I almost* feel guilty about accepting this victory. Three runs, on a walk, weak grounder and HBP. Popups with runner on 3rd and < 2 outs. GAAaaaarghhhh…the Giants were saying “hey, we don’t really need all those extra runs. Nats…you want 'em?”
*But I’ll take it.
fachverwirrt:
Technically, the ALCS is already an I-70 series.
Kauffman Stadium to Oriole Park at Camden Yards via I-70: only 1,052 miles, and roughly 17 hours.
ROAD TRIP!!! 
I’m flabbergasted by Kershaw’s failed performances - he was unstoppable this year, lights out, a stud on the mound.
Until he pitched against the Cardinals in the postseason: 0-2 record, and ERA over 7. Amazing. :smack:
How did that happen? Surely it wasn’t the Cardinals stealing signs, or was it?
True enough. Actually, 70 heads more or less straight toward San Francisco (before it just ends in the middle of Utah).
But THE I-70 series stays entirely within Missouri.
Two words: Don Denkinger.
ETA: oh, I see you already mentioned him last night.
Rest assured, instant replay review is here to stay.
Would be cool if DD threw out the first pitch in the series. At KC, of course, not in STL. Game 1 would be in KC.
I know that’d never happen though.
If you want to talk ‘almosts’…US-50 runs from West Sacramento, 85 miles from San Francisco, to Annapolis, 30 miles from Baltimore (and then on to Ocean City, MD)…Orange and Black October, anyone?
If I may add some totally irrelevant idiotic bullshit*, someone named “Clayton Kershaw” really ought to be in country music.
*Not meant facetiously. My team’s postseason is over, and this is all I’ve got.
I might need to root for the AL team this year in the Series. I hate when that happens.
So, OK, which AL team should I borrow, and why?
Runs which score on wild pitches are earned by scoring rule, although perhaps “unearned” in some kind of cosmic morality sense.
This is when we need a “Like” button.
Okay, but it was ONE bad start, not two. He pitched only in Game 4. 3 earned runs isn’t a lot of runs, but his team’s bats were cold.
Even Clayton Kershaw has a bad game now and then.
If it does happen, will there be a “very special World Series episode” of Truck Stop USA?
Back before they had the interstate highway system, US-50 ran all the way to San Francisco (but it took a rather strange route to Sacramento; it went along the current I-580 to State 99, then north; the “direct” route was US-40, and even that had a “detour” from the current I-80 route, heading east on I-780 then north on I-680 to go around the hills rather than over them).
Ooof. Nats pitching wasn’t that bad this series, 1.23, but the offense just didn’t show up, with the exception of Harper and Rendon. I think Matt Williams made some questionable moves: pulling Zimmermann in Game 2 and putting Barrett on the mound in Game 4 when he has Stras, Storen, Stammen and Clippard available. Anyway, now I’m pulling for KC, anyone but St. Louis, really.
Right; I stand corrected.
Having lived through quite a few years of ‘non-success’ as a Giants fan, I’m not used to being the team that everyone ‘loves to hate’, but I can see where they’re starting to get that reputation, along with the Cardinals…the ALCS features two teams who haven’t made it to a Championship Series since the mid-1980s, while the NLCS features the only two teams who have won the NL Championship in this decade.
cmkeller and I would be happy for you to join our merry little band of Royals fans here on the board. In addition to not having to support an AL East team, this team is just FUN. Yes, the manager is frustrating beyond belief on the field, but this team just keeps pulling it out. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen as much defensive effort from 1-9 before. There’s no major star that the media is going to fawn over - but there are plenty of great stories to tell. Gore and Dyson are the fastest guys in the league. Hosmer, Gordon and Moustakas were the core of the Royals rebuilding, and are finally finding their footing - Hosmer especially has found his leadership role on the team. All three play jaw-dropping defense. Speaking of which check out these back-to-back catches by Lorenzo Cain from Sunday night’s game.
On the pitching side, we’ve got one veteran arm, and youth, youth, and more youth. James Shields has been a serviceable #1 that isn’t going to wow you. But wait until game 2 and keep your eye on Yordano Ventura’s radar readings. He consistently hits 100 - he’s the fastest starter in the game (tips cap to Aroldis Chapman). But the highlight on the mound is the bullpen. We have one of the best (the best?) 7-8-9 combos in the game - but it’s looking like the long season might have started to cause some chinks in the armor to appear. Wade Davis put up one of the best relief seasons in history, but he’s been giving up baserunners in the playoffs now. Greg Holland closes games out quietly and efficiently. Additionally, you’ll get a peek at the future of the Royals rotation as Danny Duffy and Brandon Finnegan take on the role of long relievers this series. Finnegan was our #1 draft pick - he started the year pitching in the College World Series for TCU, has all of 7 innings of MLB experience, and has been nails in the playoffs. Danny Duffy was a regular in the rotation all season, but hit the DL later in the year, and is now a long reliever for the playoffs. Both have lightning stuff, and will (hopefully) be around for years to come.
Plus, BBQ. And jazz. And George Brett, Frank White, and Willie Wilson! And Buck O’Neil!
Call a Baltimore-San Francisco series the John McGraw Legacy Championship. Did McGraw bring the orange and black colors from Baltimore or were the Giants already using those colors when he arrived?
Darned good question, and I’d never heard of the connection before.
Given that an oriole (the bird) is orange and black, I’d say it makes sense for Baltimore to have had the colors first.
KC has BBQ, and that’s good enough for me. I’ll just pretend the DH is actually a decent-hitting pitcher.