Why Royals belly-flopped in Game 1

[ABC]

Could it be just one game or were they out celebrating too much and lost focus?

 

 

 

[ABC]

[tomsred]

I'm going out on a limb and say they were out pitched tonight.

[Ohtaniland]

We celebrated and.....then we were done.

 

[Troll Daddy]

Somebody had to win the first ...

[Blarg]

Bumgarner was really damn good tonight. Shields wasn't.

[ABC]

KC defense didn't seem as crisp as before. hmmmm

[DW711]

They really blew it in the 3rd inning.

 

All you have to do is hit a GROUND BALL.

[Hollyw00d]

One reason

[m0nkey]

lol

[CaliAngel]

What a dumb shirt he's wearing.

[Lou]

the Giants are better

[Brent Maguire]

Or maybe they ran into a stud pitcher whose on a roll? Bumgarner has been lights out. 

 

It's also only one game. 

[Lou]

those two things aren't mutually exclusive

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

This series reminds me of the year Colorado ran into Boston.

 

I think Giants take it in 4 or 5. I want KC to win though, just don't see it happening.

[Torridd]

They're not as good as Giants and will flop a lot more presently.

[hats4bats]

This board has become RoyalsWin I guess, the place where anything negative towards the Royals brings out all of the usual excuses I read for the Angels and why it's never their fault that they lose games. So many hear are afraid that if the KC doesn't win then they have nothing to fall back on as far as saying " At least we lost to the WS champ!" 

It's okay. The team lost. Tip your cap and turn the page.

[Stradling]

This board has become RoyalsWin I guess, the place where anything negative towards the Royals brings out all of the usual excuses I read for the Angels and why it's never their fault that they lose games. So many hear are afraid that if the KC doesn't win then they have nothing to fall back on as far as saying " At least we lost to the WS champ!"

It's okay. The team lost. Tip your cap and turn the page.

This entire post is nonsense. How bout you go back and look at our threads dedicated to who's to blame for the Angels losing. Guess what doesn't come up much? The Royals. Maybe some of us like the run the Royals were on. Maybe some of us saw that they were playing great. Maybe some like the clutch hits, speed and bullpen they have. If you were to ask me I would much rather the Angels lose to the team that wins it all. But honestly if the Giants win, I can live with that.

[eaterfan]

They touched the AL trophy as every hockey fan knows, that is why they lost. Or maybe it was just one game. But I'm pretty sure touching the trophy means you have no chance at winning the whole thing. You could roll the 27 Yankees out there and they wouldn't be able to win after touching the AL trophy.

[Chimi]

For having the nickname Big Game, Sheilds has been awful in the postseason. He's given up 15 runs in 19 innings. I hope the Angels stay away from this guy.

[Brandon]

Absolutely agree. It wasn't because SF played better, it was because they went to a college basketball game.

What a bunch of idiots.

If they would have stayed home Bumgarner would have pitched poorly.

[Brandon]

They touched the AL trophy as every hockey fan knows, that is why they lost. Or maybe it was just one game. But I'm pretty sure touching the trophy means you have no chance at winning the whole thing. You could roll the 27 Yankees out there and they wouldn't be able to win after touching the AL trophy.

Agreed.

The Royals better take the ice tonight with more focus.

[Adam]

They aren't very good and have luckballed their way through the playoffs. 

[fan_since79]

Bumgarner threw strikes and Shields didn't.

[Palomar]

Sometimes you just run into a buzzsaw.....oh wait...