SU has been overdue in providing commentary on this year’s World Series. Working way too hard but hey, it’s a living. Actually had a chance today to see the island where Derek Jeter built his multi-million dollar house in Tampa. I must admit that I only lasted until the bottom of the 11th inning on Tuesday night but I think this series is becoming pretty clear at this point.
- The Royals have no true superstar or a guy that carries the team. But what they do have is what Michael Kay would call a “circular line-up.” There is no real beginning or end to this line up. They all hit, they all make contact and they seem to have an idea when they come to the plate.
- You also have to admire the way KC comes from behind late in games. There is no panic in this team. They did it to Houston in game 4 of that series when they trailed by 4 runs late, and they are doing it again tonight to the Mets.
- The Mets are gritty but you can see their young stud starters are struggling the 3rd time through the line up. And the real advantage and mis-match in this series is the KC bullpen vs. the Mets relievers. Outside of Famillia, it’s not even close and that tends to shorten the games for the Mets to 6 or 7 innings. A lot of pressure to score off of their starters who are not as good as the Mets’ starting pitchers.
- Finally, SU believes last year’s World Series 7-game loss to the Giants is a huge edge for the Royals who have been there before as they say.
SU still expects this series to go 6 games. It’s been a lot of fun so far and I continue to find myself rooting for the Mets which is not normal for SU. But KC is very very tough and the Mets are going to have to dig deep in the 3 NY games.
SU is stranded down in Florida for the moment and thus cannot tune in to tonight’s Knicks game. But I am very excited to see them up on Milwaukee with little in the way of contribution from Melo. Balance is the key for them. SU tends not to over-react to opening night games of any teams so let’s let the season unfold a bit. Jeremy Lin had 17 in a losing effort but most of SU’s other faves have been DNPs (McGary, Stauskus). What is up with that?