Series Thread: Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Angels

[kcvet]

Raising Cain. 8th ing. turn out the lights

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

Did the Angels beat anyone good all season?


It seems like they really got fat beating up Houston and Texas.


They hid their mediocrity versus good teams well with a gaudy beatdown of the bad teams.

 

[brin3535]

HEY HEY HEY!!! CONGRATS TO THE ROYALS!!! LONG TIME COMING!!!

 

[gobigred]

Congrats Royals!! Glad to see them pull it off! Hope they make it to the World Series

 

[Mondo Jay]

Go Royals! Crapshoodity strikes again!

 

[Fountain City Blues]

So, the first time ever the best team, by regular season record, gets swept in the LDS.

 

[RobToxin]

What do you expect in the playoffs from a team with ex-Rangers on it?

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

Two Cinderella teams playing for the ALCS. Both fighting to be the "underdog"


The Plucky running Royals making their first appearance in 29 years


vs.


Orioles, picked to finish dead last in their division, trying to overcome injuries to all their best players with triple A guys and castoffs nobody wanted




it is going to be tough to find the "villain".

 

[963BUSC]

Grats to the Royals fans. GL the rest of the way.

 

[msgkings322]

So, the first time ever the best team, by regular season record, gets swept in the LDS.

The team that clinches making the playoffs first hasn't won the World Series since 1998

As a Giants fan I hope the dynamic works vs the Nats. Something about coasting in and getting stale maybe, vs fighting in playoff mode for weeks before the season ends.

 

[da55bums]

The team that clinches making the playoffs first hasn't won the World Series since 1998

As a Giants fan I hope the dynamic works vs the Nats. Something about coasting in and getting stale maybe, vs fighting in playoff mode for weeks before the season ends.

sweet, that was Baltimore clinching 1st a few hours before the Royals.

 

[msgkings322]

sweet, that was Baltimore clinching 1st a few hours before the Royals.

No, the stat I was quoting was about which team clinches MAKING the playoffs during the regular season. I think it was the Angels this year. It's usually (but not always) the team with the best regular season record in baseball.

Point being, the best regular season team rarely wins it all, unlike football and especially basketball. The playoffs in baseball are just a small sample size crazy train.

I am definitely rooting for a Giants-Royals World Series. Both 5 seeds meeting up would be the ultimate craziness and get the purists howling. Plus KC is the most 'deserving' sports town left in the MLB playoffs.

 

[calsnowskier]

The team that clinches making the playoffs first hasn't won the World Series since 1998

As a Giants fan I hope the dynamic works vs the Nats. Something about coasting in and getting stale maybe, vs fighting in playoff mode for weeks before the season ends.

Nice tidbit. Where did you hear that one??

 

[msgkings322]

Nice tidbit. Where did you hear that one??

Doesn't everyone know that?

 

[963BUSC]

Doesn't everyone know that?

Not sure if everyone knows that but I think the Angels went 3-8 after clinching the Division title so whether or not clinching early effected other teams it did appear to effect the Angels.

 

[msgkings322]

Not sure if everyone knows that but I think the Angels went 3-8 after clinching the Division title so whether or not clinching early effected other teams it did appear to effect the Angels.

The point of the stat is it seems to be a real thing, since clinching first (among all 8-10 teams going to the playoffs) apparently makes it hard to win the title.

In the Angels' case this year it's only the playoff games that mattered, their 3-5 record to end the year reflected 'resting' and coasting. But maybe there's something to the idea that coasting into the playoffs hurts your chances there. Not sure how you'd avoid it, you don't want to try NOT to clinch early, do you?

 

[calsnowskier]

This is why Boch preaches the "never let up" attitude. He allows for a single "hangover" game, but then it is right back to the starters, and trying (80%) to win every game. He did that in '12.

If the backups are put in and/or the game is not taken seriously, bad habits form. It is VERY hard to "turn off" or "turn on" the intensity at the professional level.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

No, the stat I was quoting was about which team clinches MAKING the playoffs during the regular season. I think it was the Angels this year. It's usually (but not always) the team with the best regular season record in baseball.

Point being, the best regular season team rarely wins it all, unlike football and especially basketball. The playoffs in baseball are just a small sample size crazy train.

I am definitely rooting for a Giants-Royals World Series. Both 5 seeds meeting up would be the ultimate craziness and get the purists howling. Plus KC is the most 'deserving' sports town left in the MLB playoffs.

Orioles were the first team in the regular season as well

 

[msgkings322]

Orioles were the first team in the regular season as well

They clinched before the Angels? Then they have the jinx on them.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

They clinched before the Angels? Then they have the jinx on them.

Yeah they clinched sept 16th.

Angels had both A's/M's high in WC race so it took a little longer.

East didn't have really anyone challenging for a spot in September.