shut out baseball to preserve this for the Bums that once called Brooklyn home! Now Los Angeles.

The Rangers will head out west to take on the A’s (they are not called Oakland or for that matter Sacramento as they have moved to, Just plain o’ A’s) and then Travel to the Bay area and take on the San Francisco Giants, both series are three games a piece—then return home at the end of the month to face the A’s and the Mariners at Globe Life Field.

Speaking with Rangers Skipper Bruce Bochy—his concern (if you call it that) is not so much about the offense—but to get something started with the guys that he knows can produce. Just when a team like the Dodgers can throw the types of games that they have, its never easy to win—just remember—in Baseball, GOOD Pitching will always beat GOOD Hitting. It’s a cliché but none the less, it provides the best way to explain it.

Just a thought