PHOENIX — Merrill Kelly surfed the internet to find a few tickets, threw on a hoodie and hat so he wouldn’t be recognized and took his brother Reid to Game 3 of the World Series at Citizens Bank Park last year, where the two watched Philadelphia hit five homers in a 7-0 win against Houston.“This is where I want to be a year from now,” Kelly told his brother.
“I have a hard time believing that anything I’m about to experience is going to be louder than that,” Kelly said. “Winning in the postseason is not lucky. You have to earn it,” Walker said. “Doing it more than one year in a row feels a little different. Repeating the success, establishing a presence in the postseason.”
“I’m looking forward to competing with those guys,” Walker said. “We’ve had some good battles early this season already. It’s a great group of guys. They have a lot of chemistry, a lot like we do. But yeah, top to bottom, I’m really looking forward to battling them.”