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I think the Angels just scored again.

And congrats to Soria on another brilliant mopup performance. When this guy starts warming up, you can just mark it down as a win... for the other team. Soria has appeared in tied and one-run games six times total. He's also appeared in games with a four-run difference or larger seven times. But hey, you can make the numbers say anything.

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I'm thinking we lose 100 this year

At the rate we’re going it’ll just get worse when we ship Teahen/DDJ off for a worse player.

SHOMER SHABBOS!

by ratherfantastic on Jul 22, 2009 12:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

did I say I think?

I meant I wish we would. It would speed up the process.

SHOMER SHABBOS!

by ratherfantastic on Jul 22, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

whose worse than what we already have...

is anyone left? I think we could make trades with the Natinals and upgrade

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

FRANCOEUR

Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman

by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"He's from NY, he'll get the Puerto Ricans to the park

he already replaced Beltran in KC!"

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it might be too late for DDJ to the Mets

I think he finally got his OBP over .320 today

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The only real question about losing 100

is what game will loss 100 occur?

I say game 156.

by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

do they all go in separate deals

or one huge seattle/atlanta/cincy apolcalypse?

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i like the cincy involvement

that way, dayton can get Wily Tavaras

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

are there any crappy molinas in cincy?

I think we should try and solve our catcher problem by adding another catcher at about the same level as our other two.

by wildthang on Jul 22, 2009 1:40 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Notes from the park

01) $4 drinks, fuck you!
02) Yes, some people were doing the wave while Tejada was unraveling in the 7th
03) Yes, Trey put Robinson out for like 40 pitches after he hadn’t pitched for a week
04) The High Five video is only lame if you ignore the subtle homoerotic stalking angle of the video
05) Juan Cruz sucks and the fans don’t like him very much
06) Jose Guillen managed to not suck and he avoided some booing
07) Plastic beer bottles = less suicides at Royals games
08) Trey Hillman is a fucking moron
09) Cranium Cam is freaky
10) My seats sucked for 2 1/2 innings (row HH) then I got down to row B in the Upper Deck
11) I bailed in the bottom of the 7th

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:20 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

you made it 16 innings?

i wouldve lost track of beers consumed by 5 innings

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I stopped spending money on food/liquid

after a $4 Mt Dew. Fuck, what a ripoff

but $6 for that hickory ham sandwich was good

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah...i dont normally eat at all...

and get fairly liquored up before so i just have to maintain…

but, man, i had some nachos saturday, they were damn good

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The drinks are only $4 if you avoid the booze

otherwise they are $7 or more.

Worth every fucking penny.

by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

$7 from the beermen.

In the concourses you can get larger ones a bit cheaper, maybe 18 ounces for 6.50.

by hunter s. royal on Jul 22, 2009 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, Jackson County taxpayers paid

250 million for those bigger concourses.

by hunter s. royal on Jul 22, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The emails I get every day

suggest that it could have been done much cheaper.

by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It probably was.

It’s typical big-city government there, very unorganized, and God knows how much money got siphoned off. If you think about it, it’s hard to spend a quarter of a billion just on a renovation.

by hunter s. royal on Jul 22, 2009 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's sad that I could afford ballpark food when I was in college

And now, at over 40, I can’t. Back in the day I could have a couple hot dogs and beers and not worry about it, now it is almost like a monthly water bill to have a couple dogs and beers at the game

by Olentangy on Jul 22, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Q. So, nice day at the ballpark?

A. Nice? Getting boiled in oil would be so nice.

by 2X2L on Jul 22, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

it was cloudy

so I didn’t get burnt

and it was intimate until 6 when everybody else showed up

and the HOF set up is not very helpful

Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman

by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

giant ass lines

and you can only go in with groups of 40

Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman

by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hillman post-game

….says we don’t need to bring up another bullpen arm from overusing these guys with the off-day upcoming.

….it’s been a challenge for the month of July. “It’s nothing new.”…keeping the clubhouse atmosphere where it needs to be.

