The "Big Game James" nickname is one James Shields earned well before he stepped on a major league mound, and according to legend actually had nothing to do with his pitching prowess. As the story goes, Shields was a big fan of the original "Big Game James," Los Angeles Lakers legend James Worthy, and since they shared the first name his high school friends basically stuck it on him, and somewhere along the line he just forgot to remove it. Over 15 years later, the nickname is as firmly attached as it ever was. Only now, given the line of work he finds himself in, it's amplified and serves as the basis, fairly or unfairly, for how his performance is jjudged. With the unquestioned biggest start of his professional career looming on Sunday night in San Francisco, the Kansas City Royals desperately need Shields to claim ownership of that moniker, if only for one night. With the Royals and San Francisco Giants tied at two wins apiece in the World Series, manager Ned Yost will turn to Shields in a pivotal Game 5, on the road, at crazy loud AT&T Park, against MLB's top pitcher in the postseason, Madison Bumgarner, and against a resilient Giants team that's won two of the last four...