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Who saw that coming?

  • The Royals pounded out 13 hits (some of which were even for extra bases), stole three bases and managed to get through a game with no one getting picked off or thrown out on the basepaths.
  • St. Willie continued his hot streak!
  • DDJ got a start in CF!
  • Luke Hochevar wasn't great -- 6.0 IP, 9 Hs, 5 Ks, 1 BB, 5 Rs -- but he kept his head above water against a tough lineup that hits extremely well at home.
  • Kudos to Trey for bringing in Soria in the eighth inning. Sure, it was maybe a batter too late, and sure, I'm guessing we'll read a typically weird quote about the whole sequence at some point, but at least he brought him in.
  • Finally, apparently Ken Burns was at the game tonight filming, obviously because he wanted to showcase the Royals. I look forward to the maudlin voiceovers against still photos that are sure to follow.

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I replied to your Reynolds comment on the other thread

short version: yeah, he’s having a great year

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

even when people wanted to be impatient with him...

he was pretty good….

the only difference is he wasnt being compared to george brett by the entire world

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

he strikes out too much

therefore he’s the anti-christ

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

he was still decent

even after you account for the bandbox ballpark and weaker league

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

i'm no expert....

but id think that playing 40 or so games in SF, SD and LA would make up alot of the advantages he gets from AZ park. Ya think?

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

it probably all averages out given the game he also plays in all the other parks - the non-home games pretty much even out

although they do play an unbalanced schedule. that’s how (good) park adjustments work. Colorado is also in that league.

But that’s what I’m saying — even after you adjust for that, he’s still having a heck of a year.

Interesting tidbit: The realy good park factors I got from this dude (5-year regressed) actually has SFN, whlie depressing HR rates, as increasing overall scoring. LAD deflates run-scoring, but increases HRs. I was surprised, but I"ve seen other factors that see the same thing.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

Think They'd Take

Duffy, straight across?

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

by philofthenorth on Jul 9, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

Moustakas for JDLR

DO IT.

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

JDLR: more anecdotal evidence for the superiority on the NL

or more anecdotal evidence of Moore’ s overrated judgment re: pitchers

Oh well, Mike Moustakas is a superstar for sure.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

To be fair on that second point,

JDLR was given a pretty good shot by the Royals and put up a 5.27 FIP as a starter.

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah, but as I'm sure Dayton Moore would tell you

Stats only tell you what a guy has DONE, not what he WILL DO

:-|

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

We probably didn't arrive at the decision by looking at FIP

Winky face.

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Gotta take Hoch's start

His last at Fenway was the Lester no hitter, so this was better.

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by CentralChamps2009 on Jul 9, 2009 10:55 PM EDT reply actions  

since DDJ has batted leadoff

the Royals are 14-17. not world-beating but at least tolerable given the state of the team…

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

by Home Run Tony Cogan on Jul 9, 2009 11:00 PM EDT reply actions  

The Red Sox lose

and BBTN still manages to throw out lines regarding Red Sox domination

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

by RoyalsFanStuckInCardsLand on Jul 9, 2009 11:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Hochevar has magic run support attracting powers

Since he came back from Omaha in June, the Royals have scored at least four runs in every one of his starts.

by swing and a miss on Jul 9, 2009 11:05 PM EDT reply actions  

Even though Hochevar wasn't all that good,

I was impressed by how well he battled. He CLEARLY did not have his best stuff – more groundouts than flyouts – and while five runs in six innings certainly isn’t good, as Will mentioned the Sox line-up is very talented and hits the snot out of the ball at home. Overall, I think he gets a passing grade.

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

Instead,

Delcarmen and Masterson continued to suck.

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

I just watched the Buffy episode where Spike falls for her

I’m a bit thrown. Yeah, that’s what I meant.

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

ah. the long-but-rapid-decilne years of BtVS

i.e., the last four season

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hey,

Buffy’s GOOD. The OC is terrible.

/Joss Whedon fan

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

I didn't mind the later seasons so much

the Spike/Buffy thing was more entertaining than Angel/Buffy ever was. Except for Dawn and Glory it wasn’t all that bad…

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by labbadabba on Jul 10, 2009 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

haha

the OC… Never watched it. It actually seemed kinda funny (on purpose). Deliberateluy ironic. Buffy started that way, then the writers started taking themselves seriously re: “social issues.”

Oddly enough, you could say the same thing about Baseball Prospectus…

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

the oc was a decent show....

but rachel bilson and mischa barton made it worthwhile most of the time

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

it's a matter of taste

but I always thought mischa barton was overrated. Bilson is more my style.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

+1

That is, if we’re talking looks. Couldn’t care less about the show or either’s acting ability.

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

mischa was really hot in the OC days

Bilson was the best though…..until samaire armstrong and olivia wilde came along

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

neither will anyone else in another year or two

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

when she's on TV

she’s super-appealing because she’s got a really good combination of girl-next-door and hotness

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

that's why I like her a lot better than Mischa Barton

Barton doesn’t have the same “hot” factor, and has none of the “next door” factor. She’s the girl from high school everyone thought was the hottest, but looking back, she was just skinny, blonde, and loose.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

haha

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

not saying she's ugly

just not to my taste, that’s all

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

+1

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

yo she married the dude from Star Wars who was also in Jumper

At the end of the movie I was like damn, these two are good actors

Now I realize they weren’t acting, they were love birds lol

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 10, 2009 8:27 AM EDT up reply actions  

Wow

I guess us sabermetric types don’t agree on everything after all! My robot-progamming must be screwed up. Or yours.

