NFT: World Series Game 7 Tonight

performance by Bumgarner. Still not sure why he didn't start the game, but it worked out for the Giants.

Congrats Giants fans.

It was a good effort

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DID HE NOT SCORE?

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fuck....

Gordon to third, one hit ties the game. Everything on Perez right now.

kind of fucked up around 1st base

Moustakas comes up

there.

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Intense

you'll get him to swing.

Fantastic post-season from him.

Woohoo!!

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doesn't run like an idiot down to first base he scores. He should have been rounding it right from the start and he didn't even really hustle out of the box. Inexcusable

extra innings would have been awesome

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George Brett looked like Jerry Jones there.

makes up a little for 1980..

epic level of dominance. MVP for damn sure. Giants win it all again.

"He shoulda had an inside the park home run," that was it.

Amazing game. Bumgarner was amazing.

wearing a marlins jersey doing with his hands? What the fuck was that? Is that a grown man doing that? What the fuck?

Bumgarner was simply legendary. Balls of steel on that guy.

3 titles in 5 years, amazing accomplishment

Buster had an awful series.

The Kings/Warriors game (boring as shit, thanks to a billion fouls) and the fans went absolutely nuts and spoiled the ending for me. Didn't consider that possibility.

with a miserable failure tonight. They may play hard for him, but when he has to make critical decisions he's generally terrible. The players bailed him out in the wild card play in game, they didn't tonight.

How does Bochy explain not starting Bumgarner tonight? Forget that it worked out, he put Hudson out there for no reason. If not for his offense getting the 2 runs in the 2nd inning there's a good chance Bumgarner never is able to have that kind of impact in the game. Especially with the Royals bullpen, you should want him in there ASAP and not wait and potentially let the Royals jump out to a big lead.

He'll get praised for leaving him in, but I think it was a really dumb decision to not just let him start the game if he had 60+ pitches in him.

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In comment 11947705 DG said:

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makes up a little for 1980..

No not really

But a bet if Goosage is watching this he liked watching Brett cringe. Lol

In comment 11947708 B in ALB said:

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wearing a marlins jersey doing with his hands? What the fuck was that? Is that a grown man doing that? What the fuck?

He wa doing the tomahawk chop early in the game, he's a big FSU fan apparently. Didn't see what he was doing late in the game

a tennis racket to the plate. What a hilarious at-bat that was.

is going to be thinking about the way he ran to first and not rounding the base properly for the rest of his life. I think they send him if he runs his ass off out of the box and cuts the base properly

They become the 5th franchise to win 3 world series in a 5 year span, which means there is an argument for them as an all-time great team

Yankees (obviously)
A's (with Connie Mack in the dead ball era and the 3 in a row in the 1970s)
Red Sox (during WWI)
Cardinals (during and immediately after WWII, 1942, 1944, 1946)

showing appreciation after the final out, drowning out SF's celebration with "Let's Go Royals" chants

In comment 11947712 MookGiants said:

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with a miserable failure tonight. They may play hard for him, but when he has to make critical decisions he's generally terrible. The players bailed him out in the wild card play in game, they didn't tonight. How does Bochy explain not starting Bumgarner tonight? Forget that it worked out, he put Hudson out there for no reason. If not for his offense getting the 2 runs in the 2nd inning there's a good chance Bumgarner never is able to have that kind of impact in the game. Especially with the Royals bullpen, you should want him in there ASAP and not wait and potentially let the Royals jump out to a big lead. He'll get praised for leaving him in, but I think it was a really dumb decision to not just let him start the game if he had 60+ pitches in him.

Agree..if they let him throw 60. Yost messed up with escobar bunting..great chance to get to Bumgarner off the bat when he was wild. Then, Gordon not making that a score. But, give it to Bumgarner..what a performance these WS's

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In comment 11946458 figgy2989 said: Quote: That is what I find head scratching with Bochy. He stated last night that Madison is "human" when asked why he wasn't starting him tonight. If it starts to play out like last night where Hudson gets yanked early and he immediatly goes to Bumgarner...then why not start him in the first place? because he's not going to be able to give you more than a couple innings.

Did you forget you posted this?

all managers with 3 or more world series are enshrined in the hall of fame

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In comment 11946460 MookGiants said: Quote: In comment 11946458 figgy2989 said: Quote: That is what I find head scratching with Bochy. He stated last night that Madison is "human" when asked why he wasn't starting him tonight. If it starts to play out like last night where Hudson gets yanked early and he immediatly goes to Bumgarner...then why not start him in the first place? because he's not going to be able to give you more than a couple innings. Did you forget you posted this?

Of course not. That's the only explanation for him not starting the game. But that clearly was not the case, I assumed it was since he was not starting. If he can give you 60+ pitches, you start him, no question

heart of a champion

he basically just willed the team to win a postseason they had no business winning

In comment 11947723 dpinzow said:

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all managers with 3 or more world series are enshrined in the hall of fame

He deserves it. Giants won 3 championships without ever having the most talented roster. Bochy knows how to manage a pen better than anyone around today

Jk bye bye you old dumbass. Worst commish in American sports history

was going in before tonight. He's a great manager.

In comment 11947737 MookGiants said:

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was going in before tonight. He's a great manager.

Probably but there was still lingering doubts because his overall managerial record is barely above .500. But tonight seals the deal for sure

But Bumgarner is so calm it's almost scary. Ice water

I thought that guy from Chevy was gonna have a heart attack.

basically just said they had his pitch count about where he ended, so figure 70.

Knowing that, you have to start him. His offense bailed him out because if the Royals get up in that game going into the 5th inning they are bringing the game home. He risked Hudson/Affeldt giving up 3-4 runs and never being able to use Bumgarner in a big spot to save him and I'm still puzzled why.

If he only has a couple innings, then you use him in the middle of the game wherever you need it. That's what everyone assumed going into the game. But based on what Bochy said, that was clearly not their plan.

I hope someone asks him about this in the post-game. I'm sure they'll all be too busy talking about how much of a genius he was saving him til the 5th.

Erin Andrews and Sandoval awkward hug. Awesome.

how tough this one is to take as a Royals fan. They'll likely never get back to this point or anywhere close. What a kick in the nuts

just threw Escobar directly under the bus. Might want to send a doctor in to make sure Escobar is OK after that.

Disgraceful from Ned Yost. 2-0 count and he squared around twice, you put a do not bunt sign on, take the decision out of his hands.