Sports- Texas Rangers in Six

Update- Black Lives Matter has retracted some of its inflammatory statements supporting Palestine from yesterday. They continue to be out of line in their support of Palestine but at least they have backed off of their support of Hamas.  

Sports- The bout is set.  The Texas Rangers will be facing the dreaded Houston Astros starting Sunday for the 2023 American League Championship. In a lot of ways, Texas matches up well against Houston. In one area Houston has a definite advantage: relief pitching.  

Texas will need to rely on starting pitchers to be their bullpen for the playoff series and that could possibly work for the Rangers.  It will require pitchers who are not accustomed to pitching in relief to change their preparation to pitch but this is the time of year when you do what you have to do.

Houston has been there and done that.  They know what they’re doing, and they have a complete team.  The series will begin in Houston which will definitely be another advantage for the Astros.  Houston is favored to win the series against Texas and return to yet another World Series.  For Texas to win, they need to have solid relief pitching and they need to do it in six games.  A seventh game will lean heavily to Houston in Houston.  Texas will have to reach deep within themselves to make a change in the power structure of the American League and the American League West division.

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