COMMENTARY
A year ago, Chris Owings would’ve homered in the ninth inning. Owings would have Brandon Phillips’d it, had his jersey torn off in celebration, and Guerin Austin would’ve had to reference her “getting BodyArmor out of fabric” protocol following the requisite sports drink shower.
“We’ve got a shot to go to the World Series, and you’re part of it,” Alex Cora reportedly told Owings, Arizona’s first-round pick of a decade ago, prior to Sunday’s finale with the Angels. “You’ve been around the big leagues, and you’ve seen it from afar.