Author: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY

Philadelphia manager remove Zack Wheeler in the sixth inning, only to watch reliever Jose Alvarado give up a go-ahead bomb.

The Astros beat the Phillies in six games to win the World Series, thanks to Yordan Alvarez’s 450-foot three-run home run in the clincher.

Alex Bregman’s trademark swagger may be gone, but the 28-year-old new father is in a happier place at this stage.

Justin Verlander’s teammates gave him the rookie treatment after the game and doused him with all sorts of stuff after his first Fall Classic win.

With his team in desperate need of a victory in Game 4 of this World Series, Astros starter Cristian Javier bridged that gap in historic fashion.

Perhaps McCullers and the Astros would feel much better about his unprecedentedly futile World Series outcome if he did, in fact, tip his pitches.

McCullers, pitching in his first World Series game since 2017, became the first pitcher in postseason history to give up five home runs in a game.

If this feels like a never-ending season, well, you’re not imagining it!