But on a more positive note….watch a tour of Trey’s restaurant (in Japanese)—-Hillman’s Hangout!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX6mG1qUmMI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japanprobe.com%2F%3Fp%3D2901&feature=player_embedded

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 22, 2009 12:22 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Good to know he remains even-keeled.

by 2X2L on Jul 22, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

word from Dutton is...

Freel wrote “The Ship is Sinking” on a wipeboard postgame

and Hillman challenged him to a fight

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gibbons is already ordering office furniture

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Please let this be true

but I doubt Mellinger’s got the stones to openly insult someone.

by hunter s. royal on Jul 22, 2009 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Freel for the rusted out hulk of Jeremy Accardo!

by 2X2L on Jul 22, 2009 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anyone hitting .194

should use the magic marker to gouge his own eyes out.

by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he'll probably shut us out

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

...again

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Saunders

so he will shut us out

Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.

by CentralChamps2009 on Jul 22, 2009 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

FSN postgame has been celebrating Yu-Bet

for being the first Royal with a sac fly and sac bunt in the same game since TPJ. So today smells like victory to them.

by hunter s. royal on Jul 22, 2009 12:25 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

seriousliy?

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, they think

it extraordinarily impressive.

by hunter s. royal on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Making outs on purpose is science!

But don’t ask me to educate.

by 2X2L on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

We need guys who know how to make outs on offense!

All those singles and doubles bah…..Walks!..How Dare You Say That Name!

by Olentangy on Jul 22, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Making outs on purpose

Is much better than making outs by accident, like this fucking horseshit team does 99% of the fucking time.

Not that I’m bitter, or anything.

by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

S-Key isn't awful with fundamentals

granted, if you fuck up fundamentals in Cuba, your family loses their rice cooker.

But that range is.. iffy

Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman

by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What's the deal with Splittorff?

Seriously, what happened to him? I forgot he did our games until tonight. Now I miss him.

by hippdoghipp on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he had some gnarly through infection

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He had some sort of nasty virus

last winter that messed with his vocal cords. He’s supposed to be healthy now, but his voice has been affected.

by hunter s. royal on Jul 22, 2009 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

More Bell/Hillman fun

remember how Allard’s 2006 signings were not brilliant, but were genius compared to Dayton’s 2008-09 offseason?

Yeah… remember how Allard got (rightly) ripped for the uninspired (to say the least) Bell hire?

So Dayton then gets a bigger budget and goes all the way to Japan to get his man to replace Bell…

I think that pretty much explains itself.

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:25 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

After the Crisp trade

I posted something about how DM is just Allard with more money to spend. I’m starting to think I was being unfair to Allard.

At least Allard wasn’t so strident and defensive about his dumb moves.

by hippdoghipp on Jul 22, 2009 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

serves me right

internet dudes always say they are tired of the retread managers and want someone different

so Moore brings in someone different, and he’s worse

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

so Moore brings in someone different, and he’s worse

thank goodness that’s the onl time that phrase will be used, though

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sorta did that earlier today

Allard won. By a lot.

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Id gladly have back Grudz and Sanders...

so I guess if that Means I have to deal with Elarton instead of Ponson/Chen then so be it.

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

When did they put concrete around the statues?

I guess they noticed the obvious.. that having a giant effin swamp there is a bad move.

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:28 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

more info

that grass is no longer there.. because it was a giant marsh and probably breeding mosquitoes

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Listening To Postgame

He still thinks Jamey and Bale are MLB pitchers. I Fucking give.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 22, 2009 12:31 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wallpuncher is great

provided that you never put him in when it matters

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Went to both games

It was just as horrible as I expected. Our bullpen is as horrific as it has ever been in the seven years I’ve been following baseball regularly. I think at this point I’d even take the Camp-to-Field combo over Wright-to-Cruz.

Has anyone discovered why Jogui Wheelz was playing RF, Teahen 1B and Butler DH in game 1? I’m assuming it is to show off Teahen’s abilities at 1B to an interested team, but that Guillen bobble really got things off on the wrong foot.

