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#25695	10/23/2015 10:19:25 pm
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	The Royals are back to finish the job!!! That game took six weeks off my life, but it was worth it. I'm very curious to see how Yost sets the rotation. I'm guessing it will go Cueto, Volquez, Ventura, Young, but Johnny has been all over the place so who knows. Personally I would go Volquez, Cueto instead to get Cueto at home both games where he seems to do better. Let's go Royals!!! The first 45 years, two AL championships. Now back to back. Love it!!!

#25698	10/24/2015 12:10:41 am
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	Royal v. Mets...should be a good series. Can't believe the Blue Jays couldn't push that guy home from 3rd with no outs. Steve

#25699	10/24/2015 1:32:14 am
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	Two words, Steve--Wade Davis. He is filthy. He has the best back to back ERA seasons of all-time. Read that again and let that sink in. I was shocked when he didn't enter the game in the eighth. The Jays had the top of the order up, so why not bring him in. No, you wouldn't do that in the regular season, but this was anything but a normal game and situation. I was hard on Yost from the first pitch to Revere and obviously lost my mind when Bautista crushed one. I love how he's handled the team and the bullpen, so I felt bad questioning him. Now I wonder if there was more to it. Maybe he had info about the rain and didn't want Davis to have to deal with pitching on both sides of the impending rain delay. If that was his reasoning, I suppose I'll give him a pass. If that wasn't it, man, I just don't agree with it.

#25704	10/24/2015 7:49:07 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5227 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	But Davis did pitch on both sides of the rain delay. If that was his reasoning, he made a complete hash of it - giving up the HR and splitting Davis. The last inning of play summarized the series perfectly IMO. KC - BB - single, run scores from 1st TOR - BB - SB - SB - BB - SB - ...

#25724	10/25/2015 12:05:40 am
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	What's gone unnoticed, it seems, is that the Royals hit more homers than the Blue Jays, 7 to 6. KC had at least one homer in 5 of the 6 games, while Toronto only had homers in 3 of the 6. If you knew that going in, there's no way you'd pick Toronto to win. They had to outclub KC to have a chance. The World Series should be interesting. The Royals are fantastic fastball hitters, so I like how they match up against the Mets hurlers. It could easily end up riding on how Cueto pitches and I admit that's a scary thing.

#25845	10/28/2015 1:45:15 am
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	What a start to the World Series! That was an odd, intense game. Which Cueto will show up tomorrow? I'm predicting the Mets will score three. How will my beloved Royals do against Thor? This surely will be the most hair ever between opposing starting pitchers in the World Series.

#26102	11/01/2015 9:52:43 pm
buffmckagan Joined: 12/22/2013 Posts: 658 Scranton Bears Legends	All right, Royals! I knew they could not be stopped this year.

#26103	11/01/2015 10:03:42 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	Wow...Kansas City was just amazing. Deserved to win it all... Steve

#26107	11/01/2015 10:18:22 pm
95th Cub Joined: 03/06/2015 Posts: 100 Racine Bombers VI.18	I know one thing, all yall in KC deserve this, given yall had to put up with some of the worst teams ever until last year.

#26110	11/01/2015 11:21:18 pm
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	World. Champions. I keep saying it. What an amazing team. They just kept finding ways to win. Man they have been fun to watch. I think I'll be smiling all winter.