Official 2015 MLB Playoffs Thread Sponsored By 'One Strike Away'

[Robz4000]

Gonna be rainy iirc. Could see anything happening, though this will be a fielders/baserunners game which favors the Royals.

[td4mvp2k]

price pitching... jays losing before it started :tu

[resistanze]

Hope the game isn't decided on that HR

[Pelicans78]

Looks like Herrera will pitch the 7th and Davis the 8th and 9th.

[resistanze]

It's over, bringing Sanchez in the game again:lol

[resistanze]

Joey bats!!!!

[unleashbaynes]

Jays gonna win.....

[Robz4000]

Royals still got this.

[Chris]

Bad Luck Joe Buck strikes again with the rain delay :lol

[midnightpulp]

Great game. That Revere catch :wow

[AlexJones]

The rain delay helps the Jays odds of winning this game, but lowers their overall chance at winning the series if they have to use Stroman tonight, which Gibby said they will if it goes extra.

[Pelicans78]

I'm exhausted. Reason Davis didn't come in earlier was due to the impending rain delay. Didn't feel comfortable with Madson in the game. Maybe could have kept going with Herrera.

[Pelicans78]

Morales needs to be that guy this inning.

[Pelicans78]

Wtf was Bautista thinking?

[Pelicans78]

Blown opportunity to add more runs. Bad ABs by Moose and Perez.

[Reck]

That ump is bought.

Bullshit right there.

[resistanze]

Been getting that ball the whole series

[Pelicans78]

Been getting that ball the whole series

I agree. That was a ball.

[Reck]

Jays got hosed, plain and simple.

That blown call made all the difference.

[unleashbaynes]

Eat shit jays.

[resistanze]

Congrats to royals, simply the better team. Jays left 629 runners on base throughout playoffs, can't expect to win.

[Pelicans78]

Congrats to royals, simply the better team. Jays left 629 runners on base throughout playoffs, can't expect to win.

That 5th inning made the difference. Not sure why Goins didn't bunt right away. Cost them some runs. First inning too when Revere got the leadoff double.

Sucks to lose this deep in the postseason, especially since how good you guys were playing in the 2nd half of the season and how good you guys are. Mets don't scare me compared to the Jays.

[Lebron4MVP]

That 5th inning made the difference. Not sure why Goins didn't bunt right away. Cost them some runs. First inning too when Revere got the leadoff double.

Sucks to lose this deep in the postseason, especially since how good you guys were playing in the 2nd half of the season and how good you guys are. Mets don't scare me compared to the Jays.
The Mets pitching staff is legit. They have 4 stud starting pitchers. They are going to be A LOT tougher than Toronto.

[Pelicans78]

The Mets pitching staff is legit. They have 4 stud starting pitchers. They are going to be A LOT tougher than Toronto.

But the Royals hit fastball pitchers well and did well against different aces throughout the season. No excuse this year not to win the World Series. Outside of their pitching staff, the Mets really don't compare offensively, defensively, or bullpen.

[Chris]

Donaldson 0-5

[Robz4000]

Royals over the Mets in 6.

[Lebron4MVP]

But the Royals hit fastball pitchers well and did well against different aces throughout the season. No excuse this year not to win the World Series. Outside of their pitching staff, the Mets really don't compare offensively, defensively, or bullpen.

Pitching wins in October. The Giants beat the Royals cause of Bumgarmer. The Mets starting pitching and their aces will be the difference. They have guys who could be God type of good on any night, and the Royals don't. The other factors will keep KC competitive but their lack of an ace will do them in once again.

[midnightpulp]

Anyone got a PitchTrax on that Davis pitch to Revere?

Not that it decided the game, you can't go 0-12 with RISP and expect to beat the Royals. It's like an NBA fan complaining a bad call decided the game when they went 0-20 from 3pt.

[Pelicans78]

Donaldson 0-5

He hit one ball really hard that ended the 5th inning with runners on base. Great play by Moose to catch the line drive.

[Clipper Nation]

Go Mets, tbh.

[Pelicans78]

Anyone got a PitchTrax on that Davis pitch to Revere?