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

by JobDDT on Jul 22, 2009 12:31 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'd explain it to you

but I can’t educate

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

we are really going to miss Trey

someone’s keeping track, right?

There really should be a t-shirt design contest incorporating quotes

At least I’m not going to have to explain stats anymore. I’ll just start babbling about my usual B.S., and then when I get questioned, just use a line from one of the best baseball men of his generation.

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

even in the incredibly tame KC environment

I can only hope TreyMoore have said enough stupid things in the last few days to bother enough people

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

we have enough smart fans to

generate a wave, and also boo Juan Cruz

as for Trey and Dayton

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They lucked out considerably

because the horror of the Rays series was buried because of Tom Watson’s run in the British Open. Not much else going on now though, and JoPo has been keeping the heat up, in his back-handed way.

by hunter s. royal on Jul 22, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Posnanski has been on Trey's mistakes since last Sept.

but these latest comments… I really think he’s in shock.

I mean, he called DMGM’s moves “loony.” That’s tantamount to a 5,000 word call for a firing from JoPo.

I think he’s just too nice to talk about the “educate” comments. I mean, what “balanced” take on that could a guy possibly offer? I don’t even think that Poz can’t even get it up to write an article about Trey at this point, since I don’t think he could even say “Trey’s got potential to e a good manager” anymore, and you know he has to say stuff like that.

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

which is why we should blow up Whitlocks email

with begs and pleas

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

don't forget mocking all us hypocrits who got married

since you know we’re all banging strippers on the side

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't always agree with whitlock

but i’m glad he’s there, writing about stuff that not everybody does

its better than just another guy who hates steroids and anything that’s happened post 1968 in sports

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I get a kick out of him

but sometimes he’s just a bit kooky

give me a real journalist, like Ken Rosenthal or Tracy Ringolsby

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yea

a real old-school guy with true accountability

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ringolsby is a journalist Dayton Moore

sounds sort of reasonable, this guy isn’t so bad… then he’ll just hit me with some incredibly stupid stuff that makes me ashamed I got reeled in in the first place

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i dont know who this ringolsby character is....

sounds like im glad….where does he write?

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha... I'll let RR take this one

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

used to write for Denver POst/Rocky Mountain News whatever

was fired/retired/culled, tried to start a blog, though he hates blogs/bloggers etc

i don’t know how its all going for him

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah...i dont agree with everything...

but alot of the stuff he writes is very good….and oftentimes things that nobody else has the balls to write about

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

did your seats suck or rule

IOW: Upper Deck or Lower Deck

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had fantastic seats in section 118.

I booed Mahay vigorously in game one and he glared at me. I almost pooped myself.

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

by JobDDT on Jul 22, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was in 405

and I don’t think we were on the “spirit roulette” wheel

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love how they just happened to have the camera

directly on the “random” section that won the spirit roulette wheel.

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

by JobDDT on Jul 22, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love how the guy who won cookies for his entire row

had 3 other people there

also.. Tim didn’t work the night game, thank god.

also.. Tim didn’t work the night game, thank god.That’s why Teahen and Tim didn’t show up for the night game. Busy filming some more high five scenes

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Callaspo Is A

Defensive wizard.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 22, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

SImmons favorite

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yea,,,

my only question is, does he think his dad is a good administrator

i was unclear on that

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

also...

I am unclear on how simmons sided when his parents got divorced 30 years ago

he probably calls his stepmom “mom”

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

never quite slammed...

but never seen anything positive either… while he clearly venerates his dad and is close to him (which I am not against, just saying..)

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i always thought he came from money....

just by how he acts….season tickets to everything and all….

