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Barnabas62
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YES!!!!
Tight game with a really dramatic finish - i.e "News at 11" for grizzled Giants fans.
Off to sleep now!
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I'm going to stay up and listen to the postgame show for a little while.
Go Giants!
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Wow! That was a great game, on both sides. The Shot Heard Round the World, v2.0. But you have to give Wainwright props for a really outstanding 7 innings.
I think that defense was really the key to this game, and the series--not just the Cards' many errors, but the Giants' tightness. I think Crawford should really get credit for saving the game--that was a marvelous bit of defensive play, and without it Ishikawa's homer might not have been enough.
On to Missouri--where I think experience will tell.
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Prester John
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Obviously I'm very happy with last night's results. In true Giants style they pulled it out in the end. I am in an interesting position here. During the World Series I usually cheer for the underdog or the team that hasn't been in the World Series in a long time. My two favorite teams are the Giants and the Cubs. Before this decade I've never had this practice conflict with rooting for my two favorite teams. The one aberration was the 1989 post-season where both teams got far, an eventful time for long-term Bay Area residents for several reasons. I don't think there is any way for the Giants to be considered the underdog here and I think someone could legitimately say "Not these guys again". I'll inevitably root for the Giants but I won't cover myself in sackcloth and ashes for too long if they lose.
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quote: Originally posted by Prester John: ...the 1989 post-season where both teams got far, an eventful time for long-term Bay Area residents for several reasons.
I'll just note that you posted on the 25th anniversary of the quake.
(I was in the stands at Candlestick when it hit.)
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This is odd. No ball game.
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quote: Originally posted by Sioni Sais: This is odd. No ball game.
The Arizona Fall League has started (minor league hopefuls). The league website occasionally broadcasts games.
Yes, I was watching one last night. Addiction is a horrible thing.
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The World Series starts tonight. M. Bumgarner (18-10, 2.98 ERA) v. J. Shields (14-8, 3.21 ERA) in Game 1.
The teams' regular season records are very close (Giants: 88-74; Royals: 89-73). The Giants played the Royals in August of this year, and the Royals swept, beating Bumgarner, Hudson and Lincecum. But that is meaningless.
I confess I am torn on who to cheer for in this World Series. I am a National League person, so my loyalties lean to the Giants. But, as it so happens, my local minor league team (the Wilmington Blue Rocks) is affiliated with the Royals...and a good number of former Blue Rocks are currently playing for the Royals. It is tough to cheer against them.
Also, let's face it: San Francisco has fan support on the Ship. I am not sure we even have a shipmate based in Kansas City, much less one that is a Royals fan. I may have to root for them just to generate conversation!
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Barnabas62
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Bumgarner does it again and the bats turn up. Really promising start for the Giants. Not so great for KC.
Apparently they got a "heads up" commendation by John Cena after some trash talk by Randy Orten on WWE's Monday Night Raw from KC. A bit of "Hustle, Loyalty, Respect" may well be coming up from the Royals in Game 2. Which might be a challenge to my nervous system!
Seriously, folks, I'd prefer a tight series and hope we get one.
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Timothy the Obscure
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I did expect more from the Royals. The thing is, the Giants have three or four ways to win and the Royals have, at most, two. I was disappointed in the 2012 series, in part because the Tigers are my AL team and I would have liked it to be close.
Anyway, starting with MadBum probably gives a skewed perspective on the whole thing. Nevertheless, I say Giants in five, maybe six if Vogelsong can't find the plate.
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A question for our fellow fans across the Pond. When you watch are you subjected to the same talking heads that we must suffer through when we watch the game? I'm just wondering if you have to sit through Joe Buck's biased nonsense as well.
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I'm rooting for the Royals. Despite the fact that the Giants are probably the team with the most numbers of players that I really like. Not much conversation to add though.
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A question for our fellow fans across the Pond. When you watch are you subjected to the same talking heads that we must suffer through when we watch the game? I'm just wondering if you have to sit through Joe Buck's biased nonsense as well.
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Why they don't just have Vin Scully while they still can I will never understand. Except he doesn't call whole games anymore, I don't think.
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Barnabas62
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I woke up early, checked MLB website on the iPhone and found that SF were leading 7-0 at the bottom of the 7th. Gameday gave me the rest of the detail. For commentary I think we normally get who you get. The feed is via ESPN. But I'll let you know after I've looked at the replay.
I don't much like Joe Buck either!
