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Baltimore Orioles @ Kansas City Royals


Was last night the worst game of the year? Hard to argue against it. Then again, the Royals might as well not even take the field against those warriors of the Chesapeake, the Orioles.

This year the Royals are 0-2 against the Orioles. Last year, they went 0-7 against them, in 2006, 1-5. The last time the Royals beat the O's was on July 25, 2006, a glorious 7-5 victory for Mark Redman. All-Star Mark Redman. The Orioles actually led that game 4-0, but thanks to two Mark Teahen homers off Kris Benson (remember him? remember when Teahen had power?) the Royals stormed back to take the lead, and eventually, the game. The Orioles would go on to take the final two games of that series, beginning a mysterious dominance over the Royals that has now produced eleven straight Baltimore victories.

Tonight, Brett Tomko (4.98 ERA) looks to change all that. But to do so, he'll need to out-duel Garret Olson.

 

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Shades of Buddy!

D. DeJesus rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
E. German lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053
A. Gordon 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
B. Butler 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
M. Grudzielanek 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
J. Guillen dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189
J. Buck c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
J. Gathright cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
T. Pena Jr. ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 6:42 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Has DDJ Ever

Played RF before? Better him than German, but still odd.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 7:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is it a problem in any way?

A good defensive CFer should be able to handle either corner position very easily.

I probably disagree with you.

by NYRoyal on May 10, 2008 7:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I Dunno

Just curious.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 7:12 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i bet we lose by two runs

and pena strands 4. callaspo is given the opportunity to pinch hit for pena in the 9th, successfully hits a single, but it is ultimately meaningless at that juncture of the game

Go Royals!

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by marbotty on May 10, 2008 7:00 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

on second thought

i think we pummel them 12-2

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by marbotty on May 10, 2008 7:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sold

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 7:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'll Buy That

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 7:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I say the Royals lose 173-0

I hate this team so much!!!!!!!!!!111

I probably disagree with you.

by NYRoyal on May 10, 2008 7:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You're Forgetting The

100 run spread rule.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 7:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn those pussies on the rules committee

They should allow teams to beat us by more than 100 runs to teach Hillman, Moore and Glass a lesson.

2008 Kansas City Royals. Awful team or the worst team ever?

I probably disagree with you.

by NYRoyal on May 10, 2008 7:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mighty Melvin Mora

Can Tomboy keep him in the park?

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 7:14 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i'll just be happy if we avoid a CS/runner picked off first

what are the odds?

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by marbotty on May 10, 2008 7:15 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Markakis With Runners

On; we’re doomed.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 7:16 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I just realized something

The K is configured exactly backward for how this team is currently composed. I don’t think our pitchers would give up a ton more homers if the fences were in, because I just don’t recall too many opposition warning track flies… but OUR guys seem to hit a ton.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

plus

less outfield = fewer hits in the park, which is what’s plaguing the pitching staff.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 7:20 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so mlbtv is blacking out the game on me

apparently the Royals game is being played in Dubai or Riyadh or something

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by marbotty on May 10, 2008 7:20 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sigh

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 7:22 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Can anything else go wrong?

Seriously.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 7:23 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 7:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I Like His

Pop.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 7:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

KEEP RAINING NOW

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 7:26 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

God, if only we could get so lucky

PLEASE.

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by slayor on May 10, 2008 7:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yessir

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 7:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Who wants to start a "DFA Tomko Club"?

Kevin Millar? Seriously?

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on May 10, 2008 7:28 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NHZ...

is there such a thing as a maryland accent?

by royalsreview on May 10, 2008 7:29 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think everywhere has its own

accent, but I really don’t remember a distinctive accent from living down there. Course, I was ten when I moved up to MA. And yes, there is a Massachusetts accent. :P

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on May 10, 2008 7:30 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

baltimore accent sorta resembles boston

i believe they say bahlteemowh

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by marbotty on May 10, 2008 7:32 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

not like boston at all...

it’s more like “bawlmer”

and you get variations on the accent in western md and on the eastern shore.

by getxstoked on May 10, 2008 7:37 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

did the old orioles radio guy have it?

