Blue Jays vs. Royals AL Championship Thread

[Terminator]

Can't be. Cecil is out. They didn't add another guy?

 

Tepera was already added in place of Cecil last series remember? He's in again this series.

[vdubmvp]

http://m.mlb.com/postseason-schedule

 

The remaining times have been set. To the surprise of no one, the Tuesday and Wednesday games are scheduled for 3:00.

 

Edit: 4:07...

Edited October 16, 2015 by vdubmvp

[ComeTogether]

Tepera was already added in place of Cecil last series remember? He's in again this series.

 

Damn, not a fan of him. Even injured Burhle is better.

[thatoneguy]

Hendriks had the highest WAR of any reliever on the team this year and he's behind LaTroy Hawkins on the depth chart. I can't wrap by head around that.

 

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2012/11/tumblr_lcd16mm4DV1qdpjw91.gif

[Jonn]

http://m.mlb.com/postseason-schedule

 

The remaining times have been set. To the surprise of no one, the Tuesday and Wednesday games are scheduled for 3:00.

 

Thats worse than I expected actually. Thought they would go with 4 and 8. Went with 3 and 7:30 just to make sure nobody missed any of the Cubs and Mets game.

[Frag]

http://m.mlb.com/postseason-schedule

 

The remaining times have been set. To the surprise of no one, the Tuesday and Wednesday games are scheduled for 3:00.

 

That's the air time. The game times are at 4:07.

[vdubmvp]

That's the air time. The game times are at 4:07.

 

Ah, thanks for the correction.

[intrigid]

http://m.mlb.com/postseason-schedule

 

The remaining times have been set. To the surprise of no one, the Tuesday and Wednesday games are scheduled for 3:00.

If it's any consolation, those are the only two games for the rest of the playoffs where the jays get schedule-raped. Two out of a potential fourteen.

[AdamLindsMom]

Even if the Jays go to the World Series they'll go an entire playoffs without a home Friday night, Saturday or Sunday game.

[Governator]

If it's any consolation, those are the only two games for the rest of the playoffs where the jays get schedule-raped. Two out of a potential fourteen.

 

 

By way of default ftw.

[Governator]

Even if the Jays go to the World Series they'll go an entire playoffs without a home Friday night, Saturday or Sunday game.

 

Game 2 started at 1pm and didn't end till Friday night haha.

[intrigid]

Even if the Jays go to the World Series they'll go an entire playoffs without a home Friday night, Saturday or Sunday game.

But at least that's not MLB raping them. That's just because of the way the regular season, all star game, and other ALDS series played out. It could just as easily have been the other way around.

[RealAccountant]

Home advantage was a thing

[EMK19]

Here's an interesting twist to game 3; Royals have seen very little of Marcus Stroman thus far, only once early last year to be exact, in his first career start. And that game was a victory for the Jays/Stroman, who went six innings of one run ball. Stroman's a different guy from who they saw early last year too, so I have a feeling Royals will have problems facing him come Monday. We saw Cueto for his first KC start few months ago at least, so we're at least going into this with more familiarity.

[Corporal Valdal]

what are the non drinking sections in the outfield so I dont buy those tickets

[nextyear]

An article on David Price's outing yesterday - http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/perplexing-start-from-blue-jays-price-defies-explanation/

 

David Price doesn't feel that he was rattled by Goins missing the routine fly ball in the 7th.

 

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This kind of outing defies explanation — or at least an easy one. Price said the Zobrist pop up that dropped near Ryan Goins didn’t rattle him. It’s not the first time he’s had fielders miss opportunities behind him. He actually felt his pitches were sharp during the Royals’ seventh inning rally.

 

“I don’t think I struggled. It’s frustrating, but I didn’t struggle,” he said.

 

The Royals had a similar assessment. There’s no doubt Price was on early — “just dominant,” in Zobrist’s view — but the left-hander kept making pitches during the rally.

 

“The pitches he was throwing were still as effective as they were earlier in the game,” Hosmer said. Across the hall in the Blue Jays’ clubhouse, Russell Martin offered a similar assessment. “The ball was still coming out the same,” he said. “They fouled off some good pitches.”

