Royals at Giants, 2:00PM HST/5:00PM PT, TV: Fox
You’d think MLB would put its weekend World Series games on during the day rather than at night, but I suppose it doesn’t want to compete with college football and the NFL.
It’s a battle of veterans as the Royals pitch Jeremy Guthrie while the Giants send out Tim Hudson. Guthrie was drafted and signed by the Indians in 2002. He was waived and came up for good with the Orioles in 2007. He spent a year in the National League with the Rockies and then was traded to the Royals for Jonathan Sanchez. He’s got an 83-100 lifetime record with a 4.23 ERA and a WHIP of 1.319. His start in the ALCS was his first postseason appearance.
Hudson has been around since 1999 when he came up with the As. He spent six years in Oakland and then nine in Atlanta. This is his first season with the Giants. He’s got a lifetime record of 214-124, an ERA of 3.45 and a WHIP of 1.233 over that stretch of 16 years. He’s been in 8 playoffs series but never on a winning team until this season.
The Royals won’t have a DH in the three games in San Francisco, so Billy Butler will be a pinch-hitter. Pablo Sandoval has now hit in 25 straight postseason games.
I haven’t seen a single pitch of the Runner-Up Bowl, but it was nevertheless gratifying to check the scores of the last two games this morning.
An interesting piece on the Maddon/ Dodgers issue
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/99476836/richard-justice-joe-maddon-dodgers-would-be-perfect-fit
Probably for a few million dollars Mattingly could decide he wants to stay home with his new baby, thereby creating a managerial opening with the Dodgers. Friedman, Kasten, Maddon or Mattingly, don’t believe one word out of their mouths, these people are professional liars.
just grant him some paternity leave 🙂