Tuesday, October 27, 2015

World Series Game One Open Thread


The New York Mets have had five days off and have made the trip to Missouri to face off with the Kansas City Royals in the 2015 World Series. After the American League won the 2015 All-Star Game this season the AL earned home-field advantage in the series meaning four of the potential seven games in this series will be played inside KC's Kauffman Stadium. The first game of those potential seven games comes in just about an hour on FOX.

Here's your thread for the night, World Series Game One thread. Enjoy and Go Royals.. I guess.

Watch Game 6 of the 1986 World Series


The "Bill Buckner Game" was probably more enjoyable to watch than this one because of the historical impact, well that and the continuation of the Curse of the Bambino, but this one will do as well as the New York Mets clinch the 1986 World Series victory over the Boston Red Sox. 

Watch Game 7 of the 1985 World Series


The game the Kansas City Royals won to clinch the 1985 World Series over the St. Louis Cardinals. 

MLB the Last Time the Kansas City Royals Won the World Series


The last time the Kansas City Royals won the World Series was the 1985 season, the year I was born, and boy have things changed since then. Before the 2015 version of the Kansas City Royals face off with the latest edition of the New York Mets let's take a look at what the state of Major League Baseball looked like the last time the Kansas City Royals won the World Series in 1985.

Kansas City won the American League West Division over the California Angels by just one game to reach the postseason and faced off with the mega-team of the American League in the Toronto Blue Jays with 99 victories. Meanwhile the St. Louis Cardinals led Major League Baseball in victories in 1985 with 101 victories winning the National League East Division by three games over the New York Mets.

For the first time ever the ALCS and NLCS were a best-of-seven series and the Kansas City Royals took on the Toronto Blue Jays while the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers faced off in the National League. Kansas City defeated Toronto in seven games to reach the World Series while it took St. Louis just six games to send the Dodgers home for the long winter.

It took seven games but Brett Saberhagen and the Kansas City Royals took care of business on the road to win the 1985 World Series. Kansas City was on top of the baseball world.



The 1985 season was generally business as usual but Pete Rose did break Ty Cobb's all-time Major League hits record with his 4,192nd hit of his career. On September 11, 1985 Rose became the hit king while Don Mattingly of the Yankees and Willie McGee of the Cardinals won the AL and NL MVP awards. Meanwhile Bret Saberhagen of the Royals and Dwight Gooden of the Mets won their respective Cy Young Awards in 1985 while Ozzie Guillen of the White Sox and Vince Coleman of the Cardinals won the Rookies of the Year awards in the league.

A lot has changed since the 1985 season and a lot has changed since either the Kansas City Royals or the New York Mets won a World Series but, sticking with the common thread of this article, that is about to change. Tune in tonight as the 2015 World Series kicks off inside Kauffman Stadium.

MLB the Last Time the New York Mets Won the World Series


The last time the New York Mets won the World Series was the 1986 season and boy have things changed since then. Before the 2015 version of the New York Mets face off with the latest edition of the Kansas City Royals let's take a look at what the state of Major League Baseball looked like the last time the New York Mets won the World Series in 1986.

In 1986 the Mets were the super team of the league winning 108 games while winning the National League East Division by 21.5 games of the Philadelphia Phillies. Meanwhile in the American League the Boston Red Sox won the American League East Division with 95 victories and won the American League pennant setting up the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets World Series of 1986.

We all remember the ball that "got through Buckner" giving the Mets the championship, it was a great moment and a great piece of Major League history. Ray Knight jumping into his teammates arms, the Mets were World Series champions and the Red Sox were still cursed.



Some of the highlights from the 1986 season was Roger Clemens striking out 20 batters in a game on April 29, San Diego Padres manager Steve Boros was ejected before the first pitch of the game after showing the umpire a video of a controversial call from the night before on June, 6 and on Opening Day 1986 at Tiger Stadium the Boston Red Sox leadoff man Dwight Evans hit a home run off Tigers starter Jack Morris on the first pitch of the Major League season.

Roger Clemens and Mike Schmidt won the AL and NL MVP Awards while Clemens also took home the AL Cy Young Award. In the NL Mike Scott of the Houston Astros won the Cy Young Award for his league. Jose Canseco of the A's and Todd Worrell of the Cardinals won the Rookie of the Year Awards for their respective leagues while the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award went to the Yankees righty Dave Righetti and Todd Worrell of the St. Louis Cardinals.

A lot has changed since the 1986 season and a lot has changed since either the Kansas City Royals or the New York Mets won a World Series but, sticking with the common thread of this article, that is about to change. Tune in tonight as the 2015 World Series kicks off inside Kauffman Stadium.

Weekly AFL Check In: Gary Sanchez


Gary Sanchez ended the 2015 minor league season on a high note, before the hamstring injury of course, and that high note earned him a September call up and his Major League debut in September. The time for Sanchez may be now and the Yankees realize this which led the team to send Sanchez to the Arizona Fall League along with a slew of his teammates to the Surprise Saguaros. Sanchez, along with yesterday's check in Tyler Austin, will have all the Yankees eyes on him this fall so what's a few more eyes being added here on the blog.


Gary Sanchez

Games: 7
At Bats: 30
AVG: .467
OBP: .469
SLG: .933
OPS: 1.402
H: 14
HR: 4
RBI: 14
BB: 1
K: 3

This Day In New York Yankees History 10/27: 1999 Yankees Win!


On this day in 1999 the Yankees completed a sweep of their second consecutive World Series beating the Braves in four games. Roger Clemens led the Yankees to the 4-1 victory in Game 4 that ended the Fall Classic. The Braves become only the second team in World Series history joining the 1910-1919 New York Giants to lose four World Series in one decade.

Also on this day in 1954 Joe DiMaggio and his wife Marilyn Monroe decided to get a divorce after just 274 days as a married couple. This was a disaster waiting to happen from the beginning as this was well known to be a stormy marriage. Marilyn filed the papers citing mental cruelty as the reasoning. Say it ain't so Joe.