I remember driving once around DC, listening to an Orioles game and being amazed.

by royalsreview on May 10, 2008 7:38 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

http://www.camdenchat.com/2008/5/10/507270/gameday-thread-o-s-18-18-r#comments

I brought it up at camdenchat

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on May 10, 2008 7:44 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I Have Heard

It said that KC and Omaha have no speech accents associated with them. Some think otherwise:
http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/midwest/
“My linguistic illusions were shattered in college. In an introductory phonetics class I discovered that certain words that I had always pronounced the same way were supposed to be distinct. The words included pairs such as cot and caught and Don and dawn. The vowel sound in the first of these pairs was said to be produced with the tongue low and back in the mouth and with the lips spread open, while the vowel of the second members of each pair was said to involve a slightly higher tongue position and a rounding of the lips. For me, all these words had the same vowel, a sound close to that of the former description (i.e., low, back and unrounded). Imagine my Midwestern embarrassment in learning that I was "missing" a vowel!”

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 8:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

KC has a southern accent to my ear

Nebraska, not so much. Nebraska and Iowa, at least in the cities, are pretty plain.

by royalsreview on May 10, 2008 8:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Only Southern

Accents I heard growing up in KC were people whose parents had moved there from rural areas. I call it a hick accent; I slip into it when I’m drinking. I’ve had more than one person ask me why I don’t have a southern accent since I grew up in Kansas; I never picked up any of the Arkansas sound in the years I lived in Little Rock.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 8:15 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NSFW

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tE9-eh1bWOc

The narrator at the start has an extremely strong, maybe exaggerated, Baltimore accent. Sandy Sandstone (the woman in brown in this clip) has a Baltimore area accent. The end of this clip may be offensive to some.

by drj on May 11, 2008 12:14 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it's music to my ears

I’m a Baltimore native stuck in New England. When I hear that accent, it means I’m home.

by drj on May 11, 2008 12:28 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's annoying because there was no reason to throw a belt high inner half fastball

He could of easily got out of that inning, but no – had to throw one right in the wheelhouse.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 7:30 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think if we make it to 15-21 it's all over

At least we’ve been hovering around 3 games under up until this point. Another long losing streak would totally do this season in. We need to win today, or get rained out.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 7:28 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There Is Hope

http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=EAX&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

Joplin may have just disappeared from the face of the earth.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 7:31 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sup fellas,

You can call me Kevin Millar from now on

Yasuhiko Yabuta is to Major League Baseball as Drew Carey is to The Price is Right

by focs on May 10, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And Set Fire

To Joplin.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 7:45 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I never had Kevbo

as the type to go all Pacman Jones…

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on May 10, 2008 7:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Unbelievably clutch

Joe Morgan would love it.

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by NHZ on May 10, 2008 7:52 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I Love Listening

To a long rain delay. It’s kind of like a filibuster.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 8:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There is a user on gasLampball

who is :
a) a member of the PodSquad
b) has the user name Mrs.Huber

by royalsreview on May 10, 2008 8:36 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Moustakas made his 7th error of the season tonite...

not looking too good for him staying at shortstop

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on May 10, 2008 8:57 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We're Back!

BB, DP, tap to 2B; 14 pitches.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 9:26 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

bueller?

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on May 10, 2008 9:26 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Soft Liner To

CF is not what Guillie was hired to do.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A Mildly Critical

Observation, I suppose. A-Rod somehow gets ripped for hitting home runs at the wrong time.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 9:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

TPJ Made Him

Work before the K. No GIDP, either.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Time For A

Slump buster for Germie.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not A Bad

Double steal. It worked.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, that's going to be interesting.

Payton gets run with an empty bench.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Why is their bench empty?

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 10:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They are carrying 13 pitchers

So only 3 bench players.

Roberts came out with a foot injury, and Payton was tossed.

Ramon Hernandez is still technically on the bench, but he was scratched from the lineup with an injury.

by dkdc on May 10, 2008 10:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

end of this inning.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 10:20 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

(Our half, since we’re traling, that is.)

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 10:20 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He hasn't really looked too bad tonight

Take away the 3 run bomb and he’s pitching as good as last time out. Unfortunately for our pitchers, it seems like their one mistake has been happening with 2 men on and getting hit 450 feet.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 10:22 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Okay, nevermind. Here we go.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 10:23 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That ain't on Tomko.

