World Series of Baseball 2014

[Big Guy]

I watched that Kansas City - Oakland playoff game last night. One of the most exciting and active games that I have seen all year. Some people prefer a no-hitter. I enjoy a 9 to 8 extra inning game;

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/kansas-city-royals-beat-oakland-as-to-win-wild-card-game-9-8-in-extra-innings/2014/10/01/5250cb02-48e8-11e4-a046-120a8a855cca_story.html

Any predictions on future games?

[Boges]

Los Doyers all the way.

Screw every single AL team, especially the Orioles and Royals.

[bush_cheney2004]

The KC-A's game demonstrated the single most endearing quality about baseball (to me).....no clock fosters eternal hope...sometimes rewarded.

[Boges]

The KC-A's game demonstrated the single most endearing quality about baseball (to me).....no clock fosters eternal hope...sometimes rewarded.

And the fact that no one with gainful employment on the East Coast likely saw it. The MLB needs to start their games earlier.

[bush_cheney2004]

And the fact that no one with gainful employment on the East Coast likely saw it. The MLB needs to start their games earlier.

No...that's the beauty of that game...many people went to bed assuming that KC would not overcome the 7-3 deficit. Those that stayed with it got into extra innings and a game for the ages. This is why I always DVR games....something special might happen.

[overthere]

The Angels look pretty good.

[Boges]

WTH Dodgers? I thought Clayton Kershaw was good!

Both LA teams were top seeds and both LA teams LOSE!!!! The Angels getting swept by the Wildcard team.

People always thought those 90's Braves teams were such a disappointment making the playoffs so many teams and never delivering. It's clear playoff baseball is a different animal. Just ask the Moneyball era A's.

[overthere]

The Angels look pretty good.

on the golf course.

oops.

[Boges]

BTW both teams that made big moves at the Trade Deadline. GONE!!!

The teams in LA that ran up huge payrolls with star players GONE!!!

These aren't things that would have made the Jays automatically successful. It's a bummer though, because the Jays tanked in August. Had they been simply mediocre that month they could have made the playoffs. And we see with KC that once you're in all bets are off.

[overthere]

BTW both teams that made big moves at the Trade Deadline. GONE!!!

The teams in LA that ran up huge payrolls with star players GONE!!!

These aren't things that would have made the Jays automatically successful. It's a bummer though, because the Jays tanked in August. Had they been simply mediocre that month they could have made the playoffs. And we see with KC that once you're in all bets are off.

Nobody suggested that the Jays would have made the playoffs with a single trade. Their pitching is much worse than that, and their major holes elsewhere are equally obvious. But that does not and should not stop AA from incremental trades, and he should very definitiely have traded(for example) Lind when his value - for the only time in his career- would have brought something.

You keep avoiding reality: the Jays of June were the anomaly, not the Jays of August. They are simply medicocre. Again and always.