The 2017 World Series got exactly what it deserved -- a seventh game. It will be the first time in 15 years that baseball will showcase a seventh game of the World Series in back-to-back seasons -- and the first time ever for Dodger Stadium.
This Fall Classic has been just that -- plus a little bizarre to boot. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros have leaned on strengths to get to this point, but it hasn't exactly been textbook stuff. It might be tough to top last year's Game 7, when the Chicago Cubs needed 10 innings to outlast the Cleveland Indians and end a 108-year World Series curse, but while the first six games of this matchup haven't always gone to script, they have produced almost unmatched drama.
As we've been told so often, it's all about the pitching -- except when it's all about the hitting, which in reality is about the pitching most of the time. The Dodgers came into this matchup with a decided edge in the bullpen, while the Astros were relying on the strong arm of Justin Verlander to give them needed depth among their starting pitchers.
