Game 15 Overflow Thread
by Freneau on Apr 17, 2008 12:14 AM EDT
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PrintStrange game, but in the 7th the Royals cling to a 3-2 lead. The Royals have 11 hits, a walk, and two steals, but only three runs. Being singles-based will do that.
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I agree.
Would still rather have him hitting second, with billy third.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
i have a man-crush
on Teahen. Someone was bashing him the other day (maybe multiple people), but I think he’s pretty solid overall.
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do do do do do dooooo
CHARGE!
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A-Rod
Just passed Ted Williams and Willie McCovey in Home Runs, damn that dude is amazing. Hate him, but gotta give props!
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unfortunately
he’s going to HAVE to go through our royals to get one. He’s gonna have to pry the bats out of our cold dead hands…
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stupid, stupid, stupid
"I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer." - Dan Quisenberry
Why joey???
Was there supposed to be a hit and run there?
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 12:21 AM EDT reply actions
and billy left him stranded, maybe?
Cause that really hurts
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
dont really understand the steal there...
considering he would have scored from second anyways.
dont mind the green light for gator and i dont really even mind him trying to steal, just dont understand the timing.
That's what I was gonna say
play for the 1 run on the sac fly, not a bad idea with Billy at the plate
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
a billy sac fly
gets gator home from second…
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I don't mind the steal there
However, I mind that he tried it from a standing start.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
unproductive out
somehow, when these things work, we hear about it for minutes and minutes
but when they dont, everyone just moves on
i agree
i was griping to a buddy about all of the runs we’ve left on the basepath this year.
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Good call.
But he’s in scoring position anyway.
by Royals Nation on Apr 17, 2008 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
taking second was a good idea.
Taking third was a bad one. Too much risk involved, if he’s caught, then a k ends the chance for a rally.
This is still a learning process for Joey, so I’m ok with him figuring things out, and he’s going to caught some of the time…but he has to be smarter and recognize the whole situation if he’s going to have a green light like he’s been given.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Gator Might Have
Beat the tag, but the throw was there. I haven’t seen a reverse angle.
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by philofthenorth on Apr 17, 2008 12:23 AM EDT reply actions
And for what it's worth
I think it was a tie at third, which should go to the runner. But the camera angle I saw blocked the base so I can’t be positive about that.
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nuh-uh.
tie does not, technically, go to the runner.
according to the rule book, the ump has to decide whether he the runner is safe or out, no ties.
Oh, believe me
I know the rules, still play the game. But as an unwritten rule, the runner gets the advantage on a tie. A good majority of the time in my experience.
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Analysis time
That’s like the 5th time this season I’ve seen a hitter swing at a pitch Ramirez didn’t even get to the plate. Ideas as to what he’s doing to cause that?
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Eybar IS A
Free swinger; who needs strikes?
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by philofthenorth on Apr 17, 2008 12:26 AM EDT reply actions
ramirez has looked awesome so far this year...
dont want to jinx him, but he could be another really solid GMDM pitching acquisition.
That'd be like doubling up Joey.
Dude on first is pretty fast in his own right.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
except we've got to get some help from vlad.
Wow, I’m pessimistic tonight.
Though he did “ground” into a DP earlier in the game
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Ross Is Chatty
Cathy at 1B.
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by philofthenorth on Apr 17, 2008 12:29 AM EDT reply actions
No big deal
Ramirez has the stuff, I feel confident.
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Have to go inside
huge hole on the right side
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hey, who are you rooting for?
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yeah, i din't want to have to punch your eyeballs with pixels...
I was kidding too… sorry forgot the :)
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ramirez' icon is guerrero
or at least that is what the angels’ announcers said.
he seems to be pressing right now…
I'd be cool with an IBB
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no thank you
strike this guy out.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
It crossed the plate above the belt, and unfortunately that’s not usually called on a breaking pitch these days. Watching vintage TV baseball broadcasts is really interesting, because the strike zone seems so much bigger.
I just with
they would call the textbook strike zone more often, that includes the high strike. Isn’t it SUPPOSED to be the letters?
