Game 162 Open Thread - Royals at Twins
by Freneau on Oct 4, 2009 12:00 PM EDT
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Here we go. The last game of the season. Detroit's magic number on Thursday was two... and it is still two. The Twins have won three straight, and Detroit has lost three straight. Just a complete collapse. The odds were long that there would even be a playoff, and now, by the end of today, Detroit could be out.
Amazing.
This is it, boys. The last game thread of 2009. I want everyone here... lets go for 1000+ comments, multiple overtflow threads, maybe even an important Royals win.
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From the Yahoo sports preview:
Hochevar, however, looks to avoid losing a third straight start after giving up eight runs in six innings of an 8-2 loss at New York on Monday.
"I need to do a better job of executing," said the right-hander, who’s 1-9 with a 7.66 ERA in his last 12 starts.
no character issues here...
Coffee. The NEW Performance Enhancing drug for Sport's Writers. Just ask Ken Rosenthal.
we choo-choo-choose him
first in the land!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Oct 4, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
DiNardo sleeps better
after talking with the official scorer about Cabrera’s comebacker in the first inning Friday.
Credit pitcher Lenny DiNardo with honesty. DiNardo was originally charged with an error on a ball off his glove in the second inning on Friday night, and the Twins wondered if instead it should be a single for Orlando Cabrera. Asked about it afterward, DiNardo informed the official scorer that he lost the high bouncer in the lights, and the ruling was changed from an error to a hit. It also added two earned runs to DiNardo’s ERA. “I lost it in the lights,” DiNardo said. "I wouldn’t feel right if I lied and said, ‘Oh, it’s an error. I don’t want these [runs] to be earned.’ " His ERA went from 9.28 to 10.14. “Plain and simple, the runs scored anyway, and it’s not like they can take them away whether they’re earned or not,” DiNardo said. “Whether I’m losing two earned runs or losing some sleep because I lied about a play, I’d rather give up two earned runs.”
Truth about failure: usually in short supply around this team. Good for DiNardo.
Why doesn't Willie E7 Bloomquist talk to the official scorer and admit he should recieve an error for yesterday's debacle and lower ZG's ERA?
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Those who put value in the perif's would be like, oh, ZG's ERA is lower than 2.16.
He’s the Cy winner!!
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are you cheering for a one game playoff tomorrow?
Coffee. The NEW Performance Enhancing drug for Sport's Writers. Just ask Ken Rosenthal.
or do you want the Tigers to win today?
Coffee. The NEW Performance Enhancing drug for Sport's Writers. Just ask Ken Rosenthal.
the playoff would be Tuesday
which would screw up the postseason
so perhaps it’s best to burn the world down a bit on the way out of 2009
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Hillmen
W Bloomquist
M Maier CF
B Butler 1B
M Jacobs DH
A Callaspo 2B
M Teahen RF
J Buck C
A Gordon 3B
L Hernandez SSGardenhires
D Span CF
O Cabrera SS
J Mauer C
J Kubel RF
M Cuddyer 1B
D Young LF
J Morales DH
M Tolbert 3B
N Punto 2B
Boy
I’m glad we’re running our best lineup out there again in this extremely important game
I realize its a Sunday in the world of football...
but it saddens me that the Last game of the year is not on TV.
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
They have White Sox-Tigers on MLBN
So that’s what I’m watching
Remember those halcyon days
When we all thought Hochevar’s problems came from pitch tippng and he went and threw a 3 hit shutout?
Yeah, me neither
I'm feeling oddly nostalgic about this season
I don’t know why. It just seems pivotal for some reason with Greinke exploding, Butler blossoming, but everything else fading to crap, including our hope for the next few years.
So, right now the Royals would draft 4th
If they win and the Indians lose, they would draft 5th. Any other combination of wins/losses results in the Royals picking 4th by virtue of their worse record in 2008
(from wiki)
*The general draft order is the reverse order of the previous year’s standings. If two teams finish with identical records, the previous year’s standings of the two teams is the tiebreaker, with the team having a worse record receiving the higher pick.
Speaking of the Tigers
They just get a bases loaded walk to lead 1-0.
Does having to pitch Verlander today sink and realistic chance of them winning in the 1st round against the Yankees, if they make it, or were their chances already very slim?
Or are baseball playoffs really a bit of a crapshoot? Or..?
Yes
I think Verlander pitching today hurts them, but it is a crapshoot so it may not matter. It also helps that the Yankees get to pick when their series starts, so Im sure they would start it as soon as possible to give Verlander even less rest.
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Oct 4, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Rayburn with a rifle shot to left
And the Tigers are up 3-0
No one has mentioned
Fourth place depends on today’s games. Is there a playoff if we both win or lose?
That would be a fun cruel fate
“As part of MLB’s policy that there can be no ties, except in midseason exhibition play, every team that tied in the standings had their one game playoff Monday as they tried to recoup some of the season’s financial losses.
The Tigers beat the Twins 1-0 to determine who would go to the playoffs.
But the most exciting game was the Indians-Royals 11-10 contest, attended by 7 fans, where Anthony Lerew and Carlos Carrasco each gave up 6 in the 1st and neither bullpen could hold a lead. There was a major incident in the game as both teams complained about umpire Rick Reed’s small strike zone and, in the 7th, Royals pitcher Kyle Farnsworth repeatedly appeared to be throwing at the umpire’s head and failing miserably.
In San Diego, where the Astros and Padres were playing for 6th worst team in the NL, Geoff Blum sported a Hawaiian t-shirt instead a jersey and took his golf clubs up to the plate in protest of having to play. "
(I really wanted to go with Matt Stairs and beer helmet in that last paragraph)
But the dang Phillies are in the playoffs
Is Stairs going to be on the playoff roster?
If not, they can still pass him through waivers and get him to San Diego or Houston. They’d better hurry, though.
They can't do it
because they’d never agree on whether to hold it on the site of Kansas City Municipal Stadium or Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
That would be interesting if it was in Cleveland
They dumped most of Cleveland Municipal Stadium in the lake to make an artificial reef.
it seems like the Royals have had a really bad season
Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
StonewallPDS
by StonewallPDS on Oct 4, 2009 2:10 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
If you watched baseball everyday you would know that we were just unlucky...
and injuries are why we are actually very VERY good.
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Oct 4, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
so
who is starting for the Twins, and why are we not starting Buntzilla in the outfield?
It’s great that the Leader of Men, Trey Hillman, gave Josh Anderson a shot every day and didn’t yank him around the lineup and bench him vs. RHP in favor of Bloomquist.
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still beats an outfielder like Bloomquist
who has to ice his knees and isn’t a real outfielder anyways
Greinke wins that game if Hillman put Anderson in the OF instead of Bloomquist
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Maybe
but Anderson has been very iffy in the corners himself. He probably would have put Maier in left and Anderson in center. Maier might have had it, I don’t know.
But anyway, it’s time to let it go.
Anderson should be gone after this year
he’s not that fast and it’s not like he particularly plays smart (standing in the box, etc)
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He's horrible
and the only reason he was here is that he was basically free and we had nobody healthy to impersonate an outfielder in the system. Why he’s had so many PAs while Pena, for example, has been collecting dust is a total mystery.
that and
DM soured on Freel very quickly
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Yeah, the Freel saga is odd
in that he was with 4 different organizations in the same year, with all 3 on the receiving end dumping him amazingly fast. Horrible case of baseball cooties, is all I can guess.
He Sucked So
Hard his head imploded.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
But Spork is... Spork!
Just wait until he gets another 450AB next year to vest some of those $100K bonuses
those bonuses go to establishing the
“Willie Bloomquist Hitting and Fielding Academy”
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Hey, guys...
…LeFebvreererrereerr thinks the Twins will try to put pressure on Luke.