Not that it decided the game, you can't go 0-12 with RISP and expect to beat the Royals. It's like an NBA fan complaining a bad call decided the game when they went 0-20 from 3pt.

That pitch was a ball. It was clearly a ball. No doubt about it.

[lefty]

The team that runs 5 yards without dieding wins the WS

[midnightpulp]

The team that runs 5 yards without dieding wins the WS

Better athlete than any povertball player, imo.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnldRj-0H84

[lefty]

:cry ASG :lol

[Clipper Nation]

Better athlete than any povertball player, imo.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnldRj-0H84

Rock

[Pelicans78]

Rock

Should be a HoF. Stupid baseball writers have no business voting are keeping him out.

[Biernutz]

Two tickets posted on Stub Hub for Citi Field are listed for $1,000,000 ea.


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/mets-world-series-tickets-at-citi-field-are-most-expensive-in-baseball-history-234203754.html

[Reck]

5 hour game. :lol

Get in here lefty

[midnightpulp]

5 hour game. :lol

Get in here lefty

And we all know lefty watched all of it.

Not a boring second in any of those 5 hours. Gordon's Kirk Gibson shot off Familia was ultra clutch.

[Pelicans78]

What a much needed win. I hope Familia pulls a Brad Lidge the rest of the series.

[Reck]

And we all know lefty watched all of it.

Not a boring second in any of those 5 hours. Gordon's Kirk Gibson shot off Familia was ultra clutch.

Damn straight.

Good game.

[Pelicans78]

Cueto dominated NL lineups for 5 years. Hope he can do it tomorrow night. DeGrom's a true ace.

[Robz4000]

Hell of a game tbh.

[lefty]

5 hour game. :lol

Get in here lefty (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=6896)
:lol nobodygivesashitball
:lol insomniacureball
:lol notmovingball
:lol concessionstandsball
:lol muricaball
:lol spitball
:lol crotchball
:lol signlanguageball
:lol retardball
:lol statueball
:lol fakeintensityball
:lol illegalimmigrationball

[lefty]

Oh and that wasnt a technical glitch

:lol Even FOX got has gotten bored with Beisbol :lol

[MultiTroll]

Colon looked very good.
Even tho he took the L, i think in large part he had to pitch longer with the extra innings.
He rolled off the mound and fielded that bunt for the out. :lol

[Pelicans78]

Colon mainly lost due to the error by Wright

[Robz4000]

Good shit by the Royals. Still thinks this goes 6, but the Royals are clearly the better team.

[Pelicans78]

Stress free win. I enjoy these much more than the one run battles. Feel really good about where the team stands. Not afraid of Thor with Ventura matching against him.

[Jacob1983]

Just imagine Joe Buck's face if the Royals pull this off. 30 years after 1985. LOL Fuck the Cardinals.

[txstr1986]

Man, KC is good... and Cueto was lights out last night.

[Reck]

Met choking? You dont say.

Good. They didn't belong in the WS anyways.

[Chris]

Just imagine Joe Buck's face if the Royals pull this off. 30 years after 1985. LOL Fuck the Cardinals.

Joe "so what's it gonna be " Buck is the worst commentator in sports :lol I thought he was a Giants tho

[Chris]

Met choking? You dont say.

Good. They didn't belong in the WS anyways.


That choke job had the Rangers cringing

[midnightpulp]

Met choking? You dont say.

Good. They didn't belong in the WS anyways.

Painful stuff. You're a Mets fan or a Yanks fan? Can't remember.

[Reck]

Painful stuff. You're a Mets fan or a Yanks fan? Can't remember.

Neither. I'm a Red Sox Fan.

[Robz4000]

Mets win tomorrow, but this doesn't go past Tuesday.

[MultiTroll]

Stupid phuk announcers keep glorifying Hosner for *Great Great Baserunning*.

:lmao Hosner should have been out TWICE.
Dumb play by 3b who could have trapped him in a rundown.

Then even a below average throw by 1b gets Hosner at home.

[baseline bum]

Stupid phuk announcers keep glorifying Hosner for *Great Great Baserunning*.

