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The World Series Game Thread 362

Here’s a place to talk World Series baseball here on Free Kraut. Depending on the interest level this one game thread might be enough for the entire Fall Classic.

Your match up is the Kansas City Royals vs the San Francisco Giants.

Play Ball!

362 thoughts on “The World Series Game Thread

  1. Bed Oct 21,2014 6:47 pm

    By the way I expect all posts in this thread to come with a works cited list…I prefer you use the MLA format.

    But seriously, folks...
    • Englishmajor Oct 21,2014 9:57 pm || Up

      The (1) San Francisco (2) Giants (3) are cordially invited (4) to suck (5) donkey (6) balls (7).

      1. Grimshaw, William, and John Grigg. The Ladies’ Lexicon, and Parlour Companion, Containing Nearly Every Word in the English Language, and Exhibiting the Plurals of Nouns and the Participles of Verbs; Being Also Particularly Adapted to the Use of Academies and Schools. Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1829. Print.

      2. Caen, Herb. Only in San Francisco. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1960. Print.

      3. Reaske, Herbert E. Rølvaag’s Giants in the Earth. New York: Distributed by Monarch, 1965. Print.

      4. Fenwick, Millicent. Vogue’s Book of Etiquette, a Complete Guide to Traditional Forms and Modern Usage,. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. Print.

      5. Gantz, Carroll. The Vacuum Cleaner: a History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2012. Print.

      6. Milne, A. A., and Ernest H. Shepard. Eeyore Loses a Tail. New York: Dutton Children’s, 1993. Print.

      7. Lewis, Michael. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. New York: W.W. Norton, 2003. Print.

      • Bed Oct 21,2014 10:06 pm || Up

        Englishmajor wins the game thread…and really wins in life too. Well done.

        But seriously, folks...
      • Glorious Mundy Oct 22,2014 9:15 am || Up

        Tremendous

      • batgirl Oct 22,2014 12:03 pm || Up

        BwaHaHa!!!

      • ptbnl Oct 22,2014 12:08 pm || Up

        Taglined.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • East Bay Evans Oct 22,2014 2:03 pm || Up

        Too cool.

      • doctorK Oct 22,2014 2:05 pm || Up

        It is impossible for me to adequately put into words how awesome this is.

        • Englishmajor Oct 22,2014 6:13 pm || Up

          You’re all too kind! I really recommend the Millicent Fenwick Vogue Book of Etiquette, by the way. My mom had a copy and I loved to read it when I was a kid, not that it was much of a preparation for a life in which I have not needed to know what my parlormaid should wear during the day or how to address a letter to an archbishop, but you never know.

  2. Jennifer Oct 21,2014 6:52 pm

    Go… fuck it.

  3. Future Ed Oct 21,2014 7:00 pm

    I have been trying to watch soccer. I feel like:

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • AV Oct 21,2014 8:13 pm || Up

      i see the problem. half way through your movie the NASL closed and you had all that canned coffee you didn’t know what to do with.

      go seattle venti sugar-free non-fat vanilla soy double shot decaf no foams! (unless of course you like the red bulls. [rolls eyes])

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • AV Oct 21,2014 8:29 pm || Up

      that movie’s so dated, when it opened the royals were good.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  4. Future Ed Oct 21,2014 7:00 pm

    I am disappointed in schulman/boone instead of sciambi/singleton

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  5. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 21,2014 7:20 pm

    I confess this is not as enjoyable as I had hoped.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Bed Oct 21,2014 7:41 pm || Up

      If it makes you feel any better I’m working my way through an endless book about educational theory…which hasn’t been as enjoyable as I had hoped.

      But seriously, folks...
  6. Soaker Oct 21,2014 7:58 pm

    Over/under on total runs scored by the Royals in the Series is 3.5 and I’m taking the under.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Future Ed Oct 21,2014 9:17 pm || Up

      it was a legit win for the giants. one of 4 so far this post season.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • andeux Oct 22,2014 7:31 pm || Up

      I’ll take the over.

      TINSTAAFK
  7. MikeV Oct 21,2014 9:12 pm

    Fuck everything. Whatever.

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

  8. MikeV Oct 21,2014 10:10 pm

    Just so you all know, if the inevitable happens I’m basically done with baseball. I’m just tired of seeing this fucking bullshit team luck into wins at the right time, and DFA said it best I think when he said he likes seeing the RIGHT moves rewarded, as opposed to giving Barry Zito, Aaron Rowand, and TIMMEH “fuck you” money or lucking into Cody Ross or Hunter Pence or Marco Scutaro.

    Fuck it. The game is bullshit.

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

  9. James V. Oct 21,2014 10:11 pm

    I’m really not sure what we’ve done to deserve having the Giants (probably) winning the World Series 3 times in 5 years. Thanks, Obama.

  10. Dial C for Concupiscence Oct 22,2014 9:16 am

    Why is baseball such a dick?

  11. 5Aces Oct 22,2014 9:59 am

    I bailed in the top of the first. It was what I think we all expected. Midnight hit as soon as the G’s show up.

    The good news is I was able to put together a bunk bed for the boys so they arent sleeping on mattresses on the ground for the first time in a couple of years. I may build a desk tonight to hide. But then come game 3 I am in trouble-may need to read about how to refinish my dining room table or something.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • doctorK Oct 22,2014 10:26 am || Up

      When I got home last night, the TV channel was changed immediately. Thank God for on-demand Sopranos episodes.

  12. Soaker Oct 22,2014 10:50 am

    The story of Marlins Man with the great seat.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  13. Jennifer Oct 22,2014 12:12 pm

    Don’t leave me, Mike!

  14. Jennifer Oct 22,2014 5:26 pm

    My mom wants me to hook up with the Marlins Guy in the front row.

    • Bed Oct 22,2014 5:35 pm || Up

      Hold out for a Tampa Bay fan.

      But seriously, folks...
    • Soaker Oct 22,2014 6:09 pm || Up

      Uh, no. From the story linked above:

      “I never had any kids, nor have any wife,” Leavy said. “You don’t have to pay for a wife and kids, so you have money in the bank.”

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • Englishmajor Oct 22,2014 6:13 pm || Up

        He did have a girlfriend who didn’t like sports for nine years…you’d think he could have found that out on the first date.

        • Future Ed Oct 22,2014 9:06 pm || Up

          I have hd a special lady friend that doesn’t like sports for 20 years (maybe 18, I don’t know, and don’t care enough to do the math)

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • 5Aces Oct 22,2014 9:39 pm || Up

            But if she is in beautiful HD it’s worth it isnt it?

            Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
            • Kay Temple Kirk Oct 22,2014 9:50 pm || Up

              If she comes with a healthy supply of Dibs, yes.

              \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
              • Future Ed Oct 22,2014 10:00 pm || Up

                I still have 6 minutes to fix this comment and make you two look like FOOLS!!!!!

                I have $5. No I don\'t.
  15. MikeV Oct 22,2014 6:12 pm

    HEY, TIMMY, HOW WAS IT WHEN YOU FUCKED THE A’S CHANCES IN TEH PLAYOFFS BECAUSE YOU GOT INTO A BARFIGHT IN BOSTON THE NIGHT BEFORE YOUR START?

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

  16. Jennifer Oct 22,2014 6:24 pm

    That was a mess.

    • AV Oct 22,2014 6:28 pm || Up

      well look at the positives… if it hadn’t been for the crappy defense forgiving an out and the crappy defense conceding a run, the crappy defense might not have gotten that lucky out!

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Future Ed Oct 22,2014 9:06 pm || Up

        que?

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • AV Oct 22,2014 9:44 pm || Up

          “that was a mess.”

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Future Ed Oct 22,2014 9:48 pm || Up

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
  17. AV Oct 22,2014 7:32 pm

    nice inning so far.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  18. Jennifer Oct 22,2014 7:34 pm

    That “bench clearing” was like Cinemax “porn”.

  19. ptbnl Oct 22,2014 7:40 pm

    Thank FKing Jeebus.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  20. Glorious Mundy Oct 22,2014 7:54 pm

    If you had told me in 2001 that we would still be doing this GBA shit in 2014….I would have believed you. But still.

  21. Englishmajor Oct 22,2014 7:55 pm

    The only upside of this game not being at the Coliseum, where it ought to be: none of us has to stand still for God Bless America, or risk national scorn for being caught singing “God bless my underwear, my only pair…”.

    • Glorious Mundy Oct 22,2014 8:00 pm || Up

      They should have done O Canada tonight.

  22. Glorious Mundy Oct 22,2014 7:58 pm

    Lincecum’s alive? You learn something new everyday.

    • ptbnl Oct 22,2014 9:01 pm || Up

      Not for long.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Future Ed Oct 22,2014 9:08 pm || Up

      and on the roster. I mean, If you are not going to use him in an 18 inning game, when the hell are you going to use him?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  23. Glorious Mundy Oct 23,2014 9:31 am
    • Future Ed Oct 23,2014 11:06 am || Up

      And he got into it with harper? wow, this guy has some problems.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  24. Glorious Mundy Oct 23,2014 9:34 am
    • Dial C for Concupiscence Oct 23,2014 10:08 am || Up

      I feel safer already

    • AV Oct 23,2014 11:01 am || Up

      homeland security?

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Future Ed Oct 23,2014 11:07 am || Up

        yes, their commandos were in charge of that operation

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • AV Oct 23,2014 11:52 am || Up

          hey.

          o.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • andeux Oct 23,2014 11:10 am || Up

        IP enforcement might be part of customs. A bunch of other agencies that already existed got put under Homeland Security, including all of customs and immigration.

        TINSTAAFK
        • AV Oct 23,2014 11:59 am || Up

          somebody’s got more than their agencies in a bunch!

          that’s why i wear open source. much easier when IP freely.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Dial C for Concupiscence Oct 23,2014 11:33 am || Up

        Unlicensed underwear has sunk many an empire

        • ptbnl Oct 23,2014 11:37 am || Up

          I’m enjoying my 80 year old father-in-law’s insistence on call Hunter Pence “underpants”.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
          • Dial C for Concupiscence Oct 23,2014 12:21 pm || Up

            I would not be surprised to find out he eschews them

    • Englishmajor Oct 23,2014 5:43 pm || Up

      Is it Underwear in the News Day on Free Kraut? No, every day is Underwear in the News Day on Free Kraut. I know Ebola is a Very Serious Story but really, NYTimes:

      He was placed in a special isolation unit and is being seen by the pre-designated medical critical care team. They are in personal protective equipment with undergarment air ventilation systems.

  25. Glorious Mundy Oct 23,2014 10:45 am

    My favorite thing about Jeter’s Medium-for-the-muscled website is how everybody is a “Senior Editor.”

    • Dial C for Concupiscence Oct 23,2014 12:00 pm || Up

      I like that they have a teaser for the next Senior Editor reveal

  26. East Bay Evans Oct 23,2014 10:46 pm
    • Future Ed Oct 23,2014 11:04 pm || Up

      why is there a black dot in the middle of arkansas?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • doctorK Oct 24,2014 8:14 am || Up

      Ugh – that orange stain across much of the west is like cancer.

      Also, if they had done one of these in the 1970s, Hawaii would’ve been Rams. And, no Jets?

      • AV Oct 24,2014 8:41 am || Up

        measuring most of: the kind of person who has access to and the mentality to hit like on an official football team page in FB.

        and if they’d done it in ’36, landon in a landslide.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  27. mother pucker Oct 24,2014 9:37 am

    This does not really seem all that surprising, even despite Maddon’s comments earlier this off-season.

    • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 9:57 am || Up

      That about does it for Don Mattingly, I would say.

      • doctorK Oct 24,2014 10:06 am || Up

        He’s managed to fire himself by FKing up the NLDS against the really underwhelming Cardinals.

        • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 10:07 am || Up

          I’m not a close observer of the Dodgers by any means, but it has always seemed to me that Mattingly is bad at managing.

          • Bed Oct 24,2014 1:26 pm || Up

            I think the last Dodger game I saw LaSorda was still the manager.

            But seriously, folks...
            • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 1:30 pm || Up

              The capital S is for Swearing.

              • Bed Oct 24,2014 1:32 pm || Up

                He is an amazingly foul mouthed SOB.

