****Official Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals ALDS Game 1 Thread****

[CoMoChief]

Game 1 SP: Collin McHugh vs Yordano Ventura

6:37pm cst @ Kauffman Stadium

TV: FSN1


It's finally game day, man what a long week. Time for the good guys in blue to put up or shut up. Put the Sept month behind them, eveything's led up to this point and anything less than a WS will be considered a disappointment. Personally I hope to eventually see a I-70 WS. GO ROYALS!!!

[Munson]

I've got a good feeling about this!

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Holy shit! Neither of the first two are sold out. Is everyone saving their money assuming this team is going back to the World Series? Crazy...

[KChiefs1]

Rally Towels for tonight's game:

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

I checked the site and found 2 $150 tickets tonight, and 1 stand alone $380 ticket for tomorrow.

Vividseats had quite a few for $74-75 earlier today.

[Fairplay]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Rally Towels for tonight's game:

I like the powder blue towel. Someone get me one please And PM me.

[RedDread]

The problem is the Royals are dumb and didn't do ANY single game tickets at the box office like last year. Now there's 4000 tickets on Stubhub and the scalpers and shitheads trying to make a buck off actual fans are gonna lose money.

Serves both parties right.

[RedDread]

Obviously I'm bitter because I got to see 3 playoff games last year simply by showing up at the K and plopping down my credit card when they went on sale.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Game 1 lineup. #Royals pic.twitter.com/gaDXQGeg6n

— Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier610) October 8, 2015

Gordon batting 8th...ok, Ned...we all trust you and your mysterious voodoo.

Remember when he was 6th and everyone bitched about making him 1st? After a brief trial, Ned went the other way...

[Jerok]

Watching BJs vs Texans, should I feel bad rooting for the blue jays? I really really want a BJ vs Royals ALCS.

[Mr. Laz]

Guthrie not on ALDS roster

Here is the Royals' ALDS roster:

Pitchers

Johnny Cueto
Wade Davis
Danny Duffy
Kelvin Herrera
Luke Hochevar
Ryan Madson
Kris Medlen
Franklin Morales
Yordano Ventura
Edinson Volquez
Chris Young
Catchers

Drew Butera
Salvador Perez
Infielders

Christian Colon
Alcides Escobar
Eric Hosmer
Kendrys Morales
Mike Moustakas
Ben Zobrist
Outfielders

Lorenzo Cain
Jarrod Dyson
Alex Gordon
Terrance Gore
Paulo Orlando
Alex Rios

[wazu]

Originally Posted by RedDread

Obviously I'm bitter because I got to see 3 playoff games last year simply by showing up at the K and plopping down my credit card when they went on sale.

Sounds like you can keep doing that if you want. Why bitter?

[gblowfish]

I haven't said much about the post season until today.

I had the honor of being the OP author of the Wild Card Thread last year vs. Oakland, for one of the most historic, if not the most historic game in Royals history. Certainly the biggest game in the last 30 years.

Now that we've won the Central a year later, I look at today with guarded optimism. I think there is some truth with long time KC fans that there is a great deal of battered wife syndrome lurking. I mean, look at me. My teams from childhood have been the Chiefs, Royals and Mizzou. Can you name a bigger Bermuda triangle of failure the past 40 years?

Today I'm just happy that we're in the dance, and we've got home field, although a home team has yet to win a game in this years playoffs.

It's a fact of life that the more you get, the more you want. Then I look at today, and think about those years when this team lost 100 games a season, and I'm grateful we at least have a fighting chance to do great things again this year.

If we lose to Houston in the ALDS will I be disappointed, sure, but I won't be crushed. I'm certainly not expecting us to sweep our way to the series again this year. That's why last year was so once in a lifetime; it just doesn't happen. I think we'll be in a bunch of dogfights this time. But when you really think about it, anything from this point is the good stuff in baseball, it's a reward for being a fan. The Royals have earned a chance to do something magical again, and that's all we can ask as fans.

So, Go Royals, thanks for this year, and let's enjoy the ride.

[Great Expectations]

FYI David Price has a no hitter going.

[C3HIEF3S]

Originally Posted by Great Expectations

FYI David Price has a no hitter going.

Only 21 outs left

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

I haven't said much about the post season until today.

I had the honor of being the OP author of the Wild Card Thread last year vs. Oakland, for one of the most historic, if not the most historic game in Royals history. Certainly the biggest game in the last 30 years.

Now that we've won the Central a year later, I look at today with guarded optimism. I think there is some truth with long time KC fans that there is a great deal of battered wife syndrome lurking. I mean, look at me. My teams from childhood have been the Chiefs, Royals and Mizzou. Can you name a bigger Bermuda triangle of failure the past 40 years?

Today I'm just happy that we're in the dance, and we've got home field, although a home team has yet to win a game in this years playoffs.

It's a fact of life that the more you get, the more you want. Then I look at today, and think about those years when this team lost 100 games a season, and I'm grateful we at least have a fighting chance to do great things again this year.

If we lose to Houston in the ALDS will I be disappointed, sure, but I won't be crushed. I'm certainly not expecting us to sweep our way to the series again this year. That's why last year was so once in a lifetime; it just doesn't happen. I think we'll be in a bunch of dogfights this time. But when you really think about it, anything from this point is the good stuff in baseball, it's a reward for being a fan. The Royals have earned a chance to do something magical again, and that's all we can ask as fans.

So, Go Royals, thanks for this year, and let's enjoy the ride.

Well said, George