so I guess they did square him up pretty well a couple times.

according to Stat Corner, both of their Outs minus expected Outs were at -5 before tonight’s game

Grienke was 18 last season - terrible luck/defense

but just better than the royals….. mouse homers… lough homered.. hosmer walked twice…duffy didn’t pitch horrible.. no walks.

Now that all of the buck night hot dogs, peanuts, and drinks are being sold out of the regular concessions the lines are awful. I remember going with similar attendance, and not having to wait because the Royals set up the stations in the outfield separate from the regular concessions.

and go to the HyVee section

out….not even close, not that popular yet

does dusty use his bullpen effectively?

and struggling = stupid.

The economy won’t help either, especially if you have your family with you. I can’t remember ever watching a game from the Hy-vee level, yet probably have seen most of my games from the outfield plaza. Now, there is a difference, but for a while the two were priced similarly. The Dri-duck seats will fill up now, since they are cheaper and new to the fans. People just think differently, while I would prefer to sit closer and spend the extra money, I’m sure others would like to sit farther away and get themselves a beer or two for the same price.

is filled with (1) businesses who have bought season tickets for client entertainment/employee perk purposes, (2) die-hard fans/families who have generally had season tickets for years, (3) younger people (20-30’s) who are single and doing pretty well for themselves and looking for something to do with friends, (4) upper-middle and upper class families who don’t think too much at blowing through $200 or more to take the kids to a ball game with good seats, and (5) very random and sporadic fans/tourists who are in town to cheer on the visiting team, on a ballpark tour, or part of a vacation group.

When a team is as bad as the Royals have been for as long as they have been, every category except 2 (and maybe 5) becomes less willing to come out and spend the money. Hence, most of the people who come are families looking for fairly cheap entertainment, and the cheap seats fill up faster.

I agree, though, a consistently packed lower level is the hallmark of a great organization and/or fanbase. I really wish it would happen more often at the K, too, but it’s going to take quite a while to get back to that point.

Very possible on the first point. And I can definitely see that. The only thing that I feel Olivo has done for our pitchers is to get them to throw inside more…. other than that, he hasn’t done crap.

and of course, why isn’t Brayan playing more? Trey, quit thinking the way you do. Everyone that gets called up sits for like 2 weeks, then finally gets a chance…. you have to realize that they were successful enough in AAA to get a shot at the bigs. You have to give it to them.

If Trey is still here when Mous and Hosmer make it up, they will sit for 3 weeks before they get their first start and by then GMDM will either send them back down so they get to play everyday or order his manager to play them. Will he do that? What do other successful managers do? LaRussa gets the callups in the first day they are up. Almost always. Not the biggest LaRussa fan, but you can’t argue with his results.

that are not afraid of curve ball??? You must show me these sacred bats! They have surely been blessed by Jobu!

that supports a catcher’s calling of the game having any effect on the pitching results.

And yeah, Pena should spell Olivo. Not because Olivo is tired, but because Olivo sucks.

not sure. I’ve been asking for a site that shows signings as they happen, but no one seems to know.

If Grienke was in your system all I would hear from you is the second coming of Cy Young. GIve me a break.

Especially after all the Colby Rasmus hype. Even though it’s deserved, the Grienke hype would be like the Albert Pujols hype was.