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Sioni Sais
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Another great night for Bumgarner, but if you are 3-0 up when you deliver your first pitch it isn't going to be the toughest day's work? Still, three hits and one walk gave very little scope for the Royals speed between the bases, and their work in the field wasn't sparkling either.
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Barnabas62
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Commentators; sounded to me like Rick Sutcliffe and Gary Thorne, who I think have provided commentary for MLB outside the US before. Why they do that I'm not sure.
No sighting of the comms on the recording I made, so I'm doing that on personal voice recognition.
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Personally, I prefer to listen to the radio broadcast.
AN interesting match-up set for tonight. The Giants are going with Jake Peavy. In the regular season, he was 7-13 with a 3.73 ERA. In his career in the post-season, he is an unimpressive 1-3, 7.03 ERA.
The Royals are sending out Yordano Ventura. His regular season was decent at 14-10, 3.20 ERA. This is his first post-season and he has no decisions (despite starting two games). In the Wild Card game against Oakland, he pitched 0.1 of an inning, and gave up 2 ER (including 1 HR). He then had a good performance against the Angels, pitching 7.0 innings and giving up only one run. He then pitched 5.2 innings against Baltimore and gave up 4 ER. So, with that limited sample, his post-season ERA is 4.85.
Win/Loss records are a bad way to compare pitchers. ERA-wise, during the regular season, Ventura was slightly better than Peavy, but not enough to impress me. Both seem to have trouble pitching in the post-season. It should make for an interesting game!
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Sioni Sais
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I have read that Ventura has as fast a fastball as any starter in the leagues. I doubt that makes much difference against batters at this level, but is there a reason for playing him at home, rather than at San Francisco?
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I don't think there is anything more mysterious than that he could be viewed as KC's #2 pitcher (after Shields, who started last night). So he starts Game # 2.
Actually, looking at KC on baseball-reference.com, they seem to have a starting pitcher named Duffy who has not started as many games as the others, but who has the lowest ERA of all the starters. He is not scheduled to start any game in the WS. Admittedly, his regular season win-loss record is horrible, but that doesn't seem to be his fault.
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So - Giants in 4?
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Would Bumgarner pitch again in game 4? I'd like the series to at least go long enough to see Bumgarner again. I'd expect that to be game 5.
For tonight, whatever the merits or demerits of the starters, I'm hoping for something different than last night's "Giants' pitcher rules, Royals' pitchers implode at a slow but constant rate."
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Barnabas62
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Very good bounce back by KC. Strickland's inexperience showed. Lincecum pitched pretty well in relief. Hope he's OK. He and Petit could well be needed as the series unfolds. KC have a great bullpen and that looks to be a real asset in any tight games. I expect a few of those now.
Game on! This could be a really competitive WS. Obviously I want the Giants to win, but I want baseball to win as well. [ 23. October 2014, 10:22: Message edited by: Barnabas62 ]
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The two teams are very evenly matched. The next 3 games are in San Francisco. I expect KC to win one of those. And I expect SF to win one of those (Bumgarner is likely pitching game 5, after all). The third game is a toss up, but either way I expect the WS to return to Kansas City for the final game.
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Prester John
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quote: Originally posted by Barnabas62: Very good bounce back by KC. Strickland's inexperience showed. Lincecum pitched pretty well in relief. Hope he's OK. He and Petit could well be needed as the series unfolds. KC have a great bullpen and that looks to be a real asset in any tight games. I expect a few of those now.
Game on! This could be a really competitive WS. Obviously I want the Giants to win, but I want baseball to win as well.
I think we have an answer to the question as to why we hadn't seen Lincecum in the post season. I hope we can see him again but I'm doubtful. Shame that he was used up in a game that frankly seemed unwinable at that point. Better to cut your losses and use him in another game.
BTW- don't know why I had a double post up there but looking at my post count it was at 666 when it did that. Joe Buck= the number of the beast?
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So Game 3 is tonight. Jeremy Guthrie pitching for KC, Tim Hudson for SF.
For the season, Guthrie was 13-11 with a 4.13 ERA. Hudson went 9-13, but has a better ERA at 3.57. However, Hudson has been in a cold streak of late. In his last 7 games, he has 0 wins, 4 losses and 3 no-decision, with a 6.62 ERA. By contrast, in his last 7 games, Guthrie has won 3, lost 1 and 3 no-decisions, with a 3.07 ERA. In that one loss, however, he really had a meltdown, giving up 8 runs in less than 3 innings.