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Holy...
That was intense. I think that getting out of this run-free is the biggest part of this game
That's pretty obvious
most crucial part of the game right here. Gotta have some faith in Gobble.
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I'll definitely take that
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Tiger Woods Golf
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions
savor this moment!!
Remember a few years back, how our bullpen would come in, and we’d all be expecting the terrible thing to happen, and then it would, and we would feel awful?
Those times are over!!
Though I agree
I still feel like I have to say “no jinx”
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, even though I really want a bunch of insurance runs
I’d trust a Nunez 8 and a Soria 9th to a one-run lead.
Damn
Now that is something SO NEW to the KC bullpen that it is almost unbelievable.
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seriously
take out Nomo, and this pen looks crazy f-ing retarded good. Can we get somebody to go all Tonya Harding on him?
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I volunteer
Hell…I have a lot of guns if that works better
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
That's the bourbon talkin
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Mmm, Bourbon (gobble, gobble)
"I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer." - Dan Quisenberry
Evan Williams actually
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
i thinkn that woudll hold up in court
can he claim lawyer client privelege with any of you guys so it’s not premeditated?
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Or even replace him with Peralta
If Hillman insists on having 12 pitchers . . .
I love our bullpen, but with 11 hits
the game shouldn’t be this close. We’ve got to start bringing guys home.
yes, leaving runs out there
seems to be a chronic issue.
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The clutch hitting
and RISP BA will probably even out over the course of a season, but it’s indeed frustrating at the moment.
by Royals Nation on Apr 17, 2008 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions
good question
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Finally found it at CBS Sportsline. 10th in AL, 20th in MLB. You’ve got to have a lot of baserunners to leave a lot of them on.
Royals batters really have to learn to keep their heads
especially in high-pressure situations.
First time Ross gets IBB twice in one game?
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have to go Callaspo over Esty
for defense.
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i think the idea is that pena's defense
is more important in the upcoming innings than any offense he provides here.
Then you start Callespo
and bring in Pena as a defensive replacement in a close game. That way, TPJ’s lack of offense doesn’t kill you early in the game.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
As much as I want to like Hillman...
...and believe me, I do….he’s Buddy-like in a few regards. Of course, I don’t think his hook is as slow, and he doesn’t have that veteran bias, but in just a few minor regards, I see a vague similarity. Maybe it’s just me…
by Royals Nation on Apr 17, 2008 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions
all MLB managers
are “vaguely similar”.
most managers make the same kind of stuff, and i would bet that most managers leave TPJ in to bat in that same scenario…
just saying.
TPJ caught a break there
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What Difference Does
It make?
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by philofthenorth on Apr 17, 2008 12:51 AM EDT reply actions
I have a solution to the TPJ problem
Royals need to sign the shortstop I created in MLB 2K8.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
i heard the Rangers were after him.
just a rumor though.
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Maybe then we can begin wearing those vintage Royals uni's!
That swing looked beyond Berroa-like. Aaaand not hitting Callaspo comes back to bite us…
by Royals Nation on Apr 17, 2008 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Goes down swinging...
at a ball out of the stike zone…no matter how much we improve, some things never change.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 12:54 AM EDT reply actions
I thought I'd just pop in to say
That is one of the ugliest strike out swings I hope to ever see.
by kansasjhawk044 on Apr 17, 2008 12:54 AM EDT reply actions
Butt Going North
Bat going south. Ugh.
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by philofthenorth on Apr 17, 2008 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions
TPJ
Does anyone see as many pitches as Pena and draw as few walks? Seriously, the guys seems to see as many pitches as anybody, yet still never draws a walk.
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He swings at all of em
Hard to walk that way
by Grace's Dad on Apr 17, 2008 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions
because he either Ks or dribbles out
after fouling a bunch off. he doesn’t actually take too many pitches
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At least for every 0-fer apperance by Pena...
...it brings Hillman and the Royals closer to giving Pena the true axe from the starting lineup. At least I hope.