That was a shitty little weak grounder to short, but Pena bit on Bynum running and left a hole the size of Connecticut.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 10:25 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Way to go there, TPJ.

sigh

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 10:23 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah there goes the ballgame

f*##

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by slayor on May 10, 2008 10:28 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Times like these are when we need a sniper on one of the buildings across I-70

To systematically shoot out every light bank in the stadium.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 10:32 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've figured it out.

You know when you’ve got a super-speedy wideout who makes dazzling plays involving acrobatic catches and 49-yard sprints down the sideline, except he also drops two out of three passes?

That’s the football version of Tony Pena Jr.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 10:30 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree

I really think Pena has concentration or focus or cockiness problems

clearly, he has talent defensively, yet he also seemingly botches a lot of plays

by royalsreview on May 10, 2008 10:32 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree

I really think Pena has concentration or focus or cockiness problems

clearly, he has talent defensively, yet he also seemingly botches a lot of plays

by royalsreview on May 10, 2008 10:32 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tomko: 7k's in 5 innings, no walks, but 4 ER

I don’t get it man.

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by slayor on May 10, 2008 10:34 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I need to watch the first inning again.

I wonder how bad the defense screwed him.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 10:37 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn TPJ is truly a useless player

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 10:38 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

really?

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on May 10, 2008 10:39 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Costa update:

.313/.357/.565 in Omaha this year

by royalsreview on May 10, 2008 10:39 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Call him up and DH him

Or something, the man deserves a solid 200AB’s in a row

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by slayor on May 10, 2008 10:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

One thing I am in favor of this year is making Tomko throw 120 pitches a game

He has a 1 year contract, and if he has to suck he better suck up a bunch of meaningless innings in games we’ve already lost. We might shred his arm into confetti, but who cares.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

BAM, ballgame

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 10:52 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

5.1 IP, 9H, 5ER, 0BB, 8K

Line doesn’t make sense. Unlucky?

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 10:53 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yea...

the 8 Ks just throws it off

maybe he’s been lucky with the timing of missed swings at his trash, i don’t know

by royalsreview on May 10, 2008 10:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The only question is does Olsen go ahead and pitch the complete game

Or do they have mercy and take him out in the 8th

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by slayor on May 10, 2008 11:00 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Beautiful AB from Alex

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by slayor on May 10, 2008 11:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Butler's OPS is under .700 now

lets let him work some things out in Omaha and bring up Costa

by royalsreview on May 10, 2008 11:03 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Miguel Cairo is hitting

.067/.176 /.067

GMDM may want to sign him. He was never a Brave, but he was a Yankee for a long time.

by royalsreview on May 10, 2008 11:04 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Butters Didn't Try

For 3b on that one; baby steps.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:04 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

4 more games till 40. I wonder what moves we see made if any

I think Maier or costa has to come up and get some steady AB’s, TPJ has to go for sure, though he supposedly has through May to figure it out.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I am stunned at how poorly the Royals play against the Orioles

It’s series like this one that make me think that the players may be changing but the Royals are still the same crappy team they have been for the last decade. Their inability to hit the likes of Garrett Olson, Steve Trachel and Daniel Cabrera has sunk them to a season low.

by daveyork on May 10, 2008 11:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There is really only one word for it....pathetic

Hillman needs to break something in the clubhouse after the shitfest tonight

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by slayor on May 10, 2008 11:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

TPJ's Knees?

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hahahhaahahahhahahahaha

With Jose Guillen’s bat. Wait, what bat?

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by slayor on May 10, 2008 11:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We'll Rally For

4 before the umps call it with the bases loaded.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:08 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No

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

by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:13 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, Come On

Now; Gator and TPJ?

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:14 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hillman's Managing For

A 12 inning game in an 182 game season; don’t question him.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Who Has The

TV tonight?

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:16 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tony Muser could of found the right button to press there

Jesus that was stupid. Unless Callapso has his leg in a cast and we don’t know about it, that’s inexcusable.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 11:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How the fk do you let the worst hitter in baseball bat

In the most important AB of the game? are you fking kidding me? mindblowingly poor managing

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 11:17 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And people got on me for deciding Hillman was an idiot

for bringing Gobble in to pitch to Kotchman. Tsk.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 11:21 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Was NOT!

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 11:22 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

In Hillman's Defense

Few LHP’s have as extreme a LOOGY style as Gobble.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:30 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Few lefty hitters

have as extreme a reverse platoon split as Kotchman.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 11:32 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Callaspo Could Not

Have made that play.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:29 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mas Macho

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:32 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Question:

Who has more radio affiliates: Twins or Brewers?

