[TheDROCK]

My Oakland Rockets advanced to the 2021 World Series and faced the Atlanta Firebirds, who led the league with 111 wins.

Well, the Rockets quickly lost the first three games and I was already making my plans to dump half this team in the offseason before they came alive to win the next three games and send the Series to a seventh game.

I had the ace of my staff, Ricardo Mojica, all set to pitch. He was a midseason call-up and went 15-1, losing only his last start in a meaningless game in September.

He shuts down the Firebirds over the first three innings and in the top of the fourth, the Rockets get a two-out, two-run double by Steve Tesch to take the lead.

Mojica shuts down the Firebirds until the sixth when the scratch out a run. They score again in the 8th to tie it. After a scoreless ninth, we're headed to extra innings in the seventh game of the World Series. What could be better?

The Rockets get a one-out double from Juan Mendoza in the top of the 10th, but can't advance him any further.

Our closer, Pedro Luna, takes over in the bottom half of the inning and quickly gets the first two outs. Im already checking my lineup card to see who's up for us next inning but the Firebirds shortstop Tim Noble rips a double down the left field line. With the Atlanta crowd pleading for a hit, Ivan Carrillo comes through with a seeing-eye single through the left side of the infield that scores Noble with the Series-winning run.

A disappointing but exciting end to my Rockets season...