OT Congrats to the KC Royals

[dabigyankeeman]

I prefered the good old days when KC was like a farm team for the Yankees.

Right now I am rooting for Orioles and Giants, if it winds up a KC-Cards world series, boy, I am not gonna have much intrest in that one!

I never was one to root for the underdog, i guess thats because i grew up in NY a Yankee fan in the 50's and 60's when i saw my team dominate for a long time.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by dabigyankeeman

Right now I am rooting for Orioles and Giants...I never was one to root for the underdog

Quite the contradiction. The Giants are the underdogs. The Giants actually have the worst regular season record of the four remaining teams. They were a wild card team.

[AMBST95]

KC is just having everything go their way. I've seen more broken bat bloop hits these last two games then I have in a long time. I was at the game Friday night and felt half sick. The O's need some better starting pitching and need to get up early in one of these games. The KC bullpen has been lights out.

[dabigyankeeman]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

Quite the contradiction. The Giants are the underdogs. The Giants actually have the worst regular season record of the four remaining teams. They were a wild card team.

I was thinking of KC really when i mentioned the underdog. The Giants i am for due to their New York roots anyway, same with the Brooklyn, er i mean Los Angeles Dodgers.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by dabigyankeeman

I was thinking of KC really when i mentioned the underdog. The Giants i am for due to their New York roots anyway, same with the Brooklyn, er i mean Los Angeles Dodgers.

Well the match up you're against is the one I am for. I want to see a KC-STL match up. I grew up watching KC from Omaha, and now I am in StLouis so I am all for it.

[dabigyankeeman]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

Well the match up you're against is the one I am for. I want to see a KC-STL match up. I grew up watching KC from Omaha, and now I am in StLouis so I am all for it.

Maybe we will get a mix, say KC vs Giants.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by dabigyankeeman

Maybe we will get a mix, say KC vs Giants.

Wow for not being an underdog fan you sure pick 'em.

[dabigyankeeman]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

Wow for not being an underdog fan you sure pick 'em.

Didnt say i WANTED that matchup, but thought it would be a compromise for those who want an all middle-of-the-country world series.

[Ladder7]

[barrysloate]

American League Champions, and undefeated in the post season. Wow!

[tedzan]

Plus, didn't they just beat the two teams with the most WINS in the AL this year ?

Or did California & Baltimore have the most WINS in the Majors this year ? ?

I'm rooting for KC to go all the way.

TED Z
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[HRBAKER]

Unreal to this point.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by Ladder7

That sweatshirt is awesome! Congrat Royals and Royals fans. Hope we join you guys tomorrow night. If so, I've got sights set on game 1 in KC with the in-laws and family friends... then back to SF for the weekend. It would be really cool to see these two ultra scrappy teams square off.

That said, I'm definitely not taking this current NLCS for granted, 3-1 lead and all, and know the Giants are gonna have to close out a very good Cards team. I know all to well how quickly 3-1 can flip the other way.

[clydepepper]

I can't wait to see Tim Collins pitch...if they ever use him...does anyone know if he's on the Series roster?

Collins was Braves property very briefly before being dealt to the Royals - he got into a few games in the Minors and then he was gone.

[Rickyy]

Cool story...congrats to the Royals and all their loyal fans. It took awhile, but all of the nice young talent they have accumulated is starting to pay off!

Ricky Y

[ramram]

I've been a die-hard Royals fan all my life and was fortunate to get to go to playoff and World Series games in '80 and '85. My fear was that my kids would grow up and never experience that joy. Well, they made it (20, 20 and 16 years old) barely. What made it even more fun was that my son got placed on the KC Royal's Scout team this Fall which made him feel like he was just a tiny, tiny piece of this big joy ride.

Rob M

My only complaint is that saving your ticket stub just isn't the same anymore when they're 8 1/2 x 11 pieces of paper -

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[icollectDCsports]

The run by the Royals is just amazing. Glad for all of their long-suffering fans. (And ramram, I completely agree concerning the lack of real ticket stubs. Sad that they're largely extinct. Computer printouts just aren't the same.)

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by ramram

My only complaint is that saving your ticket stub just isn't the same anymore when they're 8 1/2 x 11 pieces of paper -

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This was my biggest issues the last few years. Tickets are becoming rare because of this. In 2011 I bought St.Louis Cardinals World Series tickets for game 1 and 7. I had to resell the game 1 and that ability to transfer the ticket via email made it easier, but I still kept a printout.

For game 7 I wanted a hard ticket and requested it that way, but when I picked it up from the Office it was a plain ticket (similar to regular season) that didn't look like the World Series tickets you associate with the game.
This version I am sure is rare but since it lacks any wording about Word Series or game 7 it just isn't very fun to display.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by ramram

I've been a die-hard Royals fan all my life and was fortunate to get to go to playoff and World Series games in '80 and '85. My fear was that my kids would grow up and never experience that joy. Well, they made it (20, 20 and 16 years old) barely. What made it even more fun was that my son got placed on the KC Royal's Scout team this Fall which made him feel like he was just a tiny, tiny piece of this big joy ride.

Rob M

My only complaint is that saving your ticket stub just isn't the same anymore when they're 8 1/2 x 11 pieces of paper -

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I have been to two WS game (2010 and 2012) and both times insisted that the seller send me the stub. Once via Stub Hub and once via Vivid Seats. Both times the companies contacted the sellers and the sellers agreed. It's worth trying for sure.