Game 1 of the best-of-seven World SeriesGiants Madison Bumgarner vs the Royals James Shields Join the blog! Tweet @lengeldavidemail: david.lengel.freelance@theguardian.comRead our 2014 Word Series preview here 7.29pm ET Mercifully, it is time to play baseball again. Weve been waiting for days, but some time around 8:07 on the East Coast and 1:07 in the UK, Kansas Citys World Series Game 1 starter James Shield will rear back, windup and make the first pitch of the 110th World Series.