DAT World Series Game 6: Astros (Verlander) vs. Dodgers (Hill), 7:20 p.m. on FOX

Here we go. This moment is what everything has lead up to.

A lot of us have waited for this for our entire lives.

Bill Doran was my favourite player growing up. I will never forget my first trip to the Astrodome - seeing the scoreboard was amazing. I remember the giveaway was an Astros uniform cooking apron. I wore that stupid thing in the backyard for wiffle ball (this was before jerseys and the like were common, so having a uniform apron was a bigger deal then than now).

I remember getting off the bus and running home during the lads' one playoff appearance - knowing that their clash at Shea against the Metropolitans would be well underway. My late grandfather had the game on for me and was sad that my Astronauts would lose that day to the great Darryl Strawberry and the eventual World Champions.

And who can forget those hot summer nights after little league, building model baseball stadiums and fields on my room, organizing my card collections and listening to Milo Hamilton and Larry Dierker call the action. There was something mysterious about their calls from the west coast, when the games went on past midnight and I had to sneak my listens with headphones. Hearing them call the action from Candlestick park, with the swirling winds - it seemed almost foreign.

Many of us have waited our entire lives, never believing this day would come, mates. I can't wait to watch our dreams come true with all of my fellow Louisiana Astro fans



SirWinston's favourite childhood player - second baseman Bill Doran - celebrates Mike Scott's signature no-hitter in 1986

Do it, boys. frick them dodgers.

Bring it home fellas

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Going to be a hell of a good time watching Verlander complete his ascend to Astros nobility.

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Shades of Clemens / Pertitte in 2004 at St Louis, mate

This is it

Must be a Dodger or Ranger douche lurking and downvoting everyone.

Go Stros! Hope they can get it done tonight. Would have been awesome to watch them do it in Houston in front of the home crowd, but will be amazing anyway to see H-town get a World Series.

I hope Verlander is ready to throw 130. He has an extra day of rest, and he's seen this bullpen up close all series.

So many emotions

We can win the freaking World Series tonight boys!!! Let's go!!!