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2014 World Series. Giants - Royals


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2014 World Series. Giants vs. Royals  

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  1. 1. Who do you think will win the World Series ?

    • San Francisco Giants
    • Kansas City Royals


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The Giants in 6 games. The Royals will have a tougher time against our pitching. their running game was successful against weaker catchers this postseason, and Posey is a premier catcher behind the plate, and our pitchers are difficult to get a jump on aside from Lincecum. And the Royals scored a lot of runs against underperforming pitchers this postseason. The Giants know how to win games even when they struggle for offense, and they have a knack for taking advantage of the opposing teams miscues.

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The Royals are dangerous but the Giants have past WS experience and, at least on paper, a better chance to win. But so did everybody who played KC before.

I'd put my mone on the Royals just because of everything they've done this past month. It's hard to stop a team like that. Should be interesting to watch.

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Even though I don't have a pony in this race, the timely hitting of the Giants will prevail in this potentially brilliant series. I see a game 7 with a walk off by the Giants in the 10th for a 6-5 WS victory and a stunned but stoic George Brett in attendance. :) Gonna ask my sweetie to add some onion rings to the beef franks this coming Tuesday!

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Royals have this magical thing called momentum, they haven't lost a game since Sept. 27. Good luck on stopping that train, because it's running full speed. Not to mention that Kansas City has home field advantage. I think that will be the deciding factor in this one. Royals win in 5

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  • 2 weeks later...
Bumgarner's workhorse effort lands World Series MVP honor

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Madison Bumgarner was named MVP of the World Series after leading the Giants to their third title in five years.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Madison Bumgarner was limbering up at Kauffman Stadium this week, getting loose with his San Francisco teammates near the dugout, when Tim Hudson and Michael Morse sneaked up from behind and playfully ruffled the pitcher's long, scraggly locks.

That was way too hairy for Bumgarner. He quickly spun and playfully sparred with his pals.

They were about only ones who could touch Bumgarner in this World Series.

"Yeah, it was hopeless," Kansas City manager Ned Yost admitted.

The 25-year-old Bumgarner capped off a performance for the ages and earned MVP honors Wednesday night, pitching five scoreless innings of relief in Game 7 as the Giants held off the Kansas City Royals 3-2.

Moments after he retired Salvador Perez on a foul pop with a runner on third base for the final out, Bumgarner insisted he wasn't worn down. About a half-hour later, he felt a bit differently.

"I can't lie to you anymore. I'm tired," he said.

Bumgarner earned a sensational save to go along with two sparkling wins as a starter in the Series, the first pitcher to do that in a Series since Randy Johnson in 2001. That on top of being MVP of the NL Championship Series and pitching a record 52 2-3 innings in this postseason.

A tremendous accomplishment, but hard to tell from watching the 6-foot-5 lefty or listening to him. He shows virtually no emotion on the mound, and seems to be the only person unimpressed by what he's done.

"He's such a humble guy, and we rode him pretty good," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.

"It's historic what this kid has done," he said. "Really, truly amazing."

After winning the opener with seven impressive innings, Bumgarner threw a shutout in Game 5. And when the Royals forced a Game 7, there was little doubt that the guy called MadBum would be called on to pitch one more.

But five innings? Who would've believed that?

"Innings, I wasn't thinking about innings or pitch count. I was just thinking about getting outs, getting outs until I couldn't get them anymore and we needed someone else," Bumgarner said. "Fortunately was able to get some quick innings and I was able to stay in there."

Bumgarner boosted his World Series stats to numbers never seen before: 5-0 with an 0.25 ERA, along with three championship rings. In 36 innings, he's allowed just one run and 14 hits, striking out 31 and walking five.

Catcher Buster Posey said there wasn't much conversation on the bench with Bochy, pitching coach Dave Righetti and Bumgarner about how long he'd stay on the mound.

"Not much of anything. I think everybody could see how good he was," Posey said. "They weren't putting great swings on him."

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