BtVS gets better the second Angel gets lost at the end of the 3rd season. The fourth season was actually really, really good. I got into the show waaaaay late – I was a big Firefly fan – so I haven’t got through everything yet. But if the 4th season is the start of a decline phase, I’ll still sign it for four years and fifty million.

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

I hated the college years

Angel leaving was good, and I never really liked him on Buffy. But in a weird, way, while Buffy took itself waaaaay too seriously, as time went on the show Angel took on the self-ironizing charm (without the irritating suburban Calif. “witticisms” of the original Buffy) that the first couple Seasons of Buffy had.

In a perfect world, the show would have ended after the last episode of Season 2.

then at least they would have an excuse for all the storylies they dropped.

Season 4 is the “Riley” season, right? Worst. Season. Ever.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Maybe it's my unrequited love for Sarah Michelle talking,

but I don’t think the show ever really loses its self-irony. Granted, only halfway through the fifth season, and there’s still some pretty goofy stuff that indicates to me that Whedon/whoever else wrote for it weren’t too into themselves and making the show completely series. I mean, it’s a show that frequently starts out with a college age girl talking smack to vampires as she beats them up. Maybe the show starts taking itself too seriously in the last two seasons, but I haven’t seen it yet.

Angel was just a bad character. I was left pretty bored watching the show. I really, honestly, never have seen why Whedon fell in love with that character. Though I will say one of the interesting things about Whedon’s style is that you can enjoy picking apart the places where he seems to slip up, whereas with some other shows I’d just be facepalming my way back to Cowboy Bebop or Deadwood or some other show that never went wrong.

While I did like the first two seasons, I can’t agree the show should’ve stopped there. And yeah, Riley and Buffy wasn’t particularly exciting, I suppose, but man, are relationships usually? But it’s just because I like the social commentary stuff that I disagree so starkly, but I did like season four a lot.

It’s certainly not a perfect show – not in Firefly’s league – but I still think it’s “good.”

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

never saw Firefly

the social commentary was better in the first couple seasons when it was more subtle, not when it was self-righteously flung in the viewers face in later seasons

although the villans in the second-to-last season were hilarious

slowly killing off Xander’s character in the last four seasons also blew

the one with Willow’s girlfriend’s parents was a heavy-handed piece of predictable Hollywood schlock

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hmm

Season 4 and you clearly have a history. Did it hurt you? C’mon d_f, I can’t help unless you let me in. winky face and all that.

Xander kinda functions as the moral compass guy for 4/5, dunno about the later seasons. I’ve always kind of liked the honesty of that character.

I’m just not sure about the use of “self-righteous” there. It doesn’t come off as that heavy-handed to me, really. Some of the scenes are hollywood-ized, yeah, but I don’t think the message gets lost and ends up coming as pretentious. I think that the Willow-Tara thing was, overall, pretty cool because the relationship was treated as very normal.

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

I just hated the episode with Tara's parents

Joss Whedon, et. al. can vent their bitterness over growing up in “repressive” small towns elsewhere, preferably without aesthetic disasters

Some of the relationship was okay. but it was overdrawn by the end. All the witch bullshit was.

Crap like Twilight is the logical extension of the worst of Buffy.

I’m only mad about it because I liked the show so much the first couple seasons.

I look forward to Chuck being butcher the same way — but it has the same ethos, and, incidentally, was created by the same people who did the OC. Super-ironic. It’s also like Buffy, with a girl who kicks ass (but is legit super-hot), and making the everyman loser/sidekick (Chuck/Xander) the hero.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions  

and why the f-- did they drop so many storylines?

that’s one of the most important rules of nerd television

I also suspect Whedon wanted to get Xander and Willow together in the end (he was clearly leaning that way at the end of either season 5 or 6 — where Willow went nuts), but was worried about people throwing a fit because of Willows’ alleged role on the show.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

It was Whedon's first show

As I said, the mistakes are evident and, sometimes, painfully obvious. I still like the overall package.

I may have to withhold my following of you on twitter until you find time for Firefly. :P Not seeing it calls your Nerd License into question. Seriously though, I’ve met a grand total of ONE person who didn’t think Firefly was a great show. And he’s my dopey friend from college who tried to steal a girl from me, so he knows jack. I’ve introduced people who aren’t sci-fi fans at all – two oldest sisters, for example – and they fell in love with it too.

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by NHZ on Jul 10, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions  

okay, okay, I'll check it out

I’m busy as hell and my life is falling apart, but I’ll rent it

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

I thought my pitch was pretty eloquent :P

I don’t know. It’s hard to put into words how well everything clicked with that show. Nathan Fillon was terrific as the lead, really set the tone for a good character-based show.

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by NHZ on Jul 10, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions  

Life falling apart?

