Saturday night heroics showed what Rockies fans have known for quite some time, and what the entire baseball community widely knows now: DJ LeMahieu can play.
LeMahieu’s notoriety and fame in ALCS Game 6 was shorted, however, as Jose Altuve still found a way to take the conversation away from him. Patrick Saunders writes in the Denver Post how LeMahieu was dismissed in past years, and small market media attention in Colorado easily could have played a factor. LeMahieu found himself in New York where media coverage runs rampant, he delivered in a clutch situation that flipped the baseball world on its’ head in the moment, and just a half-inning later, Jose Altuve took the conversation.