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In about 7 1/2 hours Edison Volquez will have an opportunity few in life can live. A World Series Championship & a father/son relationship can validate & integrate on the biggest stage in the world. He says he's ready. He says he's focused. And I believe his heart of a champion is unconditionally able. After scoring 44 runs from the 7th inning on this 2015 post season, he may need only pitch 4-5 innings to secure their fate in this Fall Classic.
By far, the most critical & toughest at bat in the ROYALS game 4 World Series comeback win over the desperate NY Mets, was Lo Cain vs Clippard when he fought & hammered foul after foul for a 17 pitch walk. That was like the proverbial Mickey Finn right before the knockout... And for all the smack the Mets have talked & tossed (at Eskys head) about conjuring memories of the 86' comeback, the only 86' memory comparable is the Buckner Boot & the Murphy's Law Miscue of the Sat night contest that has KC on the threshold of their 2nd World Championship in franchise history.
Which brings me to leave this topic open all afternoon so our board rat baseball junkies can get a dang good fix before the spotlight shines, maybe for the final game of the 2015 season. At first I wanted them to do it iat Kauffman Stadium, but hey, the final nail is held & ready for the Mets coffin at KANSAS Citi Field tonight in Queens. And I believe Volquez will bring his best stuff ever to the mound tonight. I wouldn't even be surprised to see a Buster Douglas type performance of the grandest proportion to culminate The ROYALS 2nd World Championship. After all, the odds of the Mets now winning 3 straight are astronomically against them & these ROYALS will simply not be denied.

ROCKCHALK ROYALS . BRING IT ON HOME!!!

@globaljaybird I can't wait!! Eddys heart will be heavy, his bb family will stand behind him. A lot of grieving left for these 3 royals that have lost a parent. 🙏

@globaljaybird beak 'em royals and wave the wheat!

I'm getting a little nervous because my DirectTV is still out in my area, Fox and NBC only are affected. But they've been out all day. Probably a lot of irked Saints fans around here missing their game too.

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Song Of The Day from Todd Rundgren - "Just One Victory"

N.ed Y.ost Mets lose the WS at Kansas Citi Field tonight!

@globaljaybird Didn't realize you had already started tonites thread and posted this on last nights. I am ready for tonite.

1. Nothing important to do tomorrow.

2. Plenty of adult libations in the fridge. I think even a bottle of the bubbly.

3. Hotdogs, sauerkraut, and buns.

4. Chips and dips.

Lets rock n roll and get this over with.

ROCK CHALK ROYALS!!!

Gotta miss the start of the game, but I'll be back in time for the victory party.

@Eric I'm hoping u mean mets and not Ned! Clever

@wissoxfan83 You can't get it over the air?

@globaljaybird Kaufmann East? ;)

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@Crimsonorblue22 This could be the defining moment in history for many of these young men who have dreamed & worked an entire lifetime for their chance to make it to this pinnacle. I hope Eddie leads the way to triumph for all his teammates & especially those who lost.loved ones along their difficult journey.

@globaljaybird 😭🙏⚾️💙

Paulo's bday-30

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@Crimsonorblue22 Happy Birthday to my man Paulo. :birthday:

So no pre-game?

@globaljaybird Looks like Ned is going with the line-up what got'em here.

Did Rose get caught gambling again and they banned him from pre-game?

@brooksmd where was he last pm? Thought he might be w/u, buddies and all!😉

@Crimsonorblue22 Funny

@brooksmd I am

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Layoff those pitches Esky for the walk.

Loooo Cain!!💪⚾️

That's what speed do...

Me thinks this catcher is over rated.

They still trick or treatin' in NY?

@brooksmd waaaaaay over...

@globaljaybird What'd that writer claim that he was 3rd best in MLB? And Salvy 28th?

@brooksmd that was in the grant land article...

Cesspool up.

And out.

Forgot to put on lucky shirt! We got this now! My bad💃

Ok boys, how about a little bat discipline this inning?

Took a couple K's but Eddie looks steady...

@globaljaybird Yep, everybody who's put a pitch where he did to Granderson has paid for it. BUTTERFINGERS!!!

What it do KU?

Royals making it easy for Harvey swinging at balls.

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@Crimsonorblue22 It's called vicinity.

