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2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Frayed Knot Oct 10 2014 06:13 AM

Game 1 - Friday, Oct 10, 8:07 EDT 'Big Game' James Shields (14-8, 3.21) vs Chris 'Tea for the' Tillman (13-6, 3.24) Rain expected

Lefty Specialist Oct 10 2014 06:42 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

I really hate the 'Big Game' moniker. He hasn't exactly been lights-out in 'big games' this year. But it seems to have been surgically attached to his name, like 'all-important' has been attached to 'loss column' and 'iconic' has been attached to 'wooden cap'.

d'Kong76 Oct 10 2014 07:26 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Kansas City at Baltimore When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, October 10, 2014 Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland SportsDirect Inc. The Kansas City Royals are entering their first American League Championship Series since winning the World Series in 1985. The Baltimore Orioles, who host the Royals in Game 1 of the ALCS on Friday, are back for the first time since 1997 and are searching for the franchise’s first pennant since 1983. The Orioles and Kansas City present a contrast of styles but got to the ALCS the same way – with strong starting pitching and dominant bullpen work. Baltimore led the majors in home runs and was last in stolen bases during the regular season while Kansas City was last in home runs but sat on top in stolen bases. The Royals do all the things well that teams need to do to win without hitting home runs, including playing great defense, but started to power up in the postseason with key extra-inning blasts from Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer. Even without Manny Machado, Chris Davis and Matt Wieters in the lineup, the Orioles pounded Detroit pitching in the ALDS behind a strong series from Nelson Cruz and consistent production from Nick Markakis in the leadoff spot. TV: 8:07 p.m. ET, TBS PITCHING MATCHUP: Royals RH James Shields (1-0, 4.91 ERA) vs. Orioles RH Chris Tillman (1-0, 3.60) “Big Game” James was bailed out by his offense after allowing four runs in five innings in the wild-card game against Oakland and surrendered a pair of solo home runs before earning the win over Los Angeles in his lone ALDS start. The free agent to-be’s big-game reputation outpaces the actual results as he is 3-4 with a 4.96 ERA in eight career postseason starts, including 0-2 in the ALCS. Shields picked up a pair of wins over the Orioles earlier this season, yielding a total of five runs and 12 hits in 14 innings. Tillman battled through five innings against Detroit in Game 1 of the ALDS and held the Tigers to a pair of solo home runs in earning the win. The 26-year-old completed seven innings only once in his last seven starts but issued only one walk against Detroit while striking out six. Tillman had no trouble going deep into the game against the Royals on May 16, when he tossed a five-hit shutout. WALK-OFFS: 1. Cruz owns 16 career postseason home runs, including eight in 12 ALCS games. 2. Kansas City DH Billy Butler went 0-for-9 with three walks in the ALDS. 3. Baltimore LHP Andrew Miller totaled 3 1/3 hitless innings in the ALDS.

G-Fafif Oct 10 2014 07:42 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Know your animated Orioles. Or your cartoon bird, at least. With special appearance by the man who remade the Mets in the 1980s, Frank Cashen!

Frayed Knot Oct 10 2014 07:44 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Lefty Specialist wrote: I really hate the 'Big Game' moniker. He hasn't exactly been lights-out in 'big games' this year. But it seems to have been surgically attached to his name, like 'all-important' has been attached to 'loss column' and 'iconic' has been attached to 'wooden cap'. Apparently that moniker got hung on him back in the minors by some teammates which in turn got picked up on by ML announcers and now has become the required form of address. I remember muttering 'Big game my ass' at my television on more than a few occasions over the past five years or so while watching him struggle against the Yanx.

Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 07:59 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

I like pedestrian ballplayers with outsized nicknames for that they can't possibly live up to.

G-Fafif Oct 10 2014 08:01 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Edgy MD wrote: I like pedestrian ballplayers with outsized nicknames for that they can't possibly live up to. Like Taters Taveras?

Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 08:45 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

That would be a good one. Super Joe is the most obvious. Gorfax is certainly another. Maybe Anthony Recker needs an outsized nickname.

metsmarathon Oct 10 2014 08:48 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

more outsized a nickname than "edgy's mancrush" anthony recker?

d'Kong76 Oct 10 2014 08:51 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

[fimg=400:21mwivzz]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120404024951/avengersalliance/images/f/f0/Wrecker_Dialogue.png[/fimg:21mwivzz] Super Joe! We had a family of four that used to sit by us that had a whole song about how super he was. I wish I could remember the lyrics.

Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 09:06 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

metsmarathon wrote: more outsized a nickname than "edgy's mancrush" anthony recker? "The Crusher" would be a good nickname for him. It has a Bugs cartoon and a Ramones song to go with it and everything. [fimg=500]http://www.barkeranimation.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/16754ff79e5ed91fd2192ddb1cd7df33/9/7/978.jpg[/fimg]

Lefty Specialist Oct 10 2014 09:51 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Dunno. Bad things happened to The Crusher.

G-Fafif Oct 10 2014 10:00 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Ravishing Recker. Except he really is ravishing. Maybe not always ravaging opposing pitchers, though.

Zvon Oct 10 2014 07:17 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

A broken bat bases loaded triple! Jeeze. 4-1 Royals OE: the guy says it was scored a double. I disagree.

Zvon Oct 10 2014 07:29 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

It sounds so much more dramatic as a triple. O's answer right back,score one, look to score more, but a great diving catch Gordon ends the frame.

Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 07:56 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Big catch helps Big Game Shields to live up to his big name.

Zvon Oct 10 2014 08:01 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

5-1 KC. Still an exciting game for some reason...so far. Yea, big hits, big catches, big pitchers...

Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 08:38 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

And now it's 5-4. "You never expect somebody you draft in June is gonna help you in September." Or October!

Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 08:40 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

I'm getting a weird MLB.tv feed where I can hear the announcers following the game, but the visuals are exclusively one camera shot fixed on the Kansas City dugout.

Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 08:42 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Markakis is going to get a contract extension too, the way things are going.

Zvon Oct 10 2014 08:43 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Shit, my boys are in trouble. Good game here.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 10 2014 08:44 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Thrilling game so far. Wow, crazy crazy

Zvon Oct 10 2014 08:45 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Wow. Shades of Billy Martin. Kinda.

Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 09:02 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Oh that's definitely going to be challenged, right? NOPE!

Zvon Oct 10 2014 09:04 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

oH NO. No, I didn't see this daylight they're talking about. His toe was there and the guy pushed him a bit. That's big, right there.

Zvon Oct 10 2014 09:06 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Oh, that view shows it clearly. Cripes. He was out.

Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 09:06 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Andrew Miller. The Mets and the Yanks should try and get this guy.

Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 09:08 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

I think Squiggy is sitting behind the Baltimore dugout.

Zvon Oct 10 2014 09:12 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Now in a real speed replay it looks like he got pushed off second. The Royals are rattled.

Fman99 Oct 10 2014 09:24 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Love me some post season baseball starring my second and third favorite teams, the not-Yankees and not-Cardinals.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 10 2014 09:31 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Hey, Mike Welcome a-Boardick is the sideline reporter.

Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 09:37 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

He's already been more useful in this post-season than he was in 2000's. WHOAH!

Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 09:45 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Do it now, O's.

Frayed Knot Oct 10 2014 09:50 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Wallace to Britton: All you do to me is walk, walk

Zvon Oct 10 2014 09:58 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Lookin' good for The Royal Scurge. OO, wow, nice play at home. I guess he didn't have time to touch 1st. Nice play. Big play.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 10 2014 10:02 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Only game 1. What a series this could be.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 10 2014 10:06 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

wOw

Zvon Oct 10 2014 10:09 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Wow. HUGE DP! Stays tied. There was no real mention of how fast that guy got down the 3rd baseline on the grounder to first. They didn't show an isolated replay either. But I didn't expect him to be on the plate so fast. O's do good.

Zvon Oct 10 2014 10:20 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Whoa! Gordon! 6-5 KC,10th

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 10 2014 10:30 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

oh my.

Zvon Oct 10 2014 10:31 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Oops. Someone got stunned.

Zvon Oct 10 2014 10:44 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Tying run at the plate for the O's in the bottom of the 10th. But they can't comeback. No way. Not gonna happen.

Zvon Oct 10 2014 10:46 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

uh-oh. 8-6

Zvon Oct 10 2014 10:50 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Whew. The Royals stun. Great game. These Royal games have been some of the best baseball I've seen this season. It's refreshing.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 10 2014 10:53 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Holy hell, whattabawwgame.

Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 10:59 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Darren O'Day, you let me o'down.

