Series Thread: Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants

[Used 2 B Hu]

Ask an ye shall receive.

Finally, some DRAMA

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Oof.

There goes the WS streak as well as the road streak.

Dude is a BUM!

Oh, I've heard enough...TRADE that asshole to the Mets!

 

[calsnowskier]

Amazing from the announcers. If someone were not watching and only listening to the announcers, they would think the Royals were winning 7-1, not the Giants...

 

[jvett77]

Amazing from the announcers. If someone were not watching and only listening to the announcers, they would think the Royals were winning 7-1, not the Giants...

They don't want viewers thinking this game is over.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Yeesh, hard hit balls finding holes? Giants gave us a bit of our own babip medicine tonight.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Can't do anything about that...

 

[jvett77]

SF was the dominatrix tonite.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEDkNAuNCsQ]Steely Dan -The Royal Scam - YouTube[/ame]

 

[douggie]

Heard this a long time ago as a kid growing up and watching baseball and I believe it to be true. "Hitting gets you to the World Series. Pitching wins the World Series".

 

[Clayton]

Heard this a long time ago as a kid growing up and watching baseball and I believe it to be true. "Hitting gets you to the World Series. Pitching wins the World Series".

If you actually look at some of the AB the Giants hitters had, there was a lot of good hitting there, too.

Went all in on the Royals with my Vcash due to just about every number pointing their direction. Im a vbroke son of a gun now.

 

[msgkings322]

Heard this a long time ago as a kid growing up and watching baseball and I believe it to be true. "Hitting gets you to the World Series. Pitching wins the World Series".

Yes, although pitching helps get you there too.

The thing is, hitters build their stats all year vs 4th and 5th starters on bad teams. When you get to the playoffs, it's all good teams' best starters. Good bullpens too (usually).

It's why the Tigers and Rangers were supposed to clobber the Giants with their offenses in 2010 and 2012...didn't happen.

KC is actually a tougher matchup because they are about pitching and defense and speed. But SF's ace is clearly >> KC's ace

 

[douggie]

Yes, although pitching helps get you there too.

The thing is, hitters build their stats all year vs 4th and 5th starters on bad teams. When you get to the playoffs, it's all good teams' best starters. Good bullpens too (usually).

It's why the Tigers and Rangers were supposed to clobber the Giants with their offenses in 2010 and 2012...didn't happen.

KC is actually a tougher matchup because they are about pitching and defense and speed. But SF's ace is clearly >> KC's ace

He certainly was tonight.

 

[Clayton]

When you get to the playoffs, it's all good teams' best starters. Good bullpens too (usually).

Its actually pretty rare for a team to have good starters and a good bullpen. The 2010 Giants pitching was pretty legendary, IIRC, and trend setting.

That said, the Royals have the worst starting pitching of a favorite in the World Series... ...can't think of anyone who would start someone as shaky as Shields.

 

[calsnowskier]

Oh, I've heard enough...TRADE that asshole to the Mets!

We already gave you one of our Aces. Now you are just getting greedy.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Its actually pretty rare for a team to have good starters and a good bullpen. The 2010 Giants pitching was pretty legendary, IIRC, and trend setting.

That said, the Royals have the worst starting pitching of a favorite in the World Series... ...can't think of anyone who would start someone as shaky as Shields.

It really is bizarre when Ventura and Duffy are available to be in the rotation. Could argue Shields at this point was the 3rd best starting pitcher on the team going into the postseason.

As of right now, I just hope Ventura vs Peavy breaks down like conventional wisdom suggests should happen based on what they have done this year.

 

[Clayton]

It really is bizarre when Ventura and Duffy are available to be in the rotation. Could argue Shields at this point was the 3rd best starting pitcher on the team going into the postseason.

As of right now, I just hope Ventura vs Peavy breaks down like conventional wisdom suggests should happen based on what they have done this year.

Not the first team to back the wrong horse. Dodgers should've started Grienke over Kershaw and Cardinals should've started Lynn over Wainwright.

I dont envy the gray hairs that come with being a baseball manager

 

[da55bums]

Got dominated tonight, no ifs ands or butts...great news is Madison can't pitch all the games.


Yost needs to get running again, been scared since Dyson got picked twice.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Got dominated tonight, no ifs ands or butts...great news is Madison can't pitch all the games.


Yost needs to get running again, been scared since Dyson got picked twice.

Baltimore has notoriously fast pitchers to home and good defensive catchers. Giants are far and away easier to run on than the O's, however, nobody really got on base for well... the almost the entire game.

 

[da55bums]

Cain should have taken 2nd early in the game, could have got them thinking run the rest of the game/series. No reason to let him sit.

 

[HammerDown]

Can't begin to tell you how frustrated I was watching the Royals swing at literally EVERY SINGLE PITCH in those early innings and Bumgarner and Posey shooting fish in a barrel. The Royals acted like they had taken a double load of meth right in the veins.

Can these guys calm down and play some smart baseball in Game 2?