After coming off of a 3-1 series victory over the visiting Red Sox, the A’s stumble into Houston felt more like a face-first ankle-spraining fall into a ditch. The first game wasn’t great, and yesterday’s 6-0 defeat was the kind you cringe at and tell yourself you’ll have forgotten about it by the end of the season.
So instead of talking about those games, let’s talk about “Leapin’ Laureanos, Batman!!”
At the end of 2017, the Astros traded minor league prospect Ramon Laureano to the Oakland A’s. In 2018, Laureano dazzled the baseball world with his 321-foot double play — even though most MLB fans probably forgot which team he was on by the time the highlight clip was over.