It's hard for the public to notice a Saturday highlight other than a football game. On a weekend when Alabama staves off an upset, I can't think of a better way to spend my time.
The Mets were able to force a third game. TheGuardians walked off and into the next round The season ended with a bang for the Cards. The BlueJays were well on their way to forcing a decisive rubber match with the M's until they decided that they were going to continue to pull more horseshoes out of its anterior.
Seattle won four of its last eight games, including the playoffsclinching win, and yet what they did Saturday topped all of the other late-game heroics. The Mariners came back from seven runs down to win the game and advance to the ALCS. Toronto pushed the lead back to four after they cut it to 8-5 in the sixth.
It didn't matter, and it didn't take a lot of extra time to finish off the game. The game was tied after eight, but Seattle took the lead in the ninth on a double by Adam Frazier.
It was the third time in MLB history that a team overcame a seven-run deficit to win a game, and the heavens have blessed the Pacific Northwest this year.
The M's bucked a 21-year playoff-less streak by winning 13 of their 13 games this year. If there was ever a time to test your luck, Seattle fans would want to buy lotto tickets or try their hand at blackjack because this fairytale run continues.
The old format would have sent the team to the ALDS after Friday's win. There is no reason for a boring 4-0 W. The Houston Astros are trying to squash the hopes and dreams of their AL West foe.
Baseball clubs remain so hot that they black out a la Frank the Tank in Old School and give multiple flawless performances in the playoffs.
It will take that kind of brilliance to upend a James Carville-ian Astros team who seem to be obsessed with keeping the debate about its greatness out of the public eye.
There is a club that is so hot that they are giving Jeremy Piven panic attacks.
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