One Down 3 to Go For 3 in Five

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on October 22, 2014

As a fan, the difference between this World Series and the other two is easy to pinpoint: I’m as calm and cool as a cucumber. We’ve got 2 in the kitty so it’s not the end of the world if we don’t finish the job. And, unlike Royal fans, this isn’t my first rodeo. (apparently, I’m trying to break the record for most cliches used to start a Flap thread). Sorry, I’ll stop.

Twinfan had a brilliant post at the end of the last thread. Here it is:

twinfan1 said, on October 21, 2014 at 11:23 pm (Edit)

“It’s not surprising that we’re underdogs year after year. Bochy preps for the postseason from Day one. His patience pays off when the guys he stuck with come up big.None of the experts think of Blanco, Arias, Perez, Ishi- the game is all about the stars to much of the media whereas the postseason is won by a 25 man team, not 3 or 4 guys. Juan hasn’t done anything sexy- he’s just helped win games quietly. Ishi was a *little* louder but how big was it that Bochy trusted a 4 time castoff to start in the playoffs? This a team game and we’ve fielded the best team. and the best manager.”

I couldn’t agree more. The brain dead lemming national media spends their time learning the names of the stars like Puig and Miggy. They don’t understand what it takes for a team to coalesce and win. “ALL THE WAY” win. That’s why so many of them spend most of the season debating who’s going to win the MVP in each league.

I’ve watched this “team thing” happen for 3 straight now and it seems obvious to me. Experience absolutely matters in games like these. Why don’t the national chumps understand this?

As for the Royals, as I said, they should have lost at least one post season game before last night. Their fans looked broken after UnderPants hit his monster bomb. And Ned Yost has no business managing against Bruce Bochy. NONE BUSINESS.

#3in5

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dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:51 am

Great post twin. Is it game time yet?

Saddle up. We’re burning it down!
eddacker said, on October 22, 2014 at 7:31 am

Twin!! thanks mate,

It is some ‘bigger’ vision, that the sport called baseball has, that makes it ‘the greatest game’. And I say that humbly. The appreciation of subtleties and the minutia of this team sport came to me slowly, first from my father and then with many summers of playing little league, high school and local ball into my 30s. Now, sharing this blog with you and the other flappers, I am truly blessed to be seeing this deeply ingrained magic that baseball has for us. This world series clearly shows the bigger picture, the genius of this game, but only for those that apprehend. And my team is the one that is doing it. Amazing.
willedav said, on October 22, 2014 at 8:15 am

Yeah, 3 in 5. You go Big Guy. Great read on posts yesterday during game from everyone. I didn’t get in til late and SF way up, didn’t want to hex things. Great gif of Aoki with “…the whiff…”
Followed along on cbs site tweets. I think Hank tweeted Strickland more likely to be needed in other games, better choice by Sensei Bochy to pitch in 9th.
Lot of good stuff from usual suspects like Pavs, Baggs, Hank, Killion (ugh) even Aimless G using Shields used to be nickname along side national guys like Stark and Olney plus one local KC guy Speaking of hexes (yes I know it’s irrational superstition), why do we need to see Lincecum?
Love the schadenfrude of Zum posts from Dodger bloggers, that stuff is hilarious. Interesting that new GM’s first move is to announce 2 trips isn’t going anywhere (unlike a few of his players). Pretty funny that once they actually got on Nat’l TV and their fans could finally see them, LA completely fell apart…while Giants continue to shine.
Chipower9 said, on October 22, 2014 at 8:27 am

Awesome thread, Craig. (And I was digging the cliches.) I went back to see the last few posts from last night and saw Twin’s post. As usual…another great one, Michael. Well said my friend.

What a dominating performance by Big Country last night. And even though his streak of scoreless innings ended, it is, in a way, a good thing, as now we can proved to all the other yahoos who do not follow the Giants that he truly is human and not a cyborg.

I am just absolutely fucking pumped after that dominating win last night. Yep…it is only one of the required four…but I will take it.