                But seriously, folks...
      • Soaker Oct 24,2014 10:14 am || Up

        A’s have a couple openings on the coaching staff and Gibson and (apparently) Mattingly are free agents…

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
        • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 10:23 am || Up

          Hell, why not hire Jeter too? I’m sure the other Senior Editors can handle the website day-to-day.

  28. nevermoor Oct 24,2014 10:33 am

    KTOTD, direct response to David Brooks edition.

    It’s an amazing thing: Obama is essentially what we used to call a liberal Republican, who faces implacable opposition from a very hard right. But Obama’s moderation is hidden in plain sight, apparently invisible to the commentariat.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Bed Oct 24,2014 12:36 pm || Up

      Within five years of being out of office President Obama will be one of the most popular Americans in the country.

      But seriously, folks...
      • nevermoor Oct 24,2014 12:53 pm || Up

        And I really do think he’s the next one who will really stand out after LBJ.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • Bed Oct 24,2014 1:08 pm || Up

          I like to wait at least 10 years before I judge a President…really 20 years is even better. I think people will miss how calm he is.

          But seriously, folks...
          • nevermoor Oct 24,2014 1:24 pm || Up

            Sure, that’s fair. Especially if we get a McCain-esque deranged nutjob next.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • Bed Oct 24,2014 1:25 pm || Up

              McCain would have been a horrible president…if he was in there now he’d be trying to invade Ebola.

              But seriously, folks...
            • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 1:27 pm || Up

              Anyone who can win the Republican nomination these days is going to be the opposite of a calming influence. The base of the party is just too addicted to whatever chemical is released in your brain when you are irrationally terrified of something.

              • Bed Oct 24,2014 1:30 pm || Up

                I don’t think Jeb Bush stands a chance in hell of getting the nomination but if he got it and won I think he’d be a solid, dull President…and sometimes that’s what the country needs.

                But seriously, folks...
                • MikeV Oct 24,2014 1:38 pm || Up

                  OR, we could maybe not vote in another FKing Bush or Clinton.

                  It’s too bad Bernie Sanders is so old, he’d never win.

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • Bed Oct 24,2014 1:41 pm || Up

                  I’ll vote for Hilary if she’s the nominee but I really wish some other Dems would give it a run.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • MikeV Oct 24,2014 1:44 pm || Up

                  I would rather have Sanders or Elizabeth Warren, but barring either of them winning a nomination I’ll be voting 3rd party again.

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • Bed Oct 24,2014 1:49 pm || Up

                  I couldn’t support Sanders under any circumstances. Warren is okay but she doesn’t have much experience. I’m a loyal Democrat so I’ll vote for whoever the nominee is.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • Bed Oct 24,2014 1:56 pm || Up

                  Sadly though…I can’t really come up with a Democratic name for President that I really like. There are some Senators and Governors I like but I’m not sure any of them have the juice to be President.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 1:58 pm || Up

                  Jerry Brown time

                • Bed Oct 24,2014 2:09 pm || Up

                  I always say…the fourth Presidential run is the charm.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • DFA Oct 24,2014 4:33 pm || Up

                  uck would never vote for him

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Future Ed Oct 24,2014 6:33 pm || Up

                  we’ve got a bigger problem now

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • MikeV Oct 24,2014 1:58 pm || Up

                  I’m pretty sure I have never voted straight down a party line before, and I don’t think I ever will.

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • colin Oct 24,2014 2:03 pm || Up

                  Fine at the local level, but it is getting increasingly irrational to split your vote for national candidates. As far as things happening in DC, there is Team R vs Team D and the particular personalities don’t really make much difference.

                • MikeV Oct 24,2014 2:07 pm || Up

                  and then there is the hope that a 3rd party will get enough of the vote to have federal funding in the next election cycle.

                  Also, CA votes blue no matter what etc etc

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • Bed Oct 24,2014 2:13 pm || Up

                  It’s hard to imagine California going back to voting Republican in the Presidential elections. I’m not sure I could come up with a plausible scenario.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 2:17 pm || Up

                  Rising sea levels take out all of Los Angeles is about all I can come up with.

                • Bed Oct 24,2014 2:17 pm || Up

                  Better take the entire Bay Area too just to be safe.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • Future Ed Oct 24,2014 6:37 pm || Up

                  well, after Governor Kashkari* fixes the [insert something he is talking loudly about], there will be nothing stopping him.

                  *I had to google the republican nominee

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • DFA Oct 24,2014 8:36 pm || Up

                  he did a campaign thing where he lived a week homeless in fresno.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • DFA Oct 24,2014 4:33 pm || Up

                  why not on sanders?

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • nevermoor Oct 24,2014 1:36 pm || Up

                I don’t know about that. I think there are folks (probably including Romney) who can project calm as they take bizarre and harmful action.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • Bed Oct 24,2014 1:38 pm || Up

                  Since Romney was just a one term Governor in a really blue state…did he really take any bizarre and harmful actions?

                  But seriously, folks...
                • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 1:40 pm || Up

                  No, because he had reasonable constituents then.

                • Bed Oct 24,2014 1:43 pm || Up

                  I don’t think Romney would have been all that crazy of a President. He’s not a firebrand by nature. He’s a silver spoon kid.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 1:45 pm || Up

                  He picked Paul Ryan as his running mate. That’s enough for me to assume he would have been a fairly crazy president.

                • Bed Oct 24,2014 1:51 pm || Up

                  The first Bush picked Quayle and I don’t think he was a crazy President. VP’s don’t matter unless someone dies.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 1:52 pm || Up

                  Quayle was an irresponsible pick, but the guy was basically a blank slate policy-wise. Ryan is a genuine radical.

                • Bed Oct 24,2014 1:54 pm || Up

                  But again…VP’s don’t matter for the most part. I seriously doubt he would have been in charge of fiscal policy in a Romney Administration…thankfully we’ll never find out.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • MikeV Oct 24,2014 2:04 pm || Up

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • Bed Oct 24,2014 2:08 pm || Up

                  I have yet to read anything that made me believe Dick talked W into doing something he didn’t already want to do.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 2:09 pm || Up

                  I don’t think W wanted to do anything other than be president before his brother.

