Well, now it's a series at least...some drama/excitement.

 

Strange that the Blue Jays weren't prepared 100% going into both series (Rangers in ALDS) but seem to have the ability to catch fire at a moment's notice and put their foot on the gas.

 

One thing is for sure, even if they sweep three games in a row, and that's certainly possible...it's not going to be easy to win at KC, either. Not like the Metrodome in 1987/1991, but close.

 

Of course, Royals' fans will be ultra nervous again the next time Cueto starts a game. They thought he was over the hump finally and now he laid another huge egg and is back to a semi-goat again.

I think the BJays tie up the series tomorrow.

This Toronto crowd is awesome when they're not being f***ing idiots.

This Toronto crowd is awesome when they're not being f***ing idiots.

In the 500 level, they stopped selling tallboys and forced all vendors to serve beer in plastic cups because of all the idiots.

Well, now it's a series at least...some drama/excitement.

 

Strange that the Blue Jays weren't prepared 100% going into both series (Rangers in ALDS) but seem to have the ability to catch fire at a moment's notice and put their foot on the gas.

 

One thing is for sure, even if they sweep three games in a row, and that's certainly possible...it's not going to be easy to win at KC, either. Not like the Metrodome in 1987/1991, but close.

 

Of course, Royals' fans will be ultra nervous again the next time Cueto starts a game. They thought he was over the hump finally and now he laid another huge egg and is back to a semi-goat again.

 

The Royals are 6-3 in their last 9 home playoff games.

Donaldson 2R bomb.

Alright, now they're just wasting all their runs.

Alright, now they're just wasting all their runs.

 

I don't think we can say that with this Jays team.

The Royals are 6-3 in their last 9 home playoff games.

 

That's a LITTLE bit misleading simply because no team in baseball was going to beat Bumgarner the way he was pitching last post-season.

 

One thing's for sure, I wouldn't dream of taking Cueto and I'd hesitate on David Price (now 0-7 in 7 post-season starts) if I was the GM of an AL team. It would be Greinke and Zimmermann, with the focus on Jordan because of relative affordability. Price, to me, isn't worth $200 million, not at this stage in his career. Maybe if the contract was awarded 4 seasons ago, it would be somewhat justifiable. Around age 30, forget it. The Cubs will eventually regret the Lester and (potential) Arrieta deals as well.

 

 

 

Cueto, little bit of PR advice, probably not the best time to laugh and smile at the crowd when you walk off down 7-2 in the third #BlueJays

 

He's about as popular now with KC fans as Alex Rios, Dunn and LaRoche in Chicago. He did at least put them in the ALCS, so there's that one accomplishment to fall back on. But if he ends up losing Game 7 at home when they were up 2-0, he'd be advised to take the red eye back to the Dominican before the local media can corner him.

Edited October 20, 201510 yr by caulfield12

If Perez doubles there or homers, things suddenly get REALLY interesting.

 

As it is, that's definitely game, set, match. Nice comeback game from Goins after being the #1 goat of Game 2.

Cueto was terrible. Worse than terrible, really. Baseball-Reference's database goes back to 1903, and includes no record of a starting pitcher ever giving up eight or more earned runs while collecting six or fewer outs in a playoff game before Cueto. The man made history here.

 

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TORONTO

 

A stadium full of rowdy Canadians scream out more than two decades of baseball frustration, presumably fueled by Molson, the energy coming first as heckles, then with mockery, and finally with heckling mockery and a touch of humor. This is what Johnny Cueto's failures sound like, the voices reverberating around this strange old dome:

 

WE WANT KWEY-TO...

 

WE WANT KWEY-TO...

 

WE WANT KWEY-TO...

 

They chanted this after Cueto had left the game, his night finished, by any measure turning in one of the worst starts in more than 100 years of playoff baseball. They wanted him back on the mound here, and who could blame them?

 

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In a win where the Jays pitching yielded 8 runs, I think Jays fans should be cheering for better pitching from their team. Cannot rely on offense every night.

 

Hopefully Dickey has a good knuckler this after noon and helps the Jays even the series. I think the pitching matchup favors the Jays.

4 pitches in and it's already 2-0 Royals.

4-0 Royals with the Jays batting in the bottom 1st.

Dickey over Buehrle... wow

In a win where the Jays pitching yielded 8 runs, I think Jays fans should be cheering for better pitching from their team. Cannot rely on offense every night.

 

Hopefully Dickey has a good knuckler this after noon and helps the Jays even the series. I think the pitching matchup favors the Jays.

Whoops.

The funny thing is that Young has a 4.9 career era in four starts against TOR and lost to them 6-2 in KC in July.

 

But, Yost trusts him a lot more than Duffy not to get blasted out of the stadium...and his style/mechanics and slow stuff are such a change from the rest of the Royals' starters and Duffy throws mostly in the mid 90s as well.

Whoops.

Yep, that's a big whoops!

 

Edit: 5-0 Royals

Edited October 20, 201510 yr by BlackSox13

I don't think the NL can beat the Royals. I could be wrong.

Too bad Toronto doesn't have anyone to replace Dickey right now, say a playoff veteran on their roster who could go out and give them basically an unlimited amount of good innings to get them back in this.

Too bad Toronto doesn't have anyone to replace Dickey right now, say a playoff veteran on their roster who could go out and give them basically an unlimited amount of good innings to get them back in this.

 

This guy?

I don't think the NL can beat the Royals. I could be wrong.

 

I think the Mets defense can shut down the Royals enough

I think the Mets defense can shut down the Royals enough

 

That's true.

This is the same Royals team that the Sox demolished in a 3-game sweep not too long ago, I wouldn't count out anybody in this sport.

Shark or Buehrle come to mind, haha.