Game Nine Overflow Thread
by Freneau on Apr 15, 2009 3:30 PM EDT
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"If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus."
Final Overflow Thread coming at 3:30 KC time.
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Alex is REALLY having problems
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well fuck, Alex. 1-2 now
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better than nothing,
but here comes the automatikkkkk out
I hereby resign from this post.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Apr 15, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions
typical spoiled-ass Gordon
notice he’s only hitting .100?
Blomquist is better
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clutch walk
lol. boy did the pitcher do him a favor.
I hereby resign from this post.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Apr 15, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Proof that these guys don't read scouting reports
they through Alex bad pitches obviously out of the zone instead of pounding him inside, and throw Olivo straight ones down the middle
sadly, it’s been working so far this year, testing my faith in regression to the mean
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Channeling his Inner Amos Otis
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
What is this rule
that allows hitters to go to first without swinging?
by 2X2L on Apr 15, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I'll take it, Alex.
Awesome AB.
No chance of another walk here, though.
I would have pinch hit Brayan for him.
Joe Smith? Is
He a real MLB player?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 15, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Fuck you Olivo
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I'm feeling the Olivo seeing-eye-grounder on a pitch around his eyes
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spork scores half of our runs
It could date me, but I'm 44 and I don't care... Sir Sidney looks like Lumpy from "Leave it to Beaver"
Text from a friend of mine:
“Just make Olivo leave his bat in the dugout and take the RBI walk”
ok, now I'm pissed
there is no good reason to NOT pinch hit B.Pena, right? Olivo has sucked this far this season, AND he’s facing a RHP.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on Apr 15, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions
Shitcock.
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Very Vividly Descriptive
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 15, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
He better throw out 4 runners next inning
To make up for that.
2-2
Who has the bullpen advantage? I assume Cruz is not available after 2 innings yesterday.
we got this one in the bag, It's just Cabrera and then a bunch of guys who can't hit
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
yup, nothing gets teh bases unjammed
like a cluth GIDP
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
or awesome typing
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
duly noted
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Why am I pissed at Guillen and he's not even playing?
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by JChief on Apr 15, 2009 4:09 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Bold prediction: Cabrera will not homer
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hey, I was right!
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Farnsworth Ande Jacobs
As an offensive and defensive replacement; my world is complete.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
Its amazing how fickle we fans are
most of us were clamoring for Olivo most of last season…
I've got crazy flipper fingers!
He can hit
Just not now.
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no it either
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I would just like to state
that I have never once said anything nice about Olivo except to cheer him for his rare moments of Doing Something Good.
In fact, I led the league in references to his career OBP last year.
This space for rent.
yeah, but his footwork is so much more awesomer and Buck's!
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
No... it's not.
There is exactly one thing Olivo does better than Buck, and that’s “throw the ball to second base.”
Okay, two things: “complain.”
This space for rent.
i should have used the sarcasm font
yo know me, I totally rely on Tango’s super-secret “footwork” metric, that “I saw but I totally can’t tell you about” © Will Carroll
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
also, since you and I are maybe two of tenured members of the Buck fan-club
have you ever noticed that Olivo is shpaed like a circle, and Buck is shaped like a square?
Not an evalulation, but a description.
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
You're an S.O.B!!!
sorry knee jerk emotional reaction
A walk and Gold Glove play
PH or Defensive replacement??
Christ
"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
Mark DeRosa = older brother model from
Generic Baseball Player Factory, Inc.
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Damn it!
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If Guillen were in, this game would be a vortex of Royals fan hate
Pena, Spork, Olivo all in one lineup
Jacobs in an as defensive replacement
Ponson starting
Farnsworth in
If this could be against the St Louis Yankee Sox and feature pine tar prominently, it would be perfect
1-7 ballclub.
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Asdrubal, are you kidding me?
were his parents big AD&D players or something?
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leaving bases loaded twice and you should get beat!
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don't worry, the top fo the order is due back up
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
he was just shirking his responsibliity
as Franchise Savior™
his wussy-ness forces Olivo to try to swing and drive ’em all in
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't blame the pitching so much as the unclutch hitting.
bases juiced twice and you can’t get them home?
Mahay now warming up?
Mahay or Farnsy in the beginning of the 7th? Don’t waste time, Trey. Farns isn’t a high-leverage pitcher. Use your best pitchers early.
you're asking the guy who starts Pena and Bloomquist on the same day
not to waste time?
YOu are a brave soul.
(winky face)
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, it's Sunday!
And the second baseman must always bat second.
by Royals Nation on Apr 15, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
at this time
id like to remind everyone that Mr Farnsworth is taking home a paycheck of rougly 350,000 every two weeks.
What a cockswallow Farnsworth is.
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god fucking dammit
farnsworth sucks ass
so does trey hillman for running out this awful lineup when we have a chance to bury a division rival
realistically speaking
Honestly, only thing you'd argue with would be TPJ over Aviles
If there was something going on with Aviles, this line-up makes perfect sense.
