Marco's Baseball
Blog-o-roonie
Series notes Post
Haste:
Game 1: You
can't start off a series better than the Royals did: an inside the
park home run by Escobar that pumps adrenaline into the fans
and crushes the spirit of the opposition when their studly
outfielders botch the play. You're up a run and the other team is
getting the Vapors.
The next best thing
is when you are down late, one of your favorite sons parks one in the
eighth to tie the score. (Alex Gordon)
The next best thing
is to play in a classic extra inning game and win it like the Royals
did.
BAD JUJU FOR
ROYALS HOWEVER: They are supposed to be a great defensive team
but Hosmer failed to get in front of a slow grounder and
butchered it. It cost them a run...like practically every other error
in this series has so far.
More Badness for KC:
they had to pitch their game 4 starter, Chris Young, 4 innings
in game one. Of course he held the Mets scoreless so it was probably
worth it...but how is he going to do in Game 4?
Also, Volquez's
Daddy passed away and he has to go to Dominica for the funeral then
get back in time to pitch game 5....how is he going to be? I sense
trouble on the horizon...they better win at least one in New York.
Also, their eighth
inning 100mph gunner Herrera pitched badly and threw 35
pitches....bodes ill for the rest of the series.
Game 2: Wipe
out. Cueto allows
only two hits? I guess that 5 day layoff did affect the Mets
hitters. Cueto is Jekyll-Hyde in the Playoffs. Is he back to Hyde
next start if it goes 6 games? The magic is sure gone for Danny
Murphy...that layoff took him right out of his game. Only two singles
in the first 4 games of the Series.
Game 3:
Perez is like a rock
at catcher for the Kcs. He gets hit by foul balls over and over...on
the thumb even! And he still gets big hits and never gets in fights
with the umpires...I think the umps love the guy cause he's so big it
protects them from getting hit by those foul balls.
I
think Perez is the MVP
of that team. Zobrist
is doing pretty damn good too.
They
get smoked in this game by clutch hitting by the Mets...finally! Mets
inspired by their “Captain America” David Wright
hitting a homer. (Can we just stop with the Marvel comic names? Dark
Knight and Thor etc. etc.?)
Thor pretty
much announced he was going to brushback Escobar
to start the game ...then he threw at his head...then he bragged
about it in the locker room after.
Hey Joe Torre!
You've suspended guys all season for throwing at people, whether they
hit them or not. It's the new policy of MLB and all that to protect
your million dollar players. This guy is smugly bragging about
throwing at a guy's head...not at his chest mind you, but right up at
his head...if his control is just a little off you've got another
ball to the face like Stanton got last year.
Nobody
does nuttin'. Is it because Syndergaard is so cute with all his
blonde hair and looks good on TV and baseball likes ratings that he
didn't get tossed? Or even fined?
I
like old time baseball
too...but not at the head...chest high is as far as it should go.
Ventura
looked young and undisciplined in this game. Threw a lot of
meatballs. What's he gonna be like if the series goes 7 and he has to
pitch that ultimate game. Sweat Royals, sweat!
More bad defense
by KC...Ventura didn't cover first on the hopper into the
shift...cost a run. And Morales had a brain cramp on a comebacker
that should have been two. WE won't see much more of him I don't
think.
Game
4: The Mets should have won this game. They brought in their
sub-bullpen with all
that weak meat and the Royals pounced. More bad defense
by both teams! It's been the defining factor because all the mistakes
have led to runs.
Rios
went to sleep in a critical moment out in right field and forgot how
many outs there were...(in THIS game???) costing a run...or at least
the opportunity to throw the runner out at home on the sac fly.
Inexcusable.
Then
the Mets miracle Murphy came to earth
with a thud when he whiffed on a slow roller that let in the tying
run. (I think it was the tying run?)
Wade Davis
was great pitching 2 relief innings. The Royals defense was laughable
when they shifted for Murphy, leaving only Moose Moustakas
to cover the whole left side. Moose can dive left or right when he's
at third, but footwork is not his strong suit and he couldn't field a
grounder hit 6 feet to his left. Put Murphy on with one out. They
called it a hit cause Moose didn't touch it. Hah!
So
now after Cespedes
singles, Duda comes
up and they shift for him too with Moose covering all of short and
third...and just like Murphy, Duda hits it the other way....but this
time it's a wounded duck liner that Moose catches. Cespedes
completely screws up when he breaks for second and gets doubled off
first easily to lose the game for the Metskies. Stupido! Mas stupido!
Game 5 Preview:
Matt Harvey vs. Volquez.
I got to like Harvey to outpitch Volquez after that sad trip to his
Father's funeral. Look for Volquez to go maybe 5 and then turn it
over to the bullpen. The Royals will probably be behind by then.
Question is, can they do their late inning thing again and punish the
Met's bullpen? There's a lot on Harvey's shoulders...he has to go
deep into the game to give them a chance. The Royals have seen
everybody the Mets have out there and they make contact.
I
predict the Mets win Game 5...maybe a blowout...and the thing goes
back to KC for Cueto
to win Game 6. If Cueto doesn't win Game 6 I think the Royals could
be in a world of hurt sending Ventura out against Synergaard again.
We
Shall See!
Salutations!
