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Sidney Ponson will make his second start of the season this afternoon against the Royals, looking to build on a strong performance last week against the Twins.

Wait...

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Sidney Ponson is still in baseball? Yes, yes he is. I must have lost track somewhere after his random time in St. Louis.

Sir Sidney will square off against Zack Greinke (1.25 ERA), as Zack looks to improve on a 3.27 career ERA in Arlington. With a victory on today's getaway day the Royals can begin claiming huge chunks of territory in Oklahoma. We'll start in Tulsa and Enid, and work our way south.

- One pre-game link worth checking out. Mellinger's Q&A with Teahen.

 

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Come on boys! Lets take 2 out of 3!

Finally coming back to the 'K'!!!! I'm going to be there 7/11/08, vs the SEA Mariners, of course!

by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on May 1, 2008 12:38 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Sir Sidney

4.60 ERA vs. Royals in 19 starts.
5.88 ERA lifetime in Arlington

And he’s fat.

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on May 1, 2008 12:41 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

lets start with bartlesville

I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me

by LeoBloom on May 1, 2008 1:08 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Best part of the interview

Is the stuff about Farnsworth and the mini-interview with Farns afterwards

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 1:09 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Preety sure last night was the last time we had a homer in the 3 hole since opening week

A lot of you wont like me... by I assure you my opinion will be voiced GO ROYALS!

by focs on May 1, 2008 1:10 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

No doubt

and who would have thought it would be DDJ?

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 1:12 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

not me for one

This team desperatly needs a 3 hitter

A lot of you wont like me... by I assure you my opinion will be voiced GO ROYALS!

by focs on May 1, 2008 1:12 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

they have one

they just dont know it

I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me

by LeoBloom on May 1, 2008 1:13 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

+1

they just need more hitters, period. And some of those they have just need to grow into it. I’m guessing that Gordon and Butler will be able to hold down the middle of the order for a long time.

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 1:14 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Wow.. Hiroki Kuroda for the dodgers has 36 pitches through 4 innings of work

Take lessons Bannister and Tomko :D only kidding Bannister but tomko. take lessons

A lot of you wont like me... by I assure you my opinion will be voiced GO ROYALS!

by focs on May 1, 2008 1:14 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Also

take lessons from the Marlins’ hitters: do the opposite of what they’re doing

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 1:16 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Pisses me off..

I picked up Kuroda for my fantasy team today and he gave up a run because Juan Pierre decided to close his eyes for a whole play and completely miss play a pop up and they didnt count it as an error so the run was counted to him after a Hanley double

A lot of you wont like me... by I assure you my opinion will be voiced GO ROYALS!

by focs on May 1, 2008 1:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

That sounds like me

Fantasy is supposed to make baseball more fun, but I find myself just getting more pissed of when, e.g., my closer is used in a non-save situation, or when my team is winning a blowout, but I still get mad because the inning ends before one of my hitters gets up.

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 1:20 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

EXACTLY!

Hints why i was so mad when Teahen swung at that 3-0 pitch with butler coming up with the bases loaded when butler is on my fantasy team :D or used to be

A lot of you wont like me... by I assure you my opinion will be voiced GO ROYALS!

by focs on May 1, 2008 1:22 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

And need i say

CJ Wilson is on my team too and he was brought in a non save situation last night and buck bombed him.. but i never put Fantasy baseball before the royals so i was happy but mad later

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by focs on May 1, 2008 1:22 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Getaway days

Commonly have these kind of games.

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on May 1, 2008 1:20 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

(Insert line)

about Joe Guillen always thinking its a getaway when he’s at the plate

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 1:21 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I can shoudler lean

I dont know how da dance doh

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by focs on May 1, 2008 1:16 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

the royals are undfeated in may

I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me

by LeoBloom on May 1, 2008 1:17 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

They will be at the end of may too

29-0

A lot of you wont like me... by I assure you my opinion will be voiced GO ROYALS!

by focs on May 1, 2008 1:19 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I can ride my bike with no handle bars

no handle bars no handle bars

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by focs on May 1, 2008 1:32 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Same as last night

J Gathright CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260
M Grudzielanek 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319
D DeJesus LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
J Guillen DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 .183
M Teahen RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
B Butler 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
A Gordon 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
J Buck C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221
T Pena Jr. SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 .156

A lot of you wont like me... by I assure you my opinion will be voiced GO ROYALS!

by focs on May 1, 2008 1:56 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Can someone explain

this lineup to me? I mean, I guess I understand why Gathright’s on top. I don’t agree with it (since he doesn’t get on base), but I get the old-school obsession with “speed at the top!?

But why is Gordon, the best hitter on the Royals so far this year, hitting 7th?

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 1:58 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

again

NOt another stupid matchip thing, I hope,

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 1:58 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

i like the lineup if teahen and gordon were to swap

A lot of you wont like me... by I assure you my opinion will be voiced GO ROYALS!

by focs on May 1, 2008 1:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I think DeJesus should be leading off

Gordon third, then Gathright further down. Gotta get your best hitters the most ABs

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 2:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

+1

I’d like it except for that. Teahen has the experience to handle the “last man in the foxhole” mentality necessary to bat in front of Buck and Pena. And if Gordon’s the one getting pitches to hit before Butler, he’s more likely to do something really good with them.

