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Game 85 Open Thread

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The US Cellular adds...

on here are really starting to piss me off, stupid roll over pop outs

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 8:58 PM EDT reply actions  

they could play him at first every day

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

or SS

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Luckily,

Seitzer’s got him going to the opposite field. At least Bert can hit.

by hunter s. royal on Jul 9, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

heeellllooooo

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 9:07 PM EDT reply actions  

Trey = Geinus!

Again, batting our best OBP guy 8th. Who would have thunk it ;)

by sterlingice on Jul 9, 2009 9:08 PM EDT reply actions  

If only Callaspo didn't suck at Defense

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:08 PM EDT reply actions  

once again

I’m sure glad Trey doesn’t bunch all the best hitters together — this way you “even things out” more

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 9:09 PM EDT reply actions  

You know the sad thing

Trey’s sitting in the dugout going “See- putting him down at 8 was a great idea. Just look at how he’s responding, like a second cleanup hitter”

by sterlingice on Jul 9, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

while I agree with all of this

he seems to hit better lower in the order. He doesn’t seem to do as well at #2

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Darryl Cousins is the HP ump tomorrow?

oh shit… Cousins SUCKS

Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman

by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 9:13 PM EDT reply actions  

Bizarrely, SB Nation will not let me log in on my cell phone to comment in the overflow thread

So now I’m on my hilariously shitty old laptop in the kitchen. It’s roughly the size of a Buick and runs as quiet as a lawnmower running over a crowbar.

Anyway, Bert’s the man! Keep the rally going Farney!

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 9:13 PM EDT reply actions  

Trey thinks RF in Fenway is the easiest

what?

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by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 9:14 PM EDT reply actions  

CAN YOU FREEL THE EXCITEMENT!

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Woo!

Freelin’ it?
Freelin’ fine?
Freel the offense?

by sterlingice on Jul 9, 2009 9:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Shit yeah!

The paranoid schizophrenic ties it up!!

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions  

come on david

lets get luke the well deserved win

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by slayor on Jul 9, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions  

I like Freel alot..he battles

If he can hit for .275 as a Royal I want one of those Greinke t’shirts I’ll never be able to get because I’m not even close to KC

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions  

Freel with multiple DL stints

that’s what sold DM on Freel

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by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 9:16 PM EDT reply actions  

FUCK YES

Jamie freakin Wright, nuff said.

by Gantz9 on Jul 9, 2009 9:16 PM EDT reply actions  

The Spork would just

hit an inside the park homer and you’d get nothing.

by hunter s. royal on Jul 9, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

an inside the park bases loaded homer

just to piss you off all the more

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Though NYRoyal

might take your case in that instance. I don’t understand that qualifier. How many inside the park grandslams have ever been hit?

by hunter s. royal on Jul 9, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

per wikipedia

An inside-the-park grand slam is the same event but, like a grand slam, features the bases loaded for an inside-the-park home run. There have been 40 inside-the-park grand slams in Major League Baseball since 1950 and only eight since 1990 (as of 2007[update]). Honus Wagner had the most in MLB history with five.

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 9, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

You said it man

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:17 PM EDT reply actions  

FOURTH OUTFIELDER

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 9:17 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

shoulda trademarked it

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

WOO!

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

JD Drew looked like Guillen out there

I would get up and dance around but if the plug falls out of my laptop it immediately shuts down!

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions  

I was sure Drew was going to catch that

glad he didn’t

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

right down the middle!

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by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions  

Even better

Bay’s swing is going to get screwed up as his uppercuts swinging for the fences every time up because he doesn’t want to lose this head-to-head matchup with DDJ on the heels of RR’s post!

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 9:20 PM EDT reply actions  

Ok, so starting next week, during our east coast game stretch, which jersey should I wear?

Orioles at Yankees
Cards at Phillies
Padres at Nats
Royals at Orioles

I love going to Nats and O’s games here in Royals jerseys. It just makes people do a double take. I’m making my wife wear her MacDougal jersey, at least to the Nats and Royals games.

My choices:
Black and Blue Mike Sweeney
Black and Blue David DeJesus
Powder Blue Billy Butler promo jersey

by sterlingice on Jul 9, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions  

Does Hochevar...

get our best run support?

