Back and Forth

I watched enough of game five of the World Series to come away impressed by rookie starter Trey Yesavage. The 22-year old righthander had the Dodgers eating out of his hand for seven innings last night at Dodger Stadium. The pride of East Carolina University scattered two singles and a solo shot while striking out twelve and giving up zero walks. No one in World Series history has recorded that many strikeouts to go with no walks. Yesavage is now 3-1 in the postseason, which is two more career wins than he has in the regular season. He went twentieth in the first round of the 2024 draft. The White Sox skipped over Yesavage for Hagen Smith. Here’s hoping Smith performs at the same level once he gets to the majors. I also switched over to the Bulls-Kings game between World Series commercials, the frequency of which assured me of watching a lot of basketball. How nice to see another team for a change trying to figure out how to balance scoring between Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan. Bulls 126 Kings 113. Four starters in double figures, along with two players off the bench plus another three people scoring nine apiece. Interesting. The win pushes Chicago to 4-0 on the season, with their next game in “The Gahden.” Please, oh please…