Orange and Black and Don’t Look Back!
Flavor said, on October 22, 2014 at 8:57 am

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snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:12 am

Giants play close games all year. They know the drill when it’s crunch time. As for trusting Ishi to play left, well, OK. They didn’t have a lot of choice in the matter with Morse hurt and Perez being the other option, so trust is a good moniker for that. Kudos to him, he’s come through. Perez had a good bunt last night. He may become the Giants designated bunter, and I’m totally down with that…
Chipower9 said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:13 am

Pence is just something else. Well, this whole damned team is. Another gem of a TEAM.

Anyway, I shared a similar video on this last night. This one is a bit different (still Pence’s speech), but followed-up with some still shots of player interaction (hell, one of them is from 2010, I think, as it has Mota in it).

Just another twist on a great video.

WE’VE GOT THE MORTHERFUCKING CHAMPION BLOOD!
- dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:22 am
  
  I love how Sandoval is like yeah, YEAH! There you go Hunter. What’s up with this aluminum foil? Mmmm Champaigne…
- Lurker John said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:29 am
  
  Awesome. What a phenomenal addtion Pence was to this team. His contributions run so much deeper than his play on the field. Bring home #3 boys.
zumiee said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:13 am

I’m guessing that the Royals will be a bit less loosey-goosey, smiley-laughing today. They know they’re in a Series now.
And as others have pointed out, when they get to SF, they lose their DH, and they have to play a difficult ballpark that they’re not very familiar with.
- DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:36 am
  
  You’re right, Zumiee. Those fuckers were acting like the 3 Amigos before El Guapo shot one of ’em…
  - Chipower9 said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:49 am
    
    LMAO…love the 3 Amigos reference Loo. Love that flick…
dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:17 am

I’ve watched the bottom of the 3rd a couple of times now. 2nd & 3rd nobody out. K, K, BB, ground out. Bumgarner is awesome.
- Chipower9 said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:54 am
  
  Micah – I think that was as big, if not bigger than the Giants scoring in the 1st. That was just so fucking huge to get out of that jam. BIG COUNTRY STRONG!
Lurker John said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:22 am

Well said, twin. The national media is a big fail across the spectrum; politics, current affairs, world affairs, etc. Their failure when it comes to sports, baseball in particular, is just another example. West of the Mississippi is shit for them and San Francisco is nothing more than a tiny, flickering blip on their radar. That’s okay, it makes these times that much more enjoyable. Fuck ’em, I say.

What a great win last night for the boys. Snatching the all-important Game 1 came surprisingly easy but in typical Giants’ fashion, with good pitching, defense and timely hitting. These guys are a juggernaut and Boch is the captain of the ship. Ruthless efficiency, killer instinct and unshakable in their resolve. Bum continues to make an historical name for himself and, in my humble opinion, is already one of the all-time playoff greats. Kershaw is at home scratching his nuts while Bum makes history.

Bochy using Stickland last night was an inspired move. Given the likliehood of close games in this series, he’s more likely going to need Strick than Timmy and now the kid has some confidence moving forward. His developing slider looks like a nice weapon against lefties.

It’s way too early to get cocky about things, and I’m working hard to keep things in check, but this is a helluva nice beginning. Go Peavy.

GO GIANTS!
- Chipower9 said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:55 am
  
  Awesome post, LJ.
stickman said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:24 am

Poobahs and prognosticators on the national sports media are busy backing water this morning as they did last night. They now say that they couldda, sorta saw this coming but were so ensorcelled by the 29 year hiatus for the Royals and their sweep of the Divisional and LCS series that they went with them.

What it boiled down to last night with the Undertaker on the mound and Full Throttle, very most high Reverend Underpants Popeye Pence providing most of the drama business, the Giants came off as akin to the Harlem Globetrotters taking on a local scratch team.

Most Giants fans, the casual ones, don’t get it much more than the national media types do, but the Giants have somehow blended an incredible cast of characters into this professional ensemble similar in many respects to a symphony orchestra with BB15 as maestro. The amazing part is that with a number of stars not one of them is a prima donna out to steal all the scenes. The media is mesmerized with their latest mantra: “Where’s Timmy”? At this point most Flappers would answer: “Who the fuck cares? He may make a cameo in a blowout and should the situation arise where we really, truly, absolutely need him he’ll be there.