~ That seasick camel is a regular osteopath. ~
so
was it just a lousy interview, or does Todd Haley sound like Trey Hillman all of the time?
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One More Time
In all its outrageous beauty.
Kansas City
AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg
W. Bloomquist lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
M. Maier cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
B. Butler 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303
M. Jacobs dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
A. Callaspo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
M. Teahen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
M. Olivo c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249
A. Gordon 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
L. Hernandez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186
Totals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota
AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg
D. Span cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312
O. Cabrera ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
J. Mauer c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .366
J. Kubel rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
M. Cuddyer 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
D. Young lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
J. Morales dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .325
M. Tolbert 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226
N. Punto 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas City
IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA
L. Hochevar 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.47 6.24
Minnesota
IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA
C. Pavano 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.37 5.06
Trey refuses to or is incapable of understanding that; 1) Bloomers is not a leadoff hitter against anyone, much less RHP, 2) Bloomers is not an OF, 3) even Joker is a better choice than Bloomers to play OF against RHP, 4) Mitch is not DDJ, 5) Mitch is not a #2 batter, 6) Callaspo is a #2 hitter, 7) Jakers’ occasional HR does not make him a #4 batter, 8) burying A-Gor in the 8 hole is beyond stupid in this lineup, 9) BPJ should be catching against RHP. So we should be seeing:
Mitch (there is no leadoff batter here)
Callaspo
Butler
Gordon
Pena
Teahen
Jacobs
Hernandez
Anderson
It’s not much, but it makes more sense.
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ESPN XXX
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I knew they had changed to a sports paparazi format quite a few years back
But I missed when it changed to porn. Still wouldn’t watch it much, tho
Think of this as a preview
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I just wish that the White Sox would pick it up
Morneau-less Twins with Pavano and Blackburn are preferable to Verlander and Jackson.
the tigers, just by getting to this point
have already effed themselves over
having to start verlander, rather than waiting for the playoffs, is fairly big
How poetic would it be for Pavano to Dominate the Yankees in NY
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Oct 4, 2009 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Not Likely But
I’d love to see it.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
the torre v the yankees could be fun
I really think Torre is overrated and actually not worth much, might be fun to watch him go down
Very Bad Porn
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Pavano Is No
Verlander.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Presenting Your 2009 Kansas City Oswalds!
Because they play the Patsy so well…
StonewallPDS
Jakers’ occasional HR does not make him a #4 batter
Trey keeping Jacobs in the cleanup spot while he’s .222/.289/.370 in Sept & Oct tells you all you need to know about how he handles players.
IMMA JUST GONNA KEEP YA IN THE CLEANUP SPOT EVEN IF YOU’RE IN A BIG SLUMP AGAIN
same shit as June when he was putting Jacobs in the cleanup spot, and Jacobs only got it going in August IN THE SIX HOLE.
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from Twitter
keithlaw: Pro scout quote from March on Hochevar and why he went #1 overall in 2006: “Everyone got fooled by the pretty delivery.”
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Yes
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Buck Replaced Olivo
For some reason; why not Pena?
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emergency catcher
as we use everybody else on the bench
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Ryan's talking about how Twins fan are thinking "Yah, but these Royals come back all the time". In which fucking parallel universe is this happening?
~ That seasick camel is a regular osteopath. ~
The Same One
Where TPJJ leads off with a legit double.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
They Will Make
27 outs very efficiently.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
There should be some comment
About how this team has laid down like dogs in this significant series. The brief flurry of good play in September is a distant memory.
fantasy team is kicking ass...so thats good
Fire Everyone
ESPN.com is broken
so in addition to the Royals lying down and dying, the Chiefs being as awful as usual, I can’t log in to fix my fantasy football team.
This day sucks balls.
