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The second match in history between coaches with 2,000 wins... MLB ALCS hot topic
Coach Baker Houston vs. Coach Bocce of Texas Focusing attention on his brilliant career
The American League Championship Series (ALCS, 4 wins out of 7), which determines the winner of this year's Major League Baseball (MLB) American League, attracts attention in many ways.
The Texas Rangers (Arlington) and Houston Astros (Houston), two major league teams based in Texas, USA, compete in the postseason for the first time. 온라인카지노
The first game of the ALCS between the two teams will begin at 9 a.m. on the 16th (Korean time) at Minute Maid Park, Houston's home stadium.
Expressions referring to matches between teams from the same hometown include the 'Subway Series' (New York Yankees-Mets) and the 'Freeway Series' (Los Angeles Dodgers-Los Angeles Angels).
This match between Texas and Houston is the 'Lone Star' series, named after the state flag of Texas.
The Texas flag with one star is so symbolic that it is known as the 'lonely star.'
It can also be interpreted as an 'independent star', recalling the war of independence that Texas residents fought against Mexico before incorporating into the United States.
The Texas Rangers use Arlington, a wealthy neighborhood in the Dallas and Fort Worth metropolitan areas in northern Texas, as their home.
The Houston Astros are based in Houston, the fourth largest city in the United States and an international city in the southeast with a high concentration of diplomatic missions.
Not only are the two teams talented, but even greater attention is focused on the history of the head coach who led the two teams to the American League Championship Series.
The numbers tell us the history of two veteran fighters is nothing short of splendid.
According to the information introduced by MLB.com on the 14th, Houston manager Dusty Baker (74) and Texas manager Bruce Bochy (68) will face each other for the second time in postseason history between managers with 2,000 wins.
There are only 12 managers in the big leagues who have won more than 2,000 games.
Coach Baker has won a total of 2,183 games in the regular league during his 26 years as manager until this year, ranking 7th in this category.
After taking the helm again four years after his retirement and completing his 26th season, Coach Bochy ranked 10th with 2,093 wins.
The combined number of wins between the two amounts to 4,276.
The first matchup between coaches with 2,000 wins took place in the 2009 National League Division Series.
Manager Tony LaRussa (2,552 wins), who was leading the St. Louis Cardinals at the time, and Joe Torrey (2,246 wins), manager of the Dodgers, created new history.
Coach La Russa retired after increasing his career wins to 2,902 (2nd place), and Coach Tory to 2,326 wins (5th place).
Coach Baker and Coach Boc, who are the first and second oldest active MLB coaches, are also set to face off against coaches over the age of 68 for the third time in the postseason.
Prior to this, manager La Russa (77 years old) faced manager Baker (72 years old) in the 2021 American League Division Series, and manager Felipe Alou (68 years old) and manager Jack McKeon (72 years old) faced each other in the 2003 National League Division Series.
Coach Baker, who suffered from the sorrow of being irrelevant, led Houston to the World Series championship last year, setting a new record as the oldest manager or head coach to wear a championship ring in all four major American sports.
This year, we will break the record when we toast the winner.
Coach Bochy, who led the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants to the top of the National League, became the seventh manager in history to lead three different teams to the championship series.
Since 1969, when the league championship series system was introduced, there has yet to be a head coach who has led all three teams to the league championship, and Coach Bocch is attempting his first milestone.
If Coach Bochy surpasses Houston in this year's ALCS, including the era before 1969, he will become the third coach in history to lead three different teams to the World Series.
Coach Bochy is fighting Coach Baker for the second time in fall baseball since he defeated Coach Baker's Cincinnati Reds with 3 wins and 2 losses, a clean sweep, in the 2012 National League Division Series when he was in charge of San Francisco.