Lyou Dodgers are targeting their 16th historic comeback in the Big Top after beating the Atlanta Braves the night of this Thursday, October 21 to put a 2-3 in the Championship Series. The interesting thing is that if they win they will go against the Houston Astros, the same team that was accused of stealing signals in the 2017 World Series. against the Angelenos who would ultimately cost him the title.
The Astros beat the Red Sox to get Alex Cora out of the way, a manager who was suspended by the MLB for the entire 2020 season after deliberating that the Puerto Rican He used the cameras in center field to see the opponent’s strategy.
The then Houston Astros players hit the trash cans every time a player went to the mound. so that hitters understood the Dodgers pitching type. So serious was the scandal that AJ Hinch, then manager, and team manager Jeff Luhnow were fired by the Houston owner, Jim Crane.
Alex Cora is no longer in charge of Houston, in fact he was on the bench for the eliminated Red Sox. Although the Dodgers are still hungry for revenge to try to snatch the title that was lost four years ago. Especially because it would have ended the 29 years of drought that the Angelenos added.
Among the Astros players still surviving from the 2017 World Series are: José Altuve, Alex Bregman, Carlos Correa, Yuli Gurriel. While the Dodgers still follow: Kenley Jansen, Austin Barnes, Cody Bellinger, Corey Seager, Chris Taylor and Justin Turner.
In this way, the Major Leagues will become red hot in one of the most anticipated duels, although it must be remembered that the Dodgers still need to tie Saturday night, October 23, in Atlanta.