@brooksmd from Newell

Nice dble p

Tailor made dp.

Whiff!

Eddy getting sexy!! Hit the dang ball!💪⚾️💨💨💨💨💨💨💨🔥🔥🔥

Read that royals were working on a deal for zobrist and Gordo. Gordo needs to get on his stick!

One slight off pitch, but money since.

Go Royals Go

MLB stats says Eddie's last pitch was a knuckle curve. Hard enough to hit a knuckle ball, but make it curve too.

Alright Esky make Eddie run.

Textbook hit!!

Not what I had in mind.

@JRyman

I like that post you wrote the other day.

@wissoxfan83 Thanks man.

Just need to keep swinging away royals. That's what took Harvey out of game one.

They are making contact. It's just time befor they start falling.

👀👀👀👀⚾️

Hoz let the best one go!

Might as well blind fold us!😑

Harvey got dogging that one run lead best be more cautious...

@Crimsonorblue22 be patient girl, good things take time...

Volquez has at least 4 K's himself...

@globaljaybird Last night a prime example. And game 1.

@globaljaybird ok!

@brooksmd always w/us!

@globaljaybird If I was Harvey with all those Butterfingers behind him I'd be worried with just a 1 run lead.

Hot dang!😋

There ya go. Keep it down and let'em hit into dp's. Got the best damn infield behind you.

Now can we hit?🙏

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@Eric I did

Worked!

Hey Joe Buck!! Matt Harvey is not Madison Bumgsrdner. You can let your man crush go.

@JRyman annoying!

3rd time thru the order for Harv will be much more different...

@globaljaybird counting on that!👈

Come on ump. Strike zone is standing up not in a crouch.

2 months ago my pretty crappy Sox swept these about to win the World Series Royals. How did that happen?

Get the DP

@wissoxfan83 Same way Cubs who swept 7 straight from the Mets in reg season lost 4 straight to them in post season.

@brooksmd I think that's why baseball is my favorite. There are no upsets. If the Bears played the Patriots we'd have less than zero percent chance to beat them!

Come on Eddie, show him the heat and put him away.

💙💙💙💙😳

@wissoxfan83 It's too bad free agency screwed up baseball. Just my opinion @JRyman :wink:

@brooksmd that and inter league play

BAT DISCIPLINE

Zomer time!

Come on big hitters!!

Maybe Zo can teach some bat discipline during the off season.

Ball 3 Cain.

Ball 4

@brooksmd 5 and 6

Losing faith here!

R those hi?

Can't do anything right

Great

:poop:

Just got back in. Wow, another nail-biter tonight !

Does he have earbuds around his neck?

Charlie horse.

Gonna be hard to play CF

DP now.

No way he can play

He's done for tonight. No Willis Reed comeback.

@Crimsonorblue22 Send him back out to center field.

2 zip...no sweat...

Limited the damage. GET THREE FOR EDDIE !

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@globaljaybird I will hunt u down!😬

@Eric what do u do for a living?

@nwhawkfan said:

He's done for tonight. No Willis Reed comeback.

Well it is NY and Joe Buck might allow him to pinch hit in the bottom of the ninth after the Royals take the lead here.

You know Joe's got pull like that to change the rules as he wants?

@Crimsonorblue22 I am in the home automation business.

Salvy keep the line going.

I can't stand another off day. LETS win Royals!

3rd trip thru & a big layoff... I smell a rally...

@JRyman did he go out?

@Crimsonorblue22 said:

@JRyman did he go out?

Apparently not. Nice for them to mention it though.

@globaljaybird Rios get on it'll be Morales time.

Still no TV, grrrrrr

Rats

Let's go Royals clap clap clap clap clap!!!

So I read something about how every Royal batter 1-9 has 1 HR 6 Runs 12 RBIs or something like that this post season. Pretty impressive.

Tabasco time.

Mets only have 2 hits btw

EV did his part.

@VailHawk Eddie threw a good 6 innings, but no bat support.

@Eric

Agreed

Oops 3 hits

Hosmer, who had 4 errors all season, has 2 this series.

I'd prefer to win tonite cuz I'm having sinus surgery on Tuesday

@VailHawk yuck!

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@Crimsonorblue22

You upvoted sinus surgery?!?!

@VailHawk that doesn't sound fun.