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yea...

always thought that too

believe he went to a pretty intesne prep school for HS as well

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

spoiled only child

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he does seem to like his stepdad

but yeah, there’s is definitely a thread of misogyny coming from Simmons

and I don’ t exactly have the most enlightened instincts

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ha ha...sounded legit...

but he was completely different than what i expected…both looks and professionwise

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yea...

especially looks wise

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

total gamechanger...

now I have to rethink what his wife might look like as well

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he's gotten all photographic evidence of her erased from the internet...

but i read somewhere that she is very ‘cute’ but not particularly hot…probably a good catch for a nothing journalism dork/bartender

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He'll cheat on her

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

dude has game...

he’s got hollywood connections and is borderline famous

i think i read somewhere his wife was sorta a stoner, phish-loving type

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

did Simmons used to smoke a lot of weed in college?

I’m curious

Also, does he enjoy gambling?

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

who knows..

she seems pretty awesome….

although, she does get to live in an assuredly nice house in LA and not work…and go to the espys and stuff

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Colin Cowherd mentioned on the radio once that she is very attractive...

not that that is proof of any kind

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that they had a civil conversation

takes Simmons about 75 pegs in my mind

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cowherd... there's a guy with demons...

i hate his show, but sometimes I catch 15 minutes here or there before the local DC show comes on… he talks about his failed marriage and thoughts on dating constantly

he’s got to be averaging 5 inappropriate comments an hour to his cohost on Sports Nation or whatever it is

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like him during football season...

I really do trust his opinion on College football about as much as anyone

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not sure...

I think around the same time he first joined

(the fact that so many of us know this stuff shows how HUGE simmons has been)

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh...im a huge fan

and yes, he went to a prep school in greenwich, connecticut….so there’s gotta be family money somewhere

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i definitely consume most of his stuff

i love when klosterman podcasts with him and calls him out about his career/place in sports journalism without end.

he definitely filled a void in sports consumption. the boston homerism can be annoying, but the objective angle is available elsewhere.

by stuckinstl12 on Jul 22, 2009 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes...although i thoroughly enjoy it when he reminisces about pedro and manny....

and i’ve yet to listen to an entire podcast….for some reason i’m just not a fan of sitting at the laptop listening to people talk….moves too slowly i think…oh, that and i broke my ipod into like 17 pieces

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think he's pretty good on the NBA and NFL...

I don’t take him seriously on baseball, but hes coming around. He started out as pretty anti-saber, but he’s come around.

he more or less invented a new style of writing, and I think he’s made a mini-comeback in the last few years

the Manning brothers winning a super bowl was the best thing that ever happened to him, as it beat out the “winners win, stats don’t matter” side of him

by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he is really into

the SABR basketball world

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm really interested to see where that goes...

so far i havent really seen much other than that the rockets do it and they dont want you to know what they do

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

plus Eli is awesomely hilarious

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he can make some pretty silly points

w/r/t stats.

I think he understands the difference between analytics for armchair GM’ing and the emotions of actual fandom, but never articulates it well.

by stuckinstl12 on Jul 22, 2009 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

love the postgame show on FSN

Best Damn Hooters, with Gale Sayers as a judge

Gale must love his life now

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:40 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Is he

still third?

by 2X2L on Jul 22, 2009 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You guys are acting like we are playing embarassing baseball....

We are just not catching some breaks right now. Even when we are “squaring the ball up” it’s not working out for us. Cruz is making good pitches, they are just hitting them where we are not. And….Mahay was getting squeezed today. By the way..anyone want to take back their negative comments about Yuni? A sac bunt and sac fly in the same game In your faces. We are now moving in the right direction.

by Quagmire Giggity on Jul 22, 2009 12:42 AM EDT reply actions   1 recs

And those injuries just killed us. You forgot to mention them.

by 2X2L on Jul 22, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

too much snark..

head nearly exploded

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So... is the In Dayton We Trust guy mad at "us"

or is he in agreement and pretty embarrassed right now?

