The Royals

[Emo EMAW]

http://grantland.com/features/2014-mlb-playoffs-kansas-city-royals-oakland-athletics-american-league-wild-card-classic/

No I'm fine just got something in my eye.

[Benja]

These are grown men oozing testosterone mostly making millions of dollars. You guys really think emotional support is their most pressing need? Is that how you think sports work?

He babies them and they like it. Have you seen how sensitive some of these guys were when they were losing earlier in the season? We're not dumbasses, we're just giving our  and I don't think we're far off.

hmm. ok you convinced me. go royals.

[Emo EMAW]

Guys I want to say I'm sorry I doubted the Royals this year and was at times mean to Royals fans.  I #believe and I'm rooting for the Royals because I like seeing my friends and people around me so happy. 

[joda]

Hey guys, I think we all agree that Ned can be a dumbass sometimes and can be great at others. In the end, whatever side of the fence you're on about Ned, his good and bad moves combined to make the game even more epic.

And guess what? THE ROYALS WON!!!!!!!!!! So let's all#1royal #beroyal #takethecrown #everybodysungwootonight #1kc #fucksomeangelsup etc, etc, etc

[sys]

Its Vargas.

i came here prepared to spend all day defending yost's ridiculous pitching decision yesterday by pointing out ad nauseum that no other manager would have done what speed did to the a's.

and then i see this.  somehow, some way, i hope he dies before thursday night, so saner heads can prevail.

[Benja]

In the days to come, some people will no doubt try to use this as a referendum on the A’s versus the Royals and on Moneyball versus old-school thinking, as if a game this wild, this tight, this utterly drop-dead gorgeous could serve as a standard-bearer for either school of thought. This game didn’t vindicate Billy Beane or Dayton Moore. This game vindicated baseball.

 

[star seed 7]

Ned played to win last night

[sys]

Other than the play where he tried to double steal with Billy Butler and Eric Hosmer, anyway.

i spent a lot of time thinking about it today, and i now think that was a good play.  or at the very least not a bad play.  it comes back to two out 0-2 count to gordon (v. lester) when the play was put on.  i dunno if someone can find out what lefties hit v. lester on 0-2 counts, but i bet it's really low.  if the play works 20% of the time (i think it prolly does) those are prolly better than the odds of gordon getting a hit.

[Dub]

MLB_PR 

30.3 rating in KC for #WildCard Game, highest MLB telecast on record in KC. 70% of TVs on in KC tuned to last 15 mins. #Royals

Doug Glanville 

Speed doesn't slump, and it plays on both sides of the ball.  #Royals

   The bandwagon begins!

[sunny_cat]

Yordano starting game 2

[Gooch]

It's amazing how fans bitch over 1 or 2 mistakes taken by a manager during an entire game, but they never want to credit the good. Fan's do a really good job of being ignorent at times.

[hatingfrancisco]

It's amazing how fans bitch over 1 or 2 mistakes taken by a manager during an entire game, but they never want to credit the good. Fan's do a really good job of being ignorent at times.

You could literaly do that on every one of fanman's posts.

[star seed 7]

Other than the play where he tried to double steal with Billy Butler and Eric Hosmer, anyway.

i spent a lot of time thinking about it today, and i now think that was a good play.  or at the very least not a bad play.  it comes back to two out 0-2 count to gordon (v. lester) when the play was put on.  i dunno if someone can find out what lefties hit v. lester on 0-2 counts, but i bet it's really low.  if the play works 20% of the time (i think it prolly does) those are prolly better than the odds of gordon getting a hit.

TV said the angels pulled off that exact play against oakland last week, we just performed it terribly (both runners did)

[sunny_cat]

Andy McCullough ?@McCulloughStar  57s57 seconds ago
Danny Duffy will be used as a long reliever, and could be a candidate to start Game 4.

[420seriouscat69]

Royals are 3-3 vs the Angels this year. #Math

[CHONGS]

Did the Royals save baseball?

[Skipper44]

Did the Royals save baseball?

As a very casual (and LIQ) mlb fan I will say the free swinging, base stealing, fly ball catching Royals are more fun to watch than say, the 00s Yankees and Red Sox that seemed to have tons of 10 pitch at bats.

[sys]

Yordano starting game 2

don't like that either.  and duffy relegated to long relief.  wtf?

[Phil Titola]

Yost riding the kid hard.

[MakeItRain]

LFG!

 
freaking?

[420seriouscat69]

I don't get what we're doing with Duffy. It pisses me off.

[Cartierfor3]

Duffy is obviously not 100%.

[420seriouscat69]

Duffy is obviously not 100%.

Has to be.

[8manpick]

Yordano starting game 2

don't like that either.  and duffy relegated to long relief.  wtf?

So Shields on Sunday.  Not really a surprise. Probably means Guthrie isn't rostered.

[bones129]

Velocity has been down his last two starts. Starting him in the pen seems the thing to do.