                • Bed Oct 24,2014 2:12 pm || Up

                  I’ve been reading about W for close to 25 years…I’ve always thought he was more ambitious than people thought. He was wrong about almost everything but I don’t think he’s dumb, just wrong.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 2:15 pm || Up

                  I didn’t say dumb. I think he’s reasonably bright. He’s just deeply incurious and unmoved by anything other than maybe his own rehab religious experience. He was an ambitious guy when it came to attaining power, and then had no real ambitions for how to use that power. That made him the perfect vehicle for the right-wing shadow government.

                • Bed Oct 24,2014 2:24 pm || Up

                  Oh, I wasn’t really commenting on what you wrote, GM. I’m talking more about the popular perception that W was dumber than a box of rocks.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • MikeV Oct 24,2014 2:22 pm || Up

                  That’s fine, but it just happened to be Chaney’s company getting the no bid contracts in Iraq? I don’t buy it.

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • Bed Oct 24,2014 2:26 pm || Up

                  Cheney benefited financially being VP there’s no doubt about that.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • andeux Oct 24,2014 1:49 pm || Up

                  Less bonkers on foreign policy than the neo-con wing, probably. But he still probably would have surrounded himself with those types as advisers.

                  TINSTAAFK
                • nevermoor Oct 24,2014 3:21 pm || Up

                  No. And Romneycare was a pretty great idea. Which is why he ran on from it so aggressively.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
              • DFA Oct 24,2014 4:32 pm || Up

                Just look at scott brown’s campaign and see the future of the republican party.

                Noun verb Isis/ebola

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  29. Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 12:58 pm

    I’m going to a somewhat fancy fundraising dinner tonight, and apparently they are going to be showing the game on a screen *behind the people speaking*. I can’t escape, no matter what I do.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 24,2014 3:16 pm || Up

      Wear Royal Blue.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • sslinger Oct 24,2014 3:21 pm || Up

        I did this morning for a meeting in SF. And it was at the Westin St. Francis, which is probably the team hotel and certainly had a lot of KC fans in the lobby, which was good to see.

        • AV Oct 24,2014 3:54 pm || Up

          was just at kaiser building / lake area in oakland and was shocked at how many orange wearers there are. most of them with brand new hats, of course.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Jennifer Oct 24,2014 3:57 pm || Up

            It IS about time for Halloween.

            • AV Oct 24,2014 4:16 pm || Up

              who actually wears orange on halloween?? there’s no orange sexy zombie! there’s no orange sexy mummy! there’s no orange sexy kitten!

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
              • Kay Temple Kirk Oct 26,2014 3:46 pm || Up

                You forgot about “Sexy Traffic Cone”.

                \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 3:23 pm || Up

        I’m pretty much always wearing blue unless I’m going to an A’s game.

      • Jennifer Oct 24,2014 3:53 pm || Up

        Go naked!

    • batgirl Oct 24,2014 3:21 pm || Up

      As someone terrified of public speaking, I can’t decide if that would improve things or make them way worse.

  30. Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 4:49 pm

    That’s funny.

    • East Bay Evans Oct 24,2014 6:48 pm || Up

      The opt out also begins today according to Cot’s. The guy wasn’t lingering, that’s for sure.

  31. Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 4:51 pm

    Also funny.

  32. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 24,2014 4:54 pm

    Fighter jets are circling overhead, I assume killing time before an anthem fly by in SF. It would be wrong for me to wish for a tragic stadium crash, I guess. I’ll have to vent my bitterness by rooting for Cancer because of the Steve Carrel – Ken Jeong reenactment of the Jeter/Giambi play.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • andeux Oct 24,2014 4:56 pm || Up

      Rooting for a crash would be totally wrong.
      A bombing or strafing, on the other hand…

      TINSTAAFK
  33. Jennifer Oct 24,2014 5:08 pm

    Tim Hudson makes me sad.

  34. mikeA Oct 24,2014 5:15 pm

    Wtf is this umpire doing

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 24,2014 5:20 pm || Up

      Helluva job by Cain getting the run home despite those awful calls.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • mikeA Oct 24,2014 5:25 pm || Up

        I like him a lot. Good name, fun player, good interview even.

      • Jennifer Oct 24,2014 5:27 pm || Up

        Daddy, is that what a hitter looks like?

  35. Jennifer Oct 24,2014 5:30 pm

    Shift that.

  36. Jennifer Oct 24,2014 5:31 pm

    Bubble gum is disgusting.

    • Bed Oct 24,2014 5:43 pm || Up

      Or is it?

      But seriously, folks...
      • mikeA Oct 24,2014 5:44 pm || Up

        It is the only time I have it, which is blackened on my shoe.

      • Jennifer Oct 24,2014 5:45 pm || Up

        No, it is.

        • Bed Oct 24,2014 5:47 pm || Up

          As a boy I liked bubble gum ice cream as you got ice cream and bubble gum…of course as a boy I liked McDonald’s, pro wrestling, and Chuck Norris movies too.

          But seriously, folks...
  37. mikeA Oct 24,2014 5:33 pm

    My fking turncoat father, a life-long (still) Dodgers fan and former big A’s fan, is at this game (he has partial season tickets…) He has a picture of himself wearing a Giants hat at a 2010 ws game. I need to get this off my chest.

  38. Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 5:39 pm

    Fox is so unbearably awful.

    • Bed Oct 24,2014 5:45 pm || Up

      The appeal of Harold Reynolds is beyond me.

      But seriously, folks...
      • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 5:48 pm || Up

        I hear he gives great hugs.

      • mikeA Oct 24,2014 5:51 pm || Up

        He’s better than McCarver…

        • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 24,2014 5:53 pm || Up

          Yeah, I don’t mind Harold so much.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • mikeA Oct 24,2014 5:55 pm || Up

            I was amused more than annoyed when he said he loves NL ball because the pitcher hitting has the potential to kill rallies.

          • Bed Oct 24,2014 5:59 pm || Up

            Well, that’s a given, FSU. I’m you in the mirror universe.

            But seriously, folks...
            • andeux Oct 24,2014 6:16 pm || Up

              BindEtagereDowngrade

              TINSTAAFK
              • Bed Oct 24,2014 6:53 pm || Up

                I think we can all agree I’m a downgrade from FSU.

