What an ANIMAL.
History in the making right here.
Wow. Bochy is leaving him in to close it out. I hope that’s not a mistake, but Bums in a groove.
Skeeter, you NAILED IT.
And let’s not forget Jeremy Affeldt, who came in to the game in the second inning - earlier than he ever had been before. He had a knee brace on and pitched longer than he usually does. He threw calm on the game.
And Joe Panik showing uncanny baseball sense by scooping that grounder (which Fox called as shooting through into the outfield) to Crawford covering second, who fired it to a stretched-out Belt at first. The runner slid head-first into first and was erased on the replay review. Crucial reversal.
And MadBum overshadowed the Royals from the first, then carried his own team on his back from the fifth on.
The best of the three championships this decade. Truly remarkable, given that the team was held together with duct tape and baling wire.