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baitism · 08-17-2016, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by kgrund

I don't care how much you love your Royals, that is a stupid statement this year.

An Alex Smith led team is never winning a SB.

duncan_idaho · 08-17-2016, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by wazu

The Chiefs have a legit shot at winning the division. I still think it's more likely that the Royals win the World Series than the Chiefs win the Super Bowl.

Absolutely.

The Royals win will the World Series again before the Chiefs even make it back to a Super Bowl.

But the CHunts will sell tickets and the stadium and parking lots will be fun, and the team won't suck but won't have a real chance to make it to the SB, either.

I'm all for another Royals ride, though. Let's crush some ****ing Twinkies this weekend and make a run at it.

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**petegz28** · 08-17-2016, 08:35 PM

Sox doing their best to blow it....Cleveland has 2 on, 1 out, down by 3...

Simply Red · 08-17-2016, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by petegz28

Sox doing their best to blow it....Cleveland has 2 on, 1 out, down by 3...

game/set/match

Simply Red · 08-17-2016, 08:43 PM

baitism · 08-17-2016, 08:51 PM

Doubt we can catch Cleveland, but only 6.5 back in the WC, which is doable. That can change if we sweep Cleveland at some point.

**wazu** · 08-17-2016, 08:54 PM

9 games back, 42 to play. Would need to be a ridiculous run, but the Royals do have a flair for the dramatic.

tk13 · 08-17-2016, 08:55 PM

9 games behind Cleveland is a real mountain to climb. There are a bunch of teams ahead of us in the wild card... but I still feel better about 6.5 back over 9 back. The Yankees and Astros are two of those teams and only a game ahead of us. A solid next week or two, and we could realistically jump several of those teams and only have the Mariners between us and the last spot heading into September.

Plus if we caught the Orioles and knocked them out of the playoffs their fans would probably have to check into a clinic.

ChiefsCountry · 08-17-2016, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by tk13

9 games behind Cleveland is a real mountain to climb. There are a bunch of teams ahead of us in the wild card... but I still feel better about 6.5 back over 9 back. The Yankees and Astros are two of those teams and only a game ahead of us. A solid next week or two, and we could realistically jump several of those teams and only have the Mariners between us and the last spot heading into September.

Plus if we caught the Orioles and knocked them out of the playoffs their fans would probably have to check into a clinic.

Indians have 7 of the next 10 against the Blue Jays and Rangers. We will find out good they are this next week.

MeatRock · 08-17-2016, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Indians have 7 of the next 10 against the Blue Jays and Rangers. We will find out good they are this next week.

Cleveland's a good team this year, no doubt. Their pitching has drastically overachieved so far. Would love to see a collapse. Napoli put some swagger into that lineup.

C3HIEF3S · 08-17-2016, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MeatRock

Cleveland's a good team this year, no doubt. Their pitching has drastically overachieved so far. Would love to see a collapse. Napoli put some swagger into that lineup.

Overachieved? That starting staff has been waiting to be picked up by the rest of the team for at least two years now. IMO, I think they're finally living up to their potential.
Kluber, Salazar, Carrasco, Tomlin, Bauer is a scary good starting staff.

KChiefs1 · 08-17-2016, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Indians have 7 of the next 10 against the Blue Jays and Rangers. We will find out good they are this next week.

Next 10 games are huge.

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mr. tegu · 08-17-2016, 08:59 PM

I feel like passing all those wildcard teams is too much to ask even with the smaller margin. Cleveland is a bigger climb but we have six games left with them, all of which are towards the end of the season. If we got to around 5 games back by the time that first series starts then we have a true chance.

tk13 · 08-17-2016, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mr. tegu

I feel like passing all those wildcard teams is too much to ask even with the smaller margin. Cleveland is a bigger climb but we have six games left with them, all of which are towards the end of the season. If we got to around 5 games back by the time that first series starts then we have a true chance.

The Yankees and Astros are 1 game ahead of us. The Tigers are only 3.

The Red Sox and Orioles still have to play each other seven times. Somebody has to lose those games. We also have three games vs. the Red Sox. The Red Sox just started an 11 game road trip, and still have a 9 game road trip plus a 10 game road trip in September.

Only catch is the Mariners. Their schedule doesn't look too bad, but they're only 4 games ahead of us too. That's manageable. The two teams that are way out ahead of us still have to play each other a lot. That 2nd wild card really helps. Obviously the first priority is the division though, no doubt. But a good chunk of those wild card teams can be passed by Sept. 1st if we truly stay hot.

mr. tegu · 08-17-2016, 09:18 PM

I'm not getting too excited yet but if we somehow made the playoffs in any fashion it would be glorious hearing about all of the other team's fans complaining about us coming back from the dead to defend the title. Nobody would want to play us.

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mr. tegu Forever Royal Join Date: Mar 2012 Casino cash: $-1888700	I feel like passing all those wildcard teams is too much to ask even with the smaller margin. Cleveland is a bigger climb but we have six games left with them, all of which are towards the end of the season. If we got to around 5 games back by the time that first series starts then we have a true chance.
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