Well, after the marathon that is a baseball season, the Kansas City Royals have finally become no longer the punchline to bad jokes. To say I’m excited is an understatement! I’m going to try and temper my excitement as to not wear myself out by whenever the series ends.
Once again, for the casual
to non-baseball fan, there are 162 games in a season for each team. That’s one
every day starting usually the 1st Sunday in April, and going until
the last day of September. Playoffs and the World Series are in October. There
are 25 men on the roster. Whenever a game is rained out, or postponed due to
lightning, they play what’s called a doubleheader to make up for the game that
was lost the day before. So, for those days, teams are allotted a 26th man for
the doubleheader. And the last month of September is when the roster is
expanded to 40 for the month. The whole goal is to win a series at a time,
against the team you play 3 or 4 times in a row until the end of the season. If
you win more than 90 games total, you usually make the playoffs.
… Also, baseball is divided into 2 leagues with 15 teams each. They’re differentiated by the Designated Hitter in the American League (a position player only bats for the pitcher and never plays defense), and in the National League, the pitcher bats last in the batting order. Someday soon, I have a feeling both leagues will have a universal DH because the pitchers don’t practice batting very often and are always an easy out. I also believe, much like the DH, the 26th man will be permanent years from now.
I really hope we don’t just go to the World Series and fall flat on our faces. I hope we make it a great series for the Giants. I want it to be 1 of those World Series that people talk about for ages.
Here is my projected 2014 KC Royals World Series Roster:
Starting Lineup:
LF: Alex Gordon *favorite current KC Royal position player
RF: Norichika Aoki
3B: Mike Moustakas
SS: Alcides Escobar
2B: Omar Infante
1B/DH: Eric Hosmer
2014 World Series Batting Order:
1. Alcides Escobar
Bench:
OF: Jarrod Dyson
OF: Terrance Gore
C: Erik Kratz
OF: Josh Willingham
IF: Jayson Nix
Starting Pitching Rotation:
1. James Shields
2. Yordano Ventura
3. Danny Duffy
4. Jason Vargas
5. Jeremy Guthrie
Bullpen:
Tim Collins
Brandon Finnegan
Jason Frasor
Kelvin Herrera
Wade Davis *Set up man
… Also, baseball is divided into 2 leagues with 15 teams each. They’re differentiated by the Designated Hitter in the American League (a position player only bats for the pitcher and never plays defense), and in the National League, the pitcher bats last in the batting order. Someday soon, I have a feeling both leagues will have a universal DH because the pitchers don’t practice batting very often and are always an easy out. I also believe, much like the DH, the 26th man will be permanent years from now.
I really hope we don’t just go to the World Series and fall flat on our faces. I hope we make it a great series for the Giants. I want it to be 1 of those World Series that people talk about for ages.
Here is my projected 2014 KC Royals World Series Roster:
Starting Lineup:
LF: Alex Gordon *favorite current KC Royal position player
RF: Norichika Aoki
3B: Mike Moustakas
SS: Alcides Escobar
2B: Omar Infante
1B/DH: Eric Hosmer
2014 World Series Batting Order:
1. Alcides Escobar
Bench:
OF: Jarrod Dyson
OF: Terrance Gore
C: Erik Kratz
OF: Josh Willingham
IF: Jayson Nix
Starting Pitching Rotation:
1. James Shields
2. Yordano Ventura
3. Danny Duffy
4. Jason Vargas
5. Jeremy Guthrie
Bullpen:
Tim Collins
Brandon Finnegan
Jason Frasor
Kelvin Herrera
Wade Davis *Set up man
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