Recently Resurgent Royals Really Rally Late, Defeat Orioles

by Freneau on May 18, 2009 12:31 AM EDT in Kansas City Royals News

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Nice title alliteration.

Bringing back the optimism, we’ve now won 2 of the last 3. Nice offensive production. Nice moves by Hilldaddy, and a stellar game for both the bullpen and the RR Rally Zoo. Enjoyable game (besides another Luke suckfest and some silly errors) Game overall:

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by ratherfantastic on May 17, 2009 7:07 PM EDT reply actions

the pie/buck play was basically the game

how close was he?

by Freneau on May 17, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions

he definitely could have caught it

we just finally got a break

realistically speaking

by slayor on May 17, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions

A couple diving catch attempts

really did the Orioles in today. First DDJ and then Buck, those plays made the difference in the ballgame. Yet, we did our best to negate those plays with some poor, poor defense. At least Hoch didn’t give up 7 or 8 runs this time.

-You play to win the game - Herm Edwards

by truebluetradition on May 17, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Thumbs up for Hillman

I have to say he was right on bringing in Cruz when he did today. Nice to see him go to his best available reliever in a key spot before the 9th.

by cookierojas73 on May 17, 2009 7:31 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed

His bullpen decisions don’t infuriate me nearly as much as they do other fans. I think since the Farnsworth debacle, he’s handled the pen well.

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by RoyalsRetro on May 18, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed. And...the quick hook to bring in Tejada was nice as well.

Also…the squeeze followed by Coco stealing second showed an aggressive side to his coaching that was extremely appropriate. We had to go for the kill right there and Hillman did it. We got to give him credit in this game.

by Clearly Ambiguous on May 17, 2009 7:38 PM EDT reply actions

but only because it worked

by PopeSoria on May 17, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, if that had failed we'd be talking about how dumb he is

It took some balls to try it again. I’ll say that.

by AxDxMx on May 17, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Not Really

No one was complaining because Hooch wasn’t inspiring anyone

I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.

by kcscoliny on May 17, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions

I was actually talking about the suicide squeeze x2

Hochevar probably deserved to get pulled.

by AxDxMx on May 18, 2009 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions

I really liked the squeeze

I felt like it was a good time to pull it, already up a run, and with the way this team is scuffling offensively, it wasn’t a bad gamble to take at all. Sometimes smallball is warranted. Usually it is not. But sometimes it is.

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by RoyalsRetro on May 18, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions

I love Love LOVE

the squeeze play. I’ll trade an out for a run any day and I think a squeeze is more of a sure thing than a sac fly. I’ve been screaming at the TV since the Buddy Bell days for a squeeze play, and we finally got one! Happy me.

I've got crazy flipper fingers!

by labbadabba on May 18, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions

More of a sure thing

When you have a good bunter up there. I would try it would Coco or Bloomie. Probably not anyone else.

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by RoyalsRetro on May 18, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Not TPJ?!?

by Top Ramen on May 18, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions

On another note...

what’s the MLB manager record for “Most Dugout Exits to Argue Calls That Do Not Result in an Actual Ejection”? Trey’s got to be getting toward the top in both career numbers and the longest streak in MLB history.

"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae

"I was doing this when BJ was in his father's nutsack." -Renzo Gracie

by Sweep_the_Leg on May 17, 2009 7:55 PM EDT reply actions

I was thinking the same thing yesterday

Trey has been kicked out of a game though, hasn’t he? I think last year he was booted once.

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by RoyalsRetro on May 18, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Not this year, though

Unless I’ve missed it. And he has to have run out to argue at LEAST five different times so far this year. Maybe more. I wish they kept stats on that.

Don’t you HAVE to get yourself kicked out eventually? He’s going to get a reputation as a paper tiger pretty soon, if he hasn’t already. I mean, kick some dirt on someone already. Throw your hat. Foam at the mouth enough to the point where there can be a legitimate argument about whether some flying spittle was intentional or not. Take one of the bases out and start carrying it back to the dugout.

If you’re going to go to the trouble of arguing a call, get your money’s worth, I say. Especially if you run all the way across the diamond. That’s a long way to go just to have a slightly heated little discussion.

"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae

"I was doing this when BJ was in his father's nutsack." -Renzo Gracie

by Sweep_the_Leg on May 18, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions

this really makes me angry

how can this team win if the manager doesn’t throw a childish temper tantrum so bad that he’s asked to leave the field?

Everyone wants a leader who loses control from time-to-time.

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on May 18, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions

He has Jose to slap in the dugout and it helps him stat in the game with the tantrums I think.

Go Royals!

by BabyBlues on May 18, 2009 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions

All I got to say is

Billy Butler = CLUTCH

-You play to win the game - Herm Edwards

by truebluetradition on May 17, 2009 9:02 PM EDT reply actions

FINALLY!!!

