October 30, 201411 yr No, my dad can only claim to be a Giants fan since 1958 when he went to the second MLB game on the West coast -- SF Giants versus LA Dodgers with my oldest brother. My dad grew up in San Francisco and was a Seals fan and recently admitted that before the Giants moved he had liked the Brooklyn Dodgers in the MLB. I have been a Giants fan for life as a result, and suffered through many A's victories in my youth, including their dominant three consecutive world series titles from 1972-74.
October 30, 201411 yr Author Second game on the West Coast! Amazing. We'll give him credit for being a SF Giants fan since the "beginning" and forgive him for missing their first game. Good that he gave up on the Dodgers when they moved to LA. Nothing better than being a home town fan, being surrounded by the same, and actually being able to get to games.
October 30, 201411 yr Huge 'grats to the Giants and their fans. Al, what a great series - only sorry they didn't finish at home for you. Bum is a machine. My only thought on last night was, "Gordon had an inside the park HR if they sent him." Fantastic end to the 2014 season.
October 30, 201411 yr Huge 'grats to the Giants and their fans. Al, what a great series - only sorry they didn't finish at home for you. Bum is a machine. My only thought on last night was, "Gordon had an inside the park HR if they sent him." Fantastic end to the 2014 season. I was going to blame you if the Giants lost. Glad it didn't come to that.
October 31, 201411 yr Author I was thinking the same thing, Gene, wondering if they should have sent Gordon, but I think he was gassed and the Giants would have had him dead to rights, out by 10-15 feet. But we'll never know. Then that dude on the mound was too smart to throw a wild pitch. Go figure.
October 31, 201411 yr Author Here's some intellectual masturbation about the odds of Gordon scoring in the bottom of the 9th with two outs. http://m.royals.mlb.com/news/article/100150646/statcast-dissecting-alex-gordons-odds-of-scoring-tying-run-in-ninth-inning-of-game-7 Just eyeballing it, it sure seemed like he made the right decision holding him up at 3rd. I'm not surprised that the data supports that as well. The only real question is whether the throw would have been accurate...
October 31, 201411 yr I think the fact that Perez was compromised seals the argument that Gordon should have been sent. A healthy Perez makes it a hard call, but his power loss and inability to run made his expected batting average under the circumstances well under .285. After not sending Gordon, the Royals should have pinch hit for Perez.
October 31, 201411 yr Author You're probably right, Doug. He was weak sauce up there, that's for sure. Looked overmatched, as he seldom does. Edited October 31, 201411 yr by Wmcmanus
November 1, 201411 yr Even if the Royals tied up and it went to extras, I wonder how many more innings madbum could go. I bet another 2-3.
November 1, 201411 yr Author Not sure, but MadBum looked pretty rattled out there! I think the Royals would have gotten to him by about the 23rd inning or so.
November 2, 201510 yr Congrats, Royals! If it couldn't be one of my bay area teams I'm happy it was you guys!
November 2, 20169 yr Author On 10/11/2016 at 11:27 PM, TMoney said: Worst meltdown since Chernobyl. Congrats, Cubs fans. One more chance to beat those rascals!
November 2, 20169 yr Game 7! http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/share.cgi?id=GhsTI Edited November 2, 20169 yr by TMoney
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