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions  

Interesting

63. Meche 6.38
80. Bannister 5.76
98. Greinke 4.66

Not enough innings to qualify (80 IP+)
Hochevar 6.84
Ponson 6.21
Davies 5.82

by sterlingice on Jul 9, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

jamey wright up int he pen

ramon ramirez up for the sox

dAMMIT

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by slayor on Jul 9, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions  

another chance for Dayton's wisdom to shine through!

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

sooooo

which Royal gets 93 MPH in the earhole?

I’m guessing Guillen or Olivo

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

He's Too Quick

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

by philofthenorth on Jul 9, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

which one?

Holy Shit!!!...Peterson resigned...Am I dead?...Is This Heaven?

by RoyalsFanStuckInCardsLand on Jul 9, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

fuck moore man

crisp n jacobs blow

moore should be fired

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 9:22 PM EDT reply actions  

wow, thats some revolutionary ideas right there.

"I can resist everything but temptation." - oscar wylde

by cfizzle on Jul 9, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

While I agree with you

Now hardly seems the time to bring it up. We’re winning at Fenway! Celebrate!

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

I Just Had

To come in and let you all know I CALLED THAT SHOT! I even pointed to where it would land, and I’m listening to the radio feed. I’M JUST THAT GOOD!!!!!!

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

by philofthenorth on Jul 9, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions  

YES YES YES FUCK YES!!!

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COME ON HOCHEVAR! WE NEED TO ADD A FEW JUST FOR INSURANCE!!!

by jrcnc on Jul 9, 2009 9:24 PM EDT reply actions  

assuming luke gets varitek

this is a gritty start, right?

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by slayor on Jul 9, 2009 9:25 PM EDT reply actions  

every bit of one

"I can resist everything but temptation." - oscar wylde

by cfizzle on Jul 9, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ryan and Frank were just talking about come from behind victories!

We need one in the park that opened the same day that the titanic sank!!!!!

by jrcnc on Jul 9, 2009 9:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Kotsay makes me mad with his barely .300 OBP and beard.

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by cfizzle on Jul 9, 2009 9:26 PM EDT reply actions  

no its that kid from the james b. nutter commercial

he just signed a lifetime contract with the royals for 198 million that prez. obama is going to endorse with the stimulus package

by jrcnc on Jul 9, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

Trey looks him in the eye

“I didn’t know your eyes were blue”

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 9:28 PM EDT reply actions  

Behind Blue Eyes?

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

Is that some kind of zen coaching thingie from Japan?

Look in pitcher’s eyes
If he has gas left, leave in
If not, take him out

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

nice

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Of course this is where Bulter doubles...

since the bases are empty

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:30 PM EDT reply actions  

and by doubles, I meant gets a single.

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

Billy on first with Jose up

double play time

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by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 9:31 PM EDT reply actions  

surely not

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

he is the Albert Einstein of baseball

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

whilst catching...

I saw a batter foul a batter into his own nose

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

That reminds me of something that annoyed me earlier today

I was sort of watching that new Sportsnation show on ESPN, and Colin Cowherd was on there. The question being asked was something like “Should Tim Wakefield start the All-Star game?” and Cowherd said no way, that he had no respect for knuckleballers because it’s nothing but a gimmick pitch that has no success in the long term. I laughed out loud at that absurd statement. The knuckler ONLY has success over the long term. Good knuckleball pitchers tend to have really long careers (e.g., Niekro and Wakefield himself) because the knuckler is so easy on the arm.

So Tim Wakefield is having a career year at the age of 42 and he’s been pitching pretty well for longer than I’ve been alive… and his main pitch is a gimmick with no chance of being useful long term. What an idiotic argument.

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Im really torn with Cowherd...

sometimes he is right on… He is really good with the financial side of stuff, and he has pretty good feel for leagues. But as for individual players or teams he is usually off.

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

he went on some insane rant about acquiring players in free agency vs. trades

and kept naming names….but kept putting them in the wrong group because he had no idea what he was talking about.

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 9, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

and thats what Im getting at...

It almost seems to me he is only a casual sports fan. He really gets the big picture, but he has no idea about anything else. He has helped me move on with Notre Dame. With his counseling I am now okay with the fact ND will never win it all again.