It is not really fair to compare post-seasons. This is Guthrie's first time. He pitched a grand total of 5 innings against Baltimore in the ALCS and gave up 1 earned run. Timmy, of course, has much more post-season experience (12 games, 68.1 innings) and his post-season record is 1-3, with a 3.42 ERA.
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Yes, I think it will go back to KC, and the 3-2 might be in favour of either. The Game 5 looks likely to be Bumgarner's 2nd, with the Giants odds on for that. So a win from Hudson and/or Vogelsong (or a no decision plus great bullpen outing) looks to be the key to the position at the end of Game 5. I don't see SF winning both 3 and 4, but would be surprised if SF lost both.
So on balance, I think it will be 3-2 to the Giants at the end of Game 5.
A lot may depend on Bochy's juggling after that. Petit has pitched really well in relief in the post season and if either Hudson or Vogelsong pitch badly, I've got a feeling he might get held back for a key starter role back in KC. Peavy struggles every time out but he's shown great guts in his ability to keep the game at least tight after 5 innings.
I've also got a feeling that the KC bullpen may turn out to be more solid than the SF bullpen. Still feels like either team can do this. Am well prepared for a bit of a roller coaster ride!
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quote: Originally posted by basso: quote: Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
By the way, I do miss the 'Stick
You may be the only one.
Going back to stadium talk. Some people older that I am still talk about Seals Stadium.
The SJ Mercury-News has a story about the location.
My parents told me that they took me to Seals Stadium to see a game, but I don't remember it. It was probably a Seals game, come to think of it.
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Barnabas62
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Wheeeee!!! Now this kind of rollercoaster ride keeps you coming back for more.
(Giants up 11-4 after being 4-1 down)
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quote: Originally posted by basso: quote: Originally posted by basso: quote: Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
By the way, I do miss the 'Stick
You may be the only one.
Going back to stadium talk. Some people older that I am still talk about Seals Stadium.
The SJ Mercury-News has a story about the location.
My parents told me that they took me to Seals Stadium to see a game, but I don't remember it. It was probably a Seals game, come to think of it.
My first baseball game was at Seals Stadium, in 1958 or 59 (I'm not sure). Giants vs. Phillies. I don't remember much, having been only 4 or 5 at the time, but I do remember the view (from behind home plate, slightly to the first-base side), and I remember Mays hitting a home run, because everybody got really excited.
As for tonight--that was a great game. I have to say that Dyson's catch deserves to go down in history as one of the all-time great WS defensive plays, with Mays's 1954 robbing of Vic Wertz, but it probably won't because he wasn't on the winning team (Pence's catch was almost in the same league).
I do think it showed what makes the Giants great (when they are)--at their best, they're the best team in the game, even though they don't have all the best players. But they know how to work as a team, and how to execute--that 7th inning (both halves) was textbook execution with solid fundamentals all the way. The Royals are very similar, which is why this is likely to be one of the most exciting Series in recent memory.
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Somewhere along the line I ran across a little, ancient game book in my grandma's stuff-- it was my mom keeping score at Seals Stadium.
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That was another great one. For us Giants fans of a certain age, the last five years have been a kind of vindication. We grew up with one of the greatest Giants teams ever--Mays, McCovey, Marichal, Perry, Cepeda, the Alous--and yet found ourselves out in the cold every October except 1962, when things didn't quite work out. This decade was what we expected the '60s to be like. The only thing missing is a rematch with the Yankees...
Anyway, Bumgarner is a joy to watch--that glassy stare makes it all the more exciting, the attack of the zombie pitching ace.
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quote: Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
Anyway, Bumgarner is a joy to watch--that glassy stare makes it all the more exciting, the attack of the zombie pitching ace.
A joy unless you are at bat, or waiting for that privilege. Hands up all those who think he won't pitch at all if there's a game 7?
As for the cold, glassy stare, while Bumgarner is scary I reckon Hunter Pence has the downright weird eyes. Hell of a player, but I want him on my side.
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We might not have seen the last of MadBum. If this series goes to Game 7, which I reckon is on the cards, I think Bochy will be aiming to get two or three innings from him.
The interesting scenario is if Bochy needs an early relief pitcher in Game 6. Will he go for Petit? Or Lincecum, holding Petit in reserve for all hands on deck in Game 7? I think he'd go for Lincecum. Petit would be excellent insurance for any decider.
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quote: Originally posted by Barnabas62: The interesting scenario is if Bochy needs an early relief pitcher in Game 6. Will he go for Petit?
Ummm, yes. But not for long.
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I got home in time to start watching game six during the top of the third -- missed the 7 runs scored by then, but got to see Ventura walk three and still get out of that inning unscathed.
