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Tag Archives: Kansas City Royals
The 2015 World’s Serious (Serious Second-Guessing Edition)
(Tip o’ the pixel to Ring Lardner’s classic A World’s Serious) Well, that kind of blew for any righteous New York Mets fan, eh? The Junior Pinstripes went Chernobyl for the second straight night, starting with a disastrous top of the … Continue reading
The World’s Serious Just Got Serious
. . . in a seriously bad way, given that the New York Mets went Chernobyl in Game 4. The gruesome details, via Newsday: Nightmare eighth inning leaves Mets with 3-1 deficit in World Series The Mets could see new life. … Continue reading
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Tagged A World's Serious, Citi Field, Daniel Murphy, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Newsday, Ring Lardner, World's Serious
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All Hail Madison Bumgarner, the 21st Century Cy Young
From our One for the Ages desk You have to go back over a century to match what San Francisco ace Madison Bumgarner did last night: Win two World Series games and pitch more than three innings in a third. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cy Young, Kansas City Royals, Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco Giants, World's Serious
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Coakley Took More of a Beating Than the Giants Last Night
The hardworking staff is guessing that most of you splendid readers didn’t spend much time watching the Kansas City Royals pummel the San Francisco Giants last night, as the Jints pounded the ball into the ground(out) for seven innings against the … Continue reading
San Francisco Treat: Madison Bumgarner Spins a Classic
From our One for the Ages desk Last night the hardwatching staff witnessed (with roughly 17 other baseball lovers) the masterly complete-game shutout San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner laid on the Kansas City Royals in Game 5 of the … Continue reading
Let Timmy Pitch (Again)!
The Tim Lincecum Freeze Out finally ended last night (with the Royals leading the Giants 7-2 in Game 2 of the World’s Serious) and Timmy was looking sharp. He breezed through a one-two-three 7th inning and set down the first … Continue reading
Let Timmy Pitch!
The Tim Lincecum Freeze-Out is getting a bit tiresome, yeah? First, some statistics (via the San Jose Mercury News): 24 of 25 Players on the [San Francisco] Giants’ Division Series and NLCS rosters who appeared in a game in those … Continue reading
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