The San Francisco Giants rolled to an 11-4 victory against the Kansas City Royals in Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday night. They evened the Series at a game apiece and ensured the Fall Classic will return to Kauffman Stadium for a Game 6, at least.
Not that Royals manager Ned Yost isn't glancing even deeper into the future:
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Ned Yost: "Somewhere inside of me, secretly I had hoped it would go seven games for the excitement and thrill of it." Ned Forever.
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) October 26, 2014
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Just so we're all clear on how the best-of-seven Series works, the Royals and Giants are tied at 2-all. The Royals could win the Series in six games, if they win the next two. And yet, Yost is musing about the exciting and thrilling possibility of a Game 7. Does that mean he's ceding Game 5 to the Giants, who are pitching ace Madison Bumgarner. If the Giants win on Sunday night, Ned's team definitely will need Game 7 to win a championship, which apparently is how he wants it to happen.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy expressed a thought that was similar, if not identical, about the Series going seven games:
"The way these two teams go at it, it wouldn't surprise me," Bochy said. Much more politically correct. And no direct ceding of Games 5 or 6.
On a related matter, a reporter asked Yost if he was "conceding victory" by not using his top three relievers in Game 4, particularly when the Royals trailed 6-4 in the sixth inning.
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"No, I wasn't conceding nothing, but I wasn't going to put my boys in that ballgame, either, down two," Yost said.
Ned Yost: Not conceding on a detail — not conceding nothing — *except that he'd like the Series to go seven games. When his team could win it in six.
To Ned! To the Yostseason!
Here's video of the relevant press conference; the bit about the Series going seven games comes near the end:
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