[IST] ALCS: TOR v. KC

[Ceetar]

soupcan wrote: Am I wrong in preferring the Royals over Blue Jays as an opponent? The Mets haven't played on turf all year and the Jays have played half of their games on it. Faster game, especially for the Mets less than stellar infield defense. No one else sees this as an issue?

the flip side is the Royals strike out fewer than anyone in baseball. That means more contact, more balls in play. More trouble for the Mets average defense, particularly infield defense.

Of course, this is a little unmovable object/unstoppable force. Will the Royals strike out against the Mets rotation or will the rotation yield hits?

[metirish]

Royals have the better pen too? , have not really watched a lot of the AL games but people seem high on their pen

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: The Royals have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth.

Geddy says stretch!!
EYYdQB0mkEU

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

metirish wrote: Royals have the better pen too? , have not really watched a lot of the AL games but people seem high on their pen

FAR better pen. Herrera, Ryan Madson, and Wade Davis, mostly. They're like three Familias.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Holy hell, the defense in the home seventh. First, what a catch by Ben Revere on the Perez liner to the wall--leaping, at full speed, into the fence/padded gate. Then Goins spears a grounder that's past him in the first-second hole for out number two.

Price out with a 2-1 deficit that should have been 4-1 by now.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The run that did score reached on a pissant dunker, so it all comes out in the wash.

Rooting for a game 7.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

BOMB tista.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yes, but how was the bat flip?

He does know how to punish a mistake, doesn't he?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Davis in... then the skies open. The tarps are on, and unless this passes quickly, the Royals will have burned their best three relievers in what's now a tie game.

[Frayed Knot]

I rarely watch these pre/post game shows (or, in this case, mid-game show) but the one thing you take away from the FOX show ... just how Fucking HUGE Frank Thomas is.
The rest of these guys look puny in comparison and Rose looks like a troll.

[Zvon]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: BOMB tista.

How the fuck was he able to pull that pitch out to left? By a mile, no less.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: I rarely watch these pre/post game shows (or, in this case, mid-game show) but the one thing you take away from the FOX show ... just how Fucking HUGE Frank Thomas is. The rest of these guys look puny in comparison and Rose looks like a troll.

I don't think I've ever seen Rose laughing before. Certainly not hysterically.

[Zvon]

If you're waiting out the rain delay the Mets are on Jimmy Kimmel.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Back on. Jays closer Osuna on, replacing Sanchez midway through his first frame.

[Guest d'Kong76]

So, did Pete Rose wear his weird hairdo wig for all those
years and finally stop? Or did he just get a haircut?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

It's not as if he looks any less weird, though.

Royals snatch lead back on Cain and Hosmer hits. Two on, still nobody out.

[Guest d'Kong76]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: It's not as if he looks any less weird, though.

Thanks, at least it's not me

[Zvon]

It's the bow tie that looks so alien to me. I didn't notice if he was wearing it tonight. Pete, you don't need a gimmick. Lose the bow tie.
I like what I have seen of Rose in the studio. He seems to be a bit of a wild card in that he will say anything that comes to mind. Never thought I'd say this, but I find him refreshing.

[Guest d'Kong76]

That collection of people except for Kevin B is anything but refreshing.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

All hail the stolen base.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'm amazed that Pompey took the bag so easily, what with his Hippity-Hop-sized balls.

Davis looks off. If you're Yost, do you bring in Hochevar?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

dont know enough about KC to answer. I'd say if he can't get Revere then its too late

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

K: W. Davis
A: Umpire

[Guest d'Kong76]

Bring on the Royals!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Somewhere, Toronto fans chuck beer bottles onto a nearby field, plaintively.

[Frayed Knot]

Ladies and gents, we have an opponent.

[Frayed Knot]

d'Kong76 wrote: So, did Pete Rose wear his weird hairdo wig for all those years and finally stop? Or did he just get a haircut?

My mother used to say that Rose "was too old to have that haircut", and that was about four decades ago.

[MFS62]

Zvon wrote: I like what I have seen of Rose in the studio. He seems to be a bit of a wild card in that he will say anything that comes to mind. Never thought I'd say this, but I find him refreshing.

IIRC, Mesingill had a TV commercial that said a douche was refreshing.
How appropriate.

Later

[bmfc1]

Eric Gregg from the Great Beyond with the strike two call on Revere. Awful.