2015 World Series: Mets vs. Royals [Royals win World Championship, four games to one]

[1992casey]

[h1]Tuesday, October 27, 2015[/h1]

[h2]Mets (Matt Harvey) vs. Royals (Edinson Vólquez), Game 1[/h2][margin]7:00 PM CDT, Kaufman Stadium, Kansas City

TV: FOX

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Royals win, 5-4, 14 innings; Royals lead series, 1-0

Mets at Royals Game 1 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[hr=60][/hr]

[h1]Wednesday, October 28, 2015[/h1]

[h2]Mets (Jacob deGrom) vs. Royals (Johnny Cueto), Game 2[/h2][margin]7:00 PM CDT, Kaufman Stadium, Kansas City

TV: FOX

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Royals win, 7-1; Royals lead series, 2-0

Mets at Royals Game 2 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[hr=60][/hr]

[h1]Friday, October 30, 2015[/h1]

[h2]Royals (Yordano Ventura) vs. Mets (Noah Syndergaard), Game 3[/h2][margin]7:00 PM CDT, Citi Field, New York

TV: FOX

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Mets win, 9-3; Royals lead series, 2-1

Royals at Mets Game 3 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[hr=60][/hr]

[h1]Saturday, October 31, 2015[/h1]

[h2]Royals (Chris Young) vs. Mets (Steven Matz), Game 4[/h2][margin]7:00 PM CDT, Citi Field, New York

TV: FOX

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Royals win, 5-3; Royals lead series, 3-1

Royals at Mets Game 4 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[hr=60][/hr]

[h1]Sunday, November 1, 2015[/h1]

[h2]Royals (Edinson Vólquez) vs. Mets (Matt Harvey), Game 5[/h2][margin]7:00 PM CST, Citi Field, New York

TV: FOX

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Royals win, 7-2, 12 innings; Royals win series, 4-1

Royals at Mets Game 5 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[1992casey]

[cite]Meet the Mets[/cite]

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTLmDuhV3AQ

 

[cite]We are the Royals[/cite]

 

[Invader3K]

Go Royals!

[EauClaireNWL]

As well as the Mets have been playing, I don't think the long layoff is going to benefit them much. KC is playing just as well and are going to want to redeem themselves for their Game 7 loss to SF last season. KC Yosts in 6.

[1992casey]

It's strange not having any baseball for three days after having a barrage of it over the past couple of weeks.

 

As tmwiese55 pointed out in the Championship Series thread, the Mets' rotation is so good that there isn't any real need to "reset" it. KC's rotation is good too, and while they're more likely to benefit somewhat by resetting, they have plenty of time to do it. I think the layoffs will likely have about an equal effect on each team.

[1992casey]

Still no word on the Royals' rotation. Nedly says, "I’m just being a little bit of a punk." We should hear about the rotation when Media Day occurs today.

 

Royals manager Ned Yost keeps mum on World Series pitching rotation

[pacopete4]

Ned! Back to back World Series appearances. Hopefully this time he'll win one.

[StearnsFTW]

Go Mets.

 

I don't want to live in a world where Ned has a ring as a manager.

[1992casey]

Mets vs. Royals, Game 1

 

Mets

1. RF Curtis Granderson (L)
   
2. 3B David Wright ®
   
3. 2B Daniel Murphy (L)
   
4. CF Yoenis Céspedes ®
   
5. 1B Lucas Duda (L)
   
6. C Travis d'Arnaud ®
   
7. LF Michael Conforto (L)
   
8. SS Wilmer Flores ®
   
9. DH Kelly Johnson (L)

 

Royals

1. SS Alcides Escobar ®
   
2. 2B Ben Zobrist (S)
   
3. CF Lorenzo Cain ®
   
4. 1B Eric Hosmer (L)
   
5. DH Kendrys Morales (S)
   
6. 3B Mike Moustakas (L)
   
7. C Salvador Pérez ®
   
8. LF Alex Gordon (L)
   
9. RF Alex Ríos ®

[pacopete4]