However, Teahen’s hit some of his best balls in the last two nights, so maybe at least that is working. Mostly they just have to have Buck and Pena hit a lit bit so the 7th hole isn’t like the 8th spot in the National League.

by Big Guy on May 1, 2008 2:11 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Gathright Strikes out to start the game

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by focs on May 1, 2008 2:07 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

2 men out grudz grounds out

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by focs on May 1, 2008 2:08 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

DDJ walks

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by focs on May 1, 2008 2:10 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

And that's why DeJesus needs to be leading off

with Gordon and others behind. If he walks with no outs instead of two, that’s three chances to drive him in, instead of 1

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 2:11 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Whoever came up with the "Zack follows Banny" theory

get’s a medal. And a slap in the face.

Let’s hope Zack turns it around after the early homer.

by Big Guy on May 1, 2008 2:17 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

anyone read

somewhere (I can’tr remember where) that Greinke is a “Spaceman Lee for the 21st century”? Perfect.

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 2:18 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Not this shit again

Formally PhantomRoyals

by FattyFMcFatass on May 1, 2008 2:21 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

So far Ponson looks unhittable

LOL

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 1, 2008 2:30 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

My lineup

LF DeJesus
2B Grudz
1B Butler
DH Guillen
3B Gordon
RF Teahen
C Buck
SS Pena
CF Gathright

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on May 1, 2008 2:34 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Teahen 1B
Davey LF
Butler DH
Gordon 3b
Guillen RF
Grudz 2B
Buck/Olivo C
Callaspo SS
CF Gathright

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on May 1, 2008 2:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Not to nitpick

two lefties in a row (Gordon Teahen). Flipping Gordon with Guillen or Butler would to the trick. Especially since at the moment he’s hitting better than either of them.

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 2:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Does anyone get out faster than us?

I get up to go to the bathroom before the inning starts and I get back an Zack is pitching again. Wahat happened?

by Big Guy on May 1, 2008 2:36 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Hate to say this but Ponson is the kind of awful pitcher

that gives the Royals offense trouble. Let’s hope I just jinxed him – I’d love to be wrong. Instinct tells me he’ll have about 3 innings of 10 or less pitches.

Nice to hear Ryan L. on the radio broadcast today.

by daveyork on May 1, 2008 2:37 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

There is ol pena laying down a bunt again

A lot of you wont like me... by I assure you my opinion will be voiced GO ROYALS!

by focs on May 1, 2008 2:39 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

terrible

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on May 1, 2008 2:40 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

ATTABOY GRUDZ

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by focs on May 1, 2008 2:41 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

At least somebody can get the job done

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 1, 2008 2:41 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

I hate it...

when we get rewarded for small-ball. It makes them think that sacrificing a runner to second with 1 out is always a good idea. Granted, when it’s Gath at the plate, but still.

Nice to even the score, though.

by Big Guy on May 1, 2008 2:42 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

I know it led to a run

but did the Royals really sacrifice twice to get 1 run against Sidney Freaking Ponson???

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 2:42 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Fair enough

I just think that Hillman thinks it’s good strategy. And if a guy’s best play is the bunt, then he sure shouldn’t be at the top of the order (Gathright).

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 2:45 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Hillman ...

i’m about two weeks from being against him

by royalsreview on May 1, 2008 3:19 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Imagine if he was hitting leadoff

with the big guys behind him driving him in, instead behind the BuntMeisters

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 2:45 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

To be fair..

He’d still be behind the “buntmeisters”, they’d just be the bottom of the order, not part of the bottom and the top.

by Big Guy on May 1, 2008 2:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

True

I’m sure at this point it doesn’t make that much of a different. Still, it drives me nuts to think of Gathright getting more at bat opportunities than Dejesus, Gordon, Butler, Guillen, Teahen…

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 2:49 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

and so many more bunts

I still think DM is convinced that TPJ is acceptable because he learned the “Braves way” or something brilliant like that

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 2:57 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

OK

I’ll stop beating the dead horse. I’m more objecting to Gathright leading off and Gordon being dropped to 7th than anythign else. I like DeJesus, I’m complimenting him by saying he should be leading off

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 2:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

hmm....2 at bats...

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on May 1, 2008 2:48 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

How About This?

Teahen RF
Butler 1B
DDJ CF
Guillen LF
Gordon 3B
Gritz 2B
Gator DH
Buck C
TPJ SS

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on May 1, 2008 2:49 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Better than this one

although I suspect “Japanese aggression” would lead to Butler laying down a lot of Bunts… (shudder)

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 2:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

switch dejesus and butler and i like it kinda.. or but ddj at 1 and teabag at 2 butler at 3rd

A lot of you wont like me... by I assure you my opinion will be voiced GO ROYALS!

by focs on May 1, 2008 2:51 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I worry too much about

two lefties in a raw, I guess. That’s the problem when you don’t have enough good righties. Too bad we never had a hold on a cheap right-handed outfielder, like, say, Matt Diaz…

by devil_fingers on May 1, 2008 2:52 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Part Of The

Point of this order was to keep DDJ in the 3 hole; he seems to like it there. I’d put Gordon in the 2 hole if it didn’t make 3 LH’s in a row. Also, I can’t see the point of putting Gator in CF and Guillen at DH; with this OF, we’re very good defensively. If Gator has to play, let him DH.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on May 1, 2008 2:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

other than having the wrong shortstop i dont mind that lineup....

however, i do envision a TON of double plays after teahen gets on to lead off the game which is very disheartening to me

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on May 1, 2008 2:51 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

WOOOO!

Look at Greinke retiring 9 in a row and racking up some K’s

A lot of you wont like me... by I assure you my opinion will be voiced GO ROYALS!

by focs on May 1, 2008 2:52 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Yeah he looks pretty sharp today, nice curveball

On pace for 6 innings, 8 K’s. I would take that

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 1, 2008 2:53 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs