--- title: World Series Game 6 Falls on Halloween, Internet Reacts description: With the Houston Astros in position to clinch the 2017 World Series, the Internet was forced to come to terms with Game 6 falling on Halloween night. canonical: https://time.com/5005432/halloween-world-series-game-6-reactions/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-01T17:33:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:25.129Z og:title: The Internet Couldn't Handle the World Series on Halloween Night og:description: "Halloween is cancelled" og:url: https://time.com/5005432/halloween-world-series-game-6-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bb120d647f0746d/6988e4270a4a222e119d0892/halloween-world-series.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: 2017 Major League Baseball World Series Game Six: Houston Astros v. 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LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 1, 2017 5:33 PM UTC With the Houston Astros in position to clinch the [2017 World Series](http://time.com/5002759/weirdest-world-series-fall-classic/) on Tuesday, the Internet was forced to come to terms with Game 6 of the [MLB](http://time.com/5001535/yuli-gurriel-gesture-world-series/) championship falling on [Halloween](http://time.com/5004265/heidi-klum-halloween-costumes-2017/) night. We now know that the Oct. 31 matchup was not the final one of the series, as the Los Angeles Dodgers forced Game 7 with a 3-1 victory. However, that didn’t make the double-whammy holiday any less stressful for Halloween and baseball enthusiasts. “I had ONE friggin trick o treater and I have staged skeletons climbing out on my lawn,” [Mindy Kaling tweeted](https://twitter.com/mindykaling/status/925541901868023808) during the game. “Meanwhile Verlander keeps pitchin excellent yeesh.” But while tensions were high, some Twitter users couldn’t help but joke about the situation. “The world series … on halloween? i bet the bat is. i bet the baseball bat is like a bat, like the ah. like the bat type of an animal,” [wrote Jon Bois](https://twitter.com/jon%5Fbois/status/925540229150277633). > [](https://twitter.com/mindykaling/status/925541901868023808) > [](https://twitter.com/jon%5Fbois/status/925540229150277633) See some of the best reactions to the night below. > [](https://twitter.com/MattGoldich/status/925534854153981952) > [](https://twitter.com/scottkutach/status/925418620993327107) > [](https://twitter.com/WorldOfStu/status/925504675457138688) > [](https://twitter.com/katy%5Ffit/status/925454037691928576) > [](https://twitter.com/acrystacat/status/925392034403196930) > [](https://twitter.com/ascarborough/status/925527958244220928) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5005432/halloween-world-series-game-6-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5005432/halloween-world-series-game-6-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Could Not the Handle the World Series Happening on Halloween Night","datePublished":"2017-11-01T17:33:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:25.129Z","description":"\"Halloween is cancelled\"","url":"https://time.com/5005432/halloween-world-series-game-6-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Baseball","twitter","Holidays","world series","halloween","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bb120d647f0746d/6988e4270a4a222e119d0892/halloween-world-series.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bb120d647f0746d/6988e4270a4a222e119d0892/halloween-world-series.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 Major League Baseball World Series Game Six: Houston Astros v. 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