Winner gets nothing.

by royalsreview on May 10, 2008 11:33 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Twins

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 11:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So, RR

Are Hillman’s two weeks up?

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 10, 2008 11:34 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

just about

he’s a generic guy re: pitchers
and i hate his offensive approach

but damn good Christian, which probably matters to some people in the org

by royalsreview on May 10, 2008 11:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, man

too bad he didn’t get that bunt down, huh, Trey! Gotta play for one run h ere.

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 10, 2008 11:35 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What A Crying

Shame he didn’t get the bunt down.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:35 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thorne assumed

he was bunting for the hit.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 11:35 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

go back to Nippon Trey

and take your family with you this time you hypocrite

"So whattya say, should we clean this place up?" - Tom Cruise

by DyeFan187 on May 10, 2008 11:36 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dammit Gordon!

Take this kid out NOW! If he can’t get a bunt down down 2 runs, no outs, with a man on 1st, he doesn’t belong in a major league lineup!!!!!!!

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 10, 2008 11:38 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NOW WE'VE CLOGGED

THE BASES!!!!!!!!!!

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:38 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Help me, I am Frightened and Confused™.

What’s going on here? What is this “rally” thing?

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 11:38 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Something Other Teams

Do when we get a lead.

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by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is swear

If Billy “Fatso with no position takin’ time from Explodin’ Gload” Butler dares to take a pitch here, I’m done, DONE with the Royals!

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 10, 2008 11:39 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

HAHAHAH THREE PITCHES

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 11:41 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Grit Will Out

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

by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:41 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

For all the talk

about Hillman not being to blame because of the players he’s given (and that’s a fair point), they sure are bailing his ass out tonight.

having said that, I’d much rather have a guy with a rep as a good question making stupid decisions people question than a drunk with a mullet who wears sunglasses at night make stupid decisions no one questions.

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 10, 2008 11:42 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What the heck happened to gritty agression, Grudz!!!

I wish Gload could pinch hit for all these guys.

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 10, 2008 11:43 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nobody gets to bitch about FSN anymore.

At least they cut away from the CF camera when it’s covered with water. MASN is showing me a screen full of wet every pitch.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 11:44 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Way to blow the batting title

Guillen

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 10, 2008 11:45 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I Liked His

HR trot on an IF grounder.

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

by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:46 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

(Temporarily?) Dead Rally Scorecard

Young(ish) guys who take too many pitches and can’t get bunts down: 3-4

Gritty, aggressive veterans trying to uphold the legacy of Jason LaRue: 0-2

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 10, 2008 11:46 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

12 hits, 4 runs, in 7 innings

Seriously. Orioles have played like shit this series, handed us so many opportunities. Every time, we fail

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 11:46 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wonder what his line translates to.

Ever since the move to the PCL, Omaha numbers have mostly meant nothing.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 11:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My Ribs Are

Ready; time to switch to radio.

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

by philofthenorth on May 10, 2008 11:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Geez, Phil

Do you get to BBQ every night in Alaska? Any room left in the basement of your mom’s igloo for me?

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 10, 2008 11:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's Just Me

In this igloo now, and the ribs are frozen; home-made, but frozen in individual servings. I make a lot when I barbecue, and I work 12+ hours a day when I’m on. You wouldn’t like my crawl-space, but the loft is where my computer is; you could probably survive there. I’d throw you some ribs every now and then.

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

by philofthenorth on May 11, 2008 12:32 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Luke Scott

what would it have taken to get him in the offseason (wasn’t he one of 7 guys that the orioles fleeced [when was the last time that happened?] the Astros for “31” year-old, clean-as-a-whistle, Tejada?

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 10, 2008 11:49 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is Hillman managing both teams now?

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 10, 2008 11:50 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe he just switched between innings

bringing in your “setup man” wihle behind in a close game. That’s almost forward thinking.

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 10, 2008 11:51 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

At least Nunez looked good

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 10, 2008 11:57 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If You're Into

That kind of thing.