WTF, self?
it didnt go down til about 1215....
why ya waitin so long?
but ya, im pissed off that i cant log in to see how much im actually winning by
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by billybeingbilly on Oct 4, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I was just gonna make some fixes
when I woke up. Which, yes, was around 12:30. What of it?
WTF, self?
ha ha....no judging....
i set my alarm for 1130 on sundays..i feel like a real winner
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by billybeingbilly on Oct 4, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
you’d have to give Hillman a team like the Yankees for him to have any shot of managing a playoff team. And even then, the moron would cost the team quite a few games while randomly injuring arms.
Hillman is an epic minus manager. The guy has cost this team numerous games this year.
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Bloomers K'd? Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111111
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my assessment of Ryan's analysis
is that it was good enough for me to switch over to the Twinkies’ TV audio.
by 2X2L on Oct 4, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
On the radio side
everybody but Denny is dreadful, in my opinion. Davis is boring but Stewart is worse. When Denny retires, I might just watch Gameday in silence.
i think denny's losing it too...
i havent even enjoyed listening to him the past couple years
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by billybeingbilly on Oct 4, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Haven't heard anything about it
And don’t anticipate that I would’ve, but I was thinking that I wouldn’t be shocked if Denny hung it up today. Dunno if it’d be his style to do it on the air, but just wondered.
That thought occurred to me too. He sounded sick — congested, anway — during the last homestand, and I was surprised he went on the road trip, until I started to wonder whether he was planning to wind things down even more after this season.
41 years
and a richly deserved HoF slot. I love Denny almost as much as Hal McRae and Amos Otis. I’m not ready for his retirement.
I don't think he's ready to retire completely
Like Lon Simmons, who did a few games for the Giants for several years after his retirement as a full-time broadcaster, I think Denny’s schedule would just become sparser — not empty.
MLB Trade Rumors says:
“Scott Podsednik will explore free agency.”
Want to bet the Royals pick him up as the “solution” to the outfield problem?
WTF, self?
Any College CF
Is an upgrade over Joker.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, and with a contract like GMDM would sign him to, it's a winner of an idea?
2yr/$9M with $100K clauses for each 50 AB after 250. I’m sure Trey will make sure to not get him those ABs _
and he'll bat leadoff
so that DeJesus can bat 2nd, where he was successful this year
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will he be healed by then?
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by billybeingbilly on Oct 4, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Hives Can Be
Very persistent, especially in babies.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
they should send DDJ somewhere to regain the pounds and heal
somewhere like Krispy Kreme
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Last game thread...
I will miss reading (if rarely adding to) the snark, and the negativity that eventually becomes the therapeutic release when coming to terms with the reality that the Royals will not be a positive escape from school and work this season. That’s probably just my own Royals-on-tv-twice-per-year case.
But this season (and the end of last) got me through grad school, thanks to RR and the folks on here. Maybe a resume is headed to The K soon.
knock yourself out.
If by SS you mean
a retired Pony League LF with a weak arm and bottom-of-the-order bunting skills, then yes.
Yes I am.
knock yourself out.
sadly, you might be an upgrade
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Oct 4, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you good with numbers
I hear Dayton needs another stat guy to help get him coffee
are the chiefs worse than the royals?
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Tough Competition
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
it might be a push on the arrogance scale as well...
at least pioli and haley have accomplished things
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by billybeingbilly on Oct 4, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
So, uh
MLBN just showed a second Kubel 3-run homer so it’s 7-0 now?
Mais Oui
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions
You'll have to translate
I don’t speak Spanish like the Québécois
time for them to complete the choke
hell, after the way the Tigers season has gone, would it shock you if Leyland didn’t manage them in 2010?
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anyone know if jones-drew is hurt?
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Looks like I havent missed much
I’ve been playing in the snow. Baseball season is over, winter is early. It’s all rather shit.
I Haven't Even
Seen snow yet; you lucky guy.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
and I think anybody claiming this team doesn’t give up is spinning. The results speak for themselves. We’ve rolled over for the Twins today
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Man, this game kinda reminds me of Game 7 in '85. With it all on the line, a team comes out and delivers a vicious dope-slap.
~ That seasick camel is a regular osteopath. ~
so
not listening to the game, but Hoch is still in the game after giving up 7 ER in 3 IP, right?
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Lerew's in
They’ve given up on Hochevar. He’ll be officially stamped as a Baird guy and dumped in the offseason.
Sell Low, Baby!
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice effort Hochevar
league hitting nearly .360 with men on base
this season….but, he’s young, they tell me, just
a mere pup at 26…
future reliever
don’t guarantee that guy a starting spot. If he can’t get one, just make him a middle reliever until he either sticks in what role or gets another opening.
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Teahen Wakes Up
And pulls one; he’s due for a hot streak.
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only appropriate
Twins lose one in the roof in that joke of a park….
The Worst Piece
Of shit dome since they made a pile of concrete out of the Kingdome.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
The Low Away
Change is A-Gor’s Achilles heel.
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More Of A
Sendup.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Strategy question
When attempting an Olivo, is it better to toss the bat aside or run with it?
On the one hand, you can probably run faster after you get rid of the bat, but on the other hand, it almost surely slows you down to make the toss.
I guess this is what divides the pros from the wannabes.
Maybe you run with it until you’ve eluded the catcher’s tag (if he’s got the ball, that is). Then you drop it and go.
In Chicago You
Keep it to ward off shirtless hillbilly father and son attacks.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
You Can Just
Clock Pierzynski with it, too. Just stand there and wait for him.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
"Carl Pavano has it working" (Harold Reynolds)
They just showed an abysmal strikeout by TPJJ. I don’t think that’s not about Pavano…
Lash Lerew!
I wish he was a really good pitcher, so that my irrational love for him was a little more reasonable.
WTF, self?
Ditto
I think it’s the socks that won me over. I don’t know why. I like the blue socks to the knee. For some reason it only works on the infield. Looks stupid in the outfield or on catchers.
It's the stories that Joel Goldberg told about him,
plus the sideburns, that did it for me.
WTF, self?
The sideburns ARE awesome.
What were the stories? I remember something about whipped cream but not the details.
Although really, knowing there’s a story about whipped cream is probably enough details now that I think about it.
Royals do not want the season to end
who can blame them??
by Black and Gold on Oct 4, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Postgame Interview With
Haley; “Veni, vidi, vinci”.
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I'm not close enough to the TV to verify, but
the Chiefs still have 3 points, right?
the Royals might outscore the Chiefs today
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More Tough Competition
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Chiefs are threatening to score
they are down to the 1 yard line, so it is 50-50
by Black and Gold on Oct 4, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
We Got Cottam!
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
or whoever that ryan guy that scored the td was
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by billybeingbilly on Oct 4, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
we don't need Tony G, we have
um… who do we have at tight end now?
We have Bowe, who gets 2 touches a game, and some guy who was good 6 years ago
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bowe gets waaaaaaay more touches than that...
you’re forgetting to include his drops
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by billybeingbilly on Oct 4, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Cassel Over 3
Yards per attempt now!
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
So, uh
Alex Rios- not looking so hot for the White Sox
And the Tigers clinch a tie
Well, I remember a little mumur about us considering adding him when he was released
And we’re still looking at small sample size, too…
Circle Jerks
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:35 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
No, guy on MLBN
Jason Kubel is not the Twins MVP. Nor is Michael Cuddyer
It was so good the first couple of months
But then they started taking cues from ESPN, it seemed
I like Barry Larkin on there
But I think he goes with the quiet side of “Better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt” (yes, Mitch Williams and Harold Reynold, I’m talking about you)
Every time I think that Harold is the worst of the bunch,
Mitch opens his mouth. And vice versa.
Those two need to be taken out back and shot.
WTF, self?
