The Royals

[Hullabaloo]

I think its somewhat fair to say that Joe Pos was once the D Scott of the Roys.

Anyway, this is enjoyable: http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/posnanski-royals-win-world-series/

wow!

I pretty much cried at this:

“You tell your mother-in-law that we did this for her and all the fans who never stopped caring and believing,” he said.

[The Big Train]

it was a pretty great article Hullabaloo

[sys]

Is that math right?  1 in 34.7m?  I want to use that stat for conversation piece.

The math is right, but it's only an accurate figure if you believe in Fangraphs' ability to place an accurate win % in the first place.

the math is nothing close to correct.  even mocat would get closer.

What number are you getting?

the 1 in 34.7 million is for the prob of winning 7 of 7 games in which their lowest win expectancy were the listed %s.  the royals didn't win 7 of 7 of that group of games.  they won 7 of 12 games in which they had a win% below whatever the arbitrary win% cutoff was that includes those games but excludes their other 4 wins.

[The Big Train]

 

[steve dave]

 

[Emo EMAW]

Salvy really is a master with that jug.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Is that math right?  1 in 34.7m?  I want to use that stat for conversation piece.

The math is right, but it's only an accurate figure if you believe in Fangraphs' ability to place an accurate win % in the first place.

the math is nothing close to correct.  even mocat would get closer.

What number are you getting?

the 1 in 34.7 million is for the prob of winning 7 of 7 games in which their lowest win expectancy were the listed %s.  the royals didn't win 7 of 7 of that group of games.  they won 7 of 12 games in which they had a win% below whatever the arbitrary win% cutoff was that includes those games but excludes their other 4 wins.

The Royals did win all 7 of those games, unless ESPN is lying. Assuming those percentages are accurate, the odds of coming back and winning all of those 7 games are 1 in 34.7 million. It's a pretty meaningless stat, though.

[mocat]

sorry for deadspin but just look at this

http://deadspin.com/here-is-your-gallery-of-sad-mets-fans-1740013674

[The Big Train]

[mocat]

just amazing

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[Phil Titola]

sorry for deadspin but just look at this

http://deadspin.com/here-is-your-gallery-of-sad-mets-fans-1740013674

I usually enjoy these but for some reason it's not doing anything for me this time around. I'm sticking to happy Royals player/fan pics

[WillieWatanabe]

since i missed 30 pages, did anyone post the pic of Hosmer sliding into home and the Mets fans all going :o :o :o :o in the background?

[The Big Train]

[Rage Against the McKee]

Salvy really is a master with that jug.

Well, he has had the opportunity to practice it about 200 times over the past 2 years.

[The Big Train]

[WillieWatanabe]

whatever, needs to be seen again. Sports are great.

[steve dave]

since i missed 30 pages, did anyone post the pic of Hosmer sliding into home and the Mets fans all going :o :o :o :o in the background?

Amazing photo

[The Big Train]

[steve dave]

Eric Hosmer had 17 freaking RBIs in the post season. That's a ton of them.

[The Big Train]

[WillieWatanabe]

since i missed 30 pages, did anyone post the pic of Hosmer sliding into home and the Mets fans all going :o :o :o :o in the background?

Amazing photo

YES!

[Rage Against the McKee]

The guy sitting down with the blue jacket and the guy standing up with the gray shirt look like twins.

[Dr Rick Daris]

I was able to get a room at the alladin tonight, which looks pretty close to everything. debating to grab a kid and make the drive up.

[joda]

Salvy is a god damn treasure. He could be a .200 hitter and still be a Royals legend.

[kso_FAN]

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