@VailHawk no winning tonight

So if they win tonight the Parade is when?

If the series comes back to KC might have to road trip down for game six at PnL

Am I confused or u? Yuck to surgery up vote to winning tonight

@JRyman fri

I was hoping the Royals would be celebrating Syndergaags mound tonight.

@Crimsonorblue22

My browser is slow...like me

@JRyman parade fri no matter when we win! If lose something at the k

Let's go Royals

Clap clap Clap clap clap

Bummer

Ugh, the media slobber fest on Harvey tonight will be annoying.

@Eric The rbi stat is wrong. Rios, Gordon and Zobrist are at 6, all other starters over 6 with Hos high at 16.

@VailHawk that sinus surgery will speed u up!

@Crimsonorblue22 How dare you post "If lose something at the k."

@brooksmd I'm pretty grouchy!

@brooksmd that makes more sense.

Looks like the KU-Pitt State game gets postponed...hope I'm wrong.

@nwhawkfan will be if da muts win...

Royals Win Expectancy
ALDS Game 2 6th inning - 17.7%
ALDS Game 4 7th inning - 1.6%
ALDS Game 5 3rd inning - 25.2%
ALDS Game 2 7th inning - 7.7%
WS Game 1 9th inning - 9.9%
WS Game 2 4th inning - 34.8%

Crazy

Hey Murph, don't show up the ump and start walking to first. They don't appreciate that.

I will laugh my ass off if Harvey blows it

Well this all but guarantees we won't see Harvey or Degrom in Game 7

Thor tues?

@Eric if it ain't done tonite it's OVER in 6...

DeGrom Tues Thor Wed

@Crimsonorblue22 I can't find who starts Tues.

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Just one swing Hos.

NICE!

THAT'LL WORK ! SEE YA MATT !

Back to back to back blown saves? yes please!

@DanR u laughing?

I'm chuckling

Here we go!!!

We tie it Harvey loses the decision right?

Hey Mets fans you got what you wanted. HARVEY HARVEY HARVEY

How'd that work out?

@DanR We'll be able to recognize you easier now HAR-HAR...

Can't imagine how nervous Mets fan get with a lead in the 9th.

@brooksmd Right boss...

Moose up?

@VailHawk Schitz on ...

Just need 1 base hit

Time for Familia to set a record with 3 blown saves.

Just need a fly ball. Swing away Salvy

One fly ball !

YESSSSS!!!

This Mets infield sucks.

This must be a dream.

No win for that Harvey guy

WOW !!!!!!

Mets infield sucks

Me gusta su Familia !

@DanR Beat ya to it. Look up 4 posts. :wink:

Told ya the Schitz iz on !!!

@nwhawkfan

PHOF muy bueno!

@VailHawk Gracias !

Good move Harvey.

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@DanR yeah but they're growing.on me...LOL

Sorry brooks! Lol. My phone is barely loading this.

@DanR No problem. I look at it as great minds.....

Can't blame Harvey for wanting to finish it, but now we need to win it so he and Mets fans can carry losing the WS on their shoulders.

Mets watch Royals celebrate on their field, then watch Royals raise the banner next year. Lets do this

@Eric du dah

Whew

Oh my!!!

Good thing I restocked the beer fridge today

Let's finish this off in 10. Couldn't stand another 14-inning marathon...

@DanR u have no ass now though!

Makes you wonder what if last year Gordo had been given the go in 9th inning game 7 and forced Giants to make perfect throw to the plate. What might've happened?

@brooksmd Seems like the 3rd base coach has been making up for it this postseason.

Come on Paulo, birthday homer.

Morales bat for salvy? Good move?

At this point I don't even bother questioning Ned's decisions about pinch hitters.

Dang Hochevar looks nervous

@wissoxfan83 no tv yet? U call them?

Going 11

This inning!!!!

BEAK EM ROYALS !

We're overdue for a dinger

Lotta first pitch swinging

Ya'll still here?

Moose we need 2 run insurance.

Hey, Mets fans are picking up the Moose call !

Keep da pedal to the metal...

Sleep is needed, wanted that run to score there. 11:00 is my limit!

@nwhawkfan I think it is Boooo, not Moooose. :wink:

@brooksmd wishful thinking

Longer this goes the better for us.

@wissoxfan83 I'll call you when we win.

