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MLB 2014 Postseason |OT| Where Chokes Happen™

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daw840

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Holy shit...as a KC native and diehard chiefs fan I am so fucking happy. I don't really even watch baseball, and the royals have been so bad for so long. Incredibly happy for this.
 
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geeko

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Lol, on mlb at bat app they have the royals recap as them losing with the headline "Royals left feeling blue as rally comes up short."

Lol


Edit: they finally fixed it.
 
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Jack Scofield

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The game synopsis on MLB At Bat says, "Royals Left feeling blue after rally comes up short."

What?

EDIT: Haha, guess I'm not the first person to notice this.
 
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HarryDemeanor

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Lambtron said:
I'm happy for you, Duane!

Fuck the Angels. Go Royals!
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You can't stop Lord Trout. Nobody can.

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Branduil

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Gbpackers31 said:
It's on their website as well. It's actually still there: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_09_30_oakmlb_kcamlb_1#gid=2014_09_30_oakmlb_kcamlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=kc

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LOL amazing how stuff like this always happens.

Royals left feeling blue after rally comes up short
Ventura, in relief of Shields, gives up go-ahead, three-run HR in sixth
By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com | 9/30/2014 10:00 PM ET
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AL WC: Hosmer singles home Cain for a 3-2 lead

KANSAS CITY — A jammed-in crowd shook Kauffman Stadium with blue thunder, releasing its pent-up passion after 28 dry years, trying to push the Royals to another great moment in their return to postseason play. It didn’t happen.

Not that the Royals didn’t give the 40,502 fans jolts of joy, taking an early lead before Oakland’s five-run outburst in the sixth inning pointed the Athletics to a 7-6 victory in the American League Wild Card Game on Tuesday night. Brandon Moss was the main culprit, cracking two home runs for five RBIs. Jon Lester pitched the victory.

The A’s, not Kansas City’s first playoff team since 1985, advance to the American League Division Series against the Los Angeles Angels beginning on Thursday at Anaheim. The Royals’ season is over.

The full house of long-deprived KC fans, clad in blue, gave the Royals a rousing welcome as the pregame introductions were made. "Let’s go, Royals!" they chanted, waving blue towels.

James Shields’ first pitch to the A’s Coco Crisp was a strike, prompting a roar which diminished in a bit when Crisp lined a single to left field. Two outs later, though, the throng was in full-throated thunder — until Moss sent the ball soaring high and far to right field.

Over the bullpen it flew, a two-run homer launched into the seats on Shields’ 0-1 changeup. Moss had hit 25 homers during the regular season.

Then it was the Royals’ turn against Lester, the formidable left-hander who was 9-3 against them in his career. But Alcides Escobar immediately singled, igniting fresh excitement, before Lester got two outs.

Nori Aoki, on base after forcing Escobar, stole second and Eric Hosmer walked. Billy Butler ripped a single to left field, scoring Aoki.

There were probably relatively few in this boisterous crowd that witnessed the last run scored by Kansas City in the postseason. That was when George Brett raced in on a wild pitch in the fifth inning of the 1985 World Series Game 7. Butler’s RBI was the first since Frank White’s single that scored Willie Wilson in that same inning.

But now things got confusing. With Alex Gordon at bat, Butler made a false start toward second, stopped, looked at coach Rusty Kuntz and then lumbered away. Lester threw to the pulled-over shortstop and while Butler was caught in a rundown, Hosmer broke for home but was thrown out by first baseman Stephen Vogt. Catcher Geovany Soto applied the tag easily and the inning was over.

During an in-game TV interview, Royals manager Ned Yost said Butler broke too soon, that he was supposed to wait until Lester delivered to the plate. The hope, apparently, was to give Hosmer time to score.

One other consequence was that Soto injured his left thumb on the play and had to leave the game, replaced by Derek Norris.

The noise meter rose to the deafening level in the third inning as the Royals went ahead, 3-2. Mike Moustakas singled to left, was bunted to second and took third on Aoki’s groundout. Lorenzo Cain ripped an RBI double to left and he scored as Hosmer blooped a single over shortstop.

The "big game" matchup between Lester and Shields ended in the A’s sixth after Sam Fuld’s leadoff single and Josh Donaldson’s walk. Yordano Ventura, usually a starter, was summoned from the bullpen to relieve Shields.

Ventura got behind Moss 2-0 and then delivered a 98-mph fastball that the left-handed hitter sent zooming over the center-field fence an estimated 418 feet away. It was a three-run homer that propelled the A’s into a 5-3 lead.

Moss had just two home runs in his last 154 at-bats during the regular season, but he had two blasts in his first three at-bats in this game.

After Josh Reddick’s single, a wild pitch and a flyout that put Reddick at third, Yost pulled Ventura for Kelvin Herrera, normally his seventh-inning specialist. The manager got a chorus of boos from the crowd as he left the field.

Herrera got Vogt to foul out but Norris singled up the middle and Reddick’s run made it 6-3. Crisp, the ninth batter in the inning, also singled to center for another run.

Shields, in his five-plus innings, threw 88 pitches — his lowest total in his two seasons with the Royals. He gave up four runs, five hits and two walks.

Lester retired 12 straight batters until Omar Infante bunted safely in the seventh. But Lester quickly ended the inning.

Neither the crowd nor the Royals would go quietly. Escobar opened the eighth by reaching base on infield single and then stole second, bringing the roaring fans to their feet. Escobar moved to third as Aoki bounced out, then scored on Cain’s single.

Hosmer’s grounder down the line went off Vogt’s glove but was foul. Cain stole second, Hosmer walked and A’s manager Bob Melvin removed Lester in favor of right-hander Luke Gregerson. Butler drilled a single to right to score Cain and the Royals were within two runs.

Pinch-runner Terrance Gore stole second on the next pitch. And Gregerson’s next pitch went wild, allowing Hosmer to score and putting Gore at third with one out. The place went wild. Gordon walked and stole second as Salvador Perez struck out.

With the tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position, Infante struck out to end the inning.

Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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zulux21

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reggieandTFE said:
Adam Dunn's post season career starts and ends without getting a chance to even bat. I feel for the big guy.
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the best part is this article

DESIGNATED HITTER
After looking as if 2014 would be the most disappointing season in recent memory for Billy Butler, the veteran slugger turned it on in September. He has a hit in eight of his last 10 games and multiple hits in five of them to bring his average for the year up to .271. But Oakland's Adam Dunn may have an extra bit of motivation as the veteran slugger gets his first crack at the playoffs after 14 years in the big leagues. Dunn is a career .200 hitter (with 16 strikeouts and one homer in 35 career at-bats) against Shields, while Butler is hitless against Lester in nine at-bats this year. Advantage: A's
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where dunn not only didn't get the start but the guy who got the start instead was easily the mvp of oak and ruined any chance dunn had to get into the game.

or how about this article

Dunn's not Dunn
Adam Dunn has zero postseason experience in 14 Major League seasons but absolutely 100-percent motivation to take full advantage of his first attempt to get into the Fall Classic and win it all. This may be the veteran's final season, before he's expected to announce his retirement, and what better way to end it than with a ring?
Dunn is hungry for it, perhaps more than anyone, and so are several other A's first-timers in the playoffs -- including Gregerson and Samardzija. These are the intangibles that often define a World Series club.
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as for feeling bad for him.... I don't... not at all... but that is mostly because I watched him swing and miss and ground into double plays in like 50% of his at bats for the last couple years and am just happy he isn't on my team anymore.
 
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Askani

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So many meth addled unwed women are getting impregnated right now it's not even funny. Huge influx of kindergartners named "Salvador" in 6 years confirmed.
 
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