Royals Rally Late, But Can't Complete Comeback Against Twins

by royalsreview on Oct 2, 2009 11:29 PM EDT Comment 29 comments

After trailing the Twins 10-0 in the fourth inning, the Royals made the game very interesting late, but alas, they could not get Lenny DiNardo a no decision.

The Royals ended up recording 14 hits tonight, which says a lot about the Twins, who continue to put Bobby Keppel out there for some reason. No Royal had three hits, which is sorta weird. Nope, it was all 1 & 2 hit nights for guys.
Lenny DiNardo was not good. Bummer.
Victor Marte was not good either. And hey, John Bale pitched!
Baird-era draftee Carlos Rosa was probably the MVP of the game, keeping the Twins at 10 runs for three innings in the middle of the game.
The lineups Trey has fielded this season have routinely been ridiculous. Josh Anderson leading off? The continual punishment/banishment of Alex Gordon hitting eighth?

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always good to see the heart of the order choke a game-tying situation away

and great to see Josh Anderson’s stay in the leadoff spot result in good things in the 8th. What the fuck was he waiting for? a pitch he could bunt?

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by BHWick on Oct 2, 2009 11:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

he thought that because of the lack of lineup protection, he'd be walked

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by devil_fingers on Oct 2, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he thought that he'd get borderline calls

Buntzilla is a freaking joke

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by BHWick on Oct 2, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

has there been anyone who got more nicknames faster than anderson?

seems like there’s a good new one every game….with my favorte being gathwhite

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by billybeingbilly on Oct 2, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

How about

dickhead.

by kgustaf on Oct 2, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm a fan of "white out"

but gathwhite is pretty good too

Unless I'm wrong...
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by Top Ramen on Oct 3, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The lineup situation is the most

ridiculous thing about Trey.
It’s arrogant and it has failed.
It’s like we’re in little league and
everybody has to get some time.

by kgustaf on Oct 2, 2009 11:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i wish the tugger wouldve gotten some time tonite

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by billybeingbilly on Oct 2, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

shut up

he got 2 starts all year and he FAILED, he’s worthless. Duh.

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by BHWick on Oct 2, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i wonder how many of our regulars would put up a 384 OBP in omaha

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by billybeingbilly on Oct 2, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

looking at his baseballcube page though...

i just now realized i hate him…b/c i hate evangel christian high school….bunch of fucking assholes

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by billybeingbilly on Oct 2, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you act like Omaha stats matter

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by BHWick on Oct 2, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ugh, not playing Tug this year was a crime

Seriously, once we fell out of contention, what else was there to find out about Luis Hernandez?

by awolfson on Oct 2, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

granted

it was 10-0. We hadn’t shown any signs of coming back from 10-0 all year

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by BHWick on Oct 2, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

but really...10-0 or 1-1...

why do anderson and tpjj need to see the field…ever?

some sort of playing time bonuses?…i hear we give those out like candy

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by billybeingbilly on Oct 2, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

at this point, I'm actually wondering who is better between TPJJ and Yuni

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by devil_fingers on Oct 2, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

~~better~~ less terrible

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by billybeingbilly on Oct 2, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

TPJJ is unquestionably better

I would stake my life on that

by royalsreview on Oct 3, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously?

by sterlingice on Oct 3, 2009 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

(honest question- not the staking life, but the unquestionably better part)

by sterlingice on Oct 3, 2009 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

better fielder, worse hitter, costs a lot less...

yah, he is better and by that I mean he is basically TPJ which is still really bad.

Go Royals!

by BabyBlues on Oct 3, 2009 2:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seems like I missed a pretty missable game.

Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures

by averagegatsby on Oct 3, 2009 12:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

ha...they're all must see tv

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by billybeingbilly on Oct 3, 2009 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Instead I saw Zombieland...

AWESOME!!!

Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures

by averagegatsby on Oct 3, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

After the DiNardo debacle the nightcap was pretty good

We won, 7-0.

by 2X2L on Oct 3, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

2010 position player roster

first, the 2009 25 man roster with some deletions noted

~~Olivo~~, ~~Buck~~, Pena, Butler, ~~Jacobs~~, Callaspo, Gordon, Betancourt, Bloomquist, DeJesus, Maier, ~~Anderson~~, Teahen, Guillen (through a quirk, I don’t think that specific 14 has been on the 25 man at the same time)

So let’s produce a list of 13. We have 3 openings.

Knowing DM… Darin Erstad and Jason Michaels are on the shortlist.

But with that lineup and editions.. here is what Trey would do

1. DeJesus (LF)
2. Maier (CF)
3. Butler (1B)
4. Guillen (DH)
5. Callaspo (2B)
6. Teahen (RF)
7. Schneider ©
8. Gordon (3B)
9. Betancourt (SS)
bench: Infante, Pena, Bloomquist, Catalanotto

when Guillen gets hurt, you move Callaspo to DH, and put Infante at 2nd.

although this team seriously needs a spare outfielder, unless they’re under a delusion that Buntzilla is coming back

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by BHWick on Oct 3, 2009 1:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

As long as Dinardo comes nowhere near this team again I'll be happy

I was fifteen rows up behind the plate watching this crap tonight and I started screaming at him about ten pitches in. The pitch he threw to Young might as well have been put up on a tee. It was nice to see them actually get back in the game but I don’t understand the rationale behind that AAA lineup tonight. Ogilvie…I mean Anderson amazes me at his ability to stay on a MLB roster.

Keep the obvious building blocks but throw the rest out and let the guys from Omaha do something. Can’t get any worse.

by stram#1 on Oct 3, 2009 1:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs