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Why This Loss Hurts So Much
I completely disagree with those who say we had more talent than the Royals. In fact, I think we had the least amount of talent starting the playoffs than any other team in the AL. We had an offense missing 3 starters. There isn't another team in the AL that could have done more under these conditions. The reason it hurts so bad is that we lucked into the best matchup possible and our magic ran out. I was hoping beyond hope for more magic but was cognizant of the fact that our offense wasn't going to be able to score in Detroit, Oakland or Kansas City. We need more speed. We need more obp. We need more consistency.

The most painful thing about this is that our luck got transferred to a team that wasn't much better than us. Make no mistake, had we gotten their luck, we could have won. The answer is to get better because next year, we may find ourselves facing a team with a 200-250 million cap in the playoffs.


KC didn't swing for the hills.

WE did... every. Single. Time.

It was like clockwork.

Yost did the same thing pretty much every game. Grind out a couple of runs, swap in a few pinch runners in late innings and manage the bullpen properly.

And now they're going to the WS and we aren't.

MSK



We had plenty of opportunities, especially with bases loaded, to counteract the luck the classless royals displayed. For some reason following the first game loss we seemed to choke and lose belief in ourselves - which is maddening because that belief has won us so many games this year. It is a shame we didn't get the Angels as I think they were a better matchup for us and think we would be WS bound right now, but it wasn't to be.

I don't think the royals luck can continue, and think - and hope - it will be a procession for the NL winners.

Just gutted really. Such an immense opportunity now gone. And to think a few weeks ago many were talking up a possible beltway WS, and I was certain we would be there with or without the Nats.

Oh, and on another note - if the Os had reached the WS I would have won ?500 and if they won that, it would be ?2000 - so extra gutted to get this close and throw it away

I'd rather......ah **** it, have fun, Deberg!

"Classless Royals." LMAO

I joined that forum a week ago and got banned on my first post

I tried to join a few days ago and my registration was DENIED.

Yeah I think I must of been one of the first royals fans to hit that forum cus they accepted me immediately. I was going to post something meaningful about the matchup being a good one but then I was like f it and posted a nice troll post. got banned in 10 minutes. lol

I don't see that if a team uses a formula and sticks with it to win four games in a row just how is that "luck"? BTW Andrew Luck plays for the Colts & plays football this was not "luck" for the Royals to win.



You can call it destiny but I wouldn't call it luck.

Mine too

Sensitive bunch over there, huh?

They weren't exactly being douchey, they were just way overconfident. And boy did they get kicked in the balls

What a bunch of classless idiots. The Royals are classless and lucky. Lucky. ****ing...lucky. A lucky sweep. LMAO If we ended up playing all 7 games in this series, KC would have won 6 if not all 7. And how are they classless? For celebrating wins and dumping Gatorade on a player after each win? K...

I'm sure that sister****er would have liked to play the Angels. They got ****ing swept. I can't think of a single time where I wouldn't rather play the swept over the sweeper.

What a bunch of eunuchs.

I almost feel bad for some of the Balt players. They played pretty hard and pretty good ball. And ultimately, they didn't appear to be so douchey. But MY GOD. The fans on that board.

Do we still want Nellie Cruz?

If only we were so lucky.

Thanks for posting this. I just got online to hopefully see some Baltimore butthurt,

If the price is right, sure. But he did have a tough series, swung for the fence on almost everything.

Bye Bye Billy!