I kinda doubt it for some reason.
I think Hillman figures we aren’t going to score that many runs anyway, so we need all the defense we can get, and damn the offensive consquences.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions
So, then, we traded Buckner
...for a bench player. At least for this season. And Buckner, the last I checked, is getting knocked around in Tucson, but…..we’re wasting away the pre-arbitration/pre-FA years of a .280/.320/400-hitting, minimum-wage making 2B.
by Royals Nation on Apr 17, 2008 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Excuse me...
....minimum salary-making 2B.
by Royals Nation on Apr 17, 2008 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Or, never mind.
...ok, you get the point. :)
by Royals Nation on Apr 17, 2008 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree
He needs to be playing, I’d rather have his bat than TPJ’s glove at this point, especially early in the game.
Of course, if Grudz gets traded this year, Callespo would take over at second, and we’re still stuck with TPJ at SS…unless we can bring in a decent SS for Grudz, maybe?
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
is the overflow thread...
going to need an overflow thread?
by blue bandwagon on Apr 17, 2008 12:55 AM EDT reply actions
The thing that scares me here
Is that eventually, the good side of our bullpen has to give up a run.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
I was thinking the same thing
Go 1-2-3, this inning, though, and we get the 8 and 9 batter up in bottom of the ninth.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
i like the way you think
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hey...
so that tpj guy… he x%x^#ing SUCKS!!!!
by blue bandwagon on Apr 17, 2008 12:56 AM EDT reply actions
The Hispanic Panic
I love that, kudos to Rany!
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maybe it;s the fact that
he hasn’t pitched in a week. JK, sort of.
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I could go to bed
If we scored one more run
My girl already went to bed
what a lame-o, couldn’t even stay for the end of the game
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions
LETS GO ROYALS
KEEP THE LEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve been busy and running around since 7 this morning. I know, right?
Boyfriend of the Year 2008: It's gonna be big!
by loyal2theroyals on Apr 17, 2008 1:03 AM EDT reply actions
Great Job Nunez
Boy i bet the opposition hates the Hispanic Panice (Ramirez, Nunez, Soria)
I love life. Life = Royals
I want some runs this inning, dammit.
I’ve been on the edge of my seat for the past four innings, it would be nice to have a chance to breathe.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 1:03 AM EDT reply actions
Gator didn't run that out.
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nah, just upset he was watchign Chone throw the ball
and jogging it in.
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don't break the bank...
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but headed the right direction...
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id still rather have DJ
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Major league debut for this pitcher.
and Vlad is hurt. Hopefully, they don’t get to his spot in the batting order regardless, but its nice not having to deal with his arm.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 1:06 AM EDT reply actions
welcome to the majors.
you just about got teabagged.
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I was including Olivo's in my yell.
Since it was just last inning with 2 outs. And nothing came of it
Holy shit Butler swung at the first pitch
Oh wait he does that all the time :(
I love life. Life = Royals
That's why I said earlier
that Teahen is the best batter on the team. Billy and Gordo are better hitters, but Teahen’s got a lot more patience and discipline.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Not Laura Branigan's?
“Calling Soriaaaaaaaaa!”
Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!
Alright ill be right back.. i have to go bury my face into my tv and pray we get this win
I love life. Life = Royals
Alright, Soria's coming in....
...I saw him getting a tour at my apartment complex the other day. How would you like to wish your neighbor Joakim Soria a “good game” as he walks into your apartment building on warm summer nights!
Yeah, I was just about to say
it’s weird to see him throw balls. Must be those off days.
I love those 7 strike innings by him though.
as do everyone
that’s not trying to hit against him
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HA HA HA!
He laughs in your faces.
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Pretty, pretty curve
"I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer." - Dan Quisenberry
Spilled my spit cup all over the futon
my girl is gonna kill me!!!
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You put the lid on while you're chewing?
too much work
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 1:16 AM EDT up reply actions
if the leukoplakia doesn't first...
