43-52; David DeJesus Can Walk All the Way to Grass Creek

by royalsreview on Jul 12, 2008 11:38 PM EDT in News Comment 35 comments

via d.yimg.com

Video of David's HR here.
The home run was David's tenth of the season, setting a new career high. Sometimes you can see these things coming.

McDonald:
Butler: 18 HRs, 78 RBI, .277 BA. (with weird playing time patterns early and then a second-half tear)
Gordon: 23 HRs, 91 RBI, .282 BA.
Teahen: 13 HRs, 62 RBI, .295 BA.
DeJesus: 13 HRs, 65 RBI, .288 BA.

Wow, these all look weird and inaccurate. I'm confident we'll see a mini power surge from DeJesus, but the rest… I don't know.

Tremendous, Grass Creek inspired revenge save for our beloved Horacio Ramirez, who had the 2.1 innings of his life, lowering his ERA to 1.50. Between this and the Guillen drama, this fantastic rivalry just keeps getting better and better.
The Mariners voluntarily played the following players at 1B or DH tonight: Miguel Cairo, Jose Vidro, Willie Bloomquist and some guy named Tug Hulett.
Where clutch and moxie and veteran presence collide is where you'll find Gil Meche. Who toyed with the Mariners all night, letting them record hit after hit, only to keep them mostly stranded. The only thing that kept it from being a truly vintage Gil performance was his surprising semi-efficiency regarding his pitch count. Normally he's at 125 pitches by the seventh inning. Not tonight. Consider the power of the human spirit once again reaffirmed.

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Just might be

the highlight of the season.

He absolutely UNLOADED on that ball.

Accidentally not thedude925 anymore. I do hate this new name.

by wildthang on Jul 13, 2008 12:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I loved his somewhat Manny-ish reaction to is

he just blasted a game winning HR against his biggest rival

die Mariners

by royalsreview on Jul 13, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The biggest facet to this rivalry...

“The Mariners voluntarily played the following players at 1B or DH tonight: Miguel Cairo, Jose Vidro, Willie Bloomquist and some guy named Tug Hulett.”

Is that combination of 1B/DH < > or = our combination of DH/1B in some games this season?

by GoBabies!! on Jul 13, 2008 12:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Seattle's combination is worse. By a landslide.

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 13, 2008 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gload is in the M's range

but I guess, Butler would be preferable, at least on promise

by royalsreview on Jul 13, 2008 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BEST GAME EVER

22ND IN-PERSON-GAME OF THE YEAR!!!! WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER…

4th place 08 baby! Baby steps (Thanks, Jose Guillen!) is the name of the game.

by loyal2theroyals on Jul 13, 2008 12:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

you've made it to 22 games?

thats impressive

by royalsreview on Jul 13, 2008 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

21 in KC

1 in STL.

I feel kinda lame…and awesome. All at once.

4th place 08 baby! Baby steps (Thanks, Jose Guillen!) is the name of the game.

by loyal2theroyals on Jul 13, 2008 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What's your record?

I’m 5-4 this year.

1-0 in KC
3-0 at STL
0-2 at CWS
1-2 at BAL

by jbrocato on Jul 13, 2008 7:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm pretty suree that I mis-counted

when I said 22. The Sunday cards game was my 20th, which would make last night my 23rd. So my total record right now is 13-9!

12-9 in KC
1-0 in STL

If I could afford trips and had friends to go with me, I would probably try to go to games in other stadiums.

WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY TO THIRD PLACE, BITCHES!

by loyal2theroyals on Jul 13, 2008 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It helps being only 20 miles from STL

for seeing road games. Thus, Chicago is a much easier trip, and of course, the Eastern Time Zone Cities are four hours closer.

by jbrocato on Jul 16, 2008 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

looked like the crowd was going nuts

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

by DyeFan187 on Jul 13, 2008 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I screamed for a good

three minutes after the game. My throat is still raw from it!

WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY TO THIRD PLACE, BITCHES!

by loyal2theroyals on Jul 13, 2008 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i would almost give a critical body part

to have been there.

Accidentally not thedude925 anymore. I do hate this new name.

by wildthang on Jul 13, 2008 1:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

best game ever

You really should move back to KC, it makes the whole going to games thing way easier to accomplish.

WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY TO THIRD PLACE, BITCHES!

by loyal2theroyals on Jul 13, 2008 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Prediction:

Mainstream media soon begins speculating about the Royals “dumping” the emerging talent, DDJ.

by stuckinstl12 on Jul 13, 2008 12:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Counterprediction:

Mainstream media doesn’t bother to notice what happened in Royals vs Mariners game

by PopeSoria on Jul 13, 2008 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Truth

Neither ESPN nor SI had the recap on their front pages, even though stories from other games were on there.

by DarthYoshi on Jul 13, 2008 2:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

They don’t care about us—-yet. – TL

by timlacy on Jul 13, 2008 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

jayson stark will say he's on the trade block on monday

by royalsreview on Jul 13, 2008 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/07/13/crystal_ball/?page=2

but they have a few chips that would be attractive to teams looking to buy – second baseman Mark Grudzielanek, outfielder David DeJesus, and lefthanded reliever Ron Mahay. Teams will try to obtain Zack Greinke, but no chance.

Rowdy Hardy Fan Club member.

by doublestix on Jul 13, 2008 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yea, its funny

tonight I went out to dinner with my fiancee and her brother, who is an indian’s fan, and he asked me if the royals were going to trade DDJ

by royalsreview on Jul 13, 2008 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

can someone explain what happened with Guillen/

i just saw a picture of him talking to mariers during the game

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

by DyeFan187 on Jul 13, 2008 12:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hoagy being hoagy

by royalsreview on Jul 13, 2008 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

better than RamRam talking to an opposing hitter before a game

we all know how that almost turned out.

by DarthYoshi on Jul 13, 2008 2:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not gonna lie

after being really pissed I have been pleasantly surpirsed with HoRams work out of the pen.

Its only nine innings but still he hasn’t blown up…yet.

Accidentally not thedude925 anymore. I do hate this new name.

by wildthang on Jul 13, 2008 2:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

not saying i called this complete turn around with no proof

but i did

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

by focs on Jul 13, 2008 3:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Royals Reviewadamus

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by marbotty on Jul 13, 2008 4:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If we win today

we’ll be at .500 (7-7) since the end of our vacation in the NL, and 6-4 in games Not Against This Year’s Cinderella.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 13, 2008 5:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The best part of...

...the video were the looks of pure joy all around. Every player and coach looked genuinely happy: Hillman, Butler, etc. Considering the negativity that surrounded the losing streak, we have to relish this.

Now, Hillman, do what you’ve talked about: Take the pressure off all the young guys and move DeJesus to the three hole. The lineup should look something like this:

1. Teahan/Grudz
2. Grudz/Aviles
3. DeJesus
4. Guillen
5. Butler
6. Gordon
7. Buck/Olivo
8. Aviles (we need some OBP at the bottom somewhere)
9. Gload

- TL

by timlacy on Jul 13, 2008 9:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm not saying I'm against it

but isn’t there something to be said about not messing with a hot hitter? Plus, he doesn’t get up last night if he’s in the 3 hole.

by I need more Esteban on Jul 13, 2008 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There are definitely...

...downsides to the move, but I think he really is the best in terms of average and power for the spot this year. I think we’ll score more runs the rest of the way if he’s in that spot. I agree that it can be risky to move a hot hitter, but the upside seems to warrant a brief adjustment period. – TL

by timlacy on Jul 13, 2008 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs