World Series Game 1: Notes and discussion

Kauffman Stadium is an unlikely site for the start of the Fall Classic

By Jim Margalus Oct 21, 2014, 7:00pm CDT

Game 1: Kansas City Royals vs. San Francisco Giants

Time: 7:07 | TV: Fox

Blogs: Royals Review | McCovey Chronicles

Lineups

Today's Lineups

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS	KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Gregor Blanco - CF	Alcides Escobar - SS
Joe Panik - 2B	Norichika Aoki - RF
Buster Posey - C	Lorenzo Cain - CF
Pablo Sandoval - 3B	Eric Hosmer - 1B
Hunter Pence - RF	Billy Butler - DH
Brandon Belt - 1B	Alex Gordon - LF
Mike Morse - DH	Salvador Perez - C
Travis Ishikawa - LF	Omar Infante - 2B
Brandon Crawford - SS	Mike Moustakas - 3B

Madison Bumgarner - LHP	James Shields - RHP

Additional reading

*Steven Goldman has five reasons why everybody wins with a Royals-Giants series.

*Grant Brisbee has four reasons why the Giants will beat the Royals.

*Marc Normandin has four reasons why the Royals will beat the Giants.

*Sam Miller at Baseball Prospectus put together an Illustrated Guide to the People of Kauffman Stadium.

*The Royals figure to get a boost from their biggest fan in South Korea:

A video posted by Chris Kamler (@thefakened) on Oct 10, 2014 at 11:15am PDT

*And Ned Yost tells everybody what it's all about.

ah yes, my favorite ned yost quote pic.twitter.com/MbYEK8A7sh
— Lana Berry (@Lana) October 21, 2014