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*** OFFICIAL Blue Jays vs. Royals ALCS thread: Is it 1985 already? *** (1 Viewer)
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Cliff Clavin
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Capella
Footballguy
Cliff Clavin
Footballguy
Helluva series and it was great to see some playoff ball from Toronto.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Traded for him on July 31. Just in case Gordon or Rios wouldn't be back in time for the playoffs. Hasn't been on an active playoff roster.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Was at best mediocre as the Royals fifth starter, too. He was a throw-in with the Shields trade. Royals tried him in the bullpen pretty much out of desperation. Started pitching the 8th inning and suddenly bats were allergic to his pitches.
Limp Ditka
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Is this were King Prawn wonders what could have been in Milwaukee again?
Northern Voice
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Bruce Dickinson
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There are about 1000 people lined up outside the Academy store by my house. They are doing The Wave while waiting for the store's computer systems to complete its usual midnight reboot.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Two of the foremost baseball minds, meeting on the emerald chessboard for eternal bragging rights.
Shouldn't have been a HR btw.
Shouldn't have been a HR btw.
Capella
Footballguy
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Shouldn't you be complaining that the World Series won't have any of the top three teams record-wise in MLB? I mean, the team with the 4th most wins playing the team with the team with the 6th most wins? What a sham, right?
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
I'm not sure if I ever want to find out how far that horseshoe penetrated Ned Yost.The replays left it as an open issue. The layout of the fence and rail, and the shadows there at night make it look weird. That ball was either over the fence or skipping across the top of it. Not by much, and if I wasn't familiar with Kauffman's layout from being there in person many times I would be skeptical, too.
I admit I don't know the specifics of the rules on a play like that and I didn't have audio of the game going. Had the play been ruled fan interference, how would the outcome changed? Ground rule double? Out? Do-over?
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Dentist
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The Mets are a sham in the NL. But baseball asks for this type of stuff by not having balanced schedules and having leagues with different rules... not to mention ridiculously short playoff series.. 5 games? What a joke. 7 games is BARELY acceptable. The founding fathers of baseball knew 9 game series were where it's at.Shouldn't you be complaining that the World Series won't have any of the top three teams record-wise in MLB? I mean, the team with the 4th most wins playing the team with the team with the 6th most wins? What a sham, right?
The Royals were the 1 seed in their conference. They aren't a sham.
They were a sham last year.
I still vehemently disagree with the entire way the MLB is setup, but I can't change it... so all I can do is root for my team.
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Good Posting Judge
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Tell me more about who's getting lucky.The Mets are a sham in the NL. But baseball asks for this type of stuff by not having balanced schedules and having leagues with different rules... not to mention ridiculously short playoff series.. 5 games? What a joke. 7 games is BARELY acceptable. The founding fathers of baseball knew 9 game series were where it's at.Shouldn't you be complaining that the World Series won't have any of the top three teams record-wise in MLB? I mean, the team with the 4th most wins playing the team with the team with the 6th most wins? What a sham, right?
The Royals were the 1 seed in their conference. They aren't a sham.
They were a sham last year.
I still vehemently disagree with the entire way the MLB is setup, but I can't change it... so all I can do is root for my team.
Also, 9 games isn't much better than 1. A series would have to be in the neighborhood of 50-60 games to be significant.
Prior to the Cespedes trade, for example, the Mets were 53-50. Following the trade, they went 37-22. Over that same time frame, KC went 34-26. Why do you think comparing overall regular season standings is meaningful? Do you know how the Blue Jays did before they acquired Price and Tulo? Do you think they were a better team at the end of the season or the beginning (obviously excluding Price in the postseason)?The Mets are a sham in the NL. But baseball asks for this type of stuff by not having balanced schedules and having leagues with different rules... not to mention ridiculously short playoff series.. 5 games? What a joke. 7 games is BARELY acceptable. The founding fathers of baseball knew 9 game series were where it's at.Shouldn't you be complaining that the World Series won't have any of the top three teams record-wise in MLB? I mean, the team with the 4th most wins playing the team with the team with the 6th most wins? What a sham, right?
The Royals were the 1 seed in their conference. They aren't a sham.
They were a sham last year.
I still vehemently disagree with the entire way the MLB is setup, but I can't change it... so all I can do is root for my team.
As GPJ linked, it appears KC has been the beneficiary of luck so far. It doesn't even stop now as they host the WS because of the All-Star game results.
Don Quixote
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Verducci with a great article on the Royals' win, and their scouting of the Blue Jays. Price was apparently tipping his change-up: http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/10/24/royals-blue-jays-alcs-clinch-pennant
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Great article. Also explained why the Royals were prepared to try to score Cain from first on Hosmer's single. They knew Bautista would spin and throw to second on the fly, too high for the ball to get cut off. The play caught Tulo by surprise, too - he checked in on Hosmer to make sure he was heading back to first, but wasn't prepared for Cain trying to score and was late getting rid of the ball. Also some stuff about Price having a near Lester-esque level of avoidance of throwing to first. Once the Royals figured that out, Price was easy to read with a runner on first. Sending Hosmer off Price's first movement during the 7th in Game 2 kept that rally going and got in Price's head.Don Quixote said:
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Conference?
