Congrats to the Royals!

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The Jays would have been swept by the Mets anyway. If Harvey/Syndergaard made the Royals lineup look mostly clueless in 2 games I cannot imagine Toronto with their strikeout machine lineup would have fared too well.

Yes, just like how you predicted the Mets would sweep the Royals or beat them in 5 at worst. I really value and respect your insight and opinion

 

[TNT87]

it's absolutely crazy how they refuse to go away and make a comeback at anytime but there is no way i could even show a little respect for that team. biggest group of punks on one team i've ever seen.

and this has nothing at all to do with the WC game last season. it's the frat guy mentality and the hypocrisy of that bunch that makes them so hateable

I didn't find them to be dislikable in the least. I like how they played.

 

[td_ice]

Way to go Royals, the comeback kids!

One of the more enjoyable post seasons for me to view. And for me, the Royals rank up there with the great world series teams. Not in terms of individual players/stars, but as a "team", for how they won. What a ride for Royals fans, I'm happy for you. What a season.

 

[BMOK33]

Yes, just like how you predicted the Mets would sweep the Royals or beat them in 5 at worst. I really value and respect your insight and opinion

They pretty much did exactly that too. I think the Mets led for something like 41 of the 49 innings in the series.

 

[BMOK33]

it's absolutely crazy how they refuse to go away and make a comeback at anytime but there is no way i could even show a little respect for that team. biggest group of punks on one team i've ever seen.

and this has nothing at all to do with the WC game last season. it's the frat guy mentality and the hypocrisy of that bunch that makes them so hateable

They are not as bad as the Blue Jays. I didn't see Gordon pimp his homerun or anyone else showboat. They just have several guys with hard attitude but they are probably more likeable than Toronto. Believe me, if the Mets played them Syndergaard probably would have killed someone.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

They pretty much did exactly that too. I think the Mets led for something like 41 of the 49 innings in the series.

I guess it's too bad for the Mets that baseball games are 9 innings long and not 6 or 7.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I didn't find them to be dislikable in the least. I like how they played.

Not too many A's fans like them for multiple reasons.

Respect, yes. Like? **** no.

 

[John Price]

Why not? Because of their fight with the A's? Literally the only team they have had a problem with?

They didn't do anything controversial in the postseason. They just showed an amazing amount of heart and grit and never say die attitude. No team rallied as late as they did so consistently.

 

[BMOK33]

Why not? Because of their fight with the A's? Literally the only team they have had a problem with?

They didn't do anything controversial in the postseason. They just showed an amazing amount of heart and grit and never say die attitude. No team rallied as late as they did so consistently.

They overreacted a bit to the Syndergaard pitch. I think the combination of Escobar going to the ground because he initially took a huge step into the pitch because he intended to swing (shoooooockiiiiing) and their angle of view from the dugout made them think it was way closer than it was. I'm guessing once they saw it later they realized oops but they had to continue to stick up for Escobar so they couldn't suddenly say oh it wasn't as bad as we thought.

 

[John Price]

I'm biased but I'm happy for them as they did beat a bitter NL East rival.

 

[Halladay]

We're all biased.

 

[darko]

Why not? Because of their fight with the A's? Literally the only team they have had a problem with?

They didn't do anything controversial in the postseason. They just showed an amazing amount of heart and grit and never say die attitude. No team rallied as late as they did so consistently.

They've had a beef with Toronto.

Also feels like I'm missing someone.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

I didn't find them to be dislikable in the least. I like how they played.

Outside of my team, I shouldn't find anyone likeable. I truly condone the "**** all of you" attitude. I guess that's just me being a fan of teams that are universally disliked.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Why not? Because of their fight with the A's? Literally the only team they have had a problem with?

They didn't do anything controversial in the postseason. They just showed an amazing amount of heart and grit and never say die attitude. No team rallied as late as they did so consistently.

They had beef with the Angels, A's, Jays and O's this year. Let's not pretend the A's was their only incident.

 

[darko]

Yup O's is the team I couldn't remember. Don't recall Angels but then again there was so many incidents that it's hard to keep track of them.

 

[Terry Yake]

Why not? Because of their fight with the A's? Literally the only team they have had a problem with?

They didn't do anything controversial in the postseason. They just showed an amazing amount of heart and grit and never say die attitude. No team rallied as late as they did so consistently.

The A's were the only team they had a problem with?

You forgot the Angels, White Sox, Blue Jays, and Orioles too.

They really are a great team and like I said, the fact that they just don't go away really is remarkable but a team can't pull the crap they did that many times during the season and expect the utmost respect from the baseball community.

 

[darko]

If Ventura threw at Nats he'd remember.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Forgot about Shark throwing at them. He really liked his short time with the A's and wasn't happy with the Royals after they played the A's.

Royals should keep playing and thinking thisbway if it works, though.

 

[John Price]

Huh? Multiple small-market teams have won the WS in the past 20 years.

This.

I always enjoy hearing this argument from people who get upset that small market teams don't win and that major markets / major spenders win in MLB all the time. How much did the Red Sox spend last offseason? What results did they reap? Did they win the Series? Did they even finish above .500? The Cubs for years spent mercilessly in a major market and didn't do ****.

This is not the NBA. Small market teams have the capability to compete. So don't claim that the small market man has finally won against the evil big markets. Because it has been going on for YEARS.

 

[Halladay]

Forgot about Shark throwing at them. He really liked his short time with the A's and wasn't happy with the Royals after they played the A's.

Royals should keep playing and thinking thisbway if it works, though.

He got into it with them in April, well before the Lawrie slide.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

He got into it with them in April, well before the Lawrie slide.

The Lawrie slide was in April...

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

A's played the Royals Apr 17-19 and the White sox did Apr 23-26. Both incidents occurred then.

 

[Halladay]

The Lawrie slide was in April...

Yeah, he hit Cain (which he thought was intentional) the first game of the year. I highly doubt he got into it with the Royals a few weeks later because of Lawrie's slide. That is the game where Ventura told Adam Eaton to **** off.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

You're right. The 23rd was when Shark tried to fight them. I'm sure there was a whole lotta dislike to go around.

 

[Fish on The Sand]

They had beef with the Angels, A's, Jays and O's this year. Let's not pretend the A's was their only incident.

You forgot the Indians.