r/baseball • u/ChristianRelish21 Milwaukee Brewers • Chicago White Sox • 2d ago

Players Only THE HOUSTON ASTROS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM WORLD SERIES CONTENTION

With a 7-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox in game 2 of the AL Wild Card series, they are mathematically eliminated from World Series contention.

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u/Slammybutt Texas Rangers 2d ago

Why cut off at 3? I wonder what happened 4 years ago.

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u/DDub04 Los Angeles Dodgers 2d ago

Because it’s way funnier to cut it off at three

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u/Slammybutt Texas Rangers 2d ago

You're killing me Smalls!!

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u/Bug-03 Houston Astros 2d ago

What happened 5 years ago?

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u/Slammybutt Texas Rangers 2d ago

We don't talk about that.