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

by philofthenorth on May 11, 2008 12:35 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

you know what i like

follwing the late innings of a Padres game

Huber PH time!

by royalsreview on May 10, 2008 11:58 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pointless optimism:

We’ve outscored the Orioles since the top of the first.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 10, 2008 11:59 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gee, Alberto

Pena coulda done THAT.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 11, 2008 12:02 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You have got to be fucking kidding me.

Alberto Callapso is now ph’ing. With 2 outs. And nobody on.

UNbelievable.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 11, 2008 12:02 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm not opposed to it.

The fewer ABs TPJ has, the better.

by Bart41 on May 11, 2008 12:04 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The point is

that Trey let Pena hit with runners in scoring position last time through.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 11, 2008 12:04 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

At least he didn't bunt!

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 11, 2008 12:04 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bynum bunting?

He deserves a ball in his earhole for that shit.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 11, 2008 12:04 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No doubt

Although secretly, we’re all laughing at Bynum openly mocking Hillman’s strategery

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 11, 2008 12:05 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't want to give up our last at-bat here

But I think maybe it’s time to call this one.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 11, 2008 12:08 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

rockies rallying against Padres

ageless bitterman Greg Maddox may lose his 35oth W

classic maddoc, he actually left the game after 6, as he has for years

by royalsreview on May 11, 2008 12:13 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If there's going to be a comeback

The right guys are up…

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 11, 2008 12:13 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I mean, they suck

(reverse jinx? Or did I just double-reverse by admitting it?)

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 11, 2008 12:13 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Another brilliant pinch hit

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 11, 2008 12:16 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

German's carrer OPS is .100 higher than Olivo's

but Olivo is over 1.1 against LHPs this season!!!!! ONe !

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 11, 2008 12:17 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hate you Hillman

lets drop the guy with the OBP and bring in hacktastic Olivo

by royalsreview on May 11, 2008 12:18 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Now wait

Olivo’s entire job is to mash lefties.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 11, 2008 12:19 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

good point

but i’d rather see him later… like for Grudz

but yea

by royalsreview on May 11, 2008 12:20 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Still has one of the highest OPSes on the team

not that that’s saying much, just don’t give up, yet. He’s been heating up. But, yeah, this is depressing. Think of the way the 7th and 8th inning rallies were blown…

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 11, 2008 12:22 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What the heck

Billy can’t hit the ball that far!

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 11, 2008 12:22 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This team is such a tease.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 11, 2008 12:23 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 11, 2008 12:24 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, that's that. Orioles tried to give us this igame

And once again, we blew so many opportunities we lose. Unreal

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 11, 2008 12:24 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Regardless of the result

I have to say I’m okay with tonight. We actually showed signs of life in the late innings while losing, which has been in very short supply this season.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 11, 2008 12:24 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You've got to be kidding, this is one of the worst losses yet

Continue to put guys on all night, can not execute for shit with RISP, just totally and utterly abysmal

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 11, 2008 12:25 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Okay, you can go back to two weeks ago

when we couldn’t even get on base after the third inning. I’ll keep what we had tonight.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 11, 2008 12:26 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

its a loss to the orioles

and it is now clear that our manager sucks ass

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on May 11, 2008 12:27 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No

Having 18 of the final 20 hitters retired would have been worse.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 11, 2008 12:25 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Doesn't matter if we can't score any

This team needs 4 singles in a row to score a run

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 11, 2008 12:25 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whatever.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 11, 2008 12:26 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You know it's true.

Hillman will say after this game – Well, I’m pretty happy with how we swung the bats. Blah blah blah, 13 hits, blah blah blah. Those 13 hits don’t mean shit. 13 hits, 3 extra base hits. Throw in the 2 walks, we had 15 baserunners. And managed to score a whopping 5 runs. Getting a two out single every inning doesn’t do a damn thing if occasionally there isn’t a long home run following it. This team is built on empty batting average, and that house of cards isn’t going to win too many games.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 11, 2008 12:29 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Telling stat

2 walks for the Royals, both Dejesus

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 11, 2008 12:30 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Listen to yourself.

The reason we keep losing and losing is because we don’t have 13-hit games! We scored FIVE RUNS. We’re gonna win 80% of the time when that happens. If Zack had started this game, we’d have won it, that’s for damned sure. We actually HIT in the late innings while trailing, instead of just laying down and dying. We were losing by five runs, and we had the tying run on base in the ninth. And Butler actually jacked the snot out of a ball, maybe he’s coming around.

