Marco's Blog-o-Roonie Series Notes Post Haste

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!