How’s his form?
https://instagram.com/p/yKrvFFGmKY/?taken-by=joeybats19
How much weight is that? 300 and change?
With the Mets winning I say the Cubs win the NLCS now.
So…
Royals or Blue jays?
Cubs or Mets?
[quote]therajraj wrote:
How’s his form?
https://instagram.com/p/yKrvFFGmKY/?taken-by=joeybats19
How much weight is that? 300 and change? [/quote]
I dont mind the bat flip, it was bush league and he’ll get drilled next year for it, However i have a real problem with his explanation. Essentially he said he was so emotional he dint know what he was doing, fuck you dude, you knew EXACTlY what you did, own it.
Band wagon blue jay fans need to stay classy as well…
I thought the Mets had a chance this series but they blew some late leads, made some stupid errors, and Murphy and Cespedes flat out sucked in the World Series.
Everybody was talking about Daniel Murphy going to get paid after those first two series with all of those home runs, but he looked like crap in the series with the bad hitting and errors.
The bad thing about being a Royals fan this postseason was, you could almost never sit back and think ‘they got this’, always edge of your seat, bad for the blood pressure (I got to actually go to game 6 of the ALCS, and I was literally on the edge of my seat the entire game, except when I was sitting there in a $1.00 plastic poncho waiting for the rain to stop). On the plus side, no matter where the game was, you never gave up and thought ‘they’re done, maybe next game’ until the last out was pitched… Relentless is the best adjective I’ve heard used to describe them this year.
[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:
I thought the Mets had a chance this series but they blew some late leads, made some stupid errors, and Murphy and Cespedes flat out sucked in the World Series.
Everybody was talking about Daniel Murphy going to get paid after those first two series with all of those home runs, but he looked like crap in the series with the bad hitting and errors.[/quote]
On paper, yes the Mets certainly had a chance, especially with their pitching staff. However, the Royals were/are built on the platform of delivery by strategy. They have solid contact hitters up and down the lineup, speed to move once on base, and a number of clutch hitters that don’t rely on the long ball to get the job done. Plus that bullpen. I think that’s the new recipe in modern baseball. When your team counts on the long ball, you’re gonna flop. Look at all those power lineups this year (Rangers, Blue Jays, Angels, and even the Astros)…they weren’t the ones who pushed through to the WS. It was the teams that play to the strategy of the game and utilize the various tools at their disposal.
In regards to Murphy - yes and no. His ice cold WS definitely impacts his upcoming numbers a bit, but at the end of the day, he’s proven he’s a big time post-season performer. That alone will boost your stock big time. He’s gonna get paid very handsomely, especially as a 2B.
[quote]OTHSteve wrote:
The bad thing about being a Royals fan this postseason was, you could almost never sit back and think ‘they got this’, always edge of your seat, bad for the blood pressure (I got to actually go to game 6 of the ALCS, and I was literally on the edge of my seat the entire game, except when I was sitting there in a $1.00 plastic poncho waiting for the rain to stop). On the plus side, no matter where the game was, you never gave up and thought ‘they’re done, maybe next game’ until the last out was pitched… Relentless is the best adjective I’ve heard used to describe them this year.[/quote]
I remember all those feelings during the run the Phillies had. The main difference, for me, in 2008 was how completely unexpected it was. It was a different kind of “edge of your seat” at the time because we just couldn’t believe it was actually happening. That changed during the years following as we “expected” the Phils to win big, but they made it a nightmare each step of the way. I actually felt the opposite with the Royals this postseason. Yes, they were kind of expected to make it back to the WS, but at the same time, they just have this confidence to their team that made you just kind of sit back and wait for it to happen. During the game last night, that was a quote mentioned by the commentators from Ned Yost. Their coaching staff just “waits for it to happen.” And they could afford to do that all because of their bullpen.
What a team, great series, and the best team absolutely won it all this year.
[quote]HeyWaj10 wrote:
[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:
I thought the Mets had a chance this series but they blew some late leads, made some stupid errors, and Murphy and Cespedes flat out sucked in the World Series.
Everybody was talking about Daniel Murphy going to get paid after those first two series with all of those home runs, but he looked like crap in the series with the bad hitting and errors.[/quote]
On paper, yes the Mets certainly had a chance, especially with their pitching staff. However, the Royals were/are built on the platform of delivery by strategy. They have solid contact hitters up and down the lineup, speed to move once on base, and a number of clutch hitters that don’t rely on the long ball to get the job done. Plus that bullpen. I think that’s the new recipe in modern baseball. When your team counts on the long ball, you’re gonna flop. Look at all those power lineups this year (Rangers, Blue Jays, Angels, and even the Astros)…they weren’t the ones who pushed through to the WS. It was the teams that play to the strategy of the game and utilize the various tools at their disposal.
In regards to Murphy - yes and no. His ice cold WS definitely impacts his upcoming numbers a bit, but at the end of the day, he’s proven he’s a big time post-season performer. That alone will boost your stock big time. He’s gonna get paid very handsomely, especially as a 2B.
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That’s true to a point but I still think the main recipe is good starting pitching. The Royals weren’t very good in the regular season, but i’ll admit, the starters were much better in the playoffs. They had the same recipe last year except they ran into the buzzsaw that was Bumgarner.
[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:
[quote]HeyWaj10 wrote:
[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:
I thought the Mets had a chance this series but they blew some late leads, made some stupid errors, and Murphy and Cespedes flat out sucked in the World Series.
Everybody was talking about Daniel Murphy going to get paid after those first two series with all of those home runs, but he looked like crap in the series with the bad hitting and errors.[/quote]
On paper, yes the Mets certainly had a chance, especially with their pitching staff. However, the Royals were/are built on the platform of delivery by strategy. They have solid contact hitters up and down the lineup, speed to move once on base, and a number of clutch hitters that don’t rely on the long ball to get the job done. Plus that bullpen. I think that’s the new recipe in modern baseball. When your team counts on the long ball, you’re gonna flop. Look at all those power lineups this year (Rangers, Blue Jays, Angels, and even the Astros)…they weren’t the ones who pushed through to the WS. It was the teams that play to the strategy of the game and utilize the various tools at their disposal.
In regards to Murphy - yes and no. His ice cold WS definitely impacts his upcoming numbers a bit, but at the end of the day, he’s proven he’s a big time post-season performer. That alone will boost your stock big time. He’s gonna get paid very handsomely, especially as a 2B.
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That’s true to a point but I still think the main recipe is good starting pitching. The Royals weren’t very good in the regular season, but i’ll admit, the starters were much better in the playoffs. They had the same recipe last year except they ran into the buzzsaw that was Bumgarner.[/quote]
That and Moustakas and Hosmer developed into good hitters. They weren’t very good at all in 2014 but really blossomed in 2015.
Their whole offense is death by a 1000 seeing-eye-singles. Very frustrating in a sense that what looks like minimal damage from the beginning adds up.
During the ALCS it felt like I could count the number of clean innings the Jays pitchers managed to muster on hand all series.