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

Did you listen to him with Simmons?

I usually like Simmons, but listening to them blow smoke up each others asses sucked

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

Miggy showing some hustle

he will never catch Jacobs and Gil at this rate

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by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Ha!

Halladay loses! Hope for Zack. Though the final was 3-2, so he obviously didn’t get lit up.

by hunter s. royal on Jul 9, 2009 9:42 PM EDT reply actions  

OT - Commissioner Blocking Royals Signing

Per Peter Gammons Blog: One small-market Central Division team that hasn’t done very well for years has essentially completed a deal with its fourth-round pick, who isn’t a college junior and thus has bargaining leverage. But the commissioner’s office doesn’t like that the agreed-upon number is above slot and has refused to sign off, so the player hasn’t gotten out there and is being kept from what the team decided is his market value.

Anyone else seen this? This has to be Dwyer, right?

by jvg9849 on Jul 9, 2009 9:42 PM EDT reply actions  

yeah

granted, they probably did the same thing to Melville too

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by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

Thanks a ton Bud Selig

Seriously, couldn’t you throw us a damn bone? I want to whack that asshole in the shins with a golf club.

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

we could have the AL Central standings on the wall

but it’d be too depressing most days

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by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 9:44 PM EDT reply actions  

well if this fails

at least we’re finally pressing the irght button foronce

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by slayor on Jul 9, 2009 9:45 PM EDT reply actions  

Did Trey switch keyboards with you?

Maybe we’ll have a chance for the rest of the year. :)

by hunter s. royal on Jul 9, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

at least he held it

Holy Shit!!!...Peterson resigned...Am I dead?...Is This Heaven?

by RoyalsFanStuckInCardsLand on Jul 9, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Olivo RULES on defense

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by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions  

i don't think i've

ever seen so many passed balls/wild pitches in my life.

oh, and looks like we’ve got bad juan tonight.

Kansas City Royals - rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic since 1994.

by Home Run Tony Cogan on Jul 9, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

God I hate you, Olivo

He gives up at least one passed ball a game, it’s ridiculous

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 9:49 PM EDT reply actions  

The RamRam inning was a great commentary on Dayton Moore's offseason and the Royasl

Allard’s guys get the hits, while the pitcher Dayton traded gets the "hitters’ Dayton acquired look like fools.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 9:49 PM EDT reply actions  

Youk holding his bat with one hand?

TPJ and Ken Harvey aren’t impressed

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by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 9:50 PM EDT reply actions  

I really love Youk.

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

He Gone

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

He must have picked up something watching the guy he replaced

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

Royals putting it together

Freel has already been a good acquisition

Gordon better pick it the fuck up and become Ryan Zimmerman ATLEAST

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 9:51 PM EDT reply actions  

i agree

if he can’t at least hit 20 jacks from the DL he’s a bust

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by slayor on Jul 9, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

wow defending a 25 year old on the DL WHO HAD THE SAME EXACT INJURY AS AROD

BUT IT TAKES HIM TWICE AS LONG TO COME BACK…

I want him to play just as well as Zimmerman. I told my coworker today I was a Royal fan and he said, yeah “Gordon’s been kind of a bust”

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

He'

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

Same injury but....

Gordon had the complete repair done. A-Rod had a stop-gap repair done and will have to have surgery again in the offseason. Big difference.

by RaulDuke on Jul 9, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

G4CY was a crappy outfielder in little league

so he likes those guys.

I think I mainly played outfield in my organized baseball, but they put like 7 kids out there usually

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by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

i actually played collegiate lacrosse at Vassar College and professional lacrosse for the San Francisco Dragons

we actually think baseball players are a bunch of pussies…to be honest

so no little league for me. Maybe at age 6

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

professional lacrosse

does that pay more or less than fast food?

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by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

I actually know a guy up here (well, a bit)

who is the Captain of the Toronto Rock. IS that the same league?

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

no thats the indoor league/box league

my old team had to cease operations….i played at Kezar stadium. Had some good players on my team like Matt Ogelsby/Liam Banks, former Duke/Syracuse players

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ivy League schools sort of

it’s also big in smaller Div III schools

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

I dunno

I know some smaller liberal arts schools in Michigan have it

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

The hotbeds are Long Island/Central NY (Syracuse) and Maryland

We play lacrosse from a young age. We don’t really have a choice. We all play football too but often quit our senior year to concentrate on lacrosse because it’s our ticket to college. Can’t mess with our scholarship.

