ALCS game thread- TOR VS KC

[Harry Hooper]

The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-five times
for each man John Gibbons directed.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Assuming a KC win here, this one has to rank high on the all-time scale of dispiriting postseason losses.

Just thinking as a Red Sox fan, bad, but we've seen much worse. 

 

[ipol]

The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-five times
for each man John Gibbons directed.

 
Nice.

 

[fineyoungarm]

Meanwhile in Ann Arbor ...

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

The Royals it is said, never give up their dead
When the skies of October turn gloomy

 

[Al Zarilla]

Obscure KC Royals Fan Fact:  The Moustakas antler guy actually has those antlers on the front of his truck while not at the game.
 
 

And a 22 in the cabin.

 

[fineyoungarm]

And a 22 in the cabin.

That's Ben Gazarra right?

 

[mikeford]

Why is Cliff Pennington even on your roster, let alone hitting here?

 

[Rough Carrigan]

From a losing team in Detroit via trade
came a Cy Young-er known for his manners
But his rep for post season softness came true
And he helped sink Gibbons five and twenty

 

[Al Zarilla]

That's Ben Gazarra right?

I don't know about him, but a Texas thing for sure. Stretching to say Missouri too?

 

[Marciano490]

Everhone go watch replays of the end of the MI game. Now.

 

[fineyoungarm]

Everhone go watch replays of the end of the MI game. Now.

UFB

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Why is Cliff Pennington even on your roster, let alone hitting here?

 

[Grunherz54]

 
The Royals it is said, never give up their dead
When the skies of October turn gloomy
 

 
The Wreck of the Goins-Bautista

 

[fineyoungarm]

UFB

The dumb kids win

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Laz Diaz everyone.

 

[Sprowl]

thump thump, thump thump

 

[fineyoungarm]

Why is Cliff Pennington even on your roster, let alone hitting here?

Good eye

 

[mauidano]

EPIC fail in the Michigan/Michigan St. football game.  Flipping back and forth between that and baseball.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Everhone go watch replays of the end of the MI game. Now.

As bad as the Herman Edwards game?

 

[Rough Carrigan]

Wow.  Perfect 12-6 curve by Davis.

 

[fineyoungarm]

Wow.  Perfect 12-6 curve by Davis.

According to the track, the ball actually was ABOVE his hand at the release point. Amazing.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Davis is filth.  Filth is Davis.

 

[mikeford]

This series is cooked.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

KC is running through the Six with their woes.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Look back at the scene of the crime while walking off, Donaldson. Why do hitters always do that?

 

[Remagellan]

As bad as the Herman Edwards game?

 
Yes. 

 

[Al Zarilla]

 
Yes. 

Just looked at it. Yup.

 

[BestGameEvah]

What a treat these first 2 games have been.  KC is pretty easy to root for.  They seemed a bit 'too chirpy' last year and seem to have matured this season, all the while acknowledging they haven't done anything yet.  I like that.  A nice contrast to the karma king, Joey.

 

[E5 Yaz]

1. Alcides Escobar (R) SS
2. Ben Zobrist (S) 2B
3. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF
4. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B
5. Kendrys Morales (S) DH
6. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B
7. Salvador Perez (R) C
8. Alex Gordon (L) LF
9. Alex Rios (R) RF
 
1. Ben Revere (L) LF
2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B
3. Jose Bautista (R) RF
4. Edwin Encarnacion (R) DH
5. Chris Colabello (R) 1B
6. Troy Tulowitzki (R) SS
7. Russell Martin (R) C
8. Kevin Pillar (R) CF
9. Ryan Goins (L) 2B

 

[Al Zarilla]

Cueto - Stroman.

 

[Darnell's Son]

Here's abs' Game 3 preview for tonight's game.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Here's abs' Game 3 preview for tonight's game.

 
 
Down 2-0, Game 3 is a must-win situation for Toronto since no team has ever come back from a three-game deficit to win the ALCS.

 

[E5 Yaz]

 

Here's abs' Game 3 preview for tonight's game.

 
 
Down 2-0, Game 3 is a must-win situation for Toronto since no team has ever come back from a three-game deficit to win the ALCS.

 


 
Perhaps too subtle to be picked up, but if you click the link on ALCS, you get what Abs was going for

 

[InsideTheParker]

It wasn't subtle, but I thought it was fun enough to quote. I don't much like the Jays, for some reason, and I wouldn't mind if they went down 3 and couldn't make it back. That stat needs to be ours.

 

[topps148]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0aqdvvy1LI

 

[InsideTheParker]

So you have to go outside the U.S. to get the traditional form of the national anthem. Bravo.

 

[CaptainLaddie]

Wait, FS1 has Pete Rose AND A-Rod on their studio team??

 

[Al Zarilla]

ARod was funny in pregame. Pete Rose said he liked getting booed, made him want to get more hits. Somebody asked ARod about it and he said he had a PhD in getting booed.

 

[Redkluzu]

Just tweeted Rick's post. Except for "Chicks Dig the Long Ball," I'm in. Short ball, long ball, WTF, just hit it.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Has Bautista kicked in as many runs as he's knocked in yet?

 

[InsideTheParker]

Hey, Harold, if that was a "good effort" by Bautista, what would a "bad effort" look like?
Pillar, on the other hand, is the real deal.

 

[topps148]

If he were still with us, "The Singing Ranger" from Brooklyn (Nova Scotia) would probably be a Jays fan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg08bbUPut0

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

The AL East has some really, really good fielding centerfielders.   And Ellsbury.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Pillar's catch was excellent, but perfect execution would have been for him to turn and run to the spot, turn around and catch it flat footed. JBJ anybody?

 

[soxhop411]

Hello?

 

[strek1]

Just what the Doctor ordered for the Jays. A good old fashioned rally.

 

[soxhop411]

Guess I'm alone :-(

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

You'll never walk alone

 

[InsideTheParker]

Guess I'm alone :-(

hi there. i'm watching, but what can we say when harold reynolds has used up all the words?