Royals - White Sox Open Thread
The Royals face off against former organizational teammates Ryan Braun and Brad Salmon (my favorite completely pointless trade of all time) today. Consider this your open thread.
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Lineup
CF Coco Crisp
2B Mark Teahen
LF The Jesus
DH Mike Jacobs
1B Billy Butler
3B The Smirk
C John Buck
RF He Who Explodes
SS Ryan Lefebvre’s Crush
P HoRam
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they really are going to hit Gordon 6-7 all year, huh
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by Matt Klaassen on Mar 12, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
jacobs needs to bat 4...he's got power and needs to get more ab's than gordon
TPJ...you're dead to me
by billybeingbilly on Mar 12, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he could hit his way into a spot higher in the lineup
The immoderate moderator
by Scott McKinney on Mar 12, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Needs to earn hitting in Brett's old spot in the batting order
We don’t just give those things away…
Wait…
In keeping with Royal Review's poetry discussion (and courtesy of mazoboom)
for the RF and SS positions this afternoon, we shall excerpt here:
At noon there came a tremor; cows
Stopped chewing for a second; sun,
Scarfed as in a heat-haze, dimmed.
The General Theory of Royaltivity
First! since no one has claimed it yet.
Go Royals!
by BabyBlues on Mar 12, 2009 2:38 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
i dunno when it was...but it was about 3 years too late
TPJ...you're dead to me
by billybeingbilly on Mar 12, 2009 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
That's The Baby
Jesus.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I Like 1-7
Add Aviles and Guillen and this is not a bad lineup at all.
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Beauty, Eh?
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Mountains, lake, trees, snow...
and the old scoreboard. I’m dying happy now.
The old scoreboard is touring North America these days. It has been spotted in Grass Creek, Wyoming, Madrid, Iowa, and now the Kenai Peninsula up in AK. All three pictures at the end of this thread.
This is much better than
any marketing the Royals themselves have done.
That is a GREAT idea
Especially in all those fringe markets that we may have lost to the Twins/Cubs/Rockies/Cardinals
You see a picture of their home town with the old scoreboard asking “Remember Us?”
Haha, I love it. Someone call Ryan!
The Snozberries taste like Snozberries
That's The Old
Scoreboard? I was wondering what that was.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder if it spreads
knowledge and evolution, like the Monolith.
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There's the viral slogan
“It spreads knowledge and evolution, like the Monolith”
Or maybe it's like the Burger King king commercials
Keeps oddly showing up.
Am I the only one?
Or does that Burger King guy really creep you guys out?
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Very Much So
Especially the one where he’s looking in the bedroom window in the morning.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
MLB.COM Is Giving
Me a lovely open mike right now. It took 3 tries to get anything, so I guess this is progress. That is Mt. Spurr, an 11,000’+ volcano across the Inlet from us. I look at it all day when I’m at work. It erupted a couple of times in the early ’90’s.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I need to make one too
Those are cool from yesterday’s thread. We should start a special thread so everyone can make one and collect them in.
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Let me copy the scoreboard picture someplace where you can get at it. I’ll post the URL here when it’s uploaded.
Must..................Fry...................Bacon................
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Is G-Load The
Worst Royals RF of all time?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
Is it just me?
Or does everyone else have Guillen playing 2B according to Gameday?
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
Jose is also currently on-deck...
according to Gameday.
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
by Sweep_the_Leg on Mar 12, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Gameday BLOWS
Do they just let some random 8 year old sit at the computer to enter info? Or the drunkest random fan they can find?
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
by Sweep_the_Leg on Mar 12, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
He Would Be
A + bat at 2B.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Teahen Is Still
Learning how to stand between 1B and 2B while the other team bats.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
Buck Has 4
Now.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
For Moroni's Hammer
All is possible.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Soft toss to 1B
Drill him on the return throw.
Excellent!
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Point Blank
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
The more he labors here, the sooner he’ll be laboring somewhere else.
by 2X2L on Mar 12, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
A Construction Site?
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone Else Remember
The announcerless televised football game? I wonder if it’s been tried on radio.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
Less Is More
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I have to tell you, I am heading down the slippery slope of old age
I got my first pair of bifocals yesterday.
I can hardly stand to wear them, they give me a headache
how do you do it?
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
I Have Trifocals
For computer work.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, Sir
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
All The Cool
Guys are doing it.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I Knew A
Les Moore; his wife ripped him off and ran away to Ohio.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously Cold Dis
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes
Dolphins-Jets right? I vaguely remember Bryant Gumble being involved.