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I watched the 30 minute version of the game on Sportsnet (ALCS in 30) and the Kansas City Royal hit good pitches. So I have to agree with the article, it didn't seem like David Price struggled in the 7th, the Royals were just very good at hitting the ball that inning (along with some luck).

 

However, the missed play still effected the outcome by giving the Royals one extra out.

[BTS]

An article on David Price's outing yesterday - http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/perplexing-start-from-blue-jays-price-defies-explanation/

 

David Price doesn't feel that he was rattled by Goins missing the routine fly ball in the 7th.

 

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This kind of outing defies explanation — or at least an easy one. Price said the Zobrist pop up that dropped near Ryan Goins didn’t rattle him. It’s not the first time he’s had fielders miss opportunities behind him. He actually felt his pitches were sharp during the Royals’ seventh inning rally.

 

“I don’t think I struggled. It’s frustrating, but I didn’t struggle,” he said.

 

The Royals had a similar assessment. There’s no doubt Price was on early — “just dominant,” in Zobrist’s view — but the left-hander kept making pitches during the rally.

 

“The pitches he was throwing were still as effective as they were earlier in the game,” Hosmer said. Across the hall in the Blue Jays’ clubhouse, Russell Martin offered a similar assessment. “The ball was still coming out the same,” he said. “They fouled off some good pitches.”

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I watched the 30 minute version of the game on Sportsnet (ALCS in 30) and the Kansas City Royal hit good pitches. So I have to agree with the article, it didn't seem like David Price struggled in the 7th, the Royals were just very good at hitting the ball that inning (along with some luck).

 

However, the missed play still effected the outcome by giving the Royals one extra out.

 

A lot of people seem to forget that hitters have a pretty big impact on the outcome of the AB. Price was good yesterday. The Royals were better.

[Grant77]

An article on David Price's outing yesterday - http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/perplexing-start-from-blue-jays-price-defies-explanation/

 

David Price doesn't feel that he was rattled by Goins missing the routine fly ball in the 7th.

 

.

.

.

This kind of outing defies explanation — or at least an easy one. Price said the Zobrist pop up that dropped near Ryan Goins didn’t rattle him. It’s not the first time he’s had fielders miss opportunities behind him. He actually felt his pitches were sharp during the Royals’ seventh inning rally.

 

“I don’t think I struggled. It’s frustrating, but I didn’t struggle,” he said.

 

The Royals had a similar assessment. There’s no doubt Price was on early — “just dominant,” in Zobrist’s view — but the left-hander kept making pitches during the rally.

 

“The pitches he was throwing were still as effective as they were earlier in the game,” Hosmer said. Across the hall in the Blue Jays’ clubhouse, Russell Martin offered a similar assessment. “The ball was still coming out the same,” he said. “They fouled off some good pitches.”

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I watched the 30 minute version of the game on Sportsnet (ALCS in 30) and the Kansas City Royal hit good pitches. So I have to agree with the article, it didn't seem like David Price struggled in the 7th, the Royals were just very good at hitting the ball that inning (along with some luck).

 

However, the missed play still effected the outcome by giving the Royals one extra out.

 

They were definitely stealing signs, not that there's anything wrong with that.

[lopak]

Toronto should just give up and go smoke crack with Fat Rob Ford

[nextyear]

I wonder if The Royals might have been stealing signs from an outfield camera (or just by watching the TV broadcast); if so then they don't even need a man on 2nd base. It has been done before and has produced success; there are several examples in this article - http://bfc.sfsu.edu/cgi-bin/unwritten.pl?Never_steal_the_catcher_signs._-_Baseball.

 

Here are some excerpts:

 

And Roger Maris' history-making season in 1961 was achieved with the help of another Code quirk — its tolerance of stealing pitcher’s signs, which is just a normal part of the game according to the Code. When Maris stepped to the plate to take a swing at a record-breaking 61 home runs, a whistle from the third base coach let him know that a fastball was on the way.