@brooksmd I hate being visitors

Did we pick up Hochevar by the side if the road on the way back from Texas? I swear I don't remember him pitch in the reg season.

@brooksmd Yep, Royals pen >>>>> Mets pen

WE% for Royals in the 9th was 5.7%

@DanR he's good

@Crimsonorblue22 Hey, this is nothing. We in a far better position than the Mets.

@DanR Oh yeah. He contributed.

@brooksmd I got all pm!

As a Sox fan, I can tell you Hochevar is good

@Eric So much for stats and percentages. What's it now?

@DanR Used sparingly due to last season TJ surgery.

That looked good

Strike, missed call

@Crimsonorblue22 It was. And Salvy was outside so ump had clear view. He blew it. Appeal!

@Eric That's why the stat & metrics guys sound so foolish trying to scheme the ROYALS. They've defied so many odds most have given up...

Hoz got that one! I'm looking for a hr, been to long

1 more inning that's all I've got.

@wissoxfan83 said:

1 more inning that's all I've got.

You can do it!!'nn

@wissoxfan83 I just called Ned to tell him and he said no problem.

Feels an hour later than it really is, you know

Gotta win it before 11:00 bcause @wissox83 needs to make curfew...

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Damn, looks like I'll miss the British House Of Commons on C-SPAN.

@wissoxfan83 If you had waited to set your clocks back to tonite, you'd be good to go. Right? :smile:

The Royals are anti-money ball lol

130 inner city freshmen await me tomorrow morning starting at 7 AM! Royals can do this now!

@wissoxfan83 Nothin like walkin the plank on Monday

Steal and single please!

@globaljaybird Put speed....never mind. Here comes speed.

Time to ratchet up that torque wrench...

@globaljaybird You mean the #3 catcher in MLB hasn't thrown out a runner since Sept?

2-0 count hes runnin

And he still hasn't.

Not even close.

Ok, hit it to the right side, please!

Dyson give him another chance at 3rd.

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Boomer time for Gordo.

Dyson is in his head.

Fly ball!

Job done.

Who's up

Fly ball Christian.

@brooksmd Yeah some genius stat monkey ranked em by pitch framing, game calling, hitting, throwing out runners yada yada & damned if he was 3rd & Salvy 28th. I swear some of those guys must never watch a game, they must be chip heads who play with the wang (computer) all day & crunch numbers. Oh what fun !

Take a WP to.

Wild pitch

Dang you brooks

YEEEEHAAAAWWWWW

KA - CHING !!!!!!!

Dejavu

Yes yes yes

Hot dang!!!!!!🙏

I been telling you guys since the 8th the SCHITTZ IS ON !!!

Love rusty at first

BOOM!!!

@Eric all over again...

Murphy's law

Oh No Not Murphy's law again ?!

Spin my asss

WADE DAVIS - MVP, (OR IS IT THE METS DEFENSE ?)

@Crimsonorblue22 No comment...

Take it easy, folks! It's not like I have ready a bottle of Auchentoshan or anything! Go Royals!

@DanR At least you beat @globaljaybird that time.

@nwhawkfan Gotta be Davis or maybe Terry Collins...

@nwhawkfan said:

WADE DAVIS - MVP, (OR IS IT THE METS DEFENSE ?)

PHOF!!!

I want more runs. No mets heroics

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@Eric HIlarious!

@Eric Cute photo

Our Colon smells better !

This is amazin'

WhooooEEEEE!
Esky MVP of post-season?

@Eric The Amazin' Royals...I like it !

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Come on, Cain. Big swing and send these fans home.

OK, no DirectTV still, watching on the comp which has been intermittent the last 10 minutes. How did Colon get the run in?

They shoulda been walking ZO the whole damn series...

@wissoxfan83 Colon single to score Dyson.

P & L GOIN' NUTS BABY !

@wissoxfan83 base hit to left, perfect

@nwhawkfan I almost flew up to visit my brother just for that--should have!

pinch this is really happening!

I remember Sparky Andersen used to walk George Brett virtually every at bat in the playoffs.

Seriously is this happening right now?

P & L is rockin tonite !

30 years ago I was in a near empty tavern watching the Royals win. I like this crowd better !

I like baseball

CAIN!!!

Let's hang ten!!!