That is what I"m arguing
because putting a 3rd automatic out in the lineup is HUGE
realistically speaking
Is something up with Callaspo?
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
farnsy balked
amusing; but, sad nonetheless.
where tpj happens.
by blue bandwagon on Apr 15, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Later fuckworth
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after this debacle farnsworth will be responsible for 50% of our losses this season
realistically speaking
Way to string 2 outs together, Farns
Shoulda gone with Mahay at the beginning. If Hillman makes sensible moves, are we ahead?
No not ahead. Just a penis head. Bases loaded twice. Awful!
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I'll answer my own question and say 'maybe'
Aviles at SS, no Bloomquist batting 2 at 2B (Callaspo instead), no Farnsworth at beginning of 7th, no Olivo at C – all of that has to translate to a net gain of 1 run, so at the very least we could be tied.
by Royals Nation on Apr 15, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah but, it wouldn't be fair to lil' Tony Junior.
realistically speaking
Who do you trust more as a player now.
Farnsworth or Hafner??
Prink
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
wait, I'm confused, who's the analog to whom there?
sorry, you gotta break it down slow for an idiot like myself
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
That's the sound of 6 million dollars being flushed down those nice new toilets.
by BrRoyal on Apr 15, 2009 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Did Farnsworth volunteer to take a pay cut or something?
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it's actuall 9.5/2
but at least the third year is a club option!
(Seriously, no one would have believed this contract before it happend… we where arguing over whether he was worth $1M/1 the day before).
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Yay, put in Mahay after farnsworth shits all over himself
It just keeps getting better
realistically speaking
RON MAHAY IS NOT A LEFT HANDED SPECIALIST!!11ONE
realistically speaking
by slayor on Apr 15, 2009 4:21 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
And Kyle Farnsworth is not a quality reliever, Trey
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by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 15, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
perfect
you have me laughing again
it’s not his fault, though?
Who’s fault is it? You guess it:
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Well now it's over
Glad to see us give this one away
realistically speaking
pontoon is not the issue
realistically speaking
Dayton Moore created it, and declared it good
who are we to question?
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
we still get to hit
and their bullpen hasnt exactly been on
No
It is because he isn’t “effective” in the late innings. Unlike Farnsworth, remember. Every pitcher has only one or two innings they can possibly handle.
The Allard Baird of incisive internet discourse.
At least we can take solace in the fact that . . .
The Indians bullpen is worst than ours.
Mahay hates Farsworth....
He let all of Farnsy’s runners score on purpose!
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by aHorseWithNoName on Apr 15, 2009 4:26 PM EDT reply actions
Mahay came in, gave up 2 runs, and lowered his ERA
Baseball is weird
3 runs with 3 innings to go
against a questionable bullpen wouldn’t be game-over for most teams….
unfortunately, our offense is god awful so
realistically speaking
Trey surrended this one the minute he handed the lineup card to the umpire
realistically speaking
We just aren't using Farnsworth where he's comfortable
8th inning, 7th inning, a reliever needs to know when he’s going to be called on. He has to know his role. Or so I am told
Excellent
Joe “3 walks, 1 out” Lewis is back to pitch the 7th
Bloomers is full of grit, he'll get the run in
realistically speaking
amazing what happens when you put your best hitters iin the lineup
realistically speaking
Whew! I'm glad Avilanche was saved for a clutch situation!
rather than wasting his PAs earlier inthe game.
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No Shit
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 15, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
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"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 15, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
although the neck beard is horrific
i still wuv him
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
wow
did always hit like this or did someone turn him around?
he started destroying the PCL last season, I think
he’d looked like a future utility guy, tops, until then… After 2+ months of TPJ breaking every record for “suck” known to baseball, Aviles came up and caught fire… he’s not that good, but he looks more and more like a major league starter to me. A league averag player at $400,000/yr is great.
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
He's actually went to HS where I'm living now about an hour northwest of manhattan
He never struck out in HS but still didn’t receive any major scholarship offers. They love him in him there. It seems he will always be hungry but humble. His parents were separated because he referred to his mom living in Middletown and his father in the Bronx or something
by GobbleforCyoung on Apr 16, 2009 7:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Buck looked like he was trying to do way too much there
realistically speaking
Too bad
now he probably won’t start again for another 4 games
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Those are the hardest pitches to hit
Just ask Olivo
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by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 15, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
At least Kerry Wood hasn't looked very good this year
realistically speaking
yikes
-1.22 FIP (yes, that’s a minus sign)
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright
There bullpen is poor and we’ve already used up most of the liabilities on our staff. We’re still in this.
Is this HoRam's throw day?
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 15, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Olivio
Hmmm… Olivio has struck out 12 of 18 at bats… only 66% of the time. It’s probably better than what I would do I suppose.
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