2014 is looking more and more like the year where the Giants are here to instruct the baseball world on how it’s done. Factor in the absence of Pagan and Cain and the whole scenario is all the more remarkable. The Halloween Machine is oiled, greased, fueled up and on a roll.
- dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:29 am
  
  Even Lincecum was thinking the faux controversy was lame. Where was I? Lost track of time and then didn’t want to disrespect my teammates by coming out there late. That goes back to Bochy as you say.
  - snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:41 am
    
    I’m as big a Tim fan as anybody, but I’m not really buying that too much. How do you lose track of time before the WS? All your teammates are leaving the clubhouse for the field, how do you not figure that out? If we had local media that weren’t eunuchs, we’d know what’s really up with that. Maybe nothing, maybe something…
  - dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 22, 2014 at 10:07 am
    
    I don’t know. How does he run that grounder over to third in 2010? Lincecum is a bit of a space cadet.
WilcoJoe said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:26 am

After the game Karros said the Royals should shake off the loss as they really couldn’t have expected to win against Bum, unlike the rest of our staff. As if to say, the rest of the series should be a cakewalk for K.C.

Ex-Dodger prick!
- Lurker John said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:35 am
  
  Fuck Karros. He’s been anti-Giants since he played for the Albuquerque Dukes. The fact that he gets assigned to call regular season Giants games at all is a joke. These media idiots are falling into the same trap they did in ’10 and ’12.
- Chipower9 said, on October 22, 2014 at 10:04 am
  
  Fuck Karros – that Fucking Fuck can SUCK a BIG FUCKING ORANGE AND BLACK DICK. What a fucking tool…
  - unca_chuck said, on October 22, 2014 at 10:08 am
    
    Oh, come now. Tell us how you really feel.
    
    Seriously though. Will they never learn?
paulinasia said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:30 am

11:30pm Wed. night, Saigon: Just back from a friendly bar after a beer or two (me) and water or two (Steve) and looking forward to waking up at 7am again to catch the game. It really could still go different ways, but it’s so strongly feeling inevitable….. as Joe (less than a) Buck said before, “And the Giants just keep rolling”…. Hmm, maybe Timmy is contributing in some small way afterall… rolling…. Anyway. There was talk on some blogs about Tim should’ve pitched the 9th. Nah…. IF he’s going to get in a game, it’s going to be at home, and probably at the unlosable end of a game that wraps up the championship…. that would be cool. And Michael, your “the game is all about the stars to much of the media whereas the postseason is won by a 25 man team, not 3 or 4 guys” sums it all up. .Enjoy your day, FU, catch you here in about 7-1/2 hours….
- Lurker John said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:37 am
  
  If the Giants do end up winning this thing, I really, really hope they wrap it up at home. Giants fans everywhere deserve it.
blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:35 am

LA angst continues . . . As the LA Times reports in this column:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers-royals-erskine-20141022-column.html

“Let it end, this autumn of our discontent, made inglorious by the Giants’ postseason run. No más, no más. Enough already.The Giants are back in their Halloween orange and black to haunt us again, a too-frequent seasonal curse. Makes you want to smash a pumpkin.”

“The Dodgers folded like a $3 beach chair this month, but seeing the Giants excel has just prolonged the agony.”

Baaahwaaahwaaah . . . 🙂
- blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:43 am
  
  . . . and for a smooth chaser, read this:http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/dodgersnow/la-sp-dn-dodgers-fan-royals-20141019-story.html
  - Chipower9 said, on October 22, 2014 at 10:36 am
    
    Great stuff…I love seeing how all of this is causing a melt-down in the brains of bum fans everywhere. I hope it hurt real bad for them. And I hope if hurts for a really long time.
    
    Now we return to your regularly scheduled program “OCTOBER BASEBALL.” This channel/program has been blocked-out in the LA area…
  - snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 11:16 am
    
    Nice article. But, I don’t really get off THAT much on how all this Giants success impacts the Doghairs and their fans. LA now is just like most other teams, except a lot more dough. They pull players in and out, season to season, except faster, since they have more dough to just eat mistakes and move on. I can’t really get much into disliking them, since they don’t have much of a team persona anymore. Hanley Ramirez? Beckett? Juan Uribe? They’re as much as part of their former teams as being a Dodger. When LA had Garvey, Lopes, Cey, and Russell, and Lasorda, well, that was a group you could get a good loathing going. And, when a late Sept win over them was fantastic because it deprived them of the division title, not because it put you into the division win. All this Giants success the past 5 years has me thinking more of just enjoying it for it’s own sake. That it’s ticking off what real fans are left of LA, well, that’s just a little “gravy”…
- WilcoJoe said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:53 am
  
  “I think it was God who tweeted ‘Go Giants…and take the 49ers with you.”
  