                But seriously, folks...
            • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 24,2014 6:28 pm || Up

              I don’t mind so much if color guy says things I disagree with, so long as he occasionally has something meaningful to say and is technically proficient.

              "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
              • Jennifer Oct 24,2014 6:29 pm || Up

                THAT’S RACIST

                • Kay Temple Kirk Oct 26,2014 3:43 pm || Up

                  Not if he’s staking the moderate position at a union affirmative action meeting in 1982 he isn’t.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
              • Bed Oct 24,2014 6:52 pm || Up

                I’ve just never heard him say anything interesting.

                But seriously, folks...
  39. Jennifer Oct 24,2014 5:42 pm

    Marlins Guy should get a hat. Visors are so 1999.

    • Bed Oct 24,2014 5:44 pm || Up

      Lane Kiffin disagrees.

      But seriously, folks...
    • Future Ed Oct 24,2014 6:44 pm || Up

      1999 is the future to people in Miami

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  40. Jennifer Oct 24,2014 6:04 pm

    That was a nice commercial.

  41. Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 6:05 pm

    At the list of going all Helen Lovejoy, shouldn’t I be able to watch a baseball game with my kids without seeing an ad featuring dudes punching and kneeing each other in the heads? Not that I’m exposing my kids to the Giants, mind you.

    • Kay Temple Kirk Oct 26,2014 3:42 pm || Up

      Yeah! It’s 2014 for FK’s sakes. Those dudes should be KISSING!

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • Future Ed Oct 26,2014 5:51 pm || Up

        I have always wondered why seeing endless E.D. commercials is less question provoking that 2 dudes kissing?

        With the dudes kissing, if my kids asked I could just say….what the fuck they wouldn’t ask anything because 1) its pretty obvious that the 2 dudes are like any other couple kissing on TV and 2) they have plenty of friends that have 2 dads (or know plenty of gay dudes because we do too)

        With the E.D. commercials? what do I say? a pill for grown upss? it gives boys boners? I don’t want explain THAT to them.

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
  42. Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2014 6:11 pm

    Did someone already post this Beane article from the Guardian? Turns out he really likes soccer.

    • AV Oct 24,2014 6:17 pm || Up

      a lot of us laughed at his cinema maths. i forgave him because he wrote moneyrounders.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  43. Future Ed Oct 24,2014 6:47 pm

    I am kind bummed that Matt Cain is not playing. i would love to hear dan schulman say “cain stpeeing in against cain, no relation”

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • AV Oct 24,2014 6:48 pm || Up

      it’d be like brother against brother!

      though i guess matt’s not black.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • vignette17 Oct 25,2014 12:51 pm || Up

        Would be better if there was a Giant named Abel.

        • AV Oct 25,2014 6:05 pm || Up

          or if everybody on the royals was named david.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  44. AV Oct 24,2014 6:57 pm

    nice AB.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Future Ed Oct 24,2014 7:00 pm || Up

      did you accidentally hit caps lock?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • AV Oct 24,2014 8:10 pm || Up

      rather, i haven’ figured out ACRONYM SMALL CAPS for the web yet.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • AV Oct 24,2014 8:12 pm || Up

        well, boom MF time!

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  45. AV Oct 24,2014 7:00 pm

    and i realize i’m daring to dream / getting ahead of myself, but man would it be nice to have the royals celebrate at ATT.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Englishmajor Oct 24,2014 7:12 pm || Up

      And then we could find out whether Giants fans would torch Muni buses and whatnot for a loss too.

  46. Jennifer Oct 24,2014 7:06 pm

    I kinda miss you FKers.

  47. Jennifer Oct 24,2014 7:09 pm

    I blame AV.

    • AV Oct 24,2014 7:29 pm || Up

      for what?

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • AV Oct 24,2014 7:30 pm || Up

      oh i see. in my defense, i was on my way home during that.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  48. Future Ed Oct 24,2014 7:29 pm

    oh my god flanders!

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  49. AV Oct 24,2014 7:50 pm

    hunter pence is like those guys who try to do messenger style but end up rolling the wrong leg, times 2.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  50. AV Oct 24,2014 8:07 pm

    sliding into first at the world series.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  51. Thunderbutt Oct 24,2014 8:17 pm

    There is always a score.
  52. Future Ed Oct 24,2014 8:23 pm

    “all the ginats fans here going crazy thinking it might have a chance but it was no even close” Dan schulman

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  53. AV Oct 24,2014 8:26 pm

    nice job roy roys.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  54. mikeA Oct 24,2014 8:28 pm

    Ok, more of that.

  55. AV Oct 24,2014 8:30 pm

    things said by actual people actually paid to say things:

    “well-played, well-pitched, well-defensed”

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Future Ed Oct 24,2014 8:40 pm || Up

      this series is like watching two sub 90 win teams play a home and home series in october instead of June.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  56. bear88 Oct 25,2014 4:13 pm

    OK, so I’ve postponed the parade until Thursday at the earliest. And if the Royals win this evening, I like their chances to prevent it entirely.

    On another sports note, there was something sad and pathetic about Cal playing in Santa Clara last night before what looked like a crowd of nobody. Plus, it ruined my daughter’s Great America plans.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 25,2014 5:48 pm || Up

      We’re enduring a severe drought; heavy rain on parade required.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  57. Jennifer Oct 25,2014 6:07 pm

    Oh lordy.

  58. Jennifer Oct 25,2014 6:08 pm

    Needs more gamer babes.

  59. Jennifer Oct 25,2014 6:12 pm

    My mom talks to the Royals on TV like she’s coaching a little league team.

  60. bear88 Oct 25,2014 6:15 pm

    There we go, Infante.

  61. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 25,2014 6:15 pm

    Omar Infante making a push for the World Series MVP trophy.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  62. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 25,2014 6:17 pm

    I don’t recall seeing whole sections of visiting fans in the Series before. Maybe it’s just the vibrant Royal blue that makes them stand out. Or perhaps they’re just larger humans.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  63. bear88 Oct 25,2014 6:17 pm

    Bochy hamstrung by National League rules. He’s got his star starter/reliever available, but won’t use him because of his league’s rules.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 25,2014 6:19 pm || Up

      That’s stupid, though. He’s gonna pinch hit in the bottom of the inning anyway, so double-switching now doesn’t use up any more bench players than he already will use.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • MikeV Oct 25,2014 6:33 pm || Up

      hashtag strategy!