I Can'r Remember
But it was 1979 or 1980; I was new to Alaska at the time.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Wouldn't it be cool
if you had the option to listen to commentary or just crowd/field noise? I think this is a great idea. Line up some investors.
You Mean Brayan?
Brayan Branyan would be a great name.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Or Brain; I
Know a spelling-challenged woman who nearly named her son that.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
That Would At
Least have been somewhat appropriate.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Gordon Beckham and Justin Smoak
could both push their ways onto the opening day rosters. Good reason to look long and hard at Kentrail Davis from Tennessee this draft season.
I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.
He's Wearing A
Tutu under his uniform.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
"The rose...
goes in the front, big guy."
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
by Sweep_the_Leg on Mar 12, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
15 Seconds Of
4 Tops>this PBP.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Seitzer Has Him
Going the other way.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
As Long As
The checks keep coming………….
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
All Aboard The
Singles train! Classic Royal rally time!
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Classic Leg Shot
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
He Just Wanted
To get back in the field where he can showcase his glovework.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I See We're
Linked on the official site now; I wonder how long that will last.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
He's A Starter
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Buck Laughs At
Their pathetic small balls.
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Score/Inning update please
"You know what, I mean I cried in bed for a while, moaning 'Why!? Why did this have to happen?'"
Zack Greinke on the Brad Pitt - Jennifer Aniston split
3-2 Sawks, Bottom
Of the 5th, I think.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
New Madrid?
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Poor, Poor Pitiful
Madrid.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Four Bags For
Teahen, 8 balls on Buck…………….serious testosterone!
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Can we call second base
The Teabag from now on
"You know what, I mean I cried in bed for a while, moaning 'Why!? Why did this have to happen?'"
Zack Greinke on the Brad Pitt - Jennifer Aniston split
That's A New
Definition for “getting to 2B”.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The World Now
Fears our lineup, all because of Jacobs.
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Productive Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111111
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
A Major League
Popup by Russie ends the inning. Hillman played him today to get a psychological edge on the Sawks; “Hah! We now have your LH utility guy who kind of plays 1B OK and you no longer wanted. Take that!”
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Poor Pena
That makes twice he’s been robbed today. Has he always been able to make contact or is this the miraculous side-effects of his eye surgery?
He Doesn't Seem
To K quite as much now.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
He Was Not
DROBBED.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Or Decides To
Play in Milan.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Similar to our general knowledge
that there is no positive correlation between ST success and regular season success, can someone please confirm for my sake that there is no inverse relationship between the two?
"You know what, I mean I cried in bed for a while, moaning 'Why!? Why did this have to happen?'"
Zack Greinke on the Brad Pitt - Jennifer Aniston split
Taylor sounds so much like DM
it is kind of creepy.
The Allard Baird of incisive internet discourse.
I've Driven By
Hesperia, never stopped there.
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This Guy?
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Too Little, Too
Late.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Anchorage Is Close
To Alaska, not in Alaska. You cannot see Russia from there.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Wasilla Is In
Alaska, but yes, she lied. She always lies.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
You Will Remember
Los Alamos.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Like Become Shiva?
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
No, It's Shiva
“…now I am become Death [Shiva], the destroyer of worlds…”
http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/shiva/shiva.html
"Physicist Robert Oppenheimer
Supervising Scientist Manhattan Project
on 16 July 1945 at 0529 HRS,
in the Jornada del Muerto desert near
the Trinity site in the White Sands Missile Range.
…quoting from the Bhagavad-Gita upon
witnessing first atomic detonation by mankind.
The exact quote from the Bhagavad-Gita is:
If the radiance of a thousand suns
Were to burst at once into the sky
That would be like the splendor of the Mighty one…
I am become Death,
The shatterer of Worlds."
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I confused myself
I know the quote, but I’m not up on my Hinduism. So it’s Vishnu talking, and Vishnu becomes Shiva.
“We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, ‘Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.’ I suppose we all thought that one way or another.”
-J. Robert Oppenheimer
Those Wacky Hindus!
All I know about Hindu would fit comfortably in a thimble. Now, Zoroastrianism is another story.
http://www.zoroastrianism.com/
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
"Buy A T-Shirt".
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions
this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
That's basically the same answer that everyone else gave me.
It should be fun to see them play next week.
Where Do We
Pick up the Cactus League trophy?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
Blythe Got Beaten
Out again?
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I Took A
Picture of my wife standing in front of the road sign for the Blythe Airport. It’s my last name and Bill Clinton’s (nee William Jefferson Blythe IV), too. I was just passing through on I-10; it looked like a real low desert hellhole.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Hold The Salt
I’m watching my blood pressure.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
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