  My flight to SFO on Friday connects in LA. I hope it’s full of disgruntled bums.
  - blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 10:00 am
    
    Now, that would be hilarious, especially if you are outfitted in Giants swag. Yeah, I thought that line was clever too.
unca_chuck said, on October 22, 2014 at 9:41 am

Great post, Mike. One that should be sent to every member of the baseball and sports writing community at large.

These guys are confounded over and over about the success of the Giants. As if it’s some sort of fluke. Again.

Yeah, Wilco, the Royals #2 guy is a sore-armed fastball pitcher. What could go wrong there? Our starters are better than theirs, and our pen isn’t quite as good, but having a lead negates their worth. As does negating their speed by keeping it on the bench.

That being said, Peavy needs to limit the walks today.
- salty said, on October 22, 2014 at 10:29 am
  
  Yeah Peavy brings 1.7 whip, 7 ERA career postseason… 14BB in 32in… and he will have a tougher time with KC power lefties. Facing a rookie SP, might bet on the over.
unca_chuck said, on October 22, 2014 at 10:11 am

Here’s a post from one of those articles. Delusional at best. Yeah, that hollow WS victory . . . ! Hail the NL West Champs!

Flag
steve.irvin
Rank 1584

It’s ok. And who cares if they even win it. They did not have a good regular season, benefitted by dumb rules, and got really lucky at the right time, for them. The dodgers, excluding their bullish*t pen, their manager, and some quiet and untimely bats still had a better regular season. SF’s little waltz into the WS is hollow by comparison. Say what you will, but go Blue! KC blue too!

1 day ago
1Like

Looks like Steve picked the wrong week to start sniffing glue.
- dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 22, 2014 at 10:18 am
  
  Except for a shitty manager, lousy pen and wet noodle hitting they’re pretty good. lulz.
- snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 10:43 am
  
  He forgot the $230M payroll, too. Celebrate that…
- snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 11:20 am
  
  And, yeah, sure, it’s always better to have a great regular season that have a “hollow” trip to the World Series…
salty said, on October 22, 2014 at 10:17 am

Satisfying to know they are pissing off Dogger fans. Always seemed like the hatred was more one sided, with the bay area having a complex about the Bums. Beat LA chants and all. If it were the Dodgers in the WS, g fans would be wearing out their keyboard F key :). All that money they spent to make themselves into the westcoast Yankees heightened the hate. Good to know the rivalry is intact and now they have the inferiority complex.
- James said, on October 22, 2014 at 11:24 am
  
  Agree, I’ve always hated the “Beat LA” chant because it seemed like they didn’t give a shit about SF. Nice to see evidence of genuine despair.
  - unca_chuck said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:04 pm
    
    I’ve always rather liked it. We’ve got ‘Beat LA!” They’ve got “Giants suck!”
    
    That’s how it was, is, and will be. Passed down from generation to generation.
unca_chuck said, on October 22, 2014 at 11:17 am

And this gem:

SFwill
Rank 1008

Ho hum…taking notes? We haven’t won a World Series game in 27 minutes…

13 hours ago
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Hah ! ! !
- zumiee said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:07 pm
  
  LOL.
  In the Central Valley, whenever the Dodgers are doing well, you start to see a few people wearing Dodger gear.
  The Dodger gear has disappeared again.
Nipper said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:00 pm

No bragging please. Just grind out one game at a time for the Giants. I hate premature gloating. God I hate gloating by anyone’s fans.
- DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:03 pm
  
  Nipper’s right!
- snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:05 pm
  
  I’m gloating on last night’s beat down. Not seeing anybody gloating on any wins we don’t have yet. We could lose the next 4, sure, but I can still gloat now on winning the pennant…
- dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:06 pm
  
