I guess so. It's a different type of pressure. One is "we HAVE to win" and the other is "don't mess this up."
I don’t get the hate for the Astros. They beat the Dodgers, we beat them, and now they’re about to beat the Phillies. They sound like friendly friends to me. (“friendly friend” is the term my Puerto Rican pre-algebra teacher used to refer to our calculators. I can still hear her clear as day and it cracks me up.)
As stat quirky as baseball is, Verlander being 0-6 with a 6+ ERA in the world series might take the cake.
What is his April record? Maybe he isn't a cold weather pitcher? But yeah, that reeks of pucker factor going to 11 when the chips are down