2014 MLB Thread

[kelmac07]

Royals look really good. Cain is having a great post season. Seems that someone new steps up for them each game. LOVED seeing the Giants get man handled by Bumgarner last night.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by kelmac07

LOVED seeing the Giants get man handled by Bumgarner last night.

You mean the Cards, Mac?

[kelmac07]

Originally Posted by icehog3

You mean the Cards, Mac?

That too Tom.

Royals remind me of a certain 2005 team They are firing on all cylinders.

Cards/Giants game was pretty boring last night. That series better get more interesting.

[AdamJoshua]

I can see the Sox part of the equation, just the wrong color

Originally Posted by AdamJoshua

I can see the Sox part of the equation, just the wrong color

someone always has to make it a color issue

[AdamJoshua]

Yes and I had faith you would.

[jonumberone]

This Royals team is on fire!
They scratch and claw their way through every game.
Plus, it's hard to mount a comeback when they catch everything.
Balls that have no business being caught die in their gloves for outs.
Before this series, I had heard of Hosmer and Moustakas, but Slavador Perez is the best young player I've ever seen play that I've never heard of before.
He's not hitting but you can clearly see what an asset he is.
Starting to hear a lot of chirping about destiny with this team, but I'm not ready to jump on that bandwagon just yet.
Both the Giants and Cards know how to win in October, and both bring a ton of Postseason experience to the table.
In fact, you have to go back to the 09 Phillies before you find an NL team in the World Series that wasn't the Giants or Cardinals. 5 years!
Giants seem to have Lady Luck on their side. They win the Divisional series on a wild pitch, tie game 2 of the NLCS on a wild pitch in the ninth, and win game 3 on an error. Crazy how the ball bounces for them.
NLCS has the look and feel of a 7 game series. Sorry to say the ALCS doesn't get back to Baltimore.

[jonumberone]

Originally Posted by jonumberone

NLCS has the look and feel of a 7 game series. Sorry to say the ALCS doesn't get back to Baltimore.

1 for 2 isn't bad in baseball.

After game 4 the Cards had the look of a team that had run out of gas.
The Dodgers series took a lot out of them.
Couple that with a less than healthy Wainwright and the loss of Yadi, it was going too be too much to overcome.
I thought Matheny made a mistake pitching Wainwright.
I know he's your ace, and he was on full rest, but he wasn't 100%, plus you were going to have to win games 6 & 7 too.
I would've tried to get my team to gut out game 5, go to my ace game 6, and then let the chips fall where they may game 7.
The point is moot. Wainwright pitched well, and didn't cost them the game.

I'm going to go against the grain and pick the Giants to win the WS. ( Though I bet Vegas has them as a favorite)
I think they're too well seasoned in the playoffs to get steamrolled by the Royals.
The Royals eliminated one team with a great comeback and ousted two other teams before they knew what hit them.
The Giant's know how to hit back.

Should be a fun series.

[icehog3]

Agreed on Perez, Dom, if the kid ver gets the bat going he'll be an All Star.

Think I am on that KC bandwagon, until April 2015 anyway.

[14holestogie]

KC third base coach is a hometown boy that has spent the past 30 years in all parts of the Royals system. Fun to see him finally get a team making some serious noise.

[big pete]

WAHOOOOO!!! Go Giants!!!!!

Nothing better than the walk off in postseason baseball. Congrats to the Giants. That said, go KC!!

[pnoon]

Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox

Nothing better than the walk off in postseason baseball. Congrats to the Giants. That said, go KC!!

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox

Nothing better than the walk off in postseason baseball. Congrats to the Giants. That said, go KC!!

Originally Posted by pnoon

[Remo]

Couple of quick series.

[icehog3]

Dom, you're right about the Giants recent playoff experience, I would give them a big edge too.

But I will be rooting for the Royals,

[357]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Dom, you're right about the Giants recent playoff experience, I would give them a big edge too.

But I will be rooting for the Royals,

Same here. About Avila Tom, I think he's done. He calls a good game for the pitchers but his bat is worthless. Worse yet, he used to be good at keeping runners in check but that too seems to be a thing of the past. Honestly if we had a catcher that could hit .250 consistently and had a decent arm I'd be content.

[kelmac07]

Both the NCLS & ALCS were good series...alot closer than the 4-0 and 4-1 records would indicate. I agree that the Giants have the experience, but the Royals are clicking on every cylinder. I will be rooting for the Royals.

[jonumberone]

That game was over fast last night.
Once SF got out of the third unscathed, you could see the air come out of the KC balloon.
2nd and 3rd no out, somebody has to hit a sac fly there.
The one thing you can't do is have back to back strikeouts in that spot.
KC looked like they knew they missed their chance.

Terrible job by Shields last night, too.
You can't spot Bumgarner 3 runs before he even takes the mound.
He's been bad all postseason.
FWIW, none of the big 3 free agent pitchers made any more money with their postseason performances.
Shields has been bad, Lester coughed up the game to the Royals, and Scherzer spit the bit late also.

MLB really needs to have the Royals win tonight.
Down 0-2, all the bandwagon Royals fans with abandon ship, and nobody will watch.
The biggest draw to this series is the Cinderella story.
Nobody will care once the fairy dust starts to fade away.