I almost played fordham/middlebury but chose to go to a more liberal school. One of my boys got a scholarship to play defensive back at UCLA but became an All American lacrosse player at Rutgers instead

just for some info

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

UNC and Duke have teams...so does Ohio St

It’s not just an East Coast sport…it originated from Native American warfare. It’s actually the most original sport in the US. There are two pro leagues and until they merge the NLL and MLL the sport can’t unify

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ooooh, lacrosse!

Pfft. How manly can that be? The name is French.

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

haha

yeah i didn’t expect you to understand from the midwest and all

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

not true but its defintey the most violent sport outside of rugby

more people die playing lacrosse than football. I believe there have been 3 D1 casulties and about five HS casulties.

They have all died by getting hit in the heart with a ball at 100 mph. Their heart basically stops and they usually cough up blood and die.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boiardi

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

But seriously, lacrosse is awesome because I have no idea how anybody could be good at it.

I can’t even imagine having to catch that tiny ball with a net on a stick while running full speed and trying to dodge huge guys that want to knock my teeth out. The only game that’s more hardcore is rugby, because I’m pretty sure killing someone with a knife in the middle of a scrum is perfectly legal.

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah man good call

it’s a great sport. I wish it was more prominent. It’s growing so one day. That ridiculous bullshit rape allegation at Duke really hurt the sport. THere are these two Black twins that play on Virginia that are from my Island and are two of the best in the world. Pressler recruited them to come to Duke….shame

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

he's better than Maier

he doesn’t have a .232 OBP for an entire month…

I like the way he battles and gets on base. He looks better than Maier so farI think everyone has to agree with that

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

agreed

I could stare into those steely eyes for days

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

walks in July

Freel: 1
Alex “Better Ber At Least as Good as Ryan Zimmerman” Gordon: 0

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 9:58 PM EDT reply actions  

Ramirez should hang his head in shame

Hell, he’s given up more walks to RYAN FREEL than to Alex Gordon this season

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

man can you relax

what is your deal devil. This is like your 4th comment trying to be a dick? I want Gordon to pick it up right away. He’s been on the DL half a year, twice as long as AROD with the same exact injury, operated on by the same exact doctor. I want him to be good when he comes back. I’m not comparing Freel to Gordon

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

easy trigger

just having some fun

I guess Gordon should just come back as soon as possible. The KC staff can take care of him.

And just because a guy isn’t as good as Ryan Zimmerman doesn’t make him a bust… and he was better than Zimmerman last year, by the way

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

FALSE

Not only did Dayton Moore trade him, but he never played for the Braves. that makes him inferior to Farnsworth, Cruz, HoRam, and Mahay.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

Bizarre outing for RamRam

Ks Callaspo and doesn’t K Olivo?

Might want to go to a psychic and see what he f— is up

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions  

Seriously what the fuck is up with Willie?

SEVEN TRIPLES?? I mean I’m not complaining but where is this coming from?

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 10:05 PM EDT reply actions  

dont forget his 2 HR's

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, and both of them coming at useful times, too

I can’t believe this bizarre acquisition has been good for us. Usually decent or good players come to KC and get worse, not below average players becoming better.

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

Weee WILLIE!

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:05 PM EDT reply actions  

I went to a Sox game when I was in Boston recently

Took the ballpark tour, had a “Papelbomb” Steak Tip sandwich at the Cask ‘n Flagon before the game, sat in the ancient wooden seats, sang Sweet Caroline… I wouldn’t mind being a Red Sox fan.

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah i did that too....

even had an obstructed view seat…..and the Spaceman guy was along on the tour for fun too.

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 9, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

long way to go

But this is most fun game since Kerry Wood.

by Toothpick on Jul 9, 2009 10:11 PM EDT reply actions  

it is a fun game

Willie putting it in our faces, Teahen hitting, DDJ homer, Callaspo stroking it, Cruz putting it together… “old friend” Ram Ram blowing 4 guys away while giving up a walk to Ryan Freel and a triple to Willie…

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Alex Gordon: Not having a place in the lineup when he comes back::

Ramon Ramirez: easily replaced by Dayton Moore

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

BRING IN SORIA!