Made it to the K, awesome place. And I am single handedly taking credit for the win with my purchase of the rally beer right before the Royals scored 3 in the bottom of the 6th to take the lead.

Are you telling me Jesus Christ cant hit a curve ball?

by averagegatsby on May 17, 2009 9:12 PM EDT reply actions

great job

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on May 17, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Still haven't gone to a game at the new K

Arrrgghhh

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by ratherfantastic on May 17, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions

You pay 7-9 bucks for a beer

you deserve some credit.

by hunter s. royal on May 17, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions

If I'm not mistaken

the “regular” beers are $6 at the concession stands, or you can pay more to the aisle walkers.

by AxDxMx on May 18, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions

7.25

yes seven two five…thats what they were asking when I went on Thursday. For the first time in my life I passed on a beer.

At least Wally Joyner's not on the team....

by tcon125 on May 18, 2009 1:32 AM EDT up reply actions

$9.50

here at the NYC ballparks.

Its $7 for a beer at a bar (unless you know where to go…)

I've got crazy flipper fingers!

by labbadabba on May 18, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Okay, I have a question about Teen Wold

outside of the obvious (how could they win when Michael J. Fox’s character can’t dribble without looking at the ball, when his jump shot is uglier than mine,etc.):

I thought ~~Marty~~ Fox’s character and the “evil popular guy” both went to the same high school. Is this an intramural game? And since when were intramural games that popular? With cheeleaders? (Notre Dame intramural football doesn’t count.)

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on May 17, 2009 9:24 PM EDT reply actions

they are different schools

but they’re banging the same cheerleader

by Freneau on May 17, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions

why isn't she cheering in the last scene?

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on May 17, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions

i believe Fox had rather pointlessly dropped her at that point

and gone with his much less attractive, tomboyish “true love”, because he realized the blonde didn’t want him for him or something

its an 80s movie

by Freneau on May 17, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions

But unlike most 80s teen movies

the tomboy was not secretly better looking than the pretty girl (who was the star of the school play, not a cheerleader).

by Gopherballs on May 17, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions

right

but which school?

Are you thinking of the Skiing South Park or not?

What else can i do tonight to avoid finishing my Boring Blog Post of the Week?

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on May 17, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions

OK

This is so far off topic and a non-sequitur of such massive magnitude and immense proportion that you guys owe the rest of us a very yummy high quality drink for putting up with it. I’ll take mine in either a Great Divide Hercules Double IPA, a Sapphire and tonic, or a Maker’s Mark manhattan. Thank you very much, in advance.

I’ll be in KC from 5/24 to 5/31 to collect.

"Well, if we destroy Kansas the world may not hear about it for years." Blofeld

The General Theory of Royaltivity

by kabrink on May 17, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions

and since when are drama girls that hot?

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on May 17, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, I don't know. Perhaps when their name is

Raquel Welch, Salma Hayek, Elizabeth Hurley, Diane Lane, Audrey Tautou, Alyssa Milano, Jessica Alba.

"Well, if we destroy Kansas the world may not hear about it for years." Blofeld

The General Theory of Royaltivity

by kabrink on May 18, 2009 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions

in high school?

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on May 18, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions

See Diane Lane in "The Outsiders"

Stay Gold, Ponyboy, Stay Gold.

by Gopherballs on May 18, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Diane Lane?

I've got crazy flipper fingers!

by labbadabba on May 18, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions

just horrible

"Well, if we destroy Kansas the world may not hear about it for years." Blofeld

The General Theory of Royaltivity

by kabrink on May 18, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Pretty sure she was both

A cheerleader, and in the school play. As someone who was in musicals I can vouch for the fact that some girls actually did both. God bless them…

by Big Guy on May 18, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions

yeah yeah,I remember the movie

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on May 17, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I believe Teen Wolf

Holds the record for most bewildering inaccuracies, inconsistencies and errors in a single film. Its like the people that made it had never seen a high school basketball game before. Isn’t there a scene where a guy is taking a free throw and an opposing player is standing underneath the basket? Dear lord.

And did you catch the infamous “extra exposing himself in the background during the final scene” or do they edi tit out now?

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by RoyalsRetro on May 18, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

I liked that in the big game musical montage

They show the same play three or four times — guy on Teen Wolf’s team swat blocks a shot from behind, Michael J. Fox leads the fast break, and then Fox makes a behind the back pass to a trailing teammate for the score. I could not tell if it was the same video replayed three or four times, or just different takes of the same play.

by Gopherballs on May 18, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I cannot disparage Teen Wolf too harshly...

for despite all its various faults, it has given me the three rules by which I have lived my life since I first saw the movie at age 8 (granted, some of them were more confusing than others at that point):

1. Never get less than 12 hours sleep;
2. Never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and
3. Never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger anywhere on her body.

Thank you, Coach Finstock. Thank you. And yes, my life has pretty much been cream cheese ever since then.

"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae

"I was doing this when BJ was in his father's nutsack." -Renzo Gracie

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