The Same Old Story: Terrible Defense and a Broken Bullpen Dethrone the Royals

by royalsreview on Jun 9, 2009 11:20 PM EDT Comment 19 comments

Here's a fun fact, the Indians are 6-4 against the Royals and 20-30 against everyone else.

Aside from some offensive heroics and a nice start from Bannister that were subsequently rendered irrelevant, the story of the game was told in the bottom of the sixth and the seventh:

Here's the sixth:

- J. Carroll walked

- V. Martinez singled to center, J. Carroll to third

- S. Choo reached on fielder's choice, J. Carroll scored, V. Martinez to second on first baseman B. Butler's throwing error

- M. DeRosa singled to left, V. Martinez to third, S. Choo to second

- J. Bale relieved B. Bannister

- T. Hafner reached on fielder's choice, V. Martinez scored, S. Choo to third, M. DeRosa to second on catcher M. Olivo's fielding error

- K. Shoppach hit sacrifice fly to deep right, S. Choo scored, M. DeRosa to third

- J. Peralta hit for L. Valbuena

- J. Peralta grounded into fielder's choice, M. DeRosa scored, T. Hafner out at second

Here's the seventh:

- J. Cruz relieved J. Bale

- B. Francisco singled to shortstop

- J. Carroll grounded into fielder's choice, B. Francisco out at second

- V. Martinez walked, J. Carroll to second

- S. Choo hit by pitch, J. Carroll to third, V. Martinez to second

- J. Wright relieved J. Cruz

- M. DeRosa homered to deep right, J. Carroll, V. Martinez and S. Choo scored

Jamey Wright turning into a pumpkin has been painful, and it's certainly not helped that Treyball has doggedly stuck with him long past his expiration date. Juan Cruz suddenly losing it, well, that's damn near completely killed the bullpen. Now, all we have is our magical game-changing, culture of losing changing, magical closer who pitches ~~twice~~ once a week.

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Last place again!

And this time, we held it off until June 9!

WE CAN BUILD ON THIS!

- W. Bloomquist homered to deep center
- P. Earth explodes

by JobDDT on Jun 9, 2009 11:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thank God the Mexicutioner is healthy

wait

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

by Warden11 on Jun 9, 2009 11:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

In other news

Jeff Keppinger is hitting .276/.345/.439 for a .784 OPS this year.

by Top Ramen on Jun 9, 2009 11:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

At least we had the draft as a distraction from tonight's game.

Also, another plus……..Lefebvre leaving the booth mid-game and being replaced by Joel Goldberg.

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 9, 2009 11:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

what happened??

by royalsreview on Jun 9, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ryan is sick.

Joel is much better at Ryan’s job than he is his own.

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

by Warden11 on Jun 9, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're crazy

How anyone listening to that could’ve liked Goldberg in that role is beyond me.

- W. Bloomquist homered to deep center
- P. Earth explodes

by JobDDT on Jun 9, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Have you heard Ryan?

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

by Warden11 on Jun 10, 2009 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A plus?!?!?!?

Joel Goldberg spent approximately 5 minutes talking about the game, and even resorted to drawing smiley faces on the prompter. It was embarrassing listening to him and Frank call the game.

- W. Bloomquist homered to deep center
- P. Earth explodes

by JobDDT on Jun 9, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Really? I would have thought...

That Ryal being replace by joel would have drawn more comparisons to TPJ being replaced by Mike.

I refuse to set up a signature....DAMMIT

by RoyalPug on Jun 9, 2009 11:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought Ryan lost interest due to the team's pathetic play and forgot to show up at the game

by Olentangy on Jun 10, 2009 12:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Do we even care anymore?

I mean, it’s kind of fun guessing how they are going to blow each game, but beyond that, what’s the point?

Wait til next year! Then we’ll show ’em a little of the same old, same old.

How do I know Crow is going to be a bust? He plays for the Royals! Possibly the only worse team to play for than who he was drafted by last year.

And Joel wasn’t horrible tonight. It beats listening to Ryan tell the same stories over and over.

by AxDxMx on Jun 10, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Which one of you damned bastards registered firetreyhillman.com two months ago?

someone used GoDaddy for it.

by BHWick on Jun 10, 2009 12:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What? Joel was freakin’ hilarious in relief of LeFebvre. He didn’t try to come off as a big time commentator, he just stepped in and gave it a go, exactly the way you or I would do it if given the opportunity after a six pack or three. I live up here in Red Sox territory and have always had to listen to spleeny drones providing the color. Over the past few years, since I started getting all the KC games, I’ve decided Ryan, Splitt and now Frank White are completely under appreciated. Hell, LeFebvre’s soaring voice when he’s astonished by a rare Royals rally is great on the highlight clips. How these guys muster the extraordinary restraint in not going all Bob Ueker with frustration is a marvel. At home, I construct sentences comprised completely of profanity, sometimes inventing new words just to adequately describe the pain. I wouldn’t make it five minutes in that booth. If you think Ryan and Joel are less-than-perfect, you ought to come up here and live amongst the fair weather Red Sox Nation and their color guys to get a new slant.

by LaFLamme on Jun 10, 2009 12:58 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Amen, brotha

I guess it comes down to different strokes for different folks, but I can’t figure out why people don’t like our booth guys. I think that they are great – especially considering what else is out there (Hawk Harrelson, anyone)?

by XBic on Jun 10, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd take Joel in the booth if it knocks Bob Davis off of the radio

And if that happens, then the Midwestern rural resident will have a slightly better summer.

Also, what’s the big reason why I shouldn’t want John Gibbons to manage this team? He actually managed the Blue Jays to a winning record, and he doesn’t seem to tolerate BS.

I feel more confident that if Jose Guillen threw a temper tantrum on Gibbons, he wouldn’t cave in like Hillman did. Ask Shea, Frank, and Dave Bush about Gibbons. Sure, it’s a bit unprofessional to challenge a player to a fight, but Shea Hillenbrand is in the dictionary under “douchebag”

Remember the good ol days when KC fired managers in the middle of winning seasons? Hell, Wathan got fired for 15-22. Gardner was fired for 62-64.

by BHWick on Jun 10, 2009 1:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs