KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals are Ali to the Mets’ Foreman, Holyfield to their Tyson.
Take your pick if Kansas City is just ideally built to deal with the power punches of the Mets’ rotation or those power punches do not carry quite the sting of even a week or two ago. Whatever the choice, it is advantage Royals and really horrible news for the Mets in the 111th World Series.
After all, the one huge edge the Mets expected to enjoy in this Fall Classic was starting pitching. Theirs was dynamic and dominant. The Royals’ was eccentric and erratic.