2014 World Series thread

Post of the year.

 

Robin Williams' kids Zak and Zelda throwing out first pitch tonight.

 

Winners win

 

Bold prediction for tonight: Dyson comes up a single short of the cycle with an inside-the-park homer.

 

My bold prediction: Bumgarner hits a home run.

 

And loses 2-1.

 

Yost starting 4 lefties against Bumgarner seems like a bad idea, especially the way Shields got knocked around in Game 1.

 

Whom do you take out?

 

Hosmer for Butler probably.

 

Hosmer hit the best ball of the night against Bumgarner the first time.

 

My bold prediction of the night: Joe Buck punches Harold Reynolds after having heard enough. Buck is carried out on America's shoulders.

 

I think all that can be done against Bumgarner is "wait him out". Try not to swing at the first pitch (although Escobar did exactly that). Try and let his pitch count build up, if possible.

As Hosmer had an awful strikeout on two straight balls, against an elite lefty pitcher, just hope for that third time through where you've seen him twice and perhaps there is a little less velocity or control.