AND......DONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Good night Ladies and Gents, congrats on your win!

Rock it guys. Wooooohoooooo LOCAIN!!!

@nwhawkfan Gotta take your word for that one pard...

Don't know why I like knocking B. Colon--I usually have a soft spot for the old guys trying to hang with the younguns--but I was really excited to see him pitch! As was Cain, obviously.

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@JRyman that's our royals!!💙💙💙

Fans leaving early like KU basketball road games

MVP of World Series?

" He don' lie, he don' lie,
He don' lie, he don't lie,
'ZO CAIN !
(Apologies to Eric Clapton & J.J. Cale)

@Eric Team Royals

@Eric wade Davis? Esky zobrist?

@Eric I could make a case for Salvadore, Hosmer, Zobrist, Escobar, Davis... any others?

@Eric said:

MVP of World Series?

Perez. Or Escobar

@brooksmd got that right!

Wade will probably slam the door & take home that High Country Silverado. Nice little toy if ya ask me. Guess I can't count out ESKY on that one ya think?

Hey guys, it's gotta be Team Royals for MVP. They've all done it when needed. New Chevy trucks for everybody.

@globaljaybird If Wade can shut things down tonight, I guess he would be a good bet.

MVP goes to KUBUCKETS posters!!!

No champagne handy. Guess I'll have to crack that old bottle of Port...

@nwhawkfan 1977?

@globaljaybird Still think it's Escobar for the whole post-season, though.

@jsillyghawk Bingo

@brooksmd Call@wissoxfan83 yet ?

It's late and I have to teach school tomorrow--is it OK to break out a cigar now? Or should I wait for the official news?

@Crimsonorblue22 @brooksmd @globaljaybird have been here almost every game of season?

8th comeback this post season by 2 or more runs. This is insane.

@VailHawk '89. Too early ?

@jsillyghawk He's been nothing short of SUPER ...

@globaljaybird Naw, he checked out when we got 7 and said congrats.

@nwhawkfan

Perfect!!!

Where is everyone watching the parade at? Let's live it up for this title and kick off the Jayhawks season

@jsillyghawk where u teach and what?

@jsillyghawk Sounds good-I've been savin a Cohiba for this...

@jsillyghawk wait

Doo dah doo doo

Dude

Oh, and about postponing that KU-Pitt State game? Nevermind.
Love it when my two favorite sports dovetail neatly into each other...

Gotta thank the Governor of Texas, for making all this happen.

Excuse me while I step away for a glass, some ice and 2 fingers of something.

@Crimsonorblue22 Near Austin--tiny private school--Latin and Literature.

@Crimsonorblue22 If you insist...

"THE FI - NAL COUNT - DOWWWWWWWNNNNNNNN....."

Where was everyone in 85 for game 7?

Ha! My radio feed just died... Think I'll know if we win though.

@VailHawk Not born!

I was not born in 85 as well.

@VailHawk Goldie's Tavern in north Seattle.

I was at awkward 7th grade party w boys watching game and girls on other side of room!

Fox coverage pretty damn cheap for Eddie who, by the way, pitched a 3 hitter under Extreme Effin duress, & on the road to boot...Buck just plain sucks!

ROCK CHALK ROYALS!!! 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!

Here comes da final WHIFF!!!

Champions!!!

And...DONE !!!!!!!!!

ROYALS WIN. ROYALS WIN

"I've been a prince of Partagas for long and many's the year."

2015 CHAMPS!

Couple brothers to call--if they can hear their phones ringing!

HOW YA LIKE US NOW, NOO YAWK !

Fireworks in lawrence

@DanR Dead silence on my Austin street. "Balm ere my eyelids close."

Lots of talk, Familia vs Davis--question answered decisively.
WD: 4IP, 8Ks, 3-3Sv
JF: 4.2IP, 3Ks, 0-3Sv

Got a cousin who is in PnL tonight haven't heard from him since the final out.

Time to loot!!!

And some needy Third World kid will soon be wearing a "NEW YORK METS - 2015 WORLD SERIES CHAMPS" T-shirt...

@VailHawk Hope it's only in NY and Royals fans too classy to loot.

@VailHawk Not likely in KC ...not impossible but not likely...

Neddy Ballgame !

@globaljaybird It was funny watching Ned walk into Salvy's cooler dump.

