Brian Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Tuesday at 7pm CT: Oakland A's (Jon Lester 16-11, 2.46) at Kansas City Royals (James Shields 14-8, 3.21) Wednesday Night at 7pm CT: San Francisco Giants (Madison Bumgarner 18-10, 2-98) at Pittsburgh Pirates (Edison Volquez 13-7, 3.04) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 AL game is on TBS on Tuesday. NL game is on ESPN Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingandalongonetoleft Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Damn, thought they were both tonight. Excited nevertheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettie4sox Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I took the Royals and Giants in a parlay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Richard Justice @richardjustice 17m17 minutes ago A's .433 (29-38) winning percentage since All-Star Break is lowest ever for a playoff team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingandalongonetoleft Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 30, 2014 -> 12:15 PM) Richard Justice @richardjustice 17m17 minutes ago A's .433 (29-38) winning percentage since All-Star Break is lowest ever for a playoff team. Knowing that, they'll probably waltz right in to the World Series. Nothing would surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalls2598 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Dunn finally gets to the playoffs......and he's not playing, per Rotoworld: Adam Dunn is not in the starting lineup for Tuesday's Wild Card game against the Royals. Dunn is in the playoffs for the first time in his long career, but it looks like he'll be limited to pinch-hitter duty. The full lineup hasn't been announced yet, but Geovany Soto will catch Jon Lester while Brandon Moss will serve as DH and Sam Fuld will play left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabiness42 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Dunn finally gets to the playoffs......and he's not playing, per Rotoworld: Adam Dunn is not in the starting lineup for Tuesday's Wild Card game against the Royals. Dunn is in the playoffs for the first time in his long career, but it looks like he'll be limited to pinch-hitter duty. The full lineup hasn't been announced yet, but Geovany Soto will catch Jon Lester while Brandon Moss will serve as DH and Sam Fuld will play left. Just looked it up, Dunn is hitting 200/300/286 in 40 career PA vs Shields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Stephen Vogt is playing 1b June: .343/.366/.478 July: .357/.393/.571 August: .212/.247/.376 September: .121/.237/.121 He got injured I believe, but it just seems like he had reverted back to his original self the last two months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 A closer look as to why Dunn is not in the lineup http://blog.sfgate.com/athletics/2014/09/3...to-is-catching/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) This is getting ridiculous ... Some Royals fans pissed that Jayson Nix is not playing cause he has good career stats vs. Lester. I don't think Jayson Nix is the answer over Mike (I cant' hit, either) Moustakas. Colon is the bat I might have inserted over Moose. I'm feeling a 5-1 A's victory. Another prediction. Royals fans, known the most of late for booing Robinson Cano at the All-Star game after booing Bill Self and Matt Cassel the day before in the all-star celebrity softball game, will boo tonight when Yost bunts in the first inning. It's reached legendary status here. Fans outraged when Yost goes for the sac bunt in any situation. KC will lose, Beane will be praised and Yost will be blamed is my prediction. Edited September 30, 2014 by greg775 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 30, 2014 -> 04:49 PM) This is getting ridiculous ... Some Royals fans pissed that Jayson Nix is not playing cause he has good career stats vs. Lester. I don't think Jayson Nix is the answer over Mike (I cant' hit, either) Moustakas. Colon is the bat I might have inserted over Moose. I'm feeling a 5-1 A's victory. Another prediction. Royals fans, known the most of late for booing Robinson Cano at the All-Star game after booing Bill Self and Matt Cassel the day before in the all-star celebrity softball game, will boo tonight when Yost bunts in the first inning. It's reached legendary status here. Fans outraged when Yost goes for the sac bunt in any situation. KC will lose, Beane will be praised and Yost will be blamed is my prediction. When you have the 2005 White Sox bullpen and an offense without any huge run producers, scoring to take an early 1-0 lead is usually quite smart, especially at home. It's not like the A's are loaded with consistent offensive weapons either, not after they dealt Cespedes and Donaldson/Moss slumped for most of the 2nd half. If I'm a Royals fan, I want an early lead to put pressure on the A's and/or a 1 or 2 run lead going into the 6th or 7th...and I'd feel extremely confident about winning this one. Royals fans, of late, went to an open batting practice in the thousands, sold out against the Tigers for a late September weekend series and also rocked Arrowhead despite it being a Chiefs' game. Edited September 30, 2014 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 I kinda want to see Shields get ripped since his "Big Game" moniker isn't really accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingandalongonetoleft Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I would liked for Adam Dunn to be in the lineup, but putting the C with the best shot at muting KC's running game is a good idea to me. I think KC wins, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSox13 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Looks like Oakland made the right call going with Moss at DH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGajewski18 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I'd still love to see Shields between Sale and Quintana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautox Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 KC on the board after a butler single men on 1st and 3rd 2 out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Lester coughs it up. All KC runs w/ 2 outs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlackSox8 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Shields is about to put it on cruise control... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaconOnAStick Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Do not like taking the ball out of Shield's hands here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Yost should get fired for that decision. Can't believe he brought in Ventura instead of Herrera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2nd_city_saint787 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 QUOTE (BaconOnAStick @ Sep 30, 2014 -> 08:56 PM) Do not like taking the ball out of Shield's hands here. Ya don't say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 30, 2014 -> 08:59 PM) Yost should get fired for that decision. Can't believe he brought in Ventura instead of Herrera. Personally I would have just kept Shields in, but yeah, just an awful move to bring the rookie starter right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Guess it's easy to say that Yost panicked there a little bit pulling Shields in the 6th...but hindsight is always 20/20. 2-0 fastballs. Doesn't matter how hard you throw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 30, 2014 -> 07:59 PM) Yost should get fired for that decision. Can't believe he brought in Ventura instead of Herrera. Hopefully this won't turn him into another Rick Ankiel...hard to put this behind him psychologically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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