The magic number is down to one!
So like the Astros themselves undoubtedly, I sit in front of the TV looking at Safeco Field, rooting for the Mariners.
Should I write a celebration to a great season, another 100 win season, another Division Championship, this time in baseball’s best division? But wait, it’s 3-3 in Seattle and Mike Leake is getting bombed. Looks like the celebration might be on hold, or maybe not.
Surely we clinch tonight, it’s September 25th, the date the Astros clinched in 1986 and 1997. It’s now 5-3 A’s with no outs in the second.