MLB 2014 Thread

[Mofoticon]

Stunning news just broke...Oscar Taveras has died.

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 2m2 minutes ago San Francisco, CA

such sad new out of baseball. i am sorry to say Oscar Taveras has been killed in a car accident. reports unfortunately true.

[Magus978]

Complete shocker. Just 22 years old. Eerily similar to the death of former Angels top prospect Nick Adenhart.

Rest in peace, Oscar.

[Meacon Keaton]

Oh man that's awful. Not that it makes a difference but he was going to be a really damn good baseball player. Twenty-two is way too young for anyone to go. That's a shame.

[Your Mom]

That's awful

[The Buscher]

Absolutely terrible news. 22 is no age for anybody to go.

[HC]

Fuck man......horrible news. He had such a bright future too. I though him and Kolten Wong would carry the team in the future. What a tragedy,

[gunnar hendershow]

Terrible, terrible news.

[Lowerdeck]

Sad. So much potential lost so young.

[gunnar hendershow]

Bumgarner is incredible. Win or lose he has to get Series MVP.

[Maxx]

I want the Royals to win, but I would love to see Bumgarner start game 7 and dominate again.

[MalaCloudy Black]

This has been one hell of a series.

[ThaBoss18]

Well while their is a amazing World Series going on, some amazing news for the Cubbies

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/29/report-joe-maddon-and-the-cubs-have-been-in-discussions/

When Maddon first left i thought he might come but its really looking like Maddon might come to Chicago

[Mr. X]

This, this has me excited for what may come.

[Maxx]

Booooo Bumgarner isn't starting, go Royals!

[thatshortguy]

I feel like this one was over when Bumgarner was brought in...but I also feel like nobody's told the Royals that.

The pitching since Madison has come in has been fantastic. Herrera, Bumgarner, and Davis have all put on clinics thus far. I just feel like this will end right as it is now: 3-2, Giants.

[The Buscher]

Missed the first several innings at school. Got home, turned on the TV, and saw Bumgarner was in with a lead and dealing as per usual. Shit

[thatshortguy]

His velocity and location aren't as crisp as usual, but he managed to get in the Royals' heads. They're chasing a lot of cutters inside and breaking balls away.

Likewise, the Giants just cannot catch up to the heat and Davis has managed to paint the edges well thus far.

Edit: Could we please wait on the verbal fellatio for Bumgarner until the game's over? You'd think he paid the announcers off.

[gunnar hendershow]

Kansas City is psychologically destroyed. Bumgarner hasn't been hitting his spots like he was in Games 1 or 5 but KC just looks at him and cowers in fear. 6 outs go, I wonder if he is on the mound for all of them.

Either way, assuming this holds up. Easily the greatest World Series performance of my lifetime and we'll open the debate to where it is all time.

[thatshortguy]

If Bumgarner manages to finish this one out, then we can rank it and do all that hypothetical dancing we tend to do as a species.

I stand by my earlier statement that it will end 3-2, but we ain't there yet.

[The Buscher]

If the Royals do wind up losing (and at this point, I fully expect it)...shit, I haven't felt like this since the Cardinals in Super Bowl 43. Totally different sport, but similar story of a team nobody expected to get that far, nearly pull it off, only to lose to a team that we've recently seen win it all. I mean it shouldn't affect me, they had a hell of a year and have nothing to do with my favorite team. But...shit, I would love for one of these Cinderella stories to actually finish with a happy ending.