:lmao Hosner should have been out TWICE.
Dumb play by 3b who could have trapped him in a rundown.

Then even a below average throw by 1b gets Hosner at home.

Shut up Fabbs, it was a great gamble to take down one run and down to your last out against their closer.

[Pelicans78]

Yost should have pinch run for Hosmer with Dyson. Dyson could have gotten that run a lot easier.

[midnightpulp]

Wow. Just wow.

[Robz4000]

:lol another Mets choke

[midnightpulp]

Shut up Fabbs, it was a great gamble to take down one run and down to your last out against their closer.

The Mets are like '84 Lakers bad in this series. They had 3 games locked up and just shit the bed. Credit to the Royals clutch, but the Mets imploded something fierce.

[baseline bum]

The Mets are like '84 Lakers bad in this series. They had 3 games locked up and just shit the bed. Credit to the Royals clutch, but the Mets imploded something fierce.

They sold their souls for 86, fuck em.

[MultiTroll]

Shut up Fabbs, it was a great gamble to take down one run and down to your last out against their closer.
You STFU. An average throw by first baseman and Hosner just f's up the tying run. Out by 12 -15 feet.

[baseline bum]

You STFU. An average throw by first baseman and Hosner just f's up the tying run. Out by 12 -15 feet.

The Mets have been blowing those kind of plays all series. Hosmer forced them to make a play and they didn't.

[Pelicans78]

The Mets are like '84 Lakers bad in this series. They had 3 games locked up and just shit the bed. Credit to the Royals clutch, but the Mets imploded something fierce.

To be fair, the Mets had the lead in game one thanks to a silly error by Hosmer in game one. Hosner's error tonight also gave the Mets another unearned run. This is the worst series defensively the Royals have played all postseason.

[Pelicans78]

Hochevar got hit hard last tonight. Luckily all were outs.

[Pelicans78]

Nice job by Hochevar.

[AlexJones]

:lol just go to bed, Jew York. This shit is over

[midnightpulp]

Killshot.

[Robz4000]

Mets are dead inside right now.

[midnightpulp]

Mets are dead inside right now.

Murph booted another :lol and it lead to a very critical insurance run.

Fuckin' Mets. Wanted to see this thing go 7.

[midnightpulp]

Now this like the Spurs throttling Miami in Game 5.

[baseline bum]

Holy fucking shit, what a choke. WS needs a mercy rule.

[Chris]

Fat Colon :lol

[Spurminator]

What percent of Mets fans who were chanting for Harvey to stay in the game will now call for Collins' head for actually staying with him?

I'm baffled by how many people didn't want to see their closer in the ninth with a 2-0 lead facing elimination.

[Robz4000]

:lol damn

[FromWayDowntown]

Hosmer's decision to run in the 9th was ballsy, particularly because he probably should have been out. But that ballsy decision should end up being a huge reason why the Royals will have a parade next week. It typifies the way the club plays -- relentless, mostly fundamentally sound, and willing to take reasonable risks to push the game when warranted.

The Royals have been the best team in this postseason and they've been historically great (both at bat and in the field) after the 7th inning of their games this postseason. If they hold on, they will be deserving champions.

[Pelicans78]

What percent of Mets fans who were chanting for Harvey to stay in the game will now call for Collins' head for actually staying with him?

I'm baffled by how many people didn't want to see their closer in the ninth with a 2-0 lead facing elimination.

Yost would have easily brought in Wade Davis in that situation. No matter what.

[FromWayDowntown]

What percent of Mets fans who were chanting for Harvey to stay in the game will now call for Collins' head for actually staying with him?

I'm baffled by how many people didn't want to see their closer in the ninth with a 2-0 lead facing elimination.

Grady Little is relieved to no longer be the manager who most recently bungled a postseason game in New York with a horrific decision to trust a starting pitcher.

[BanditHiro]

here comes the choke

[Spurminator]

Grady Little is relieved to no longer be the manager who most recently bungled a postseason game in New York with a horrific decision to trust a starting pitcher.

That's exactly what I thought of. But I was even more surprised tonight with how unanimously the fans and announcers felt about leaving him in. I believe the words "He had no choice" were uttered. That's ludicrous.