Zvon Oct 10 2014 11:02 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

I can't hear Showalter talk anymore without picturing Malvo from Fargo.

d'Kong76 Oct 11 2014 06:56 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Kansas City at Baltimore When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 11, 2014 Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland SportsDirect Inc. The Kansas City Royals were last in the majors in home runs during the regular season, but the postseason has been a different story. The slugging Royals attempt to take a 2-0 lead in the American League Championship Series when they visit the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. Kansas City is breaking out its power in extra innings in the playoffs and got 10th-inning blasts from Alex Gordon and Mike Moustakas to post an 8-6 win in Game 1. The Royals have recorded four of their five postseason victories via extra innings, with the last three coming thanks to the home run, and got the better of the bullpen battle with the Orioles in Friday's opener. Baltimore overcame a pair of four-run deficits and escaped a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the ninth to get to extra innings before Darren O’Day surrendered Gordon’s leadoff blast in the 10th. Kansas City's setup duo of Kelvim Herrera and Wade Davis combined to strike out six in four scoreless innings, but neither closer – Baltimore’s Zach Britton nor the Royals’ Greg Holland – looked sharp in Game 1. TV: 4:07 p.m. ET, TBS PITCHING MATCHUP: Royals RH Yordano Ventura (0-0, 1.29 ERA) vs. Orioles RH Bud Norris (1-0, 0.00) or Orioles LH Wei-Yin Chen (0-0, 12.27) Ventura dominated the Los Angeles Angels in the AL Division Series, allowing one run and five hits while striking out five in seven innings. The 23-year-old rookie regularly reaches 100 miles per hour with his fastball and only issued one walk at Los Angeles. Ventura faced Baltimore twice during the regular season and went 1-1 while yielding a total of two runs and striking out 17 in 14 1/3 frames. Orioles manager Buck Showalter sent both Norris and Chen to the media session reserved for Game 2 starters on Friday and refused to tip his hand on which will get the nod for the start. Chen was knocked around for five runs in 3 2/3 innings during the ALDS against Detroit but surrendered three runs in 12 1/3 frames against Kansas City during the regular season. Norris cruised through 6 1/3 scoreless frames to earn a win in the decisive Game 3 of the ALDS and allowed a run on four hits over 7 1/3 innings in his lone regular-season start against the Royals. WALK-OFFS: 1. The Royals, who totaled 95 home runs in the regular season, pounded three in Game 1. 2. Baltimore DH Nelson Cruz drove in a run in Game 1, giving him 19 RBIs in 13 career ALCS games. 3. Kansas City LF Gordon was hit in the neck with a pitch in the eighth inning but remained in the game.

Frayed Knot Oct 11 2014 07:00 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Most post-season extra-inning HRs in franchise history: Yanx = 11 Red Sox = 7 Braves = 6 Post-season, extra-inning HRs [u:3kab3nbe]this year[/u:3kab3nbe] for Royals = 4

d'Kong76 Oct 11 2014 02:01 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Who the heck just tried to sing The National Anthem?

Zvon Oct 11 2014 03:57 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

d'Kong76 wrote: Who the heck just tried to sing The National Anthem? Didn't see that. Saw most of the game but stepped off when it was tied. Mouse hit another? Wow. 4-3 KC after 4. What's impressing me the most about these Royals is the power when they need it. Didn't expect much of that.

Lefty Specialist Oct 11 2014 04:02 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Royals having the look of a team that will not be denied.

Zvon Oct 11 2014 04:20 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Zvon Oct 11 2014 04:41 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Another great catch. I'm loving this. 4-4,6th

Edgy MD Oct 11 2014 05:15 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Go, Ron Darling!

d'Kong76 Oct 11 2014 05:59 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Ron's pretty good on these, hope he keeps mixing it in and doesn't get swept up by a sweet network deal with no time for us.

Frayed Knot Oct 11 2014 06:02 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

d'Kong76 wrote: Ron's pretty good on these, hope he keeps mixing it in and doesn't get swept up by a sweet network deal with no time for us. Nah, there's no network job in baseball that'll take more than a day or two a week. Local TV is really where the bread & butter is in baseball.

Frayed Knot Oct 11 2014 06:06 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

That Kelvin Herrera was an absolute zero in covering 1st base an inning or so back, wasn't he? I tell you I crack me up sometimes

Zvon Oct 11 2014 06:25 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Har. 6-4 Royalcrowns. It's the 9th. Balt has one on, two out.

Zvon Oct 11 2014 06:28 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Royals take it to go up 2-0. Pretty amazin'

batmagadanleadoff Oct 11 2014 06:32 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

"Stunning!"

d'Kong76 Oct 11 2014 06:35 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Frayed Knot wrote: Nah, there's no network job in baseball that'll take more than a day or two a week. Local TV is really where the bread & butter is in baseball. Just mean he could end up on ESPN or MLB.