Royals

1. SS Alcides Escobar ®
   
2. 2B Ben Zobrist (S)
   
3. CF Lorenzo Cain ®
   
4. 1B Eric Hosmer (L)
   
5. DH Kendrys Morales (S)
   
6. 3B Mike Moustakas (L)
   
7. C Salvador Pérez ®
   
8. LF Alex Gordon (L)
   
9. RF Alex Ríos ®

 

Brewers

1. SS Arcia ®
   
2. 2B Scooter (L)
   
3. RF Ryan Braun ®
   
4. 1B Adam Lind (L)
   
5. C Jonathan Lucrow®
   
6. 3B Free Agent/Trade (L-R-S)
   
7. LF Davis ®
   
8. CF Phillips (L)

 

Lineups are almost interchangeable. Put a lights out bullpen and a competent starting rotation around either lineups and they are a good squad.

[1992casey]

The FOX TV feed has pooped out. I'm listening to the Royals' radio broadcast, and there's a game delay. The guys have no clue what's going on, but they're speculating that replay might be out too.

[Patrick425]

Very strange....of course can't help but immediately think of possible "shenanigans" by hackers. Probably not, but who knows?

[Dragonbait]

The fox broadcast just got a lot better. No Joe buck.

[1992casey]

At this moment, there's a picture of the international feed on FOX, but no sound. MLB.TV is providing both picture and sound from the international feed (Matt Vasgersian, et. al.).

[Baldkin]

Leadoff double... have a guy bunt who didn't have a sac bunt all season. Nedly gonna Ned.

[jerichoholicninja]

Leadoff double... have a guy bunt who didn't have a sac bunt all season. Nedly gonna Ned.

 

I had just earlier this evening tried to explain to my wife why Yost is such a bad manager. We turn the game on to see Cain trying to bunt a guy to third base with no outs. There you go.

[FidoMcCokefiend]

Yost's teams could win the next 5 World Series and it still won't change the fact that he is a moron.

[The stache]

What a great AB from Wilmer Flores. Awesome plate discipline, fouling back one pitch after another, then drawing a walk.

 

It will be interesting to watch Flores and Zack Wheeler from a distance. I think they'll both be very, very good players.

[DocLuna7]

What a great start to the World Series last night. I am looking forward to this being a really fun series regardless of the outcome.

[nate82]

That was a great game last night! But wow talk about going from happy to sad in mere seconds for Volquez. Starting game 1 of the World Series to finding out your father died.

 

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/k-zone/article41631954.html

[1992casey]

Mets vs. Royals, Game 2

 

Mets

1. RF Curtis Granderson (L)
   
2. 3B David Wright ®
   
3. 2B Daniel Murphy (L)
   
4. LF Yoenis Céspedes ®
   
5. 1B Lucas Duda (L)
   
6. C Travis d'Arnaud ®
   
7. DH Michael Conforto (L)
   
8. SS Wilmer Flores ®
   
9. RF Juan Lagares ®

 

Royals

1. SS Alcides Escobar ®
   
2. 2B Ben Zobrist (S)
   
3. CF Lorenzo Cain ®
   
4. 1B Eric Hosmer (L)
   
5. DH Kendrys Morales (S)
   
6. 3B Mike Moustakas (L)
   
7. C Salvador Pérez ®
   
8. LF Alex Gordon (L)
   
9. RF Alex Ríos ®

[Thurston Fluff]

Gonna be hard to top last night. Wonder who the extra innings hurts more. The Mets don't have nearly the bullpen the Royals do but if both pens get thin the Mets superior starting pitching might negate that advantage. Last night I saw Bartolo Colon for the first time this year when he as warming up in the pen. My first thought was why were they showing Don Zimmer warming up?

[trwi7]

Am I the only one that thinks Colon looks like Gaddafi?

[Polish Falcons]

De Grom is throwing too many pitches in the zone. He needs to throw some balls to keep them guessing.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Alcides Escobar might be a decidedly mediocre player, but he is absolutely owning October.

 

He already took the ALCS MVP, and now he's putting in a strong case for WS MVP as well.