HOUSTON -- The planning began early last week.
Nearly a decade has passed since Jack Flaherty, Max Fried and Lucas Giolito teamed up at Harvard-Westlake, an uber-exclusive, highly regarded private school within Los Angeles. But they have grown closer ever since, bonding over the rigors of pitching at their sport's highest level. Now, at the onset of this World Series, a special opportunity awaited.
Fried was scheduled to start Game 2, an early indication that his next outing -- almost certainly Game 6 of this series -- might coincide with the chance to clinch a championship.