But man they just look more confident all around. The pitching on the road trip was slightly above avg and now its even better. We ve been having games with 10+ hits which is bad ass. Yes its the NL but man even if thats a big part of us playing well it couldnt come at a better time. It appears Detroit has cooled off slightly so if we make good use of this week/weekend we could be within a game or two when we all thought there was no chance. We could lose the rest on the homestand, but i doubt it. Greinke on the bump tom. Its exciting again, thank god!

Great to see ol’ Gil putting up the goose egg. Zack tomorrow night, gotta love the NL baby

I do have one question.

Why is Jacobs still dh’ing against lefties? Why is batting ahead of Callaspo against a lefty?

Gil couldn’t have done it without him

but it’s fun while it lasts…

Are the bees back? :shrug:

will find ways for his SP to pitch a complete game.

Like tell the opposing batter what pitch is coming……….only………………..
he’s lying and they don’t know it until it’s too late!!!!!!!

Olivo is a criminal master mind of complete games!!

I got there early enough to watch BP, and it was like the men vs. the boys comparing AZ to KC. Now, obviously guys aren’t swinging out of their shoes in BP, but to see the ease that Justin Upton consistently drove the ball on a line to dead center or left center was impressive. I was in the LF seats, but it sure looked like he hit one off of the Hall of Fame building back behind the visitor’s bullpen. If he didn’t hit it in the air, it definitely got there on a bounce. It was reminiscent of A-Rod in BP, really. But Upton wasn’t the only one mashing the ball, so it wasn’t exactly encouraging, especially when you had to watch TPJ, TPJJ, and Bloomy all work their little flares and liners to the mid-point of the OF. But thankfully Gil held their bats down, while Doug Davis showed why he is Doug Davis.

The view from the OF seats is pretty sweet, as long as you don’t mind being that far away from the plate, and you can survive 3 or so innings of sun (plus 2 hrs of BP sun if you wish). It’s definitely a different vantage point than I’m used to seeing a Royals’ game from, and it was pretty cool to be able to see the ball come off the bat from back there, and also hear the communication between the CF & LF on fly balls when runners are on base. And as an added bonus, the fountains provided a constant light mist to help with the heat, which they were talking about on the radio being the hottest day so far at the K this year.

Other random notes:
I totally spotted (notice I didn’t say “stalked down”) Minda at the game, right as I was waking in. She must’ve been a little bit ahead of me in the line to enter at the gates, because right after I got in, I saw her and her posse taking pictures behind the Royals Hall of Fame building (take one by the “F” for “Fail!” is what I heard as I walked by). If it weren’t for the photo session I may have asked for her autograph. That would’ve been the moment of the day!

Roman Colon was the most entertaining/willing to interact with the fans during BP. For a guy who has a record of assaulting teammates, this was a good sign.

I would also like the record to state that I have officially struck out Alex Rodriguez in three pitches! Of course, this was at the “speed pitch” game out in the OF Experience, but those are just minor details. For those unfamiliar with its set-up, you get to choose what hitter you want to face (out of a list of 7—ARod, Bonds, Biggio, Andruw Jones, Chipper Jones, some mascot), and then it puts up a picture of the guy at bat. You throw your pitch (the key is to aim low) into a curtain type deal (check that—-a shredded curtain type deal), and it says ball or strike, and then plays a video of the hitter taking the pitch or swinging. One kid gave up a HR to Andruw Jones right before me. Ha. Anyway, I officially struck out A-Rod on three fastballs!! I was only 2 MPH away from the high speed of the day too (69 mph was the high), which is a bit jacked up since you’re throwing from about 20 feet away into a curtain thing that slows the ball down so much it’s not even close to accurate, but whatever. Funniest moment….while I’m in line, some kid about my age says he’s gonna try to throw 90 mph, and his friend tells him he’ll buy him a Coke if he can even get to 80. Poor guy didn’t throw above 50 mph, and quietly exited the area without talking to his friends after his performance.

Also, listening to the postgame show on the drive home, it appears Mark Teahen got a letter from a fan in the mail giving him hitting tips, and ever since he read it, he’s been on a hot streak. Maybe this person also told him to go with the high socks too. Go Socky McSockerington!

good times all around. the biggest difference between the team i have seen throughout the season and the one i saw tonight was the defense. solid effort. i think our starting pitching is good enough that if the d and o gets even slightly better, we have a chance in this crappy division…

of course, the talk in our section wasnt about this sort of nonsense; but, rather, tpj’s assault on .100… oh and the hot chick who should have been wearing less a few seats over…

2008: 24-39
2009: 29-34

a sliiiight difference

BTW, through 59.. the record was 23-36 in 2008 and 25-34 in 2009.. so the hot streak helps. 29-34 is on pace for 74.5 wins

he’s hitting .097 on the season in 35 PA’s. Slugging .129.

But he’s drawn two walks!