I swear they are taking network notes from some guy saying
“Be more like ESPN”
(It reminds me of the plot in Sports Night’s season 2 about that)
maybe haley will onside kick again
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It saves the defense
from having to be on the field for 70 yard drives
by Black and Gold on Oct 4, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Chiefs avoid double digits
by failing on the 2 pt conversion attempt
Although Cassel came close enough that it would have counted if he played for Notre Dame
im just assuming the lions were awful
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by billybeingbilly on Oct 4, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
That reminds me:
Indians are down 8-6 in the 6th.
So if Boston holds on there, we’ll be tied for last, which is obviously SO much better than owning last place.
WTF, self?
the Browns are playing the Chiefs in December, I think
should be awesome to have two 0-13 teams playing at Arrowhead
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The Anderson/Cassel Showdown!
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
5 Quarters Of
Heaven.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
"Man, I died and arrived in the afterlife"
There’s football on the tv, a beer next to the couch- it’s Natty light but maybe God was busy this week- and no pretzels. Still, football. Time to sit on this slightly scratchy couch and see what game is on. Oh man, it’s a never ending Chiefs-Browns game. Uhoh. Where’d I end up again?!?"
by sterlingice on Oct 4, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm Looking Forward
To the hot stove season just to see what GMDM does; I anticipate more comedy gold.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
We should start a prediction thread
of which aging turds DM will overpay for
by Black and Gold on Oct 4, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
There will be plenty of offseason for that ;)
Not like we’ll be doing anything for the next month
A True Samurai
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Would someone post the link
To that Anderson pool cue triple so I have something to watch in the offseason
A Compendium Of
Sporqie’s OF dives and headfirst slides will get you through the hardest winter.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
found something more entertaining than the Chiefs
using a laser pointer to taunt cats
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Gerbils In Plastic
Balls really freak some cats out, too.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
3rd and goal
Cassel overthrows a receiver
field goal time
LJ is so awesome
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I Swear Game
Channel had him with 84 yards, now he has 60. Did he really do that?
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
So does the idea
Of the scintillating matchup of Baker v Washburn for the playoffs excite anyone else as much as me?
"Here Come The
Royals again". He really said that.
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Another thing I hated about this season - the Gawdawful broadcasts.
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Suffering builds character, right?
Well, I view this more as a support group or therapy :)
Cassel throws into double coverage
AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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He couldn't find triple coverage
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Callaspo now trails Butler for team lead in BA
by less than a point. It’s coming down to the wire, folks.
This Is It
Our season is in the balance.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
they're playing Nirvana on the PA at Arrowhead
watching the Chiefs makes you wanna OD on heroin and shoot yourself
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Or Marry Courtney
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
What's Not To
Like here?
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
OK, Here
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey - at least she's wearing underwear
I’m sure there are many pictures of Courtney where you couldn’t say that.
Warpaint
I haven’t checked.. is that the same horse as the old one? or a new horse?
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Hold on, Barry Larkin
You just couched some words, saying “Now, I realize he’s not driving in runs and giving productivity, but he’s getting on base and that’s very productive, giving guys behind him a chance to drive in runs” (paraphrase).
And the other guys looked at him like he was crazy
HAHAHAHA
Chiefs have a guy holding the ball on the kickoff, and Mr. irrelevant kicks it directly to a defender
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It's a fine line between blaspheming and heresy
and I’m on the other side of it, thank you very much.
RR, because we vaguely appreciate him?
Because you can’t possibly mean the front office or managerial staff of the Royals
The Shit Dome
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
time to
reconstruct RF of the Metrodome in KC for Alex
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The Pennant Porch!
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-pennant-porch-pie-in-the-face/
And then Finley, who always seemed to be jiggering with the outfield fences, reconfigured Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium to resemble Yankee Stadium as closely as possible: he bumped left-center field out and pulled right field in. Most distinctively, he tightly curled the fence in the right field corner to a distance that exactly matched that of Yankee Stadium: 296 feet. The new right field corner in Kansas City, which featured a little wooden-seat bleacher in its triangular footprint, was brightly painted with the moniker "K.C. Pennant Porch."
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe if we weren't the Royals
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Oct 4, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Chiefs And Royals
Surging in unison. LJ continues to lose yardage, down to 59 now.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I like the new Chiefs offensive philosophy
rely on the other team to commit penalties
by Black and Gold on Oct 4, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
You Go To
War with what you have.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I kindof appreciate the Twins
But I want the Tigers to make the playoffs to keep skewing those numbers towards higher payrolls
Inevitable
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Feelings matter
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Cassel threw a screen or draw on 3rd and 27
there’s someone who is WORSE at decisionmaking than Hillman? God save the Chiefs
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When Mitch got hit
I thought Gardenheir ( sp? whatever ) was gonna puke.
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Well, I'm tired of MLBN
So, my wife and I will instead watch some MST3K
And, that's what
Porcus and I used to do after bad Royals games. Works wonders.
(Well, that and whiskey.)
WTF, self?
Just a random one I pulled out of the random stack of VCR turned DVDs
“Double 007”- haven’t seen it before; it’s a Joel one from season 5
Oh man
And it starts Sean Connery’s younger brother, Neil Connery. I’m not making this up!
I have to see this movie
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Oct 4, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
It's not released on the MST3K DVDs
So it’s a bit hard to come by. I’ll just leave it at that.
To bring this back to the Royals
“He’s still funny, but not ‘ha-ha’ funny.”
holy fuck....its relaly only the 6th inning?
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Oct 4, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
How Epic would that be?
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Oct 4, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Contract This Division
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Considering their pitching staff's implosion
it really is incredible, um, I mean, inspiring that they’ve taken it to the wire.
Live on MLB Channel right now.
JUst in time for us to shit our pants. As usual.
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Butler
he hits like Mauer at home
he hits like Bloomquist on the road
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splits going into today
Home: .362/.415/.612
Away: .243/.311/.377
maybe Bloomquist is a bit harsh
Billy hits like Mike Jacobs on the road
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I've been kind of concerned about that
That’s pretty drastic for an entire season. Is that normal at all for a young hitter?
That Should Level
Out in time, probably when he’s wearing pinstripes.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Welcome To My
World.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey we always have next year
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Oct 4, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Pine Time
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Chefs Only Lost
By 11; there’s a Spinal Tap reference there somewhere, but I’m too lazy to look for it.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
We would have 72 wins
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Oct 4, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
He's Still Pitching?
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
can't pull a reliever until he gives up runs and/or
pitches 2 innings
Treyball
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At Least He
Has a plan.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Seems like he might not be a bad guy to keep around in this long-relief role.
The Royals have certainly used much, much worse.
twss
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
it’d be a hilarious way to close out the Metrodome to come back and win
but face it, we don’t have any hitters worth a damn to go to right now
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Yuniesky is still on the team right?
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Oct 4, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
do we have any former Twins on this team?
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I think the conversion rate is...
2.5 mariners = 1 Twin
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by averagegatsby on Oct 4, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
How Does That
Work in Canadia?
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Bloomers For The
Royals, Punto for the Twins.
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by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Without all those injuries and if Butler would've turned a few of those missed 3-6-3 double plays
we could’ve been contenders. We got off to an 18-11 start, anyway.
This MST3K movie just keeps getting "better"
It has Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell (the original M and Moneypenny)
And, yes, Sean Connery
’s younger brother
Callaspo now at
.30035
If he makes another out, he’ll still be at .29983, which good enough for .300 in the record book. So Trey won’t take him out now for that. (Don’t know if the Royals are paying attention. There was some gaming to allow Randy Winn to finish at .300 in 2007, so it happens.)
BA FTW!
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Oct 4, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Tampa Bay walked Texieira to protect Pena's HR title
and ARod hit a GS immediately afterward. Apropos of nothing,but hey.
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