EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsARLINGTON, Texas -- Adolis García took a 99 mph fastball to his left arm in Friday's eighth inning and immediately turned to Houston Astros catcher Martín Maldonado."Why like that?!" García yelled, according to Maldonado."Like what?" Maldonado responded.Two innings earlier, García hit a three-run homer that gave his Texas Rangers a two-run lead and celebrated emphatically, walking halfway up…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsPHOENIX -- First they took down the National League Central champions. Then they knocked out the NL West champions. Of all the rousing Arizona Diamondbacks victories this October, though, their 6-5 come-from-behind win in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series on Friday against the Philadelphia Phillies might have best illustrated who the Diamondbacks are.Not the most well-known.…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsFriday was the most thrilling night yet of the 2023 MLB playoffs -- and it might have been one of the most thrilling nights in postseason history, period.Never before had multiple playoff teams overcome a multi-run deficit in the eighth inning or later. In the American League Championship Series, Jose Altuve and the defending World Series champion Houston…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsARLINGTON, Texas -- Jose Altuve became the seventh player in baseball history to play in 100 career postseason games on Thursday night, a product of additional rounds but also, mostly, an indication of the Houston Astros' prolonged success.His biggest lesson from that time?"That in the playoffs, a lot of things can happen," Altuve said.The volatility is especially true…