Frayed Knot Oct 11 2014 07:16 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Royals are now 6-0 in this post-season ... that's stunning enough. But the really wild part is that in five of those games they scored their winning run(s) in the 12th, 11th, 11th, 10th & 9th innings - 4 of those 5 while on the road. Only in game 3 vs Anaheim did they go ahead early to stay.

MFS62 Oct 12 2014 08:24 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

"Who's Ron Gaspar?"* Later * Frank Robinson even got the first name wrong of one of the "nobodies" who would kick the Orioles' asses.

d'Kong76 Oct 13 2014 07:58 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Baltimore at Kansas City When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, October 13, 2014 Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri SportsDirect Inc. The Kansas City Royals spent 28 years watching the postseason from home, and now that they’ve gotten back, they just can’t lose. The Royals go for their seventh straight win this postseason and a 3-0 lead in the American League Championship Series when they host the Baltimore Orioles in Game 3 on Monday. The Orioles have lost the battle of the bullpens in the first two games and will need to make some history in order to win the series. No team ever has come back from a 2-0 deficit in the ALCS after losing the first two at home, a fact Baltimore has the talent to change. Adam Jones hit his first postseason homer in the Orioles’ 6-4 loss in Game 2 and insisted after the contest that the series was not over despite back-to-back late-inning meltdowns. If Baltimore hopes for a comeback, getting setup man Darren O’Day and closer Zach Britton on track would be one key, as the two have combined to allow four runs on four hits and three walks in the first two games. TV: 8:07 p.m. ET, TBS PITCHING MATCHUP: Orioles LH Wei-Yin Chen (0-0, 12.27 ERA) vs. Royals RH Jeremy Guthrie (2014: 13-11, 4.13) Chen was bailed out by the offense in Game 2 of the AL Division Series against Detroit after allowing five runs and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings. The Taiwan native surrendered two or fewer earned runs in each of his final five regular-season turns and held Kansas City to three runs over 12 1/3 frames in two starts earlier in 2014. Chen yielded a pair of home runs in his ALDS start and was reached for 29 blasts in 32 regular-season outings. Guthrie missed out on the fun in the wild-card game and the ALDS but gets the nod against his former team in Game 3. The veteran spent five seasons at the top of Baltimore's staff without making the playoffs before leaving via free agency following the 2011 campaign. Guthrie finished the regular season strong, allowing a total of one earned run in 20 1/3 innings over his last three starts, but has not pitched since Sept. 26. WALK-OFFS: 1. Royals 3B Mike Moustakas is the first player in franchise history to homer in four straight playoff games. 2. Baltimore DH Nelson Cruz has recorded multiple hits in each of the first five games of the postseason. 3. Kansas City CF Lorenzo Cain is 6-for-8 with four runs scored and an RBI in the first two games of the series.

Frayed Knot Oct 13 2014 10:14 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

One would have to say that this series of moves has worked out well for the Royals. It was four off-seasons ago (Dec 2010) that KC swapped Zack Greinke (along with Yunesky Betancourt - no longer playing) to Milwaukee. In return they received: * Lorenzo Cain - then a 24 y/o former 17th round draft pick with 150 ML ABs under his belt, now the .300-hitting starting CF with a lot of glove * Alcides Escobar - then in his first full ML season, now the 5th year starting SS * Jake Odorizzi - then a 20 y/o 1st round draft pick pitching in the low-A Midwest Lg Odorizzi, who was thought by many to be the key to the deal, was then flipped two years later (w/others, most notably Will Myers) to TB for pitchers James Shields & Wade Davis, arguably their top starter and reliever this season Nice work, KC.

Gwreck Oct 13 2014 10:26 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

It's "worked out" in the sense that they are in the playoffs (a reasonable measure of success for any team) but it's still pretty early to declare a winner on the Shields-Myers deal. Shields is a free agent after this year. Davis, as great as he was as a reliever this year, put up negative 2.7 WAR as a starter last year for KC. Myers won the Rookie of the Year with Tampa and a 1.9 WAR in 2013 before having a terrible sophomore slump and a wrist injury. He's still 4+ seasons away from free agency and is 23 years old. Ororizzi put up 1.2 WAR in 31 starts this year for Tampa, his first full season.

