Diamondbacks: one win away from the Fall Classic

The Road to the World Series

Game 7 in Houston

ALCS

Rangers 11, Astros 4

NLCS

Game 7 in Philadelphia today

Diamondbacks are one win away from the 2023 World Series

Texas reaches the World Series for the first time in 12 years with an 11-4 win over Houston in Houston on Monday night.

The Rangers have never won a World Series. The Arizona Diamondbacks won it all in 2001 and find themselves one win away from another trip to the Fall Classic.

Could we have a Texas-Arizona matchup for 2023?

First things first! The Philadelphia Phillies are in the way. Today is the day the Diamondbacks will throw everything but the kitchen sink at a team that's a heavy favorite to win Game 7 and advance to the World Series again -- the last time was 365 days ago! They lost to Houston. The Phillies won in 1980, beating the Kansas City Royals, and again in 2008 over Tampa Bay.

First things first for our amazing D-Backs. We need to get to first base today, then second, third, and finally step on home...again and again and again. The sports world roars: What are they doing here? How did they get this far?

So, do the Diamondbacks really belong on center stage? We will find out in just a few hours.

Note: I used the above photo as the cover of one of my kid's books, The Return of Johnny Dugan, no longer in print. The book went nowhere, but I love the cover. I took the photo many years ago at the Men's Senior Baseball League World Series.