      And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

      Thanks, and go As.

    • Future Ed Oct 25,2014 6:53 pm || Up

      his mistake was starting vogelsong instead of Petit. Petit profiles well for the royals

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  64. Jennifer Oct 25,2014 6:20 pm

    @FSU Cornfed midwesterners.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 25,2014 6:23 pm || Up

      More red meat consumed this week by that one section of Royals fans than by the entire rest of the stadium. And the Royals fans are happier. Coincidence? I don’t think so.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Jennifer Oct 25,2014 6:30 pm || Up

        We had 2 random cows and some deer show up in our yard this week! Free meat!

  65. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 25,2014 6:24 pm

    A grand slam by a Royals pitcher would make me happier than Christmas morning.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  66. Jennifer Oct 25,2014 6:27 pm

    LOL!

    “That’s happened before.”

  67. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 25,2014 7:29 pm

    If Hunter Pence was on my team I’d like him a lot, I admit. But as it stands he’s like a scurvy twitchy mongoose I want to run over with my car. Also, chance he takes speed has gotta be 100%, right?

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • AV Oct 25,2014 10:05 pm || Up

      thought about this in depth earlier today. i don’t think i’d like him on my team. closest example is rajai. glad when there was a rajai run, but the embarrassment of watching his gracelessness represent my dudes overpowered that. reverse schadenfreude shame-nfreude? and with mr underpants, it’s that to the nth.

      but really asking here… what the hell is his (physical) deal? he can’t throw or swing without everything above his belt turning in unison… are his eyeballs attached to his shoulders or something? and why can’t he run without putting his hand on the ground at some moment?

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • nevermoor Oct 26,2014 12:03 am || Up

        He’s way better than Rajai

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • AV Oct 26,2014 9:30 am || Up

          and way scurvy twitchier. like i quantified, to the nth.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 26,2014 12:38 pm || Up

          And Pence is a smart baserunner. Rajai is…not.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 26,2014 12:53 pm || Up

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • AV Oct 26,2014 12:54 pm || Up

          “ack.”

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • Future Ed Oct 26,2014 5:53 pm || Up

          I had a friend that got a bill the cat tattoo. we lived in So cal so he was shirtless a lot. Which was unfortunate because we had lots of time to stare at the tattoo and wonder if he realized that his bill the cat was red.

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Kay Temple Kirk Oct 26,2014 3:39 pm || Up

      If he was on your team, you’d be holding up a “Hunter Pence takes his Ritalin every day” sign.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  68. Jennifer Oct 25,2014 7:40 pm

    Wow. Ow.

  69. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 25,2014 7:41 pm

    That was pretty darn exciting. The slow mo of Dyson’s face on the desperate run and dive catch was tremendous.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  70. Jennifer Oct 25,2014 7:59 pm

    Nassau, Harold?

  71. MikeV Oct 25,2014 8:02 pm

    fuck baseball

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

  72. bear88 Oct 25,2014 8:04 pm

    This game has taken several bad turns. Back thinking about a Thursday parade. The BART trip to San Francisco on a parade day is just awful.

  73. MikeV Oct 25,2014 8:08 pm

    Ned Yost is fucking horrible. Just completely fucking horrible.

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

    • mother pucker Oct 25,2014 8:18 pm || Up

      Whenever I think about shitty Yost is (and he certainly is), I cannot help but think how badly Melvin fucked up in the wild card game.

      • MikeV Oct 25,2014 8:38 pm || Up

        Which is why I wish Beane would give Joe Maddon an offer he can’t refuse.

        And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

        Thanks, and go As.

  74. Future Ed Oct 25,2014 8:50 pm

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • MikeV Oct 25,2014 8:58 pm || Up

      Context pls?

      And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

      Thanks, and go As.

      • Future Ed Oct 25,2014 9:01 pm || Up

        he is at the game. he is watching the giants staf kicking someone out

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
  75. AV Oct 25,2014 10:21 pm

    i had a lovely meal at haven tonight. rye manhanttan, and beets and burrata and quinoa, and pinot, and porridge and egg yolk and trumpet mushrooms, and chocolate pudding with pignole ice cream, and nary a jaw ache. never had the urge to check the score. win or lose, life is better without the giants, is what i’m saying.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 26,2014 12:37 pm || Up

      Did they charge extra to put all that stuff into a blender for you?

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • AV Oct 26,2014 1:01 pm || Up

        funny. but the other night i was damn ready to put a burrito in the vitamix.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Future Ed Oct 26,2014 5:55 pm || Up

        he brought his own blender, there was a $5 plugging in fee

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
  76. Kay Temple Kirk Oct 26,2014 3:36 pm

    We must get more horses. Vote FK.

    Who ever knew that “Segway Trampling” was such a hot-button issue?

    BTW, Rebecca Kaplan looks like John Travolta, and that’s kinda creepy, although that’s way more John Travolta’s fault than Ms. Kaplan’s.

    \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
    • AV Oct 26,2014 4:02 pm || Up

      amazing. can’t figure out which of his answers i love the most. the sports one is up there though. battling with the digital divide.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • East Bay Evans Oct 26,2014 6:02 pm || Up

      MEEEeeeeehh.

      – Peter Liu, mayor of Oakland candidate.

  77. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 26,2014 4:48 pm

    Scott Boras says Barry Zito is working out for a comeback next year. Gonna try to improve on his career OPS of 1.000 in World Series games.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  78. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 26,2014 4:59 pm

    I’ve never heard of Aaron Lewis of the band Staind, but his voice is unpleasant and that anthem went on forever.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • DFA Oct 26,2014 5:08 pm || Up

      you clearly don’t remember 1999

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • andeux Oct 26,2014 5:17 pm || Up

      I once got a piece of fan mail (full of bad poetry and self-pity) meant for him from some 15-y.o. girl in Kentucky or somewhere like that. I don’t know if she tried every A. Lewis in California, or just picked the one at random.

      TINSTAAFK
    • Future Ed Oct 26,2014 9:04 pm || Up

      I hadn’t either, but I saw the story on Deadspin about him fking up the anthem and I watched the video.

