The Official 2015 World Series Thread

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:29 pm

Royales be relentless

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:30 pm

Nobody out buckners buckner

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:39 pm

Anyone still up?

Colon is a freak of nature

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:40 pm

Games that go this late are another reason you wish you lived on the west coast.

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:42 pm

I'll just say what you're all thinking: I miss Jeanne Zelasko.

Post by **brian** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:43 pm

Joe Buck said this is baseball at its best. A pitcher with a ball in his hand and a batter with a bat in his hands. Which describes literally every at bat in the history of baseball (excepting maybe the time Norm Cash took a table leg up against Nolan Ryan.)

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:46 pm

Which means baseball is always awesome.

Post by **Sabo** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:45 am

sancarlos wrote:Games that go this late are another reason you wish you lived on the west coast.

Wait, the Royals came back and won? I turned the TV off after Familia got the first out in the ninth because I figured there was no chance the Royals would come back.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:48 am

bapo! wrote:I'll just say what you're all thinking: I miss Jeanne Zelasko.

Cue the 21 makeup-gun salute.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:19 am

degenerasian wrote:Ive always thought Granderson is one of the better players of this era. Good speed and power. But looking at his career stats they are quite low. Was it injuries? Id expect him to have 2000 hits.

He's a guy where, the more you watch him, (1) the more you like him and (2) the more you realize he's not as great as you thought he was.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:12 am

Not to be a douche, but if that same play happened in NY, would the inside the park job have been an error?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:14 am

Probably not. Because (1) the route was so bad or so slow it ceased being routine and (2) its more of a fuck you to a fielder to call that an error than it is to the pitcher to give the earned run.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:15 am

degenerasian wrote:I like Joe Buck. I know Im in the minority.

Vasgersian just blabbers nonsense. When they switched over he recapped the game by saying "Escobar hit the first ever WS inside the park home since a long time"

Thats not even a proper sentence

OMG you're dead to me. They were way better, plus any MLB the Show players got a little weirded out.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:15 am

mister d wrote:Probably not. Because (1) the route was so bad or so slow it ceased being routine and (2) its more of a fuck you to a fielder to call that an error than it is to the pitcher to give the earned run.

But the ball went past his glove and hit him in the leg. If an infielder does that it's an error.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:17 am

Not if its a SS in the 5.5 hole, which is probably the equivalent. I'm not arguing it shouldn't have been caught, there are a dozen or more CFs who catch that ball coasting, but its probably not an official scoring error many places.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:32 am

RE: Volquez not knowing, this is interesting about Joe Dumars request not to be told of father's death if it happened on a game day.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:40 am

Ah, thanks. There was something nagging at me that this had happened before.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:53 pm

Are people really upset about Fox's decision to not talk about Volquez's father's death mid-game to avoid the longshot-but-non-zero possibility he would hear it from them?

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:21 pm

mister d wrote:Are people really upset about Fox's decision to not talk about Volquez's father's death mid-game to avoid the longshot-but-non-zero possibility he would hear it from them?

Morons are, but yes...

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:28 pm

I am fine with Fox holding back. In fact, I am kinda impressed at their restraint. It seems odd his family and his employers would not tell this news to a grown man, but I appreciate the club following the wishes of his wife.

I'm not upset with anyone or anything, it just seems weird.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:25 pm

Oh yeah, weird as hell, but any take other than "I'm impressed a channel decided to choose humanity over a ready-made narrative" is equally weird.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:29 pm

Yeah, weird if you are ignorant of the history of that organization wrt humanity. (the larger murdoch family - I consider fox sports simply a clownshow and am surprised when they do something non-clownish.)

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:01 pm

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:41 pm

DeGrom has thrown 74 pitches. Royales have swung through and missed one.

eta: Hosmer swung through his 80th pitch. Before driving in two.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:56 pm

Sveum for Jesus!

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:01 pm

A_B wrote:Sveum for Jesus!

Then, what is Kuntz for?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:15 pm

howard wrote:
A_B wrote:Sveum for Jesus!
Then, what is Kuntz for?

No clue.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 10:27 pm

No longer feeling good about my prediction of Mets in 5.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:16 pm

Bronto's KC crew is enjoying the Series.

https://vine.co/v/hV6Xn6ZMOjY

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:24 pm

sancarlos wrote:Bronto's KC crew is enjoying the Series.

https://vine.co/v/hV6Xn6ZMOjY

finally, definitive proof that the simpsons reside in the "show me" state.

other joke: kansas city: the newcastle of the american midwest

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 9:05 am

That guy was almost murdered earlier this year in a robbery at his house. He walked in on the people -- apparently from his neighborhood -- as it was happening and was shot. Has a huge scar on his stomach now and had to relearn to walk. Walks with a cane.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 9:07 am

More like walks with a Cain, amiright???

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:12 am

Article on the declining viewership of baseball, low ratings for this world series; demographic issues; comparisons vs. other sports, etc. Worth a read.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:51 am

sancarlos wrote:Article on the declining viewership of baseball, low ratings for this world series; demographic issues; comparisons vs. other sports, etc. Worth a read.

Good read. I think it's the lack of star power. Mets and Royals are great teams with no stars. Perhaps baseball does a poor job or marketing? The Royals needed to be on tv more.

Or football is king and people only have to much time for sports in their schedule.

Who are the stars in baseball today. Harper? Trout? who are the best pitchers? Kershaw? King Felix? Sale?
None of these guys are near the World Series.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:58 am

I can tell you one big reason: the game Monday ended at 1:30 AM Tuesday. I'm a big baseball fan and I couldn't do it, so you sure as shit aren't keeping any casual fans around.

Post by **brian** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 11:04 am

Hell, I went to bed before the game ended and I live in Pacific time.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 11:10 am

true but that's not a new thing. They been starting World Series games at 8pm since 85 when NBC signed a big tv deal.

Here's one for you trivia buffs. World Series games for the longest time went Sat-Sun, Tues-Wed-Thurs, Sat-Sun
Game 5 of the 86 World Series ran into the Cosby Show on Thursday night. First pitch was pushed back to 8:40pm. Guess which got the higher ratings?

SportsDoc · Post by **SportsDoc** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 11:11 am

And, Sunday night Game 5 will go head to head with Packers-Broncos. MLB should have scheduled a 5pm EST start Sunday. they could have honed in on the opening in the NFL schedule and had the game end just before the 8:30 NFL game.

MLB is not the King of sports anymore. They need to realize that and adjust accordingly.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 11:12 am

SportsDoc wrote:And, Sunday night Game 5 will go head to head with Packers-Broncos. MLB should have scheduled a 5pm EST start Sunday. they could have honed in on the opening in the NFL schedule and had the game end just before the 8:30 NFL game.

MLB is not the King of sports anymore. They need to realize that and adjust accordingly.

NFL used to not have Sunday night games if there was a WS game at same time. Not sure when that changed.