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Game 162 Overflow Thread


I hate this team, I hate the Twins. Not a fun weekend.

If Joe Mauer gets 40 more hits today, he'll finish at .400 for season. Mauer Pauer!

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Yabuta

good to see us trying to stop the Twins

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by BHWick on Oct 4, 2009 4:40 PM EDT reply actions  

New rule:

Headfirst slide at first is an automatic out.

by 2X2L on Oct 4, 2009 4:50 PM EDT reply actions  

Just

got under that one.

by 2X2L on Oct 4, 2009 4:54 PM EDT reply actions  

No Tug here

because Hernandez is 2 for 3? Treyball.

by 2X2L on Oct 4, 2009 4:56 PM EDT reply actions  

just another dumb stat decision by someone who says he doesn't use stats

what does it matter anymore… Tug was never going to get a shot with this team

by Freneau on Oct 4, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

thank you yabuta...

for two awful years as a royal

enjoy your retirment in taiwan

by Freneau on Oct 4, 2009 4:59 PM EDT reply actions  

Hernandez's walk

followed by Bloomer’s failure to hit into a DP ensures that Callaspo gets another PA. And the team BA title goes down to the last inning.

by 2X2L on Oct 4, 2009 5:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Bloomers K's In

3 pitches!

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

by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 5:02 PM EDT reply actions  

I really thought he could make a run at .250

But, instead, he ends the season at .265… 2 points above his career average of .263.

Career year!

by sterlingice on Oct 4, 2009 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

He Had A

.666 OPS on 9-28.

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

by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

I Rest My

Case.

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

by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

DiNardo's warming up

As we turn our attention from the battle for highest team BA to the highest team ERA.

by 2X2L on Oct 4, 2009 5:05 PM EDT reply actions  

He'd have a shot

if we could give him an inning or two, but sadly no. Just had shoulder surgery in August.

by 2X2L on Oct 4, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

So, Tug comes in

Some sick part of me says they are trying to protect Callaspo’s average to make him look good and Butler worse.

But that’s just silly and I’m sure that’s not going on. It’s just that I even think it could be…

by sterlingice on Oct 4, 2009 5:06 PM EDT reply actions  

OK, Denny just said what he thinksw we need to do better in 2010

Better defense in the infield, especially around second base, and better situational hitting.

Callaspo burn.

by Sliver on Oct 4, 2009 5:08 PM EDT reply actions  

nothing like turfing one of your better hitters

to make the team better in 2009

fucking cro-magnons think that they can win with an average defense and league-worst offense

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by BHWick on Oct 4, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not saying anything against Alberto Callaspo

but with Callaspo as the starting second baseman, we finished last.

-Denny

by Sliver on Oct 4, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

with Zack Greinke starting, we finished last

doesn’t justify dumping Greinke though

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by BHWick on Oct 4, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

compared to S-Key?

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by BHWick on Oct 4, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm ok with Callaspo because of his bat

But that’s like saying “TPJ is awful so trading for Yuni is an upgrade”

by sterlingice on Oct 4, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

Compared to Gregg Jeffries

Compared to Jose Offerman.
Compared to Venus de Milo.

by Sliver on Oct 4, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

he's definitely bad

he’s also been one of three productive hitters the team has had

by Freneau on Oct 4, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

We Are Working

On a whole team of decent hitters with no position.

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

by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

57 MPH 30

Footer. Pull him now, it would be fitting fail.

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

by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 5:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Even Better

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

by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

so

Trey has Hughes pitch to Mauer and Kubel today in a lost game, then he pulls Hughes after Kubel

in the game that matters, Hughes pitched to Cuddyer

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by BHWick on Oct 4, 2009 5:15 PM EDT reply actions  

In my FanFest feedback survey last January...

…I suggested they have a workshop where they host a stat lesson, so that newbs like me could learn better about what some of these advanced stats are and how to use them.

So am I stupid or just naive to think it conceivable the Royals organization would do this?

by Gross(est) on Oct 4, 2009 5:16 PM EDT reply actions  

they would never do it

but it is a good idea

most of the advanced stats aren’t that complicated as concepts

if you think about it, a “basic” stat like ERA is actually fairly complicated

by Freneau on Oct 4, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

They aren't, but it's been hard for me to find a good explanation of them for someone coming to them for the first time.

I’ve asked my husband to explain, but I find he’s not a very good teacher for me as he goes to the details before the big picture, and I need to know the big picture first (i.e. why you’d want to know that) before I get the math on how it’s figured.

But I do feel much smarter about it all at the end of this season than I did at the beginning.

by Gross(est) on Oct 4, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Maybe Trey can explain

that Bloomers is a good hitter because sometimes he gets 2 or 3 hits.

by 2X2L on Oct 4, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

should have said "WAS I stupid" instead of "AM I"

as I realize now like I didn’t last January that this will never happen.

Still would like to see it, though.

by Gross(est) on Oct 4, 2009 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

The Tugster!

Man, Liriano has a ways to go yet on the comeback

by Sliver on Oct 4, 2009 5:19 PM EDT reply actions  

Well, that game was a perfect encapsulation of the whole season.

It just felt like it would never…fucking…ennnnnnnnnd.

~ That seasick camel is a regular osteopath. ~

by DiggityDawg on Oct 4, 2009 5:22 PM EDT reply actions  

"The Royals didn

~ That seasick camel is a regular osteopath. ~

by DiggityDawg on Oct 4, 2009 5:24 PM EDT reply actions  

Oops..."The Royals didn't make it easy"

Shut up, Ryan. Just shut up.

~ That seasick camel is a regular osteopath. ~

by DiggityDawg on Oct 4, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

That's like starting 18-11

I have no idea where you’re going with that.

by 2X2L on Oct 4, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

can we put Luke in the bullpen to start 2010?

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by BHWick on Oct 4, 2009 5:25 PM EDT reply actions  

Silva Time!

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

by philofthenorth on Oct 4, 2009 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Greinke, Meche, Banny (maybe), Tejeda (for a bit), and it’s time to unload someone like DeJesus or Teahen for a young starter

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by BHWick on Oct 4, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Davies could be in the rotation

I don’t think he should be.

But Davies and Hoch, if they’re not one of the 5 best starters, almost have to be in the bullpen

Unless DM trades Hochevar, before Luke turns into the next JP Howell

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by BHWick on Oct 4, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

FIrst time I've ever said this...

But I’m glad the season’s over. I can’t remember a more joyless one.

~ That seasick camel is a regular osteopath. ~

by DiggityDawg on Oct 4, 2009 5:31 PM EDT reply actions  

2004 kindof was, but after the first month we knew it was going to be bloody

No false hope or anything and no complete loss of faith in the front office (yet)

by sterlingice on Oct 4, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

2001?

2001: Royals come off of a successful year, win 65 games, have a dreary uninspiring manager, trade for a shitty shortstop mid-season
2009: Royals come off of a successful year, win 65 games, have a dreary uninspiring manager, trade for a shitty shortstop mid-season

Graduate with a B.S. from the Dayton Moore School of Stats Analysis

by BHWick on Oct 4, 2009 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

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