The Houston Astros celebrate after defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 to win the 2022 World Series in Game Six of the 2022 World Series at Minute Maid Park on November 05, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Harry How/Getty Images/AFP
Yordan Alvarez crushed a three-run homer to power the Houston Astros past the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1, on Saturday, claiming their second World Series title in six years and first since a sign-stealing scandal in 2017 tarnished their crown.
Back in the Fall Classic for the fourth time in six years, the Astros arrived at Minute Maid Park for Game Six well aware the job was far from done.
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But the ballpark was quickly back on its feet and in full throat as the Astros hit back in the bottom of the inning with Alvarez taking Phillies reliever Jose Alvarado over the wall in deep center scoring Jose Altuve and Jeremy Pena.
Christian Vazquez’s sharply hit single would bring across Alex Bregman adding to the big inning as the Astros surged into a 4-1 lead they would not surrender.
The Astros have played with a chip on their shoulder after an MLB investigation found that the team had illegally used technology to steal opposing teams’ signs during their 2017 championship season fining the franchise $5 million and striping them of draft picks.
“I think that’s what drove this team,” said Baker. “That’s what motivated them.
“The boos and the jeers that we got all over the country, it bothered these guys, but it also motivated them at the same time.
“And it wasn’t an us against the world thing. It was more of a come together even closer-type thing.
“And what happened before, it doesn’t ever pass over completely.”
“I thought about it a lot,” admitted Baker. “I tried not to dwell on it, but tried to have faith and perseverance and knowing that with the right team and the right personnel and right everything that this is going to happen.
“Had this happened years ago, I might not even be here.
“I’m hoping that I gave some people the same hope that my mom and dad gave me, that sometimes it’s not in your control.”Because pyschological experiences brought on by mystical forces is part of the textual narrative of S6!

Clarke too has undergone something of a redemption due to the exploration of her deepest regrets in her mindspace.  Neither of them *need* redeeming through hallucinations or confrontations with their demons - they could have done equally well without that - but character redemptions are interwoven into the principle theme this season.  

Nearly all the main characters are having a second chance to do better, but to do that they are having to confront and decide who they really are too.  It’s about identity.  The Primes have had chance after chance but have never tried to do better and the MDs re-play themselves over and over again, never developing, never moving beyond their starting point.  But Clarke has discovered that for all that she thinks she is a disease, she is not.  She has seen what a destructive disease really is in Josephine and she understands that she is not that at all.  Octavia has realized that after seasons of searching for her identity, being Bellamy’s sister is who she is at the core of herself and that she needs that as her main foundation.  

Octavia saying she doesn’t need Bellamy’s forgiveness, that she has to earn it, is another general theme this season.  In the past forgiveness isn’t something to be “earned”, rather it is granted because it is needed - not any more.  

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Junior Anton McKee is the top 200 breast qualifier for the Alabama men, who are tied with Auburn at 5 A finalists apiece after this morning’s session.
If the Georgia Bulldog women are going to make a run at a seventh-straight SEC title, tonight is the night to do it.
The Bulldogs lead all teams with 5 A finalists and 8 total scoring swims lined up individually, plus another opportunity in the 400 medley relay. Current leaders Texas A&M put just two swimmers into A finals with 8 scoring swims, and second-place Tennessee has just 2 up and 7 scorers.
Leading the way for Georgia is Hali Flickinger, who is the top 200 fly seed. Teammate Megan Kingsley is second in what could be a huge event for the ‘Dawgs.
Tennessee’s Kira Toussaint is the top 100 back qualifier in search of her first SEC title, and Missouri’s duo of Katharine Ross and Abby Duncan are the top two 100 breast seeds in front of a home crowd.
On the men’s side, Missouri also leads the 100 breast with junior Fabian Schwingenschlogl. Georgia’s Pace Clark is knocking on the door of a 1:39 in the 200 fly as the top seed in that event, and Alabama is in search of its first SEC title of 2016 with Connor Oslin leading all 100 backstrokers.
Keep refreshing this page for live, event-by-event updates from the SEC meet as they happen.
It was a smooth and easy win for Georgia senior Hali Flickinger to open the night. Flickinger built a lead of more than a full second at the 100-mark and maintained that margin all the way to a 1:52.62 SEC Championship. Flickinger was second in this race a year ago, and bested her time by a few tenths in the 2016 iteration of the race.
This event was set up well for Georgia to make a points run at Texas A&M, but Aggie flyer Sarah Gibson came up clutch, moving up to second place in 1:53.75. The SEC 100 fly champ, Gibson was a distance freestyler up until this season, but has become a key butterfly piece for the Aggies.
Georgia’s Megan Kingsley was third in 1:53.92, leading Gibson through the 150 but dropping off a bit in the home stretch. Still, the entire top three hit NCAA A cuts and will compete at the national championships.
Fourth went to LSU’s Kara Kopcso in 1:54.46. Tennessee’s Maddie Tegner was 1:55.84 for fifth, followed by a pair of Florida Gators – Alyssa Yambor-Maul (1:56.10) and Taylor Katz (1:56.62).
Tennessee retook the lead on the event, now sitting 9 ahead of Texas A&M. Meanwhile Georgia charged, getting a B final win from Caitlin Casazza to pull within 40 of the Aggies and 30 of the Vols.
That keeps the Gators in the team points lead, up 58 on Auburn. Georgia is still 46 back of the Tigers as the top three have started to separate from the field.
The Bulldogs comeback effort is in full swing now – they trail A&M by just a razor-thin 5-point margin after the backstroke, and Tennessee is just 33 ahead of the Aggies in a race that’s getting tighter by the moment.
Alabama junior Connor Oslin matched Smoliga in successfully defending his 2015 SEC 100 back title. Oslin was two tenths faster than he was last year, going 45.25 for the win. That also improves his second-ranked time nationally, behind only reigning NCAA swimmer of the year Ryan Murphy.
It was a junior-dominated event, with third-years sweeping the top five spots. Georgia’s Taylor Dale went 45.58 to rattle his own personal best and take second place. Florida’s Jack Blyzinskyj was 45.66 and LSU’s Logan Rysemus was the