"I can resist everything but temptation." - oscar wylde

by cfizzle on Jul 9, 2009 10:15 PM EDT reply actions  

Needs to wait for a high-leverage situation

or a blowout, either is fine

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

ughhhhhhhh

bring in soria

please god

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by slayor on Jul 9, 2009 10:16 PM EDT reply actions  

SAVE HIM FOR A HIGH LEVERAGE SITUATION

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

crazy good....

like 1 hit shutout wth 12 ks or something….

or maybe its just wishful thinking b/c my fantasy team really needs it

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

I got the same thing

I keep hoping Salty’s gonna have a 3 HR game

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

about to say the same thing

TEX hitters haven’t been that great away from home… in fact, they’ve reallly come down to earth since the first part of the season

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

Gutierrez is kinda scary

he’s started to hit, too.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

were you here when teh F-Gut for Teahen rumor started up

that was a CRAZY ass thread

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

no way

F-Gut is such a godo defender that even when he was hitting like shit and plahing on the corner, he was a league average player. Now that he’splayhing CF and starting to hit…

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

I really only found RR this season

I was kicking around as FieryRoyal in the royals.com forums for a few years until then. This place is waaaaay more fun and interesting.

I also remember a rumor about Dotel for Chin-Lung Hu.

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh man royals.com

one of my friends still reads that stuff……hilarity.

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 9, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

Michael Young is hitter better this season

although he seems determined to prove moving him was a mistake by playing horrible defense.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

-11 so far

almost on pace to match his -25 and -27 seasons at SS a few years back.

what a leader

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

i dont know how he could've been against it

Andrus is a bad man out there……..he’s getting up in age….seems like an easier job if I were him

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 9, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

NATE MCCLOUTH IS A BETTER CF THAN BELTRAN

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

hey.

dont get Raffy Palmeiro upset either……he’ll shake his GG at you too

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 9, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah

although Jeter was about average last year, and this year so far, too

it’s weird

Young was probably even worse than jeter in the horrible defense primes

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

good play or no?

i’m leaning towards no

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 10:18 PM EDT reply actions  

and frank agrees....

that one runner on 3rd doesnt mean much with two outs….and no the tying run is still at the plate

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

might not have doubled him off

either way

Holy Shit!!!...Peterson resigned...Am I dead?...Is This Heaven?

by RoyalsFanStuckInCardsLand on Jul 9, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

gameday here

could they have turned two?

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

Driveline should buy you MLB.TV

Just send the expense report to SBNation and see what happens.

by stuckinstl12 on Jul 9, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

My mom's visiting this weekend

after that I might try it for a month

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah

I just want to make sure I get decent connections here… would hate to pay for it then have it suck becuae my internet isn’t that great (never had problems before, but never tried to stream that much, either)

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

if you do

make sure you cancel…it will automatically renew

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by RoyalsFanStuckInCardsLand on Jul 9, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

I like Wakefield

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

I like Youk and Wakefield too

Pedroia is kind of a dick but he’s a little guy that plays hard, and that warms my old-school-ballplayer-lovin’ heart

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

again

Royals struggle mightily trying to throw to second on grounders to right side of infield.

by Toothpick on Jul 9, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions  

What if Kotsay hit a grandy?

It would be the next logical step in this game

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 9, 2009 10:22 PM EDT reply actions  

I peed a little when I heard the Crack of that contact

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Cruz can really put AL hitters away

by Freneau on Jul 9, 2009 10:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Trey Hoodie brings in Soria

doesn’t he know that Closers can’t get it done in the 8th?

Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman

by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 10:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Phew

I saw “in play, run(s)” and got worried.

I guess there’s no “in play, run(s) and out(s)”

by sterlingice on Jul 9, 2009 10:26 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm too busy supplying some lax information

what the fuck is goign on here? Cruz still being a disaster?

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 9, 2009 10:26 PM EDT reply actions  

WTF

Closers can be used in the 8th?!?

by sterlingice on Jul 9, 2009 10:27 PM EDT reply actions  

trey's somehwat latched onto the 4 out save

not sure why this didnt happen 10 miunutes ago though

by Freneau on Jul 9, 2009 10:28 PM EDT reply actions  

take a seat, baby!!!!!!!!!!!