It’s called “progress”, and all you want to do is bitch about the fact that it isn’t enough<.em> progress.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 11, 2008 12:34 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's NOT progress

How many games like this have we had this year? I could go back and check, but we’ve been getting base hits all year and failing miserably at turning them into runs. If this team can only manage 5 runs on 13 hits, what do you expect we’re going to do on the average night when we get 8 hits? Score 2 runs? Oh yeah, that’s what we’ve been doing all season. So what, we scored a few late inning runs off what is not exactly the best pitching staff in the AL. There is nothing impressive about that to me, all I see is the scads of runners we left on base as the Orioles repeatedly tried to give us this game, and the game last night. Until we start hitting for power, or at least in “clutch’ situations, the offense is going to continue to struggle.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 11, 2008 12:37 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Here's what I saw today

Out of these blown chances alone, you can account for 2 runs.

1st inning: Dejesus caught off the base for double play. 1 baserunner erased.
2nd inning: 2 out nobody on single
3rd inning: TPJ K’s with Gathright on 1st, nobody out, failing to advance the runner. Dejesus then singles, and instead of scoring a run he only makes it to second.
4th inning: Surprise! TPJ again fails to advance the runner with nobody out. Gathright then steals 3rd with 2 out and is stranded.
6th inning: Bases loaded, one out. Gathright grounds into an RBI force out (progress). TPJ is inexplicably allowed to hit with 2 runners on and grounds it back to the pitcher.
7th inning: Runners at first and third, nobody out. Billy Butler K’s on the first 3 pitches he sees. Grudz quickly follows suit. Guillen grounds out.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 11, 2008 12:42 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My god

Where were you for three weeks after the Tigers sweep? Zambia? Did you somehow forget all those games where we’d score a few runs in the first two innings, and then lose the lead and make 19 straight freakin’ outs? This is NOT what we’ve been doing all season. We were down 6-1 and almost clawed back to win it, and quite likely would have if Hillman hadn’t been a friggin’ idiot and let Pena hit when HE was the tying run.

I swear, if you won $100 million in the lottery, your first reaction would be to complain about it costing you $40 million in taxes.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 11, 2008 12:43 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How is that any better though?

I don’t get it. We were just facing better pitching. We had chances out the ass, and couldn’t come through last night either. I guess I don’t feel I’m being overly negative, going on what we’ve seen thus far this season. Anyway, I’m out of here. Tomorrow should be better, right?

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 11, 2008 12:45 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, awesome pitchers

like Dana Eveland.

I always hope things will be better tomorrow. The problem may be that I don’t care if we lose 90 games this year. To me, this is the “let the guys who will be there in 2009-10 get experience and maybe they’ll approach .500” year, which is the expectation we all should have had coming into this season.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on May 11, 2008 12:47 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

my frustration is towards Hillman.

I really have no problems with how we played tonite. 5 runs…decent…we got a not horrible outing from our 5 starter…however, TPJ was the tying run i believe in the 7th andhe hit….inexcusable

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on May 11, 2008 12:41 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh yeah, and what pisses me off even more

Is that the orioles did almost exactly the same thing but wait – they got the 3 run home run. This Orioles team is bad – I hate tearing other teams down, but their rotation is unimpressive, their lineup is filled with cast offs and their closer is a junkballing left handed. We are so much better than these guys, and still they’re going to sweep us and finally flush this season down the toilet. It is so incredibly annoying.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 11, 2008 12:34 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

By the way

German does have a higher career OBP vs. lefties than Olivo

Hope is not a strategy. And neither is playing Tony Pena every day. (Rany Jazayerli)

by devil_fingers on May 11, 2008 12:25 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

15-21

It’s like I’m watching a tape of 2007.

winning records follow good bullpens

by slayor on May 11, 2008 12:26 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Royals = CHAMPS

Yasuhiko Yabuta is to Major League Baseball as Drew Carey is to The Price is Right

by focs on May 11, 2008 12:27 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Watching The Sailors

Now; they’ve lost 4 in a row, 9 of 10 and are down 7-4 with 2 down and some dude standing on 2B in the 8th. Fly ball almost to the track. To the 9th.

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

by philofthenorth on May 11, 2008 12:49 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

my prediction was surprisingly almost very accurate

the first prediction that is, before i was shamed into an optimistic one by NYRoyal

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