Well, that was something.
After the craziest game in baseball history where the Toronto Blue Jays eliminated the Texas Rangers, we faced the Kansas City Royals for the right to go to the World Series.
And.... I dunno. The Royals took the first two games doing the stupid things the Royals do, like putting a guy who gets on base at a .250 clip at leadoff, and batting future near-HOFer Alex Gordon 8th. Sigh.
The Royals won with the Blue Jays having guys on second and third with no outs. Ryan Goins struck out. Ben Revere, our leadoff hitter (because Devon Travis is hurt and Troy Tulowitzki wasn't 100%) had a high ball called strike two and lost his mind.
This brought up the likely MVP for the AL, Josh Donaldson, who was not able to drive anyone home. It sucks, it hurts (I mean, not physically) and I hope everyone comes back next year.
I will say that I hope the knuckleball experiment ends in my lifetime. R.A. Dickey seems like a good guy and I don't begrudge him! But you can't have a knuckleballer start in the playoffs because there is a chance each day that he doesn't "have it" and then it's a lost game. He most certainly did not have it in game 4.
And in the end, the Royals are a good team with some guys you can like, although they are dominated by
assholes. There isn't a doubt in my mind that if everyone on this year's Jays came back we'd wipe the floor with them. It feels good to hate a baseball team again. It feels good.... to hate.
(Oh, and everyone that says that baseball is boring is an enormous fucking moron. The playoff games are much more intense than whatever stupid nonsense you guys who think that are watching.)
Well, that was something.
After the craziest game in baseball history where the Toronto Blue Jays eliminated the Texas Rangers, we faced the Kansas City Royals for the right to go to the World Series.
And.... I dunno. The Royals took the first two games doing the stupid things the Royals do, like putting a guy who gets on base at a .250 clip at leadoff, and batting future near-HOFer Alex Gordon 8th. Sigh.
The Royals won with the Blue Jays having guys on second and third with no outs. Ryan Goins struck out. Ben Revere, our leadoff hitter (because Devon Travis is hurt and Troy Tulowitzki wasn't 100%) had a high ball called strike two and lost his mind.
This brought up the likely MVP for the AL, Josh Donaldson, who was not able to drive anyone home. It sucks, it hurts (I mean, not physically) and I hope everyone comes back next year.
I will say that I hope the knuckleball experiment ends in my lifetime. R.A. Dickey seems like a good guy and I don't begrudge him! But you can't have a knuckleballer start in the playoffs because there is a chance each day that he doesn't "have it" and then it's a lost game. He most certainly did not have it in game 4.
And in the end, the Royals are a good team with some guys you can like, although they are dominated by [url=http://www.hardballtimes.com/learning-the-language-of-the-clubhouse/]assholes[/url]. There isn't a doubt in my mind that if everyone on this year's Jays came back we'd wipe the floor with them. It feels good to hate a baseball team again. It feels good.... to hate.
(Oh, and everyone that says that baseball is boring is an enormous fucking moron. The playoff games are much more intense than whatever stupid nonsense you guys who think that are watching.)