Frayed Knot Oct 13 2014 11:19 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Gwreck wrote: It's "worked out" in the sense that they are in the playoffs (a reasonable measure of success for any team) but it's still pretty early to declare a winner on the Shields-Myers deal. And the making the playoffs part was the real prize here, especially given KC's last three decades. Trades really shouldn't be looked in terms of 'winning or losing' so much as whether it accomplished the goal for the team(s) making them. In this case, the Royals shipped out a pitcher they were going to lose in the near future and wound up with a promising arm plus two full time/controllable players at tough to fill spots, then stapled that promising arm to a promising bat and flipped them for two more ready-to-use arms. That doesn't mean that the deal didn't also work out for Milwaukee (who went to the playoffs with Greinke & Betancourt) or that it still won't for Tampa with Myers and/or Odorizzi playing a big role, only that it all sure looks good right now for KC.

Frayed Knot Oct 13 2014 03:32 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Game 3 -- Rained Out Will be played on Tuesday in the time slot where Game 4 was scheduled.

Zvon Oct 13 2014 05:43 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Frayed Knot wrote: Game 3 -- Rained Out Will be played on Tuesday in the time slot where Game 4 was scheduled. Gah!

d'Kong76 Oct 14 2014 04:45 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Baltimore at Kansas City When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri SportsDirect Inc. **See above**

Mets – Willets Point Oct 14 2014 12:11 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Something needs to happen to get Moustakas and Markakis into the same headline. A brawl? A stunning defensive play? I don't know, but something.

Edgy MD Oct 14 2014 12:13 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

A Hellenic Society conference.

Edgy MD Oct 14 2014 08:10 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Nobody else tuning in? Here's hoping Kansas City going to the pen so early will come back to hurt them.

Mets Guy in Michigan Oct 14 2014 08:12 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Tie game in the sixth!

Zvon Oct 14 2014 08:26 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

The Royals take a 2-1 lead. 7th inning.

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2014 08:27 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

I would have liked to hear Shields on that hidden mike thing yell out something like 'SUCK IT JETER' on that Mustakas over-the-rail catch.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 14 2014 08:30 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

The Royals give one so much hope.

Edgy MD Oct 14 2014 08:48 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

PbP calls I'd never heard before: "He made the play right in front of his beard."

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2014 09:03 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Damn ... This is a helluva run they're on!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 14 2014 09:04 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

fuk. O's on the brink. OTOH, Royals are one of those clubs capable of losing 4 in a row, aren't they?

Mets – Willets Point Oct 14 2014 09:05 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: OTOH, Royals are one of those clubs capable of losing 4 in a row, aren't they? You mean, like the Yankees?

batmagadanleadoff Oct 14 2014 09:18 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

The Royals are one game away from completing a stunning sweep of the Orioles.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 14 2014 09:20 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

They've cracked the code.

MFS62 Oct 14 2014 09:22 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Frayed Knot wrote: I would have liked to hear Shields on that hidden mike thing yell out something like 'SUCK IT JETER' on that Mustakas over-the-rail catch. When the guy on radio ( Aaron Boone?) said that was Moustakas' Jeter-like moment, I threw up a little in my mouth. Later

batmagadanleadoff Oct 14 2014 09:27 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

And they've got the coolest scoreboard in all of the [crossout]post-season[/crossout] playoffs.

d'Kong76 Oct 15 2014 04:45 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Baltimore at Kansas City When: 4:00 PM ET, Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri SportsDirect Inc. The Kansas City Royals are one win away from the World Series. The Royals will try to clinch their first pennant since 1985 and a sweep of the American League Championship Series when they host the Baltimore Orioles in Game 4 on Wednesday. Kansas City entered the series with a hot bullpen and continues to deploy that weapon in the ALCS while showing a much more balanced offense than it was given credit for prior to the series. The Royals have gotten the home run when need and still able to manufacture runs, grabbing the win in Game 3 on the strength of an RBI groundout and a sacrifice fly. The Orioles won 96 games in the regular season and swept the Detroit Tigers in the AL Division Series, but are having trouble coming up with the big hit against Kansas City and were limited to three hits in Tuesday’s 2-1 setback. “I always feel like we’re one win from getting the thing going the other way,” Baltimore manager Buck Showalter told reporters after Game 3. “…We’re always one more opportunity away and that’s tomorrow.” TV: 4:07 p.m. ET, TBS PITCHING MATCHUP: Orioles RH Miguel Gonzalez (2014: 10-9, 3.23 ERA) vs. Royals LH Jason Vargas (0-0, 3.00) Gonzalez was not needed in the three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers in the AL Division Series and could have been skipped again due to Monday’s rainout, but gets his chance to start. The Mexico native allowed three or fewer earned runs in each of his final eight regular-season turns and held Toronto scoreless over five innings in his last start Sept. 28. Gonzalez surrendered four runs – three earned – over six innings against Kansas City to suffer a loss April 27. The Royals will stick with Vargas as well despite the rainout, saving James Shields for Game 5. Vargas was sharp against the Los Angeles Angels in the ALDS, yielding two runs on three hits in six innings without factoring in the decision in a game Kansas City went on to win 3-2 in 11 innings. Two of the hits the veteran surrendered were solo home runs, and he has yielded six blasts over his last five turns. WALK-OFFS: 1. The Royals’ seven straight wins to start the postseason ties the record set by the 2007 Colorado Rockies. 2. Baltimore is trying to become the second team in MLB history (Boston Red Sox, 2004) to win a best-of-seven series after losing the first three games. 3. Royals CF Lorenzo Cain is 8-for-12 with five runs scored in the series.

