Month: October 2015

Alex Gordon | Conniption Shot

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10/27/2015- Conniption Shots don’t come much bigger than this one.  Alex Gordon tied Game 1 of the 2015 World Series, in the bottom of the ninth, by hitting a Jeurys Familia pitch into an absolute CONNIPTION.

I’m quite certain Eric Hosmer, whose error in the eighth gave the Mets the lead, was happier than Gordon and I don’t blame him.  The media was trying to hang the “Bill Buckner” monicker on him before the game was over.

For Tigers fans, remember when we used to see Jose Miguel Cabrera hit balls into a Conniption like Gordon did? And in key situations. I hope those days aren’t over.

Blog Help…

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This is a question to Mike from Minoring in Baseball, or anybody else that might be reading this blog.  I want to change the theme of this blog back to an official MLB wordpress theme.  The problem is, I want to add my custom header and I can’t figure out how to do it.  I know it can be done but I can’t find any wordpress help on how.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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Royals Back to the Series

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With Toronto’s loss I’m out of my pool but I don’t care.  This is the match up I wanted to see.  Although Granderson is my favorite player and I’d like to see him get a ring, I like the Royals too, so I don’t really care who wins this series.  I’m just looking forward to watching it.

What about this game winning run by Lorenzo Cain?  He scores from first, on a single, with nobody out in the bottom of the eighth.

Is Curtis Granderson the Mets MVP?

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Perhaps, says USA Today.

Hat Tip: William Wallace

NEW YORK –  The Terry Collins press conference has been a highlight of this 2015 postseason, the Mets manager presiding over a realm that so often in the club’s past has been little more than strategically explaining futility.

But even within this new world, Collins visibly brightens when Curtis Granderson comes up. It happens infrequently, and Collins appreciates the chance to sing the virtues of a steady performer often overshadowed by the powerful Yoenis Cespedes or folk hero Wilmer Flores or all those Mets pitchers with their flying fastballs.

“Curtis Granderson, he’s just one of those quiet guys that goes about his job,” Collins said Sunday, prior to Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. “I tell all the young players that come up here: ‘If you handle the game like Curtis Granderson does because you’re talented, you’re going to be successful, because he never has a bad day.’

Sark, I hope you’re wrong about he Mets’ long layoff but I was thinking the same thing.  This looks a lot like what happened to the Tigers in 2006 and 2012, as you said in your comment.

We shall see.

David Wright | Flashin’ Leather

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10/21/2015 – David Wright flashes leather at third to snuff out any thoughts of a Cubs rally in game four of the National League Championship Series.

So far I got half of my World Series prediction right and I’m hoping I get the other half wrong.  I’m pulling for a Mets-Royals World Series.  The more I see of the Blue Jays the more I can’t stand them.  They whine and complain about every strike called against them.