 

Cleveland Hall of Famer Bob Feller brought a military-grade gun sight back from World War II. After an August slump, the team used it to set up a spy station in their scoreboard that led them to a 19-5 resurgence, and the 1948 World Series championship.

 

Teams have used fake TV cameras in the outfield, flashing lights in their scoreboards, and even buzzers wired from the bullpen to the clubhouse, as Bobby Thomson's '51 New York Giants did in going 20-5 en route to his infamous "Shot Heard 'Round the World" playoff homer.

 

 

If the Royals are stealing signs then hopefully it will be more difficult in the Rogers Centre.

[Ehjays]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/a-rod-writing-off-blue-jays-a-big-mistake/

 

 

Arod not writing us off

[Stangstag]

I wonder if The Royals might have been stealing signs from an outfield camera (or just by watching the TV broadcast); if so then they don't even need a man on 2nd base. It has been done before and has produced success; there are several examples in this article - http://bfc.sfsu.edu/cgi-bin/unwritten.pl?Never_steal_the_catcher_signs._-_Baseball.

 

Here are some excerpts:

 

And Roger Maris' history-making season in 1961 was achieved with the help of another Code quirk — its tolerance of stealing pitcher’s signs, which is just a normal part of the game according to the Code. When Maris stepped to the plate to take a swing at a record-breaking 61 home runs, a whistle from the third base coach let him know that a fastball was on the way.

 

Cleveland Hall of Famer Bob Feller brought a military-grade gun sight back from World War II. After an August slump, the team used it to set up a spy station in their scoreboard that led them to a 19-5 resurgence, and the 1948 World Series championship.

 

Teams have used fake TV cameras in the outfield, flashing lights in their scoreboards, and even buzzers wired from the bullpen to the clubhouse, as Bobby Thomson's '51 New York Giants did in going 20-5 en route to his infamous "Shot Heard 'Round the World" playoff homer.

 

 

If the Royals are stealing signs then hopefully it will be more difficult in the Rogers Centre.

 

Don't even start with this crap. This is the "man in white" s*** all over again. Frankly, it's insulting to the Royals as a team to accuse them of something like this.

 

If the Royals were "stealing signs", they were doing it from 2nd base which is completely legal. I personally think Price was tipping his pitches and they figured it out in the 7th.

[baloojayz]

Don't even start with this crap. This is the "man in white" s*** all over again. Frankly, it's insulting to the Royals as a team to accuse them of something like this.

 

If the Royals were "stealing signs", they were doing it from 2nd base which is completely legal. I personally think Price was tipping his pitches and they figured it out in the 7th.

 

Yeah that and the fact that the ump was squeezing him hard so he did not have the outsides of the plate. Fatal combo. Hitter knows what's coming and where it's coming = 5 straight hits against a guy that was one-hitting you through 6. All this BS about Price choking is serious junk.

 

Having said that, it could have easily been avoided if the Jays could execute with RISP. Didn't need Hr's, Doubles, or Singles couple of Sac-fly's/bunts would have done it.

[baloojayz]

Also as a pitching coach, shouldn't your one and only job be to understand what your pitcher is going through? After that bloop/error Pete Walker should have gone out and settled things down. So frustrating sometimes.

[havok24]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/a-rod-writing-off-blue-jays-a-big-mistake/

 

 

Arod not writing us off

 

Well they obviously aren't in a good position, but they certainly have the team that is capable of making a comeback in this series.

[TRM]

Chris Young starting game four.

 

That's some good hitting

[Cyborg]

Chris Young starting game four.

 

That's some good hitting

Good move by KC imo. Chris Young does very well vs. flyball hitters.

[Jonn]

Chris Young starting game four.

 

That's some good hitting

 

I remember Chris Young shutting us down. That was extremely frustrating.

[thatoneguy]

So there's more than one Chris Young that has owned us. Fantastic.

[JFD]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/a-rod-writing-off-blue-jays-a-big-mistake/

 

 

Arod not writing us off

 

too bad he isn't doing color instead of that idiot Reynolds.