The 2014 MLB postseason has officially reached the Championship Series Round, as there are now four teams vying for their respective league pennants and a chance to play in the World Series.
The upstart Kansas City Royals have yet to lose this October. They rallied from behind in the Wild Card Game and have continued to find late-game magic all postseason, on their way to a 2-0 lead over the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Championship Series.
That series now shifts back to Kansas City, where the AL East-winning Orioles will have their hands full with what promises to be a raucous Royals fanbase.
On the NL side of things, the St. Louis Cardinals authored some late-inning magic of their own to reach the NLCS, while the San Francisco Giants rode some terrific starting pitching and a little luck to a National League Division Series victory over the heavily favored Washington Nationals.
The Giants jumped out to an early lead in the NLCS behind another brilliant start from ace Madison Bumgarner, and the Cardinals will be looking to even things up on Sunday.
So with the ALCS and NLCS now in full swing, what follows is a look at a handful of slumping stars (two from each team) who will need to turn things around if their teams hope to be playing in the World Series later this month.
//from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/1Ca1qrW
via IFTTT October 12, 2014 at 08:55AM
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