  Agree. 3 to go.
- Lurker John said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:27 pm
  
  Absolutely.
snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:02 pm

Last night the national radio and TV pundits seemed to try hard to rehab the Royals. Focus all on how they lost and how they can come back tonight, barely much on Giants other than Bum was great. Amusing how these guys just can’t seem to get into fluffing the Giants. Maybe some of this is political. SF is too “liberal” an area to have a great baseball franchise…
- DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:05 pm
  
  I would like to think that attitude died when Willie Mays’ plane touched down in 1958…
  - snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:06 pm
    
    Well, I’ve tried to understand the attitude via they don’t know the team at all. I’m searching for other reasons why the Giants get no national respect…
  - zumiee said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:15 pm
    
    I think some of that is that the national media has rarely ever taken the time to get to know the team very well, over the last several years. The Giants have had a lot of amazing stories over the last 5 years, and the national media missed a bunch of them.
    But, as others have said, it’s just the way it is with the national media, especially regarding West Coast teams that are not L.A., and in the long run it’s benefitted the Giants. The Giants haven’t gotten big heads about all of their success in recent years. They’ve flown under the radar, and it’s worked to their advantage, IMO.
  - snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:21 pm
    
    Agree zum. But, KC has been even more off radar than the Giants until this season. Yet, the focus is on them, not the near-dynasty Giants. Cinderella story? Well, the 2010 Giants were the Cinderella story, and the media treated them like crap, it was all look how great the Tigers are. Cinderella or 2-time recent champs, it’s like the Giants just have a team wide BO that the media finds particularly foul…
unca_chuck said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:07 pm

The Fox network with an agenda?

The 1st WS, against Texas no less, was epic in their disdain for the Giants, their fans, and the City in general. Esp. with Bush I & II in the crowd.
- snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:18 pm
  
  Yep, this is FOX, after all.
  If the Giants win this series, there will be virtually no talk about it within two days after it’s over. Like the 2012. And, 2010. ESPN will act like it never happened, and it’s onto the Yankees and RSox offseason moves, and whether/how ARoid will come back…
  - zumiee said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:21 pm
    
    SF is SF, and some Midwesterner Fox viewers, with their pre-conceptions, have their issues with that.
    Personally, I thought everyone in the stands last night waving little American flags during “God Bless America” was kind of cornball, but that’s just me.
  - snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:24 pm
    
    Seriously, I find this obsession since 9/11 with “God Bless America” at ball games ridiculous. Who started it, and why? What happened to take me out to the ballgame? What’s next — not only do we have to sing it, but we all do it while saluting the flag and protecting “the Homeland” from our seats, holding beers? I’m getting more than a little reminded of the films of the Nuremburg rallies in the ’30s and their salutes to the “Vaterland” and that little corporal with a weird mustache…
  - unca_chuck said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:28 pm
    
    Which is why I dig Beach Blanket Babylon being featured in the WS. It always comforts me to know our ‘mere existence’ scares the shit out of people all over the country.
    
    And now it’s true for the baseball world.
    
    Then again, when I was a kid, one of our family traditions was to go to Beach Blanket Babylon at least once every couple years, and then hit the corner bar at Grant and Green afterwards. Mom took us to Ain’t Misbehavin’ Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, or whatever big show was in town back then.
  - DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:30 pm
    
    We should’ve nuked 3-4 countries off the fuckin’ planet by midnight of 9/11/01.
    Would’ve saved all this silly singing…
  - snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 1:39 pm
    
    Chuck, I’m cool with satire and all, but I’ve had enough BBB at Giants games. If you want to freak out the rest of the country, fine, get Chanticleer and the Dykes on Bikes chorus to sing the anthem, along with Barry Bonds. I’d be fine with that group…
James said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:27 pm

Sadly, here’s what America prefers to watching a Giants WS game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfgS1lvqX8I
- DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:32 pm
  
  If he tried that little stroll anytime from about 1970 t0 1990 he would’ve been mugged and/or stabbed to death…
  - James said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:42 pm
    
    It’s good to know the streets are now safe for filming sentimental drivel.
    