Happy for Salvy, MVP, but not sure I understand. How can the #28 catcher in MLB win WS MVP when the other team had the #3 catcher in MLB? Like to send an 8 X 12 color glossy of Salvy holding the award to the idiot who said that.

WOW SALVY MVP !!! COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!

@brooksmd Not my pick, but I loved the way Salvy gutted it out.

Ibanez looks proud...

@brooksmd Too hard to pick one from a team effort. Go with the guy who handled all of our fine pitchers! Well deserved, Salvador!

@nwhawkfan Have to admit that. He's tough behind the plate.

@brooksmd Who claimed Salvy #28 cathcer?!

@globaljaybird Good to see Raul during the series. Classy Royal, classy Mariner.

@jsillyghawk It was a Grantland story. Think the link is on last night's thread.

@brooksmd said:

@jsillyghawk It was a Grantland story. Think the link is on last night's thread.

Well grantland is going by the way of Matt Harvey in The 9th. Bye bye bye

@brooksmd ESPN has taken the site down or you could click on the link & get the dudes name...He just one of those guys that has to say something - even if it's completely asinine...& it clearlywas. .

Now we whining? I hate what if shit!

How time flies....last week Murphy was the Toast Of The Town. Now he's...toast.

Bardo in shorts 😱

@brooksmd http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-playoffs-world-series-weekend-mets-royals-five-questions/ ↗

This is the link I just tried it & it worked from the link on the game 3 thread that nwhawk posted-try it yourself

@brooksmd what do we do now! We did KU games last year, didn't we. We made a lot of new friends lately, it's nice. Wonder how voyager hawk is doing? Keep in touch. KU bb wed.

@globaljaybird "...d'Arnuad's receiving skills blah blah blah..." Hey Ben, receive THIS ! :fu:

@jsillyghawk The link still works. Go to the by line I've got below the link.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-playoffs-world-series-weekend-mets-royals-five-questions/ ↗

Will Mets Pitchers Continue to Enjoy a Larger Strike Zone?

Idiot who wrote it is Ben Lindbergh

Just noticed that I'd only set my recorder for four hours DAMN !

Guys & GALS... I'm gonna have to check in for da nite but this season was mo dang fun than a barrel full of monkees goin after one damn banana... ROCK CHALK ROYALS FANS - will catch ya'all Wed nite for the opening tip vs PSU...Yeah 'it's high time for Jayhawk Basketball once again, & hopefully they've got some trophies to gather also!!! GN all you baseball junkies & remember...every chance you get, Ride the Damn Wave !!!

Cut it off after Dyson stole 2nd in the 11th...oh well.

@Crimsonorblue22 Next goal is 12th Pseudo Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship

@globaljaybird GN ya old fart. Been super fun.

What the hell...it's still early out here on the Left Coast. Think I'll go get that champagne after all!

Thanks to all the Bucketeers for a great Series...love y'all! ROCK CHALK ROYALS !

See everybody over on the hoops threads !

@nwhawkfan celebrate!!

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@brooksmd & @Crimsonorblue22 Ya'all take care & we'll do this all over again Wednesday night...ROCK CHALK WORLD SERIES CHAMPION KANSAS CITY ROYALS !!! damn that sounds sweet...think I'll saying that often in the very near future...

@globaljaybird you guys r my best buddies

@Crimsonorblue22 Thank you for the compliment.

Let's not forget EV and his great effort the first 6 innings. Gutsy guy. Him, Moose and Young I'm sure very emotional over the fact that they lost important people in their lives this year that they can't share this with. God Bless Them.

@brooksmd they will need time to grieve!

@brooksmd @globaljaybird @Crimsonorblue22 Thanks again for your wit and fine commentary this year! Cheers to all the other Royal Jayhawks, as well! Good night, all.

@jsillyghawk Thanks for joining us. We'll be here Wed nite.

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@brooksmd

Ahhhh we have to wait three days?!?!

Well got dishes and kitchen to clean up. But before I go, like @globaljaybird I gotta do this one more time.

ROCK CHALK ROYALS!!! 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!

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Love this photo (tying run in the 9th)! Look at those Mets fans.

Congrats ROYALS! (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap)

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@RockChalkinTexas great pic!!

Couple of stats courtesy of ESPN.

WS innings led: Mets 24, Royals 13

Runs scored from 7th inning on: Mets 1, Royals 15

@brooksmd can u believe they tore down goal posts?

Christian Colon stat: He has 2 post season ab's in his career. A 12th inning hit to drive in a game tying run and a 12th inning hit to drive in game winning run.

@brooksmd Just watched from 9 th inning to finish again & it's even better the 2nd time... WOW What a trip this has been for the past 2 seasons. Happy & proud I was able to share it with a couple of the best die-hard fans I've ever known, you & @Crimsonorblue22 ... THANKS!!!

@brooksmd awesome group! I hope we can keep them together, your thoughts? U need to get a WS shirt!

@globaljaybird 😍

I'm still watching fox sports kc, just repeating...... No work today!

@globaljaybird Wish I had dvr'd the game to do the same thing. Been looking at clips on MLB this morning. Maybe check youtube later to see what's there.

@Crimsonorblue22 Who tore down gp"s? KU students at Memorial? Yeah would be great to keep them together. During WS trophy presentation to owner I was wondering if he's willing to spend what they need to keep Gordo and Zo or is he gonna be a Marlins owner who trashed the team after winning WS. I guess we'll see. And btw, contrary to my comment on another post about Salvy's contract, give him what he wants to stay. If he wants more money, fine. Longer contract, how many years? Wants to be mayor of KC, that too.

@brooksmd Without Cueto, Holland or Vargas it'll be vital for Moore to capture another starter for this rotation, maybe even two. But feed me crow & I'll gladly eat it cause even tho I was against bringing in Zobrist, I seriously doubt if we'd have made it to the top without him. And you just HAVE TO BRING BACK GORDON...He epitomizes the ethics of an athlete & person and is still an integral part of this machine. When he went out with the groin injury we all feared the worst & hoped for the best, but with Dyson & Orlando performing at their level of play, we never missed a beat. Then Zobrist entered the stage & hit a friggin TON- from BOTH sides of the box...Ya just gotta find a way to keep them both here. Have even heard rumors there is a Go Fund Me page in the works to keep Zobrist a Royal.

@brooksmd http://www.kansan.com/news/goalposts-at-ku-memorial-stadium-torn-down-following-kansas-city/article_03d951ec-817c-11e5-ab0b-eb7ee39ea2f7.html?mode=jqm ↗

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@Crimsonorblue22 How do you miss a mob of students headed to the stadium? Guess the campus police were asleep.

@VailHawk Old guys like @brooksmd & cut our teeth on Jayhawk basketball & sandlot baseball. We needed a pretty good surface & a tough leather ball for a decent basketball game, but a stick & a waded up piece of trash & you had a baseball game almost anywhere. Can't speak for him, but it was my first love as a sport when a kid. I tried to make it that way for my sons too...Took em to countless Royals games when they were in diapers, pitching machines & catchers mitts for birthdays, and many springs & summers coaching & playing a young boys game. This is a special piece of history we'll share forever. And as I've always told them; "The good things in life don't mean nearly as much without some one to share them with." So tonight we'll all have dinner together to extend our love for each other & that crazy little kids game.

@brooksmd Man that's pouring salt in a wound if there ever has been !

@Crimsonorblue22
I can believe they tore them down. They only tore down the ones in the end zone our football team goes towards right? Why would our pitiful team need goalposts? :) (for you sticklers out there, yes I know the team goes the opposite direction in the 2nd half!)

@brooksmd Tomorrows World Series Parade is expecting to be attended their closet family members-almost a quarter million of them !!!http://fox4kc.com/2015/11/02/kansas-city-royals-to-host-world-series-parade-tuesday ↗

/http://www.kctv5.com/story/30406546/royals-victory-parade-capped-with-party-at-union-station-to-be-held-tuesday ↗

@wissoxfan83 sorry, but I can't bad mouth those fb players! Stupid to vandalize anything!

http://m.mlb.com/video/v527668083/ws2015-gm5-hosmer-sprints-197-mph-to-tie-the-game/?partnerId=ed-9850402-846723253 ↗

@Crimsonorblue22 That took some major league cajoles to pull that one off!

@globaljaybird ya know, big stick!