Frayed Knot Oct 15 2014 06:17 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

[fimg=250]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlV6ZRvCUAAchMi.jpg[/fimg] Looks like KC fans have gone from believing that George Brett was the Lord to seeing that he merely hangs with the Lorde.

Gwreck Oct 15 2014 08:25 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: OTOH, Royals are one of those clubs capable of losing 4 in a row, aren't they? Yeah, to the Giants in the World Series. Like Colorado did in 2007 after going on a similar run - won play-in game in extra innings; swept DS and LCS.

HahnSolo Oct 15 2014 12:26 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Mets – Willets Point wrote: They've cracked the code. George Brett and his mom. (Lorde age truther)

Zvon Oct 15 2014 02:32 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

2-0 Royals. Runs scored on an error!

Zvon Oct 15 2014 03:42 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

2-1 KC. Good game. O's have to be feeling tense. They are playing like it. Royals with some nice leather in left.

Edgy MD Oct 15 2014 04:50 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Get it back, O's! More Joan Jett! Less Lorde!

Zvon Oct 15 2014 04:58 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

2-1 KC. 9th. Royals need 3 outs. O' on 1st. Cruz up.

Edgy MD Oct 15 2014 04:58 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Leadoff walkie-talkie!

Gwreck Oct 15 2014 04:58 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Would Wade Davis be the first non-"closer" reliever to win an LCS MVP award? (I guess they could give it to Moustakas as well).

Zvon Oct 15 2014 05:01 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Gwreck wrote: Would Wade Davis be the first non-"closer" reliever to win an LCS MVP award? (I guess they could give it to Moustakas as well). I don't know. Good question. I say Moose Mouse gets it. 1 out

Zvon Oct 15 2014 05:02 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

2 out

Zvon Oct 15 2014 05:04 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Edgy MD Oct 15 2014 05:06 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

They're playing "Kansas City"?

Lefty Specialist Oct 15 2014 05:07 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

OK, 'stunning' isn't too strong a word.

Zvon Oct 15 2014 05:12 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

I didn't see the 1st inning. Heard about the error. I thought it was a choke kinda error. Just saw it for the 1st time. That was a tough break kinda error. It was knocked out of the catchers glove? Into the dugout?(they cut the replay short)

Frayed Knot Oct 15 2014 05:57 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Edgy MD wrote: They're playing "Kansas City"? Well, 'Meet Me in Saint Louie' would have been kind of odd.

d'Kong76 Oct 15 2014 06:08 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

And presumptuous!

Edgy MD Oct 15 2014 06:44 PM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: They're playing "Kansas City"? Well, 'Meet Me in Saint Louie' would have been kind of odd. I mean, I know that every team likes their local city-referencing songs, but... well... it's paradoxical to sing about going to Kansas City, when you're already there. That, and the song is about how the city is good place to find women with... terribly low inhibitions. Not exactly an anthem of metropolitan triumphalism. On the other hand, the Phillies play "Streets of Philadelphia."

Mets – Willets Point Oct 16 2014 05:46 AM Re: 2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

Edgy MD wrote: Edgy MD wrote: They're playing "Kansas City"? Well, 'Meet Me in Saint Louie' would have been kind of odd. I mean, I know that every team likes their local city-referencing songs, but... well... it's paradoxical to sing about going to Kansas City, when you're already there. That, and the song is about how the city is good place to find women with... terribly low inhibitions. Not exactly an anthem of metropolitan triumphalism. On the other hand, the Phillies play "Streets of Philadelphia." You're the one one who said "less Lorde."