    BTW, did you mention Hank Greenberg among the 1B->OF candidates?
  - snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 1:37 pm
    
    Yeah, Jeter. Man of the people. The barowner asked him where he’d been all those years. Now that he needs a commercial, he drops in on the guy’s joint as he retires…
- unca_chuck said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:33 pm
  
  Amazing they could even film that commercial without all the JeterJizz flying around getting on the camera lens.
  - snarkk said, on October 22, 2014 at 1:40 pm
    
    Saran wrap…
unca_chuck said, on October 22, 2014 at 12:41 pm

Same lineup for the G-Men.

In case you forgot:

Tiburon Blanco CF
Panik attack 2B
Posey C
Panda 3B
Pance RF
Belt 1B
Morse DH
Ishi LF
Crawfish SS

(Peavy SP)
- Alleykat said, on October 22, 2014 at 1:59 pm
  
  Providing the same loss for the Royals Chuck.
  Yandora Yoda whatever Jesse Ventura will turn out to be our old version of Salomon Torres and get raked over the coals under the big game pressure!!
Irish Kevin said, on October 22, 2014 at 2:21 pm

At first the way the Royals were playing in the playoffs, they sor of reminded me of the 2010 Giants. But then last nights game happened. Pitching jus wasn’t there. due to layoff? I don’t think so. Timmy, Cain, Bum, none of them faultered like that. Anyway not saying this is going to be a cake walk….but if it goes past 5 games I will be surprised.
Chipower9 said, on October 22, 2014 at 2:30 pm

The anticipation builds again…

Is it game time, YET!?
gianthead said, on October 22, 2014 at 2:40 pm

Have not read the comments yet but I forgot to note last night about Boch’s great move, championship managing, to bring in Perez early to lay down the bunt and be there for defense, but that move also opened up the game. I hope Posey shows a bit more patience and holds off on the first pitch when runners are on base…
WilcoJoe said, on October 22, 2014 at 3:14 pm

Here is the scoop on the Marlins guy. Looks like we’re stuck looking at him again tonight.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article3227237.html
- zumiee said, on October 22, 2014 at 3:22 pm
  
  Ha! Bad break for the Royals; the guy’s a lawyer. He’s not going to be pressured out of his seat.
WilcoJoe said, on October 22, 2014 at 3:20 pm

I will wear my Flap shirt if Flav wants to buy me a seat behind home plate this weekend 😉
zumiee said, on October 22, 2014 at 3:28 pm

I have to do some traveling tonight. I won’t be on the Flap during the game. Have a great game, folks!
- DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:11 pm
  
  Heeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pawliekokonuts said, on October 22, 2014 at 4:58 pm

Off to watch a few innings with my daughter; try to come back here later. Love the thread. Spot-on analysis by Twin. Later, girls.
Flavor said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:02 pm

Talking heads just took KC again. All 4 of them.
Lqtm
stickman said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:06 pm

Game on in a couple minutes. Go get em guys.
Macdog said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:11 pm

BLANCOOOOOOOOOO!
WilcoJoe said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:12 pm

Hell yeah Gregor!
salty said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:12 pm

Wow. Unstoppable.
DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:12 pm

Heeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lurker John said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:12 pm

That ball was crushed. Wow.
Flavor said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:12 pm

Boom. Talking head said what?
DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:13 pm

We own every crooked-hatted motherfucker on the planet!
stickman said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:13 pm

Ventura barely dips his toes into the water and WHITE SHARK ATTACK. El Tiburon Blanco.
- DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:15 pm
  
  CHOMP!!!!!!!!!!!
DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:14 pm

Last guy I remember doing that was Don Buford in ’69…
Lurker John said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:17 pm

Someone needs to inform Harold Reynolds that there’s no “D” in Bumgarner. What an idiot.
WilcoJoe said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:21 pm

Buck and Reynolds feel quite confident that Peavey has no chance.
Lurker John said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:23 pm

They can barely contain their bias.
ODB said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:34 pm

Petit better be ready tonight.
- DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:43 pm
  
  Who’s the transsexual sitting with Torre?
Lurker John said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:34 pm

Peavy looks terrible
ODB said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:35 pm

Peavy you fucking sack of shit
WilcoJoe said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:35 pm

