The Houston Astros hosted the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday night, and the Texas team pulled out its secret weapon before first pitch.
Ric Flair appeared inside Minute Maid Park via video before the game to say “play ball” in front of a raucous crowd. It was rumored that the team would ask Flair to make a video appearance if the Astros were able to force a Game 7 in the series, and on Friday night they came through with a win in Game 6 to even it at three.
On Saturday night, Flair himself appeared on video to “wooo” the Astros to victory.
https://twitter.com/astros/status/921891189233774592
It got quite a response in the park.
The 2017 #Astros … and Ric Flair pic.twitter.com/57FOSBB8LI
— Brian T. Smith (@BTSmithUK) October 22, 2017
Many people at the game mentioned online that it was so loud inside the park that they could barely hear the message.
It also got a response from Josh Reddick, who uses Flair’s theme song as his walk-up music. Reddick got a hit in the fourth inning of Game 7, which was enough to knock Yankees starter CC Sabathia off the mound in the pivotal game.
https://twitter.com/marcowill/status/921910648539197440
Astros fans were thrilled that Flair shook the cobwebs out for Reddick, because of course the pregame message helped him finally get a hit in the series in an important moment.