So tomorrow -- another blow-out? If so, by which team?
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quote: Originally posted by RuthW: I got home in time to start watching game six during the top of the third -- missed the 7 runs scored by then, but got to see Ventura walk three and still get out of that inning unscathed.
So tomorrow -- another blow-out? If so, by which team?
Hopefully the Giants. That was painful.
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The weirdest thing about this series is that the teams are obviously very evenly matched--and yet only one game has been close. Tomorrow, I predict either a 1-0 pitcher's duel or a 13-12 slugfest. No predictions about who wins.
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That was painful indeed. After that drubbing, momentum and history are with KC.
This WS has had only one really close game and I think the Grand Finale deserves another. A bullpen duel? A MadBum final flourish? Extra innings? A big HR from any one of the big hitters? None of the above?
Hold on to your seats for a final rollercoaster ride.
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That was a short game for me. It started at 12:07 and I was in bed immediately after *that* inning by 01:15! The Giants didn't look like they had the will to make a comeback and had collectively decided to put it behind them and come back tomorrow, which is of course today.
It's appropriate that two teams who qualified through the one-off wildcard games should meet in a best-of-one finale. Not that either #1 pitcher will start though.
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This is it. Game 7. I would give a pitcher review, but I think we can assume that it will be "every pitcher the Giants have" against "every pitcher the Royals have."
No prediction.
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Well, in a series of surprises and two or three momentum shifts, maybe they will surprise us all? The bats will get hot and the winning score will be about 13-12 in the 13th?
But that ain't a forecast. I love close pitching duels so I'm kind of hoping that's what we get, DH's notwithstanding.
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Top of the 8th. Giants hold slender lead. Bumgarner has just pitched his 3rd scoreless inning. KC bullpen is dominating the Giants. Couldn't be tighter.
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Bloody marvellous! Phenomenal pitching by Bumgarner in relief. Great bullpen pitching by KC made this such a tight game. Loved it. 3.30 am UK time but what the heck. Baseball won as well as the Giants.
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That's a performance that'll be remembered for a long time.
The Giants' announcers comparing Bumgarner to Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax. I'm thinking of Christy Mathewson. (For the latecomers, he pitched a complete game shutout on Saturday, and came back tonight to pitch 5 innings, allowing only one runner. Amazing. Nobody pitches like that these days.)
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That was the epitome of torture! !!!
With Andrew Friedman now running the Dodgers I am afraid the NL West is going to be a more competitive division.
I am happy that Joe Maddon didn't follow him from the Rays. I am estatic that Maddon will be managing my second favorite team, the Cubbies. Maybe it will be their turn soon. I know, I know, that's crazy talk.
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Timothy the Obscure
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Now that was a ball game. It was classic Giants Torture™ game of course, but that's what makes them so much fun (that clusterfuck in the outfield in the 9th was the final twist of the thumbscrews).
Obviously, Bumgarner goes down in history for this, but they ought to be resurrecting the "Mr. October" title for Panda. And Marco Scutaro needs to call his agent as soon as he's healthy again...
Panda's a free agent now, but the Giants have a good history of hanging onto key players, and I can't imagine they'll let him go.
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Hedgehog
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Really, what more could you want from a Game 7? Tight right to the end, with a tying run on third.
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The Great Gumby
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quote: Originally posted by Barnabas62: Bloody marvellous! Phenomenal pitching by Bumgarner in relief. Great bullpen pitching by KC made this such a tight game. Loved it. 3.30 am UK time but what the heck. Baseball won as well as the Giants.
I have a horrible feeling that people are going to start feeling the same way about the Giants as I used to feel about the Yankees. It's not fair after mumblemumble years of suffering, but 3 WSs in 5 years is truly a golden age for any side. Imagine how good they'd be if there were any reliable starters other than MadBum.
The last WS to be this close at the death was probably 2001, which the Diamondbacks won with a blooped single in the bottom of the 9th IIRC. Actually, that game also featured an unlikely pitching performance on short rest, with Randy Johnson getting the win in relief a day after doing the same as a starter. Strange things can happen in a tight game 7, and that's what makes them so gripping.
Got to feel for the Royals - they were achingly close, and it just didn't quite happen for them.
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Sioni Sais
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Helluva game. I don't feel so bad about losing 8-0 to the Giants on October 1st now.
What do people feel about that review? It looked in to me at first, I'm not surprised it took 3 minutes to decide and there can't have been an inch in it.
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