Gordon would have swung at that.

I'm guessing Gore has the green light to go whenever he wants.
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Well, he didn't go yard, so there's that...

Against their #4 starter.

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I think it's still bigger than the risk, though. Gore is just automatic. 99.9% So I'll trade the 0.1 percent risk for a 1 percent chance (or whatever it is) of a wild pitch/passed ball. Plus, hell, there may have been a bigger chance of a wp/pb than Rios getting a hit with Gore on 2B.

Alas, we got hit with -- a very questionable -- 0.1 percent.

Maybe Ned thought our only hope was a wild pitch.

Hate this decision.

Should be Wade.

I still think, statistically, we have a better shot of a miracle Rios single than Gore successfully stealing 3rd and then a wild pitch ... But oh well. It's over now

I think Ned thinks Alex Rios is good. If he thought the only hope was a wild pitch, he would pinch hit.

ROFL

Rios is hot garbage. Gordon sucks in high-pressure situations. Hosmer choked.

Would it change the infield alignment at all? He definitely scores on an infield single from 3b so maybe getting him to 3b gets Hinch to play the IF a little closer in just to avoid a contact play leading to a run on a weak dribbler? At that point, he knows that he can't give up an infield hit so he doesn't play his IF back. Then Rios has a little better chance to punch a nubber through?

There is probably some small offensive advantage gained there, but I still think that's probably a poor green light.

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Completely inexplicable.

It's the nature of the baseball beast ... If we lose, it was still a good season, just ended too soon. Astros played good ball. It's sad, but hey, it's not over quite yet

I keep hoping they'll get rid of the 5 game LDS.

At least make it a 7 gamer. It just doesn't seem right that a season as long as MLBs is decided by something as seemingly arbitrary as a 5-game set.

Damn.

Starting to believe they aren't going to win this series.

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Dude he just wrecked the Royals....

Welp, it was a fun season.

Too bad the majority of our lineup forgot that we were still playing.

Sucks.

Band box bullshit home run.

Okay. NOW it's over.

You weren't saying that about the Jays 2 days ago. Oh, the irony.

Good season, no great season! But this season is over.

WELP. Another squeeze on strike 3 turns into a homer. Another leadoff walk hurts us. Another mistake pitch jumped all over when we whiff at ours.

We probably weren't winning anyway.

They'll get a letter in the mail this week...

I hate sports

That was a ****ing bomb!!!!

Yeah. :(

And this is why. Game ends without a meaningful inning from our best pitcher.

Go Cubs

There's was some added narrative on that swing...

The good news is now we'll hit a solo homer in the 9th. Maybe two of them.

Correa is pretty much Bumgardender and Fat Panda all in one.

**** Houston!

Would have been a fly out on any other stadium

Go Cubs

That guy is going to be a mega star.

That was a bomb!

CRUUUUUSH CITY!!! :clap: :clap:

THAT should DO it! ALCS HERE WE COME! :clap:

ROLL STROS!!!

Are we sure that the pitch before the homerun wasn't strike 3?

Well, maybe we could start hitting a few more of those as well. It's not just HOU that gets to hit at that Ball Park. We have 3 of our own, but our offense is just hot garbage right now

C'mon fellas, it's just a game...

Well, I guess I won't have to use any more vacation days to watch baseball this year

Haha.

Remember what yogi Berra said?

It ain't over till it's over. Keep your heads up guys. There are still two more innings left in this thing.

All you could do is hope you shut em down for the rest of the game and rally in the next two innings.

Haha ryan madson throwing meatballs

Dayum, Royal BP....

Holy shit.

That looked like a decent pitch... holy crap.

LMAO. Is Davis dead?

Just **** it now.

I hate this Rasmus mother****er with a passion.

Rasmus finally found his juice supply from Toronto.

Eat a fat dick.
Good luck to the 'Stros, though.. they're this year's 2014 Royals. Enjoy next year's post-season.

Sadness descends

lol

How many times have we witnessed this? Seems like all season....

Is Ned awake?

Wtf Rasmus? You couldn't do this with Toronto?!

This has been the most pathetic performance I could have possibly imagined out of this team.

I guess swinging the bat like that is within the rules. Seems like a solid strategy in this park especially.

Yep. Can't blame the stadium when our players can't do the same thing.

Welp, say hello to MLB SUPERSTAR Carlos Correa. That's a season, folks.

Disappointing Ned decided to use our best player for 1 inning in a postseason series we lost ... Pretty sure Wade against the heart of the order would have given us a fighter's shot. But I can't fault Ned for being Ned ... He pitches his closer in closer situations and that's that

welp...no more distraction for the shit storm my ex has created for me now.

****ing kansas city teams.

They're younger and have way more power. I'm afraid we're looking at a dynasty.

Just imaging the Astros/Jays playing here... would you even call it baseball at that point?

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HE'S A 9TH INNING GUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111111111111111111111

**** this team. Seriously. **** them for making me believe they were something special. Two ****ing hits in a must win game.

Push him off the bag, Moose.

Pouring it on now.

Seriously, ****ing Ned...are you just waving the white flag you ****ing pussy?

Pretty sure we could've dragged Holland out there to throw 80 and had a better inning.

Right dude.

**** Rios. **** Alex Gordon. **** Rios. **** Alex Gordon. **** Hosmer. **** Madsen. **** Ned. **** Rios.

Pouring it on now....

Why the **** is Madson still pitching?