OT: What a Game!

[John 3rd]

It has been 29 YEARS since Kansas City has had anything to cheer about with baseball but WOW what a game! In a nice SHORT FIVE hour game, 9-8 in twelve innings. I was 19 when when George Brett and Brett Saberhagen were the team then.

I'm dead and all fired up. GO ROYALS!

[Rising-Sun]

Kansas you say? I just moved from there three years ago to Upstate NY.

[geofflambert]

Kansas City? Where's that? Kansas? The Royals? Who are they? I have a vague memory, or maybe it was just a bad dream, from 1985.

[geofflambert]

Quien es mas macho? Brett Saberhagen or Juaquin Andujar? Juaquin Andujar.

[jcax101]

Wow. I think that's the first time someone from St Louis has not brought up D.D. Wounds do heal!

Go Royals.

[jeffk3510]

Watched every pitch.. finally calmed down and fell asleep around 2 this morning, and kids woke up at 6.

So.Tired.Today

It was a great game, but more infuriating than anything. Ned Yost is still managing, so I'm not THAT excited. He put us in ever imaginable position to lose last night, but we still won.

You have the three best relievers in baseball, and your stud only goes 88 pitches? Lets put a rookie starting pitcher in for relief...That's what I would do...[8|]

Also, I don't believe he even knows what a bunt is.

I punched a hole in my wall, made my wife cry on her birthday, and hyper-extended my elbow from celebrating all last night. I'm awesome.

[John 3rd]

Doesn't know what a 'bunt' is? Seemed like they had 3-4 of those--all successful--during the game. It was CRAZY!

I had month-end inventory and had to change all the signage at the store for the new advertising window starting today. Didn't even get into the store until 11pm and then didn't leave it until 2:30am. It is 7:30am and I am headed back into work for an 8a-6p shift. Life is GREAT though. The Royals are in the true playoffs and my life is now TOTALLY disrupted for the next week or so of time (maybe TWO weeks?? THREE???)

BANZAI ROYALS!!!

[jeffk3510]

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

Doesn't know what a 'bunt' is? Seemed like they had 3-4 of those--all successful--during the game. It was CRAZY!

I had month-end inventory and had to change all the signage at the store for the new advertising window starting today. Didn't even get into the store until 11pm and then didn't leave it until 2:30am. It is 7:30am and I am headed back into work for an 8a-6p shift. Life is GREAT though. The Royals are in the true playoffs and my life is now TOTALLY disrupted for the next week or so of time (maybe TWO weeks?? THREE???)

BANZAI ROYALS!!!

I'm talking about suicide squeeze and take the sure run when you're down late in the game.

Gore on 3B, down 8-7 in bottom of 8th, 1 out. No bunt.. wouldn't do it all year. It's fun, and has been fun, but Yost is awful. No two ways around it.

Life for the next week is disrupted I agree!! Go Royals!

[Lokasenna]

Not a fan of either team, but that was a fun one to watch. Takes some cajones to steal 5 bases in the 8th and 9th innings when every baserunner matters.

As for bunting... I side with Yost on this one. There's a reason it's called a suicide squeeze, and even as fast as the KC guys are... all they have to do is put the ball in play. Instead, Perez chased 3 straight balls and struck out.

That last hit couldn't have been closer, either. If that had been a fastball instead of a curve, the ball wouldn't have curved left off the bat and Donaldson would've been able to grab it.

[geofflambert]

Okay I'll do it. Donald Duck.

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Quien es mas macho? Brett Saberhagen or Juaquin Andujar? Lloyd Bridges.

[:D]

[wdolson]

I think the last time I paid much attention to baseball was 1988 when the Dodgers won the series in very dramatic fashion. My father has switched his loyalties to the Angels because they are on TV and the Dodgers aren't. He's hoping to see a Santa Ana freeway series before he is done with this life.

Baseball has buoyed him on this year which is the first year he's ever lived completely alone. He's not sure what he's going to do when baseball season ends.

Anyway, may the best team win and all that...

Bill

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: wdolson

I think the last time I paid much attention to baseball was 1988 when the Dodgers won the series in very dramatic fashion. My father has switched his loyalties to the Angels because they are on TV and the Dodgers aren't. He's hoping to see a Santa Ana freeway series before he is done with this life.

Baseball has buoyed him on this year which is the first year he's ever lived completely alone. He's not sure what he's going to do when baseball season ends.

Anyway, may the best team win and all that...

Bill

Well, he could "take up" hockey... I hear the LA Kings are kind of good.

[wegman58]

Kansas City has eliminated one California team from the postseason - hopefully they can get rid of another. Nice start last night!

[geofflambert]

Hey wegman58, watch out for that bloodsucker Chickenboy, he's haunting your neighborhood.

[John 3rd]

Winning in 11 after winning in 12: WOW!

One Down, two to go...

[John 3rd]

Winning in 11 after winning in 11 AFTER winning in 12: NEVER done before in baseball post-season history.

Two down, ONE to go...

[ckammp]

Nice win, been a long time for the Royals.
St. Louis beat the Dodgers, maybe a repeat of '85 coming?

[geofflambert]

I got so disgusted with our (STL) offense I gave up and went to bed. It happens everytime I do that. I'd better keep it up.[:'(] STL always has had Kershaw's number for some reason, and Matt Carpenter is usually the one to start it. Won't be hard tonight as the start time is way past my bedtime. I must be from Ork and not Gorn.

[geofflambert]

True to my word, I must to bed hie, in order to give the Cardinals an opportunity to win. Nighty night.