Buckle up, Yankees fans: It’s New York vs Houston in the ALCS, for the third time in barely half a decade. The winner goes to the World Series with home-field advantage. To riff off (steal from) Jim Nantz: “It’s a tradition unlike any other.”
The last two times that the Yankees weighed themselves against the Astros in a postseason series, they were found wanting. They fell in seven games in 2017 and six contests in 2019. Tonight, they kick off the third attempt at knocking off Houston for the AL pennant.