      He seems like an asshole and I like tim lincecum.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • 5Aces Oct 27,2014 5:28 pm || Up

        Just watched the video. Weird coincidence (isn’t it ironic, doncha think?) I have a copy in my MP3s of him doing a cover of “In Your Eyes”. He makes the EXACT same mistake – taking part of the second verse and putting it into the same spot of the first- on that.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  79. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 26,2014 5:25 pm

    Also, I did not think it was possible to dislike Journey more, but this series has disabused me of that notion.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • doctorK Oct 26,2014 9:04 pm || Up

      It is not possible for me to hate Journey any more. Hearing one of their “songs” on the radio usually evokes a scream from me, followed by a hasty change of the station, or possibly a bullet through the tuner if a gun is handy.

      • Bed Oct 26,2014 11:00 pm || Up

        Hearing Journey on the radio causes me to bop my head and do the white boy groove as I sing along to the music.

        But seriously, folks...
          • Bed Oct 27,2014 12:57 pm || Up

            I can prove I’m actually pretty cool because I also like Coldplay…(crickets)…hello?…anyone still here?

            But seriously, folks...
            • DFA Oct 27,2014 5:53 pm || Up

              I like coldplay

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • nevermoor Oct 28,2014 2:12 pm || Up

                If anything was going to get a DF-invasion, it had to be this topic.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
              • ptbnl Oct 28,2014 2:31 pm || Up

                They’re the 72″ TVs of music.

                If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • DFA Oct 28,2014 3:46 pm || Up

                  how so?

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • 5Aces Oct 28,2014 3:58 pm || Up

                  In that it is always fun to bring up the big TV arguement and we are almost in the offseason so it’s time for some METAWARS!!!!

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  80. bear88 Oct 26,2014 6:28 pm

    Two runs. I don’t know how much more of this game I want to watch.

  81. Future Ed Oct 26,2014 6:35 pm
    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • colin Oct 27,2014 5:09 am || Up

      Yeah, like Nick Adenhart from a couple years ago. Such a bummer.

      • AV Oct 27,2014 12:26 pm || Up
        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Soaker Nov 13,2014 7:38 am || Up

        Adenhart wasn’t the one who clocked in at 0.287 though.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
        • Future Ed Nov 13,2014 8:20 am || Up

          never underestimate a person’s desire to drive a car. I don’t get the appeal myself, hell, I hate driving sober, but some people would rather die than be driven around

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
  82. Soaker Oct 26,2014 7:19 pm

    On the bright side, in 2002 the Giants won Game 1 on the road and Games 4 and 5 at home, and then rather famously had a 5-run lead in the 7th inning of Game 6. They had to wait 8 more years for their first S.F. championship trophy.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • bear88 Oct 26,2014 8:08 pm || Up

      They did. But one more win and they’re a modern day dynasty.

    • doctorK Oct 26,2014 9:05 pm || Up

      Sadly, this team is not managed by Dusty Baker.

  83. AV Oct 26,2014 8:23 pm

    awesome. one more game and i’m free.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • bear88 Oct 26,2014 8:53 pm || Up

      No, you won’t be. You will never hear the end of it.

      Shoot, I’ve reached a point where I grudgingly admire this team. Why did they piss me off after they got Phone Park? I feel like such a curmudgeon, especially when I used to root for them as the National League alternative. And many friends and relatives are legitimate fans, even if the bandwagon crowd irritates me and the Fox Sports chatter of the Greatest Fans in the Greatest Stadium in the world is, well, annoying.

      • Bed Oct 26,2014 10:58 pm || Up

        You folks just need to move to Arkansas. No one talks about the San Francisco Giants here…ever.

        But seriously, folks...
      • AV Oct 27,2014 8:30 am || Up

        meh. it’d be like someone trying to tell you what brand of cigarettes is better after you quit smoking.

        so basically, this world series is the patch.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  84. bear88 Oct 26,2014 9:32 pm

    I’m not keeping up. Chili Davis is gone. Well, he may have done a decent job as a hitting coach (last two months of the season notwithstanding) but I never felt comfortable with his domestic violence history.

  85. Bed Oct 26,2014 10:57 pm

    So, is Big Game James an ironic title for Mr. Shields?

    But seriously, folks...
    • ptbnl Oct 27,2014 12:22 am || Up

      I think it refers to the permit to hunt him that will be auctioned off at the end of the series.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  86. Glorious Mundy Oct 27,2014 7:23 am

    #shame

    • Future Ed Oct 27,2014 7:35 am || Up

      was it wed, or pot?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • AV Oct 27,2014 8:32 am || Up

        it won’t matter once you quit.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  87. Future Ed Oct 27,2014 7:17 pm
    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Glorious Mundy Oct 28,2014 11:20 am || Up

      I don’t understand why anyone would ever want to play in Boston.

      • colin Oct 28,2014 12:30 pm || Up

        This is surely why I just work all the time.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2014 1:39 pm || Up

        Seriously, even the fabled “New York Media” does not appear to consist of 100% assholes the way Boston’s does.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • East Bay Evans Oct 28,2014 4:07 pm || Up

          Not to defend Boston’s mainstream sports media (which is garbage)… but the source comes from the New York Daily News.

          • DFA Oct 28,2014 4:59 pm || Up

            never let facts get in the way of a good story

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  88. Future Ed Oct 28,2014 5:51 pm

    that is an ok time to slide at first punto

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • AV Oct 28,2014 6:03 pm || Up

      punto doesn’t hook slide though. or whatever that slide was, which required unpuntolike awareness of where the ball was.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2014 6:08 pm || Up

        That was weird, don’t see a lot of hook slides at first base. I was worried he would hurt his foot.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • AV Oct 28,2014 6:14 pm || Up

          it was a weird play but a smart slide. like, one of the few reasons to slide there.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  89. Future Ed Oct 28,2014 5:52 pm

    Wow, harold reynolds is as bad as advertised.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2014 5:55 pm || Up

      Did you find a TV on the street or something?

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  90. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2014 5:56 pm

    Way to go KC, crush ’em like bugs!

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  91. MikeV Oct 28,2014 6:01 pm

    Bottom 2, Royals have bases loaded with 1 out and a 2 run lead at home in an elimination game. The starter has been knocked out of the game.