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:52 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

we're stuck with this pen

looks like DM has done a great job restocking our farm system in the 3 years of glory he has had

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:56 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

19 of 25

Name the 6 Royals on the 25 man roster not drafted or signed by Dayton Moore

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:59 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Greinke
Gordon
Butler
Teahen
Buck

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

DDJ

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the best pitcher

and almost all the best position players (not Buck, but the other guys)

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

DAMNIT!!!

I overlooked the obvious looking for some random bullpen holdover

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I said "signed" for a reason

unless DM stayed out of that too

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 1:17 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i read the other day that GMDM was in charge of signing all the picks that year

"The life of a (Royals) fan must be lived forward but can only be understood backward" -- Kierkegaard (more or less)

by benfunke on Jul 22, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My guess

Teahen, Buck, DeJesus, Greinke, Gordon, Butler

by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 1:01 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

TIME TO MAKE A MOVE

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

why bring in a guy who used to be around who ended up being a joke

and yet would still be as good or better than at least 4 guys on the roster?

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can we get him for 3/30?

With a player option for 12M?

by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

another suggestion for the K

paint over as much of the grey concrete as possible so the place looks better

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 1:05 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

fuck it...

tear it down, downtown stadium baby!

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dont have enough time to explain to you why your an idiot

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's part of my thing....

if i want the p&l experience…i’ll go there….but i enjoy my royals game experiences

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh I know...

It was ridiculously expensive at Fenway

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Does Portland need a team?

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

royals for the blazers?

i’m dangerously close to being for that

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah then we could all collectively hate Greg Oden

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nick Swartz

would get him all figured out. He’s a fine athletic trainer, haven’t you heard?

Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.

by CentralChamps2009 on Jul 22, 2009 1:46 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, Royals for the Portland Beavers.

This site could have a lot of fun with that name.

by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

fark you

I’ll take my trips down Manchester Trafficway and enjoy them

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yeah

the bottom of the Angels lineup was horrible

of course we give up 11 to them!

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 1:05 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah and Figgons on my fantasy team went 0-11 today

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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Epic pitching fail

guess when this happened

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 1:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

OK, so pitch 5 has got to be the wild wild pitch that led to the 4th run of game 1. 3rd inning, yes?

by 2X2L on Jul 22, 2009 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

I was there, I didn’t realize it bounced off the freaking backstop and back to Sidney

then again, I was in really crappy seats in front of a beam

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was listening on XM Radio in the car when that happened, driving through San Francisco. Davis’s description of it was pretty clear and immediate — the only thing about it I didn’t get from it was that it wasn’t just way over Olivo’s head but also way outside.

Usually when a pitch slips out of somebody’s hand that badly it loops way off into the weeds somewhere, but this one had something on it, enough to bounce back off the backstop to Ponson. Weird.

by 2X2L on Jul 22, 2009 1:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

cleanup spot hitting, 2009, going into tonight

Butler: 231/375/269, 32 PA, 6 for 26, 2 RBI
Guillen: 209/278/339, 194 PA, 37 for 177, 6 HR, 20 RBI
Jacobs: 178/275/244, 102 PA, 16 for 90, 1 HR, 4 RBI
Teahen: 200/273/225, 44 PA, 8 for 40, 4 RBI

I don’t know why we don’t score more often!

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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 1:27 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Clearly

it’s time to give Bloomers a shot.

by 2X2L on Jul 22, 2009 1:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd shoot myself

if i didn’t have this tragic hilarity to read every night.

by wildthang on Jul 22, 2009 1:53 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

LAST!

like the royals

where i'm "day-to-day" but i won't play again happens!

by blue bandwagon on Jul 22, 2009 3:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Thought this was interesting.

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/scoreboard?date=20090721

Game 1, top left: The Royals are “sliding.”

Game 2, bottom left: The Royals are “hapless.”

From “sliding” to “hapless” in three hours! Only in Kansas City.

Rangers, Royals, Raiders, Knicks...the man loves a winner.

by self loather on Jul 22, 2009 2:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Sliding towards haplessness

Isn’t that one by Yeats?

by 2X2L on Jul 22, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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