Familiar Feeling: Royals Lose Again, Again

by Freneau on May 31, 2009 5:24 PM EDT in Kansas City Royals News

Again.

How did this season fall apart so quickly?

John Danks looked terrible, but he dodged enough bullets to turn in a functional outing. Greinke was 2008 Greinke, and though he was slightly off his 2009 form, you have to say the four runs he allowed felt pretty soft. Nevertheless, that's how the starters left it, a 4-4 game.

The Royal bullpen blinked first, well, if you call not getting through a second inning "blinking". John Bale and Juan Cruz evoked memories of Jeremy Affeldt and Mike MacDougal at the end of the game today, as the search for answers continues.

At 23-27 the Royals are back in familar territory after two months.

The Royals after 50 games:

2009: 23-27
2008: 21-29
2007: 19-31

Well, in another two years it looks like the Royals will be a .500 team after fifty games, and by 2014 or so, a first place club.

The Royals are at 23-27 with Zack Greinke pitching better than anyone this decade in 22% of their games. Amazing.

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can you believe we used to be in first?

Cheese… milk's leap toward immortality.

by ratherfantastic on May 31, 2009 5:26 PM EDT reply actions

Fire Hillman, Hire Jeff Cox

at least get someone who has more charisma than a corpse..

fucking Bambi Hillman always chokes

by BHWick on May 31, 2009 5:27 PM EDT reply actions

i have officially given up on the season

all i care about is the success of greinke, and once again, this shitstain piss poor pathetic excuse for a balllclub denies him a win

realistically speaking

by slayor on May 31, 2009 5:28 PM EDT reply actions

Now, that is descriptive.

shitstain piss poor pathetic excuse

If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.

by Warden11 on May 31, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I can never watch the postgame

Someone give me the play-by-play of what Trey says.

by kcbottom9th on May 31, 2009 5:28 PM EDT reply actions

wtf is ther eto say

“i suck at bullpen management and nobody on this team can hit a fastball thrown harder than 94mph”

realistically speaking

by slayor on May 31, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

End of May prediction

74-88

Is it safe?

by KHAZAD on May 31, 2009 5:31 PM EDT reply actions

Hillman leaves in Wright

to pitch to Thome, but won’t let him pitch to Pierzinski
and Wise……what an absolute boob of a manager…..
but it’s fundamentals again….Maier misses the cutoff man
in the first, then doesn’t get the bunt down in the bottom of the
inning,,,so on and so forth….

by Gload on May 31, 2009 5:37 PM EDT reply actions

yup

all good points

realistically speaking

by slayor on May 31, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions

The 1st and 9th inning describes the entire season

You are correct. 1st inning, Missed cutoff man, if Maier gets down bunt, Bloomquest scores in the 1st. Men on 2nd and 3rd with one out and nobody scores.

9th inning, Wright is pitching lights out and here comes Hillman going by the book and bringing in a pitcher who is probably tired. I feel he really mismanaged this game badly.

by BlueBloodRoyal on May 31, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions

I just read through the play-by-play of the 9th inning

did anyone ask Trey in the post-game about why he took out Wright?
this shows how desperately we need Soria.

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on May 31, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions

HAH!

Like he would have used him

Bloomquist. God? Or just an illusion? You be the judge.

by focs on Jun 1, 2009 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Piss poor that is all you can say about this team at this point.

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

by kcscoliny on May 31, 2009 5:37 PM EDT reply actions

we scored four runs

IMPROVEMENT!

where tpj used to happen but no longer does due to his current dl status.

by blue bandwagon on May 31, 2009 5:43 PM EDT reply actions

Eric Hosmer 2-4 HR 3 Rbi so far...I'm done watching the ML team I think

until Gordon and Aviles come back. I just can’t take the futility that is being ran out there everyday.

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

by kcscoliny on May 31, 2009 5:43 PM EDT reply actions

not to be nitpicky.......but wouldn't we be .500 in one more year

not two?

19-31
21-29
23-27
25-25

…………and it’s a good thing i missed today’s game……..i see the ineptitude outbreak has reached epic proportions the last few days.

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on May 31, 2009 6:02 PM EDT reply actions

If it follows a linear pattern

something tells me that there will be an asymptote at .500 that the Royals will never cross.

by AxDxMx on May 31, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

giving this post some love

funny and (sadly) true!

by kevinf on Jun 1, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions

we're not alone!

just watched the mariners run into two outs at home in the eighth and then blow a two-run lead in the 9th. so there’s that!

where tpj used to happen but no longer does due to his current dl status.

by blue bandwagon on May 31, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions

Wyoming is crying as both soldiers

who fought for her hand fell on their own swords.

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

by tcon125 on May 31, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Greinke by the end of year

231 innings, 19-8, 2.26 ERA, 240K, 1.074WHIP

Is it safe?

by KHAZAD on May 31, 2009 6:44 PM EDT reply actions

i dont think he loses 8

even with our crappy o

where tpj used to happen but no longer does due to his current dl status.

by blue bandwagon on May 31, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions

don't forget it goes hand-in-hand with a crappy D

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on May 31, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions

half the runs greinke has given up this year could be pinned on the defense

realistically speaking

by slayor on May 31, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions

That 2 win improvement over the last 3 years is wierd

I wouldn’t mind that happening every year as apposed to tanking in 2012

Cheese… milk's leap toward immortality.

by ratherfantastic on May 31, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions

I blame the Sports Illustrated cover jinx

it started with the team, and finally worked its way through Zack’s personal anti-jinx shield.

Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!

by cmkeller on May 31, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions

Zanax promotions time

by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Jun 1, 2009 12:03 AM EDT reply actions

I am not one to make excuse

but we have 7 people who were on the opening day 25 man roster on the DL. That doesn’t include Coco who seems like he is headed there. 3 relief pitchers, 2 SS, 1 C and our starting 3rd baseman who many people thought was poised for a breakout this year. I know every team has injuries but this is just one reason the team has been struggling lately in my opinion. We are playing with what would have to be considered our 3rd best SS. We don’t have the depth at the upper levels to cover for this many injuries. In a year or two we should have decent options avaliable at AA or AAA to come up and perform when a stater goes down. We just don’t have that now. Lastly, I think it speaks volumes that a pitcher who was a NRI (Wright) is one of the best pitchers in the bullpen. Hopefully this teaches GMDM something. Lets get the ship righted against the Rays.

by gordonrules on Jun 1, 2009 8:22 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs