The Difference between a champion and the first loser???

[TheTruth]

The Sox were able to use the their gift from the umps (the dye hits batmen) to win...The 'stros take their gift from the umps (the phantom HR) and blow the game.

Thanks for playing 'stros. Enjoy life without Roger next season.

[Spurminator]

That was poetic. You basically described the series in a nutshell... It's like "The better team won" all over again.

[TheTruth]

The better team usually does win...Not in this series though.
The 'stros have the better starting and relief pitching and should be up in this series. They're just choking it away.

And you guys were blaming the umps for game 2, and I wanted to show that it happens both ways. The 'stros blew it.

[Spurminator]

I never blamed refs for anything, but I suppose I can't speak for everyone.

One note in passing though, "First Loser" as a backhanded insult doesn't make sense when discussing sports other than racing.