Corey Seager Mocks Houston Astros Star at World Series Parade
For the second year in a row, there was a World Series parade in Texas. Unfortunately for Houston Astros fans, this one was in Arlington instead of Houston.
The Texas Rangers celebrated their first-ever World Series championship with a parade on Friday. It could have been the Astros partying, but Houston blew its chance at a third straight World Series appearance by losing to Texas in the ALCS in seven games.
Even worse, Rangers star (and World Series MVP) Corey Seager rubbed it in during his parade speech, mocking the speech that Alex Bregman gave after the Astros beat out the Rangers for the AL West crown.
Despite trailing Texas in the divisional standings for most of the season, Houston still finished first for the third year in a row thanks to a late surge at the end of the season.
After the Astros clinched the division, Bregman gave a locker-room speech that went viral, saying "A lot of people were wondering what it's gonna be like if the 'Stros didn't win the division. I guess we'll never know" before he and his teammates started praying champagne.
Seager didn't forget Bregman's words, echoing them a month later at the Rangers' World Series parade.
"Everyone was wondering what was gonna happen if the Rangers didn't win the World Series," Seager said. "I guess we'll never know." The crowd erupted in cheers, and Seager promptly turned around and exited the stage.
What a mic drop. Houston may have won the division, but Texas clearly got the last laugh.
