A's @ Royals AL Wild Card Game Thread

[The Flying Dutchman]

 

[Fratboy]

 
I root for the team that has been away from the limelight the longest

 
I want a Royals/Pirates World Series, which, coincidentally, happens to be Fox's nightmare scenario.

 

[Lowrielicious]

Hammell still has the Cubs stink all over him.  This game ends here.

2.20 ERA, 0.8 WHIP in 28 innings in September. 27-3 K-BB

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

Holy line of thunderstorms approaching Kansas City.

 
This would be such a disaster for MLB.  Do they call the game for tonight and resume tomorrow? Or delay it deep into the night/morning?

 

[hbk72777]

Man, the oven mitt makers really found a new revenue stream

 

[MiracleOfO2704]

Nope, Perez still doesn't know how to take a pitch.

 

[GlenMorangie]

.

 

[Just a bit outside]

This reminds me of that Rockies/ Padres Game 163 game.

I was at that game. Amazing energy at Coors.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

KC is a good story, but the A's have the staff to potentially go all the way.  I don't know why people would be rooting for KC over Oakland here - anyone want to make the (obviously subjective) case for it?

It just doesn't work like that for me. Sometimes you need to watch the game before you know who you want to win. You find yourself happy when one thing happens and not when another thing happens.

 

[Fratboy]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

Fuck!

 

[nvalvo]

Uh, Norris. 

 

[redsoxcentury]

Norris has not had a good night behind the plate

 

[Madmartigan]

KC is a good story, but the A's have the staff to potentially go all the way.  I don't know why people would be rooting for KC over Oakland here - anyone want to make the (obviously subjective) case for it?

I really want Lester to come back to the Sox, but if he pitches the A's to a championship his price tag probably goes up another 10-20M.

 

[glasspusher]

geez louise, he can't even handle a pitchout. He's tired.

 

[MiracleOfO2704]

That pitch-out was almost a strike.

 

[Stanley Steamer]

Norris pulling a Lowrie.

 

[nvalvo]

It just doesn't work like that for me. Sometimes you need to watch the game before you know who you want to win. You find yourself happy when one thing happens and not when another thing happens.

 
This is so true. 

 

[Fratboy]

I was at that game. Amazing energy at Coors.

 
They seemed utterly lifeless during the 2007 World Series.

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

That was...bad.

 

[hbk72777]

The catcher was distracted by oven mitts and friendship bracelets

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

That has to be a record.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

KC is a good story, but the A's have the staff to potentially go all the way.  I don't know why people would be rooting for KC over Oakland here - anyone want to make the (obviously subjective) case for it?

Because baseball

 

[Greg29fan]

Nice catch, Welker.

 

[ypioca]

Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but:

Is anyone else partly annoyed at how good this game is, since it helps validate the still-dumb idea of this game?

 

[hbk72777]

OVER

 

[Fratboy]

OMG

 

[mauf]

SAL!!

 

[canderson]

HOLY FUCK

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

 
They seemed utterly lifeless during the 2007 World Series.

 
How can you not get pumped for Brad Hawpe and an old Helton?

 

[MiracleOfO2704]

Holy shit.

 

[Bozo Texino]

AWESOME

 

[Investor 11]

Wow!!!

 

[nvalvo]

Amazing. 

 

[JohntheBaptist]

Fucking sensational. Go Royals!

 

[Fratboy]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THEY DID IT.

 

[Back Bay]

Congrats KC.

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

zHoly SHIT!!!

 

[Mighty Joe Young]

Wowwowwowwowwowwow

 

[BornToRun]

Game over! Lester's arm has been saved!

 

[glasspusher]

wow. What a game. Congrats to the Royals! Fire your manager before the next series.

 

[Comfortably Lomb]

So that was a heck of a game.

 

[dynomite]

You.  Cannot.  Be.  Serious.

 

[Terras]

Holy shit

 

[strek1]

And the Billy Beane suicide watch begins........

 

[GlenMorangie]

.

 

[Madmartigan]

Poor Billy Beane

 

[Just a bit outside]

 
They seemed utterly lifeless during the 2007 World Series.

Long delay. Bad start to series. Not as good as Sox. Crowd dead

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Amazing

 

[Paint Box]

Here it comes ... wow!  A's go home.