Sometimes the numbers don’t lie.
Lurker John said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:35 pm

They might need 10 runs to win tonight
blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:36 pm

SB attempt may loom large for KC. Bias of the 2nd announcing crew Paul and I have is off the charts too, e.g., they couldn’t contain their excitement after Butthurt’s RBI hit. Meh . . .
James said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:37 pm

The Royals ran themselves out of a big inning with their idiotic base stealing.
twinfan1 said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:37 pm

That HR by Blanco was the first in the WS by a guy who was DFAed 34 times in the same season.
blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:49 pm

Happy for Blanco that he is shining in the post season. I’ve given him my share of grief, but sometimes I overlook the little things he does. Moreover, he is worth his weight in gold in the outfield (and is a better outfielder then Pagan).
blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:52 pm

Peavy has no idea where the ball is going. Throws two balls and has to come in with the fast ball, which Infante knew was coming. That had “hit me” all over it.
ODB said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:53 pm

Get Petit up right now. This should be Peavy’s last inning if he allows another run.
DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:53 pm

“Good piece of hitting” is another stupid, overused cliche that Buck should shove up his dumb motherfuckin’ clueless ass…
blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:54 pm

Get Peavy the fuck out of there.
ODB said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:55 pm

The genius will be waving one of those white flags if he lets Peavy pitch another inning
Lurker John said, on October 22, 2014 at 5:59 pm

Fox is making no attempt to the hide the fact that they are desperate for a Royals’ win.
James said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:02 pm

As nauseating as the bias is — especially when it is in favor of a team as loathsome, stupid, and outmoded as the Royals — the TV guys do have a vested interest in not seeing another SF wipeout of the opposition.
DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:03 pm

Time for Buster to put a stop to this crap…
- ODB said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:06 pm
  
  Buster needs to start hitting HRs. Biggest liability on the bases since the fatass he replaced.
  - DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:09 pm
    
    Spot on!
DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:05 pm

That was an absolute fuckin’ meatball that Posey just did nothing with…
- blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:17 pm
  
  Not certain you are getting the same view I am in Asia Loo . . . They just panned on Posey in the dugout nursing a hurt thumb with the trainer. But yeah, he is flailing in this series. Need him to help out (especially in lieu of him running us out of big innings with his inept running).
blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:06 pm

Agree James (as I also agree with John). Fox could be a bit more subtle about wanting a competitive series. Right now, it does come off as “bias,” but I know they could give 2 shits about who wins . . . They just want ratings and a wipe out ruins all the future advertising revenue they make on beer, chips, and whatever else the fuck they are selling.
blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:12 pm

Peavy finally looks half way decent. Nice.
- James said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:18 pm
  
  No comment on how Peavey will do from here on out, but Bum was very lucky the first coupla innings last night.
DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:16 pm

Buck sounded like he was trying to will that to be a routine out.
What an asshole.
blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:18 pm

LOL . . . Thank God for Aoki in the outfield.
Macdog said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:19 pm

Maybe the Royals should sign Morse to play RF next year.
DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:19 pm

Aoki makes Vladimir Guerrero look like Roberto Clemente out there…
James said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:20 pm

Love that OF D! Fuck Royals retard ball!
blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:23 pm

Belt is coming down with Posey disease. 😦
- James said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:24 pm
  
  That was hardly his fault.
  - blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:40 pm
    
    Maybe so, but I know he is guilty of something.
stickman said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:27 pm

Interesting game. No clear advantage either way. Looks to be a scratch and claw special.
DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:31 pm

Ventura’s a dead man next time through the order.
- WilcoJoe said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:34 pm
  
  Well that got two innings to do it before we see that great bullpen everyone speaks about…
Flavor said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:41 pm

ok, back from a volleyball game that my daughter basically singlehandedly won. I am ready for the rest of this game
DJLoo said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:48 pm

I’m sure Larry Doby had a delightful rookie year in the AL back in ’47. But who cares?
#Jackie42
- Nipper said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:51 pm
  
  Larry who?
blade3colorado said, on October 22, 2014 at 6:56 pm

That could have been a disaster for Escobar. No way, no how – he could have nailed Pence.