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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 11835697)

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YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS.

So purty.

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Originally Posted by Brainiac (Post 11835691)

After the way Lorenzo Cain won game 6 by scoring from first base on a single with incredible hustle, I was going to troll Hootie with posts like "I'm sure glad Alex Gordon wasn't the runner" and "See what happens when a baserunner busts his ass in a critical situation", but it's just not as much fun since Hootie got himself banned from Chiefsplanet.

Say wut?

What for?

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 11835697)

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AWESOME

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Originally Posted by thurman merman (Post 11835888)

AWESOME

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Any word on who the umpires will be in the World Series?

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The weather up here made it look like those Texas storms are going to move upward and clip KC on Tuesday. What's the local weather saying down there for Tuesday's game?

Probably pack a poncho and some boots to be on the safe side.

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Originally Posted by KCUnited (Post 11836962)

Around 50% chance of rain and mid 50s on Tuesday night. Wednesday no rain and low 50s.

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Originally Posted by KCUnited (Post 11836962)

There might be rain, but Bob Dole doesn't think it's thee same system. Most of if has fallen south of here and is moving east.

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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 11834525)

Two anonymous sources from the Royals told the media that David Price was tipping his changeup, not 100% of the time, but their hitters usually knew when he was about to throw it.

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Originally Posted by kstater (Post 11834530)

There was a decent article posted recently on it. He basically dipped his toe down on delivery.

Yeah, it's in this thread here.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=295590

The toe down thing had to do with whether he was throwing home or making a pick off move to first. Here's the part about tipping his changeup.

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Something caught my eye in the Gordon at-bat. Price threw Gordon a 2-and-2 changeup that was over the plate but down. Gordon barely flinched at it. The fact that it was over the plate and not off the plate—it looked more like a strike, which makes it much harder to dismiss—told me Gordon wasn’t the least bit fooled. (Price would then throw two fastballs, one a good one away that Gordon fouled and another one over the heart of the plate that he ripped for his double.)

I replayed the inning in my head. Moustakas was all over a 2-and-2 changeup from Price—a good pitch that was down and away but that didn’t fool him either. Wait—how many times did Price even throw a 2-and-2 changeup to a lefthanded hitter all year, as he had done to both Gordon and Moustakas? The answer was just 10.

Then I thought about the Hosmer at-bat: a 1-and-1 changeup down and away that he also hit while firmly on balance. How many times did Price throw a 1-and-1 changeup to a lefty this year? Another rarity: just 16 times.

So now I had three lefthanded hitters batting against a lefthanded pitcher in counts when a changeup could not be expected and yet all three of them were on balance for the pitch.

The next day I looked at the tape. Pitching from the stretch when he threw a changeup, Price would take an extra deep breath, one where you could see his shoulders shrug, and he would hold his set a beat longer. I didn’t have access to the preferred camera angle on every pitch, but from the small sample I saw it appeared to me the Royals knew the changeup was coming when Price was in the stretch. Days later, as the series resumed in Toronto, I ran my theory past two Royals sources. Both confirmed it: Price tipped his changeup—maybe not 100% of the time, but enough for Kansas City to buy in.

Has anything come out about the Jays douchebag 1st base coach stealing signs??

I know they talked about it on the broadcast, just was curious if there has been any follow up....

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Originally Posted by KCUnited (Post 11836962)

Looks like the bulk of the rain will have moved out by first pitch. A delayed start wouldn't surprise me though.

Ben Zobrist is the Zobristest! GMDM gets a gold star.

Damn I'm sick of hearin about how the blue jays are still the best team in baseball.

Duncan bait: His old friend Ruben Amaro just got rehired.....as 1B coach of the Red Sox. Lol, from GM to a 1B coach.