@globaljaybird Excellent, they're gonna stream it live. Sounds like more chat fodder before Wed nite KU bb.

@brooksmd what will we do?

@globaljaybird It looks like it would've taken a perfect throw, low to the catchers left, to get Hos. But the Royals were in a can't lose position anyway. Makes it, ties the game. Thrown out, just play again Tuesday back it the K.

@Crimsonorblue22 ?

Well what happened in KC last nite? Everybody just party and have a good time or did some take the op to tear stuff up?

@globaljaybird @VailHawk Think I've mentioned before, me and my buddy Pat Long spent summer vacations tearing up wiffle balls and stealing, I mean borrowing, mop and broom handles. He was always the Yanks and I was the lowly Cubs. Didn't follow the KC A's that much as they seemed like either a farm team or an old folks home for the Yankees. Not to mention my dad was in the Navy at Great Lakes NTC just north of Chicago and that's where I first discovered and played baseball. But about 1 in the afternoon I would plop down in front of the tv, turn on WGN and watch the Cubs and listen to Jack Brickhouse. And my first trip to a ballpark was Milwaukee County Stadium to watch the Dodgers (Koufax) and Braves (Spahn). Just looked up Spahn's stats; 13 years with 20 or more wins and 12 years with 20 or more complete games. At 42 yrs old he went 23-7 with 22 complete games. Back when real men played ball.

@globaljaybird I can't believe they won!! Thats amazing for the team, the organization, the city and the fans. Way to go Royals!

The game went on too long for me, I had to wake up early and I live in the eastern time zone, so I woke up to very good news this am.

Rock Chalk Royals!

@Crimsonorblue22 Gotta take your word for that girl...

http://deadspin.com/world-series-celebration-in-kansas-city-showed-up-on-we-1740056727 ↗

@JRyman Glad to see the folks enjoyed the celebration and didn't use it as an op to burn, jump on and turn over cars or loot stores. Down here in Nawlins when the Saints won the SB it was just one big party like they know how to do down here. Never could see the reason for destroying things to celebrate. ROCK CHALK ROYALS!

@globaljaybird You got a 15 ft level?

@brooksmd No Used a transit when needing larger than 4 ft like block or flatwork

@globaljaybird 12 ft curtain rod

From the NYPost:

No, this 111th World Series — and this 54th edition of the Mets — will forever be remembered by three haunting sentences, at least for the foreseeable future:

Two outs away …

Five outs away …

One out away …

@wissoxfan83 Did you get to see from the 9th inning to the end or tv never came back?

@brooksmd I watched on stream2watch.com Fox and NBC still are not working here on DirectTV, but only those two channels. Lots of Saints fans around here missed that epic game yesterday too I imagine.

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@wissoxfan83 saw one said the darkest knight-ouch!

@Crimsonorblue22 Another full page but it wouldn't copy for some reason said "Amazin Disgrace" Got to love the NYPost! It's actually pretty entertaining to read their sports page right now, lots of interesting stuff.

For example the Rangers, ie hockey Rangers, coach said that Cespedes disgraced himself by taking himself out of the game!

Another article ripped on Harvey's "diva saga". He should have ripped the manager for not putting Familia in. I'm kind of irked he didn't because this was a World Series I didn't want to end. Of course I'm no diehard of the Royals, so it's easier to say, but I wanted more baseball, and Collins blew it!

@wissoxfan83 I'd like to the think kc media would not rip our own players! That's why we are who we are, good, down to earth people that care about others. Dayton Moore is a strong Christian too, quite a few of the players are, nice to hear them profess their faith.

@Crimsonorblue22 And waaaaay over from the corner, all Gods children said...WORLD CHAMPS & AMEN !!!

@Crimsonorblue22 Cool, who is Dayton Moore?

Dayton Moore

Moore in 2011.
Born February 17, 1967 (age 48)
Wichita, Kansas
Alma mater George Mason University '89
Occupation General Manager
Organization Kansas City Royals
Dayton Moore (born February 17, 1967) is the general manager of the Kansas City Royals.

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@VailHawk surgery tmrw? Don't die!! Jk take care and I'll 🙏 for u! Don't sneeze

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@Crimsonorblue22

Thx for remembering...you're a saint!

@VailHawk let us know how u r doing!

@VailHawk

Yes, indeed. Let us know how it goes.