    BUCK AND REYNOLDS WANT TO SUCK PETIT’S DICK INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT THE FUCKING HOME TEAM. FUCK YOU.

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

    • MikeV Oct 28,2014 6:03 pm || Up

      BAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH FUCK THE GIANTS.

      And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

      Thanks, and go As.

  92. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2014 6:18 pm

    OK Royals, don’t fuck this up.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • AV Oct 28,2014 6:20 pm || Up

      yeah, ventura quit nibbling. make them run into their own outs.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2014 6:25 pm || Up

        Mostly I was thinking that an SF comeback win here would be the most heinous event in all recorded human history, pretty much.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • AV Oct 28,2014 6:26 pm || Up

          meanwhile i was googling WS triple plays.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2014 6:36 pm || Up

            Bill Wambsganss, 1920 Cleveland Indians, unassisted! I know that story from a book I had as a young kid called Strange But True Baseball Stories. That’s also where I learned about Gabby Street, catcher for the Senators, who caught a ball thrown from the top of the Washington Monument in the early 1900s.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • AV Oct 28,2014 6:38 pm || Up

              i honestly didn’t know if it’d ever happened. and i’m amazed if you spelled that name without looking it up.

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
              • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2014 7:23 pm || Up

                I did. One of those weird factoids of youth that embedded itself in my brain forever, like the Bull Moose Party or where I was the day Thurman Munson died.

                "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • Future Ed Oct 28,2014 7:28 pm || Up

                  I was in my house, indignant that it got more play on the game of the week pregame than did lymon bostock the year before.

                  Yes, I have always been an asshole.

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2014 7:36 pm || Up

                  Bostock’s killer apparently had a helluva defense lawyer too.

                  Leonard Smith was tried twice for murder, with his lawyers arguing that Barbara Smith’s alleged infidelity had driven him insane. The first trial resulted in a hung jury. In the second trial, Smith was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was committed for psychiatric treatment. Within seven months, he was deemed no longer mentally ill by his psychiatrists and released.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • Future Ed Oct 28,2014 7:45 pm || Up

                  a silver lining!

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • AV Oct 28,2014 7:50 pm || Up

                  i was at my mother-in-law’s for joe kennedy, wondering WTF is there a curse after lidle a year earlier.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  93. ptbnl Oct 28,2014 6:28 pm

    Bwa-ha-ha-ha …

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  94. Jennifer Oct 28,2014 6:40 pm

    Okay, Royals.

  95. Future Ed Oct 28,2014 6:40 pm

    OK, buck just said cain “became…the THIRD royal…be ceome the ALCS MVP.”

    but, I mean, they have only won 3 times, so you wouuld think there would only 3 mvps.

    Also that’s an automatic double, not a ground rule one

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  96. AV Oct 28,2014 6:53 pm

    am i the only one who hears “giddy up, giddy up, let’s go; let’s look at the show,” in the post season song?

    not anymore i’m not.

    you’re welcome!

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  97. Future Ed Oct 28,2014 7:08 pm

    that’s right FOX, Cosby was big in 1985. That reminds me, bill cosby has been in the news, why don’t you have Harold tell us why

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  98. Future Ed Oct 28,2014 7:09 pm

    that Mo’ne davis commercial is awesome. Is tv always like that?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  99. Jennifer Oct 28,2014 7:11 pm

    That’s a lie.

  100. Jennifer Oct 28,2014 7:13 pm

    It’s $10 for parking at a Royals game. It’s > $35 to park in the same spot at a Chiefs game.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2014 7:25 pm || Up

      Coliseum is $20 A’s, $40 Raiders.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  101. ptbnl Oct 28,2014 7:14 pm

    WTF base-running … outside the 3rd base coach.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • colin Oct 28,2014 7:26 pm || Up

      Especially with none out.

    • doctorK Oct 28,2014 7:28 pm || Up

      I would’ve been LIVID if he got hurt scoring that run.

    • Future Ed Oct 28,2014 7:33 pm || Up

      to be fair, the third base coach is pretty far up the line.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  102. Jennifer Oct 28,2014 7:44 pm

    Harold Reynolds is drunk.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2014 7:49 pm || Up

      He’s a lightweight, four quality at-bats and he’s slurring his words.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • ptbnl Oct 28,2014 7:59 pm || Up

        “Light tower power, and antidotes like that”

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • AV Oct 28,2014 7:51 pm || Up

      i drank a really tall banana, milk, dulce de leche smoothie. then i sucked on a slice of prosciutto. now i have gas.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Jennifer Oct 28,2014 8:08 pm || Up

        Never again say “I  sucked on a slice of prosciutto.”

        • AV Oct 28,2014 8:14 pm || Up

          meh. i calls ham as i sees ham.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  103. AV Oct 28,2014 8:03 pm

    soccer players!

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Future Ed Oct 28,2014 8:08 pm || Up

      those ladies sure are atheletes

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  104. Thunderbutt Oct 28,2014 8:08 pm

    Must be nice.

    There is always a score.
  105. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2014 8:11 pm

    Marlins fan guy has decided he’s not getting enough attention. I bet he becomes even more obnoxious tomorrow.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  106. Jennifer Oct 28,2014 8:13 pm

    THUNDERBUTT!

  107. Englishmajor Oct 28,2014 8:14 pm

  108. Jennifer Oct 28,2014 8:16 pm

    I’m glad there are no concerts I want to go to right now, because the steroids are delicious and make me feel like I can fly.

    • Future Ed Oct 28,2014 8:29 pm || Up

      don’t shoot off your middle finger

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Jennifer Oct 28,2014 8:32 pm || Up

        I could probably eat it off right now.

  109. Jennifer Oct 28,2014 8:28 pm

    Yep, drunk fuck.

  110. ptbnl Oct 28,2014 8:57 pm

    The visiting team has now not scored for 24 innings.

    Long may it continue.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 29,2014 11:40 am || Up

      The home team has won the last nine World Series Game 7s. Long At least one more year may it continue.

      Last visiting team to win a Game 7 was the 1979 Pirates, at Baltimore.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Soaker Oct 29,2014 12:18 pm || Up

        From 1965-1979 there were eight Game 7’s, seven of which were won by the visitors. The lone exception: Oakland A’s, 1973.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone

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