The week after Christmas and New Year’s. It’s that beautiful time of the year where people put aside their differences and appreciate the greatest baseball players of all time by voting for the Hall of Fame. That lasts up until we find out that actual people voted for Aaron Boone, Darin Erstad, Tom Gordon, and Troy Percival.

The Royals took Game 1 of the World Series last night, 5-4, in a game that lasted over five hours and went 14 innings. There were 115 plate appearances and 417 pitches thrown. We don't usually post recaps of individual games; that's not our niche here. But, when a game like last night's happens, I felt like I had to document it. So in case you missed it, or just want to relive it again, here are things that happened last night.

Today should be awesome. After 161 games, there are still many things to be decided as we head into game 162. For the first time, all games start at 3:00 ET in an effort to take away any advantage of playing later than your opponents. A lot of the possibilities are rather confusing, so we wanted to help you (and ourselves) out. So, here's a brief viewing guide.

Who is the 2015 National League Cy Young? That's the question everyone has been asking for a couple months now. When we dished out our 2015 AFITB awards last Monday, I had to hold off on choosing because it was too close to call with a week of games left. Of course, the three candidates in discussion are Jake Arrieta of the Cubs and Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke of the Dodgers. In this post, I make my decision and give my reasoning for it, including the article and numbers that shifted my thinking.