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2 down...
and “Shawn” is all the stands between us and the sweet land of victory.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 1:16 AM EDT reply actions
Agreed.
nice to see meche get a win
"I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer." - Dan Quisenberry
Thank god it's over
That game was stressful as hell. But we beat a very good SP and a very good offense. Whew
I probably disagree with you.
he was not so good today
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Because he came up against a Royals juggernaut
Anytime you get to a good pitcher, you’ve done well.
I probably disagree with you.
by Scott McKinney on Apr 17, 2008 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions
again, he laughs in your faces...
Don't Stop Believing!
YEAH BABY!!!!
And that’s the ooooolllllld baaaaaallll gggaaaaaameeee! (Sorry to steal that line)
ROYALS WIN! ROYALS WIN! Temporarily, all is right with the world!!!!!
Heck, I'd be happy with 96
I probably disagree with you.
by Scott McKinney on Apr 17, 2008 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions
i migth be a smidge disappointed with 95
but I could get over it.
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Excellent performance by Soria after an extended layoff. The ump liked it also, expanding his strikezone considerably for the first time all night.
He's getting veteran respect already apparently
I probably disagree with you.
by Scott McKinney on Apr 17, 2008 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I'll take it
It’s weird for Royals to get respect.
I probably disagree with you.
by Scott McKinney on Apr 17, 2008 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions
i just hope
Gordon starts getting the low and away call.
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For those listening to Denny...
does he sound more excited then normal? He was practically belting out the calls tonight.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 17, 2008 1:18 AM EDT reply actions
I thought Denny was taking his bimonthly vacation?
I thought it was Bob and that other (stewart?) guy
Did they just say that Flav-A-Flav was on next?
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We Can Only
Dream.
Let's go, boys, to the toppermost of the poppermost!
by philofthenorth on Apr 17, 2008 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Back Fucking Door
Is now closed; no way out for the Angels.
Let's go, boys, to the toppermost of the poppermost!
Tomko is pitching. It's in the bag
I probably disagree with you.
by Scott McKinney on Apr 17, 2008 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Is it really a sweep if it's only a 2 game series?
Sure it is, I’ll take it baby!
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Even though it shoulda been an offensive explosion
with three hits. A win is a win. Did everyone else hear the crowd go “Awww” when Teahen barely missed the HR? I wouldn’t think there’d be many Royals fans in Anaheim. Did they just want to see a homer?
Teahen went to Saint Mary's college in California
maybe there’s a few fans
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by MileHighKCfan on Apr 17, 2008 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions
st marys is quite a deal away...
if his family was going to come see him, they would likely go see him in oakland (assuming his family lives near where he went to college)...
I have a buddy sitting in left field.
Hi sean!
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Best Offense in the league right now
and they just got 2 runs off our BADASS pitching
I love life. Life = Royals
agreed.
hopefull he gets on track now.. gotta love the way he stuck in there.. he was really pissed tonight also with some of the calls the ump was giving him. gotta love the way he pitched
I love life. Life = Royals
2 QS for him now
The only problem I see is his control. If he can improve that, he’ll be back to last year’s Meche, or thereabouts.
I probably disagree with you.
by Scott McKinney on Apr 17, 2008 1:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Ya he does have some walk issues so far. i think he will figure it out though
I love life. Life = Royals
You get a more guaranteed return for bonds
The Royals can’t afford high risk investments.
I probably disagree with you.
by Scott McKinney on Apr 17, 2008 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions
the good news is that the offense will improve
...and of course the pitching will decline from this very lofty height. Hopefully it will level out and the Royals will keep winning by scoring some more runs even though we’ll be allowing some more runs.
I probably disagree with you.
by Scott McKinney on Apr 17, 2008 1:29 AM EDT up reply actions
The weather was cold in Detroit, Cleveland, KC, and even in Seattle, and that holds offense down. So, expect the offense to improve and the pitching to look human again. And take 9-6 whenever and however you can get it!
We Have A
Good offense; they’re just not hitting well. They will,
Let's go, boys, to the toppermost of the poppermost!
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