Mets Fans Stunned As Their Team Trails Royals 3-1

I don’t care who you are.  If you’re a diehard fan of any team losing a big game hurts.  I’ve had my heart broken countless times as a Braves fan.  I’ll never forget the dirty play of Minnesota Twins first baseman Kent Hrbek in Game 2 of the 1991 World Series.  Ron Gant had knocked a single to left field in the third inning.  As he rounded first base, Twins pitcher Kevin Tapani threw the ball behind Gant to Hrbek.  Rather than just tagging him he literally used his weight to wrestle Gant off the base by wrapping his arm around his leg and lifting him off the bag to the delight of Twins fans.  The national television audience and every fan in the Metrodome saw what Hrbek did but Umpire Drew Coble ruled Gant out.  To this day I still do a slow burn over that controversial play.

A string of miscues by the Mets last night in the eighth inning has the boys from the Big Apple in a huge hole trailing the Royals three games to one.  I think the Royals are unstoppable now and last night’s eighth inning sealed the deal.

The first pitch for Game 5 will be at 8:15 PM ET from Citi Field and can be seen on the big FOX.

GO ROYALS!

2015 World Series Game Four: Trick Or Treat Tonight?

After getting back in the series with a 9-3 win in Game 3, the Mets take on the Royals in Game 4 of the World Series.  The first pitch is at 8:07 PM ET from Citi Field on the big FOX.

The Mets will be counting on the arm of Steven Matz to pitch some magic against the feisty Royals.  Chris Young, who pitched three scoreless innings in Game 1, will start for the boys from Kansas City.

Will the Mets win tonight’s game or will they be tricked?  The game should be Spooktacular.

GO ROYALS!

2015 World Series: Game Two

Tonight we have Game Two of the 2015 World Series.  Last night’s 14-inning marathon began with a first-pitch, first-inning inside-the-park home run off Mets’ ace Matt Harvey.  The last time a World Series saw an inside-the-park home run was back in 1929.

Alcides Escobar’s crushing hit grabbed the heartstrings of Royals’ fan and captured the imagination of 40.6 million viewers who watched last night’s game.  There was also an infuriating 4-minute power outage and a ninth-inning solo homer by Royals’ left fielder Alex Gordon to tie the game in the ninth inning after Eric Hosmer committed a fielding error giving the Mets the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth.

In the 14th inning Hosmer walked up to the dish.  The ducks were on the pond and the Mets infield, in the fierce urgency of now, was at the edge of the infield to defend against a bases-loaded jam.  Hosmer smacked a sacrifice fly to drive in the man who started it all, Alcides Escobar, for the winning run.

GO ROYALS!

2015 World Series: Take The Crown Royals!

I don’t really have a dog in this fight, but since this is a bye week for my beloved Alabama Crimson Tide before the monster clash with the LSU Tigers, I’ll be watching the World Series and rootin’ hard for the Royals.

I’m actually a diehard Braves fan.  Having retired last year, 2015 afforded me the joy of being able to watch nearly every game on TV and enjoying a game at the Ted to watch them play the Washington Nationals.

The Mets and the Braves are in the same division, so I can’t pull for them.  That would be treasonous.  So…

GO ROYALS!