Kansas City's B Team Falls to Baltimore 3-2
by royalsreview on May 16, 2009 10:07 PM EDT
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- Tonight's game somehow managed to be both depressing and mundane at the same time, which I suppose isn't actually that remarkable. Davies looked horrible in the first inning, leading to a somewhat bizarre, somewhat awesome, meeting with Hillman on the mound before the inning was over. From there, Davies seemed to regroup, and by the time the night was over, he'd posted one of his best starts of the season: 7 IP, 5 Hs, 2 BBs, 4 Ks. If you close your eyes, minus, maybe a strikeout, its an old Banny line, if you ask me. If you had told me in the first inning that Davies would only walk two men the whole game, I would... I would have responded with great suprise to that utterance.
- Unfortunately, Davies allowed three runs, which was more than one of the weaker Royal lineups of the season could match. Mitch, Bloomy and Hernandez all got starts, with Jacobs DHing against a lefty. Predictably, Jacobs went 0-4 with three strikeouts. (But hey, I'd only just wrote, like two hours before the game, about how Trey had only done a so-so job of avoiding these very situations.)
- Trey mentioned pregame that he wanted to give a number of guys a day off thanks to the travel day & the Greinke rainout, which I suppose is his call. Its a 162 game season, and these lineups will show up from time to time, though I doubt Kyle Davies is tremendously pleased with the obvious, though somewhat counter-productive logic, that there won't be a scrubs lineup when Greinke's pitching.
- Guillen walked twice!
- Does anyone else feel like Miguel Olivo is weirdly a huge factor in this lineup, positively or negatively? I suppose it makes sense, he's an all or nothing hitter at the bottom of the order, and when, once a week, he has a huge game, it makes the Royals seem unstoppable.
- Did George Sherrill gain 80 pounds? I remember him as a skinny guy.
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So, just got home from work
What did I miss? D’oh. :(
by sterlingice on May 16, 2009 10:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bert ties it
and gets an “error” from an extremely bouncy grounder which seals the game, with him already wasting his only clutch token of the game.
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by ratherfantastic on May 16, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yay
things are back to normal!
I've got crazy flipper fingers!
by labbadabba on May 16, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I always thought the B team was used on Sunday afternoons.
Trey must want to win tomorrow.
If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.
by Warden11 on May 16, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The fans got Zack last night.
They must suffer penance now.
by hunter s. royal on May 16, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was the most godawful lineup ever
What a shocker that they only scored twice. Any team that only draws 2 walks and makes him throw 88 pitches in 5.2 innings should be blown up.
I can’t believe Butler couldn’t get a good swing off of him. That’s pretty surprising for a lefty.
Down 2-1 and Baltimores best starter is going tomorrow. Davies looked alright from the 2nd on.
I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.
by kcscoliny on May 16, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
with Maier and that other fucking player (SS) yep no surprise
and why Whoreratio today and Cruz yesterday?
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by JChief on May 16, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whore didn't effect them
I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.
by kcscoliny on May 16, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
luckily - he tried to
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by JChief on May 16, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trey seems to think it's t-ball
and everybody gets to play. Davies was lucky in the first to only give up 1, and he was good after that, but this was a lineup for the deadball era.
by hunter s. royal on May 16, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and jacobs against a lefty pitcher
by royalsreview on May 16, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hitting 4th.
If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.
by Warden11 on May 16, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was bizarre.
It would have been a good night for Hoagy to DH and go for outfield defense, but………………………………
by hunter s. royal on May 16, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but DDJ was dead with fatigue...
or somesuch
by royalsreview on May 16, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That can bring on hives I'm sure.
Good thinking by Trey to head that off.
by hunter s. royal on May 16, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, if he needed a night off
better to do it against a lefty
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by devil_fingers on May 16, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
can DDJ be that tired?
He also got the night off on Wednesday, and Monday was an open date. That’s three days off in a week for a starter. Hopefully nothing is wrong, but unless DDJ is injured, he shouldn’t have needed another night off.
This was a totally nonsensical lineup, though. Given Trey’s tendencies to bat both Buck and Olivo in the same lineup, I’m not sure why Buck wasn’t DHing and Hoagie batting cleanup. Batting Jacobs cleanup against a southpaw is…un-smart.
by DarthYoshi on May 17, 2009 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
sure, I dunno
I’m just saying if he needed a night off, better against a lefty
dreadful B-taem lineup… Not onlyl Jacobs, but Jacobs hitting (I originally typed “Jacob shitting” — which seems more appropraite) 4th vs. a LHP. Yikes. SHEALY/HOUSE/JOSH PHELPS NOW
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by devil_fingers on May 17, 2009 2:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, we do have the upcoming off day Monday…..aparently
Hillman didn’t get next week’s calendar of games…..
by Gload on May 16, 2009 10:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Astroturf now.
If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.
by Warden11 on May 16, 2009 10:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That would be great
in a sick kind of way. How many inside the park homers would Hoagy give up with the old astroturf?
by hunter s. royal on May 16, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
we'd need a little roster work before we could pull it off.
Throw a bunch of speedy contact hitters out there and see what happens.
Watching those clips of Willie Wilson during the game have me missing the turf.
If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.
by Warden11 on May 16, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Coco does channel Willie a bit.
Right down to the bad arm.
by hunter s. royal on May 16, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Astroturf even helps to cover the bad arms.
If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.
by Warden11 on May 16, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, you can definitely skip the ball in on it.
It doesn’t destroy the eight-hopper like grass.
by hunter s. royal on May 16, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no lose situation.
If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.
by Warden11 on May 16, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ha
NYRoyal and I were joking about this earlier — the medical staff would really be put to the test with all the knee and back injuries the Royals would suddenly develop.
Luckily, they’re top-notch.
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by devil_fingers on May 16, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aviles = Hernandez = TPJ
There is no difference. Aviles probably would’ve gone 0-3 today while providing horrible range at SS.
Then there would be an army of people complaining that this guy isn’t in Omaha.
- W. Bloomquist homered to deep center
- P. Earth explodes
by JobDDT on May 16, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Aviles had a nice year last year at least.
There’s some hope he could find offensive form again. TPJ & Hernandez is not even trying. Though I will admit Aviles has been awful this year.
by hunter s. royal on May 16, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
one difference
probably minor, but let’s see:
Neither TPJ nor Hernandez ever managed a .700 OPS at any level of the minors
but, hey, all those years, plus last season when Aviles was hot after TPJ hit like his minors career always said he would, and Luis was pulling his TPJ-sans-overrated-glove act in Baltimore don’t count.
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by devil_fingers on May 16, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
for any masochists out there,
FSNKC is showing the game again. You can watch the 1st inning a second time!
If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.
by Warden11 on May 16, 2009 10:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Even I'm not that sick.
I can watch the Nascar boys crash it up instead. Non-points race = lots of dumbass moves and 180 mph games of chicken.
by hunter s. royal on May 16, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wtf is a non-points race?
If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.
by Warden11 on May 16, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nascar's version of the all-star game.
Racing for money only. The good old boys go crazy the last ten laps or so. Wildly entertaining if you like wrecks.
by hunter s. royal on May 16, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
still don't get auto racing...
I've got crazy flipper fingers!
by labbadabba on May 17, 2009 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's kind of like
setting your cat on fire while it’s going 180 MPH. Plus, even though the races last 5 hours, you only have to watch the start and the finish so you’re only wasting 20 minutes or so.
by hunter s. royal on May 17, 2009 1:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fantastic, hunter.
The cat line got me laughing.
Haha.
by rockchalk on May 17, 2009 1:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, on the downside...
Uhera is a really good pitcher, with a nasty splitter / changeup and throws tons of strikes. Which means he’s going to give us fits. We really, really need to win today and split this series. Which sucks, but it’s better than 3/4 lost – Hoch needs to show something today.
realistically speaking
by slayor on May 17, 2009 2:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I just don't see it
you never know in baseball, but a decent pitcher against our lineup vs. a pitcher who just got rocked and is now facing a good hitting lineup? Ver doubtful today, unfortunately. Yesterday was the day to ensure a sweep.
I hereby resign from this post.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on May 17, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Usually when a weaker lineup is out there
You get better defense than your lineup of good hitters. Not in this case. That was a truly dismal defensive performance. Two of those runs really shouldn’t have scored.
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