Everyone in the city of Arlington, where the Texas Rangers play their home games, seemed to have come to watch Friday’s parade of new World Series champions.
Fans of the franchise waited 63 years for their favorites to finally get their hands on a first title. The Rangers made the playoffs just nine times in what seemed like an eternity of six decades.
So this win over the Arizona Diamondbacks deserves to be celebrated in a big way. Aerial photos showed several thousand fans crisscrossing the area around Globe Life Field in hopes of meeting manager Bruce Bochy and his men.
On this day, few players were more popular than Corey Seager. The shortstop played hero more than once in October and was deservedly rewarded with the World Series MVP trophy.
“We’re a tight-knit group,” he said in an interview with Bally Sports before the parade. Our ability to come together to compete every night is not easy to learn. Together we have achieved something special.”
This is the second time that the 29-year-old American has received top honors, having also been named Best Player of the Finals Series in 2020 with the Dodgers. However, due to the pandemic, he couldn’t celebrate on the streets of Los Angeles.
Knives fly low
Seager made sure his presence was noticed. Not only did he receive the loudest ovation, but he also sent a well-placed arrow to the Houston Astros.
“Everyone wondered what would happen if the Rangers won the World Series. I guess we’ll never know,” he said on stage before returning the microphone to cheers from the crowd and his teammates.
This is a reference to comments made by Astros third baseman Alex Bregman, who said in October that “a lot of people were wondering what would happen if the Astros hadn’t won the division… I think we never will.” experience”. 1, the day of the final game of the regular season.
Houston had just finished atop the American West Division with a record identical to the Rangers’ (90-72). In the playoffs, however, it was the latter who prevailed in seven games in the association final.