[Pelicans78]

Yeaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

[Robz4000]

Congrats Pelicans78 and other Royals fans on here

[Clipper Nation]

Yeaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

Congrats. :toast

[midnightpulp]

Yeaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

Gratz!!!

[FromWayDowntown]

Yost would have easily brought in Wade Davis in that situation. No matter what.

To be fair, Familia has had some huge problems in this series, while Davis has not, so the comparison -- while not ridiculous -- is not apples-to-apples. Still, Collins should have recognized that completing the win was paramount and that even through Familia's struggles, having him fresh is probably more likely to stifle that part of the Royals' order than a tiring Harvey.

It's kind of ironic that in a season where some urged that Harvey should be shut down, the fatal blow to the Mets basically came from allowing him to keep pitching.

[Pelicans78]

Thanks guys. More of a relieved feeling after getting so close last season. The pain of Game 7 and Bumgarner is finally gone.

[midnightpulp]

Hosmer's decision to run in the 9th was ballsy, particularly because he probably should have been out. But that ballsy decision should end up being a huge reason why the Royals will have a parade next week. It typifies the way the club plays -- relentless, mostly fundamentally sound, and willing to take reasonable risks to push the game when warranted.

The Royals have been the best team in this postseason and they've been historically great (both at bat and in the field) after the 7th inning of their games this postseason. If they hold on, they will be deserving champions.

They're one of the most artfully constructed teams in baseball history.

[Pelicans78]

Only one thing left now. Rematch with Bumgarner.

[Clipper Nation]

They're one of the most artfully constructed teams in baseball history.

It's crazy to think that there was a legit case to be made that Dayton Moore deserved to be fired just two short years ago:

http://www.royalsreview.com/2013/7/19/4536910/royals-time-for-change-fire-dayton-moore

[FromWayDowntown]

I'm not a Royals fan, but I grew up idolizing George Brett, spent plenty of time watching their great teams in the 70's, and rooted for them in the 1980 ALCS and World Series (and in 1985, too). I've got a soft spot for the franchise after all the years of losing there; it's good for baseball when the teams in places like Pittsburgh and Kansas City have a chance to win. The Royals have built this club the right way and, as a bonus, they're fun to watch and seem pretty easy to like.

Glad to see them win for the little guys who have to play the long game by drafting well and developing players to have a chance.

[midnightpulp]

It's crazy to think that there was a legit case to be made that Dayton Moore deserved to be fired just two short years ago:

http://www.royalsreview.com/2013/7/19/4536910/royals-time-for-change-fire-dayton-moore

Writer was shortsighted. Not striking out/moving the line/speed on the basepaths/deep bullpen/great fielding has always won in the playoffs.

[JMarkJohns]

Cool watching pitching/defense/timely hitting win again.

Cool watching a small market win again.

Cool watching a small budget win again.

Hopefully the influx of cash helps keep team together.

I too would like to see a Giants/Royals rematch.

[cjw]

Heartbreak in 7, redemption in 5. Though not as easy as the Spurs had it, they had the same mission.

[Biernutz]

Congrats to the Royals for getting back after 30 years.

[MultiTroll]

Hosmer's decision to run in the 9th was ballsy, particularly because he probably should have been out.
Yes on the bolded you might want to upgrade "probably".
http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/356worldofisaachosmer.jpg

[MultiTroll]

and this is where Hosner was as the ball crossed the plate:
http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/343jeffthrowduda.jpg

[txstr1986]

Congrats to the Royals. It's nice to get redemption after being so close the year before.

Something I know nothing about as a Rangers fan...

[lefty]

Cograts to the new standing around champs

[Jacob1983]

Royals definitely deserved it. Reminded me of my 2011 Mavs. Determined and poised to finally get it done. Glad to see them win and also glad that it pissed off die hard Cardinals fan Joe Buck.

[Biernutz]

Red Sox pick up reliever Craig Kimbrel from SD for 4 minor league players.

[Robz4000]

Good decision by the Padres. Kimbrel prolly only has two good years left and they won't be near contention in that span unless they capture lightning-in-a-bottle.