Ponson & Chen Not as Incredibly Horrible as Expected, But Royals Swept Anyway
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
they cant be a worse baseball team W/L record be damned
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:21 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
we'd have to convince minaya that dejesus is of latin enough descent
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:22 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
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
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
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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
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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
$6 beers arent they?
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe. For some reason I thought $7.
Either way, an absolute necessity.
by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 12:29 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
Can you say "concourses" on here?
Sounds filthy.
by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 12:32 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
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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
they even fucked up the HOF?
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
giant ass lines
and you can only go in with groups of 40
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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus, for some reason
the HOF focuses on the 70s and 80s. Not much about the 90s and 2000s, for some reason.
by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
they need to make sure that Justin Huber is good and retired before he's inducted
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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The first member of the Royal Hall of Fame
to go in as a Padre.
by 2X2L on Jul 22, 2009 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no Tony Pena Sr nostalgia?
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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's going to have his own building
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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions 1 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
The hulk of Trey Hillman's managerial career
by Olentangy on Jul 22, 2009 12:25 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
and then gibbons and trey faught b/c trey was stilling gibbons' moves
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow...stilling?
really?
i cant even think straight
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:35 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
who's pitching tomorrow?
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Banny vs some Angel lefty whose name I forget
by 2X2L on Jul 22, 2009 12:25 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
Nothing from Nothing leads to... Your 2009 Kansas City Royals
by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Saunders
so he will shut us out
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jul 22, 2009 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Banny v Saunders
Saunders beat Zack 1-0 earlier in the year.
by hippdoghipp on Jul 22, 2009 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ahhh...forgot about cy saunders
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:26 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
and those two manufactured runs were almost enough...
for us to lose by say 6 runs
by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:33 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
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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
His family has a rice cooker?
Rich fucker.
by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 12:39 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
The Royals training staff diagnosed him with a sore throat
In March.
by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The bloodletting
with the leeches should have him fixed up soon.
by hunter s. royal on Jul 22, 2009 12:45 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
Grudz/Minky/Sanders/Elarton vs. Crisp/Jacobs/Farsworth/Cruz
Discuss…
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jul 22, 2009 12:51 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.
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:28 AM EDT 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
I didn't think you had a baseball question
by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:35 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
whitlock's dedicating his next 6 columns to Vick
by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
until serenas enormous ass causes her to lose another tournament
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
may also rebring up Imus too
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by averagegatsby on Jul 22, 2009 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions 1 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
part of the dick kaegel HOF of guys who snubbed me...
totally pointless… but yea
by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:52 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
Trey is burying Jacobs and keeping Hosey on the field
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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 12:33 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.
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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
right up there with season 4 ep 26 of 90210
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and season 3 ep 4 Wire
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you read the article about his dad today?
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:39 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
does he slam his mom?
can’t remember.
by stuckinstl12 on Jul 22, 2009 12:41 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
i always think family money on the east coast
but that’s probably not that reasoned
by stuckinstl12 on Jul 22, 2009 12:43 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
I could not have been more shocked by
the appearance of his father.
by stuckinstl12 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
i almost want to watch fever pitch and cry
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 12:37 AM EDT 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
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
Snark is all we have left.
This is high quality stuff.
by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 12:50 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
check the next issue of late night links!
I dunno… I actually couldn’t tell
by royalsreview on Jul 22, 2009 12:53 AM EDT up 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
so....5 of our top 7 and 6 of top 9 or so?
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
just more proof of how brilliant DM is as a GM!
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by BHWick on Jul 22, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hochevar
if you believe the front office
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 22, 2009 1:12 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
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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
Emil Brown was cut by the Mets today...
Eh?
by kansasjhawk044 on Jul 22, 2009 1:02 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
ahhh....how'd i miss the brewers/pirates beanballing
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 1:04 AM EDT 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
of baseball downtown
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
im a fan of huge parking lots with grills, beers and washers
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 1:07 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
go to a game in saint louis and try to go eat and have some drinks before the game for less than 50 bucks
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 1:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Major League Baseball.
Apples and Oranges.
by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 1:09 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
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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
DMGM tried to trade the Royals to Portland
They declined.
by Black and Gold on Jul 22, 2009 1:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
royals for the blazers?
i’m dangerously close to being for that
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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
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
This looks like just about every batter Ponson faced
in the 2nd and 3rd of game 1.
by 2X2L on Jul 22, 2009 1:20 AM EDT up 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
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
similar to the royals....you fail at even being last....
last
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 22, 2009 10:55 AM EDT up 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?
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