2014 World Series -- Royals vs. Giants

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:02 pm

Because I'm here and I'm still not sure this is real

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:22 pm

Did you just pinch yourself?

Post by **brian** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:34 pm

Is Shields costing himself money this postseason or will it not matter? The FA SP market looks surpringly deep this year too.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:41 pm

oh, um, ah, oh. This is gonna be something.

Flying out to SF in the AM. Bronto, text/call me when you get there, I'll be at the stadium early Friday.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:46 pm

Bumgarner doesn't get to hit? Disadvantage.

ETA: and don't hold this against the Giants fan base. Dude isn't even the best athlete from his high school in SF suburb (Lynn Swann, Barry Bonds):

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:14 pm

Harold Reynolds wrote:You've got to be swinging if you're coming off the island

Reynolds was referring to Pablo Sandoval and Salvador Perez. Who are from Venezuela.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:17 pm

howard wrote:oh, um, ah, oh. This is gonna be something.

Flying out to SF in the AM. Bronto, text/call me when you get there, I'll be at the stadium early Friday.

Hey, if you guys want to get a drink, sometime... And, DSafetyGuy will be in the South Bay too (but working late.)

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:21 pm

sancarlos wrote:
howard wrote:oh, um, ah, oh. This is gonna be something.

Flying out to SF in the AM. Bronto, text/call me when you get there, I'll be at the stadium early Friday.
Hey, if you guys want to get a drink, sometime... And, DSafetyGuy will be in the South Bay too (but working late.)

I'm not going to SF unfortunately. Duty for the other two sports calls this weekend

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:26 pm

I worry about Matthew McConaughey driving that Lincoln. By the sound of his voice, he sounds pretty stoned.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:28 pm

Dude in Marlins jersey behind the plate:

The curious case of the mystery Marlins fan at the World Series (from two years ago)

(from phxgator's retweet)

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:43 pm

I get to feel what it's like when your team loses a postseason game!

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:45 pm

We aren't exactly sucking each others' dicks over here just quite yet.

ETA: I want to see a Duffy v Duffy match (rematch--they faced one another in august, iirc)

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:54 pm

Wait, I'm glancing at baseball reference, Bruce Chen had seven starts this year for the Royals? Or to rephrase, a team in the world series in2014 started Bruce Chen seventimes?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:01 pm

howard wrote:Wait, I'm glancing at baseball reference, Bruce Chen had seven starts this year for the Royals? Or to rephrase, a team in the world series in2014 started Bruce Chen seventimes?

Despite what you said, we can't hear you for that dick in your mouth. These chickens can't be counted yet, despite me also wanting Hunter Pence to succeed.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:05 pm

My long and extensive record of recent world series well documents i never count nuttin. It was a long 52 years, an unforgettable interval.

ETA: shit, there was a 5-0 lead in 2002, which will take about ten more championships before I could possibly forget. russ Ortiz, Dusty baker, Scott Spezio, they still haunt my dreams and consciousness.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:09 pm

""Big Game"" James is responsible for 15 of the 31 runs the Royals have allowed this postseason.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:12 pm

mister d wrote:""Big Game"" James is responsible for 15 of the 31 runs the Royals have allowed this postseason.

I have not once watched that guy pitch and thought he was very much above average, let alone an ace, despite the conventions that he must be their ace.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:13 pm

The Royals' run had made me consider actively watching the series for the first time in years, but the Fox broadcast keeps me away. From the tweets I'm seeing, Harold Reynolds is possibly making people miss Tim McCarver.

Also:

1. I'm rooting for the Royals to win, but if that happens I'm afraid I'll have to hide in a bunker for a couple months to avoid all the old prick sportswriters' columns about how Ned Yost "proved" all the sabermetrics people were wrong.

2. So I've never heard this "Royals" song, but I guess I should give it a listen because due its unexpected cross-cultural relevance (or how to pronounce that girl's name--is the "e" silent or not)?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:17 pm

Song has nothing to do with George Brett or the fine ballclub from Kansas City.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:26 pm

AB_skin_test wrote:I have not once watched that guy pitch and thought he was very much above average, let alone an ace, despite the conventions that he must be their ace.

He's solid and he usually throws a ton of innings. If he's your 2, that's fine and if he's your 3 that's really good.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:41 pm

Remember when I was like "I don't see how they can go from best ever to below average by flipping Dyson and Aoki"? Redacted.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:50 pm

May be Timmay time.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:54 pm

I'm happy this dude is back.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:33 am

I miss McCarver I was a fan of his.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:53 am

AB_skin_test wrote:Song has nothing to do with George Brett or the fine ballclub from Kansas City.

http://deadspin.com/this-picture-of-geo ... 1478665015

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:58 am

Ryan wrote:
AB_skin_test wrote:Song has nothing to do with George Brett or the fine ballclub from Kansas City.
http://deadspin.com/this-picture-of-geo ... 1478665015

I could have been more specific, but as far as the content of the song, it has nothing to do with George Brett and the fine ballclub from Kansas City. I made a generalization that he already knew about the loose connection. My bad.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:14 am

The excuse machine is already in full gear, with Schilling saying that the first two pitches being called balls screwed MUST WIN JIM and Yost Beef talking about the 5 day layoff. The Giants meanwhile are still sharp, having only had a 4 day layoff.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:25 am

I don't get why the layoff didn't affect the bullpen as much. They only gave up 2 over their 6 innings.

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:57 am

I don't thinking coming back from 7 run-deficits is Kansas City's game. #HOTTAKE

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:36 am

mister d wrote:""Big Game"" James is responsible for 15 of the 31 runs the Royals have allowed this postseason.

big game for the other team!

#tipyourwaitstaff

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:37 am

Gunpowder wrote:The excuse machine is already in full gear, with Schilling saying that the first two pitches being called balls screwed MUST WIN JIM and Yost Beef talking about the 5 day layoff. The Giants meanwhile are still sharp, having only had a 4 day layoff.

They got lucky. The 5th day off is the apparent killer.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:48 am

and if you have to listen to one version of Royals, make it this one..

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:51 pm

degenerasian wrote:I miss McCarver I was a fan of his.

If this isn't supposed to be in orange I am disappointed in you. But not your avatar.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:02 pm

the view of what the outside hears sometimes is fascinating. The layoff did not approach my mind at all to talk about last night, nor did it come out of a Royals player's mouth that I heard -- and I was in the midst of about five or six scrums. Nor did I hear any questions about being off for so many days (that I remember).

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:02 pm

Bensell wrote:
degenerasian wrote:I miss McCarver I was a fan of his.
If this isn't supposed to be in orange I am disappointed in you. But not your avatar.

I think 10 McCarvers is better than one Harold Reynolds at this point.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:13 pm

Its so dumb. 5 years ago, I would have punched a child who suggested I would one day wish for McCarver back and, yet, here we are.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:23 pm

Racists.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:32 pm

Reynolds-ists

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:17 pm

This whole "the Royals would bunt but Billy Butler is up" thing is fun

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:19 pm

Brontoburglar wrote:This whole "the Royals would bunt but Billy Butler is up" thing is fun

And the correct answer was "fuck no it shouldn't have been considered"