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 10:29 PM EDT reply actions  

That was incredibily sick

Holy Shit!!!...Peterson resigned...Am I dead?...Is This Heaven?

by RoyalsFanStuckInCardsLand on Jul 9, 2009 10:29 PM EDT reply actions  

Never had a chance...

thank God he’s back

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:29 PM EDT reply actions  

That Almost Made

Me cry; so beautiful.

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

by philofthenorth on Jul 9, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions  

i am....i like....

i always just did C and then cleared them when i got to the bottom but this works better

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

why does my screen flip up to the top every time someone posts?

it is bothersome

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

did that to me earlier....

just go back to the homepage and come back into the thread

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

had the same problem

try leaving the thread then coming back in

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

That AB

gave me a hard on.

Pecota, watch over us.

by castille on Jul 9, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions  

Nick Green Was

Who Soria thought he was.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 9, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

Crown him

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

seriously

Mark Teahen is one of the funniest looking people this side of jason Bay

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions  

Sam Cassell and Rajon Rondo disagree

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

This Guy Throws

Hard, but he has NFI where it’s going.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 9, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions  

Sam Cassell and Rajon Rondo disagree

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

oops

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Jacobs will send one out on this guy fasho

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Jakers Missed His

Pitch.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 9, 2009 10:37 PM EDT reply actions  

did Bard throw one underhand?

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Slider Down And

In but it hung up a little.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 9, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

Mike Jacobs...

crushed that

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:37 PM EDT reply actions  

Lady Gaga

that’s what i listen to before I play poker

Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman

by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 10:37 PM EDT reply actions  

Im revoke your man card...

for knowing that was Lady Gaga

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

it's impossible to not know....

and know like every word if you go into a bar ever

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

I go to hetero bars

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

there aren't "clubs" here...

So there is a country bar… there is a pub style bar, and there is another bar that plays late 80’s and early to mid 90’s stuff

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

where you at?

really….the only good bars that dont play that kinda music are Angel’s Rock Bar and PBR at P&L

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Im in Pittsburg...

where are you?

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

kc suburbs....

some really good bars but its impossibe to avoid gaga and britney spears

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

AHHHH!!!

Ive never been to the Power and Light district… Though its on the to-do list

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

eynolds is having a hell of a year so far

Good lesson on not givin up on a guy.

Not a great defender, but he’s Brooks Robinson compared to Team Leader Michael Young.

Adam Dunn used to be pretty fast — 19 SB in 2002. Kinda weird to think about.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

seems like he was a good athelete early on

but with that big of a body, it’s just hard to keep up all your skills.

Just guessin’, though. I remeber one year he lead off for the Reds for a while because of his OBP. Maybe that was the year.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

kinda like Jay Bruce...

"I can resist everything but temptation." - oscar wylde

by cfizzle on Jul 9, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

TPJ

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman

by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 10:39 PM EDT reply actions  

Teahen Is Still

Beloved in Kenai; Drew is not.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 9, 2009 10:41 PM EDT reply actions  

snowmen

they melt every June

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

They Both Played

Here.

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

by philofthenorth on Jul 9, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

throw strikes dude

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 10:41 PM EDT reply actions  

Was that a high outside fastball?

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by averagegatsby on Jul 9, 2009 10:43 PM EDT reply actions  

the Royals win!

the Royals win!
call ESPN!!!!!!!!!

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 10:44 PM EDT reply actions  

The Royals winning

just knocked this game from 2nd or 3rd on Sportscenter to 8th or 10th, tho :(

by sterlingice on Jul 9, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

holy shit

we won in Boston!

Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman

by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 10:44 PM EDT reply actions  

Don't worry

we’ll get no hit tomorrow night by Lester

by AxDxMx on Jul 9, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not that I pay a lot of attention to holds, but I was surprised to see Bale (7) has more than Cruz (6).

by andrewmiller on Jul 9, 2009 10:47 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm Back Outside

To bask in this victory and the greatness that is the Mexicutioner.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 9, 2009 10:47 PM EDT reply actions  

x

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