Salvador Perez hit two home runs. James McArthur picked up a pair of saves. And the Royals won two very important ballgames against the Cardinals. Sweep!
Loved, loved, loved the way the Boys kept coming back, responding to Cardinal scores. Kept waiting for Marsh to crater, but as he said in post-game he just decided (with Salvy's encouragement) to let 'er rip. Please do that more often, Alex, the team really needs you.
Finally: Suck it, Cards fan. I feel renewed hope and at the expense of The Best Fans in Baseball. Ain't life grand?
Here's the real question. Is Salvy the first Royal to homer in both Sonic Slam innings of a doubleheader? They were talking about it on the radio broadcast, but never gave a definitive answer. Looking at the list you posted, it wouldn't be too hard to figure out, and maybe if I have free time later I'll put in the research. You'd only have to check the box scores for the 4 or 5 most recent games. I'm not sure exactly when they started the whole Sonic Slam thing. Maybe it goes all the way back to '98 and the Palmer game, I'm not sure. I feel confident in saying Pecota's big day predated it. Wherever the line is, I'm betting Salvy is the lone answer to that piece of trivia.
I didn’t even think about that! Too many runs were scoring. Now that you mention it, maybe the TV broadcast discussed this, too. I had the volume way down by that point but thought I caught something along those lines.
I like to mentally combine the two Win Probability graphs into one and then draw a trend line going off the page forever and ever into the future. Royals over Cardinals forever and ever. Stonks only go up.
Loved, loved, loved the way the Boys kept coming back, responding to Cardinal scores. Kept waiting for Marsh to crater, but as he said in post-game he just decided (with Salvy's encouragement) to let 'er rip. Please do that more often, Alex, the team really needs you.
Finally: Suck it, Cards fan. I feel renewed hope and at the expense of The Best Fans in Baseball. Ain't life grand?
Just a supreme effort from the boys. Once they started putting run on the board, it felt like they couldn’t stop. Enjoyable!
Speaking of golf, Salvy landed the first homer on the green pin high - beautiful!
Hahaha…Birdie!
Here's the real question. Is Salvy the first Royal to homer in both Sonic Slam innings of a doubleheader? They were talking about it on the radio broadcast, but never gave a definitive answer. Looking at the list you posted, it wouldn't be too hard to figure out, and maybe if I have free time later I'll put in the research. You'd only have to check the box scores for the 4 or 5 most recent games. I'm not sure exactly when they started the whole Sonic Slam thing. Maybe it goes all the way back to '98 and the Palmer game, I'm not sure. I feel confident in saying Pecota's big day predated it. Wherever the line is, I'm betting Salvy is the lone answer to that piece of trivia.
I didn’t even think about that! Too many runs were scoring. Now that you mention it, maybe the TV broadcast discussed this, too. I had the volume way down by that point but thought I caught something along those lines.
Think we can say that Salvy is money.
I like to mentally combine the two Win Probability graphs into one and then draw a trend line going off the page forever and ever into the future. Royals over Cardinals forever and ever. Stonks only go up.
This was what I was hoping for! Stonks!
The Cardinals staff removed the ball after that half inning, right? Even so, it had to be demoralizing to see it standing out on all that green!