Jeezus, how badly did Season 4 scar you??

It’s $20 on amazon, btdubya.

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by NHZ on Jul 10, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions  

Wait wait,

you’ve NEVER seen Firefly??

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

It was, in my opinion,

far and away Whedon’s best show. Space-western type. Only ran for one season because FOX effed it up by airing it out of order and then cancelled the rest.

I like BtVS, but Firefly blew it out of the water. It was an amazing show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_(TV_series)

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by NHZ on Jul 10, 2009 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions  

SMG was also much more attractive early on in the series

then started starving herself

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

never saw harvard man

cruel intentions was a hilariously bad movie, but she was at the height of her “charms” there

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

ahhh...you're killing me....

one of my top 3 not serious movies

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

cruel intentions?

if myou mean “top 3” right up there with Top Gun, I can see that

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions  

who has dropped more off the map?

SMG or Ryan Philippe?

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

And

I know what you did last summer.

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by NHZ on Jul 10, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions  

that was so long ago

there was a Part of Five reference in it

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah,

she does get skinnier. Shame, because she was the good kind of curvy.

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

Dang

Another corner of the where not having my Joss Whedon fan club card has failed me. None of his shows have done a thing for me. And, no, Firefly was doomed from the start- not enough mass appeal for the network it was on. If it would have been on SciFi or a similarly small network, it would have pulled good numbers but it wasn’t nearly mainstream (i.e. “mostly” in the real world, like X-Files, Lost, Medium, etc) enough to get the numbers you need on a network, even Fox.

Oh, and if I thought this were possible in tv- which I don’t because money speaks volumes more than sentiment in that business- in the back of my mind, I have this sick thought that Fox renewed “Dollhouse” just to stick it to the Whedon fans. We all know it’s not going to pull bigger numbers next year- it’s going to do the same sad numbers as this year and get canned at the end of season 2, if it even makes it through the entire season. And then Fox is going to go “See, we gave him a shot so all of you people can stop complaining about Firefly”.

Then again, I’m still ticked because Terminator was pulling better numbers than Dollhouse and it got canceled. That was quickly becoming one of my favorite shows on tv and I thought it was one of the smartest, tho you had to be patient to watch it as it wasn’t quick moving.

by sterlingice on Jul 10, 2009 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

Firefly was extremely good.

And we’ll never know now what kind of rating it could’ve got if the idiot network had aired it in order. Sorry, but I don’t buy that Firefly would’ve failed because of not being “mainstream” enough. Not with the following it’s developed.

Yes, renewing dollhouse is supposed to be an apology for that. Dollhouse isn’t good.

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by NHZ on Jul 10, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

Terminator was cancelled?

I’m disappointed. I really liked the show, and thought the final episode was quite the cop out in case they didn’t come back.

Same with Reaper. That show was just hitting its stride, and they left it open ended in case they were cancelled, which they probably will be.

I don’t care for most Joss Whedon stuff. The Firefly movie was ok, Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog was sorta funny, but for the most part, I think he’s entirely overrated.

And Dollhouse looked like crap. Though it managed to freak me out the night of the Battlestar Galactica finale since there were 2 BSG cast members on that episode, and my DVR should have been taping it, I thought BSG was doing some really weird ending. It wasn’t until I realized I was watching Fox that I finally realized it was Dollhouse. BSG was taping on the other TV. Disaster averted.

by AxDxMx on Jul 11, 2009 3:22 AM EDT up reply actions  

dice k is a 'control guy'

thanks frank….i hope your son gets married every week

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haha

that’s a strange thing to hope…

by stuckinstl12 on Jul 9, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

well...i wouldve said i hope that he gets whatever split has....

but that’d be mean…in this family friendly game thread…. i just want him to go away and have quirk back

Frank’s son got married last week when he was gone 3-4 games

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

Excuse me while I go laugh myself to death

“Dice-K” and “control” should not be in the same sentence.

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

that's what i'm saying....

who the fuck doesnt know that he doesnt throw strikes? other than our color commentator….and people want him to be our fucking manager

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Watching Dice-K pitch

is like watching a wobbly closer….for 100-whatever innings. Great stuff, terrible control of it.

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh god...burgos as a starter

(picture of a guy hanging himself if i knew how to insert pics)

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Minus the off the field issues.

And japanese. And, actually somewhat good. Other than that, yes.

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by NHZ on Jul 9, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

burgos seems like something from 1,000,000 years ago

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

its banny's fault....

watching him last year added 10 years to my life….and listening to his postgame interviews another 5

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

I have to admit

that I’d pretty much given up on Banny after last year. But he’s been good so far this year. I’ll be interested to see where he ends up.

I guess it’s Davies turn to be good again next season.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

"let's try Burgos as a starter"

was a dumb enough debate, but the team actually let him start a freaking game for some reason

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by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

It was 2006

What else were we going to do? Not win, that was for sure.

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by cmkeller on Jul 10, 2009 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

Bloomers>Buddy Biancalana

It’s official. He’ll probably never go on Letterman, though.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 9, 2009 11:24 PM EDT reply actions  

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hilman knows how to set up a lineup for late inning come backs !!! I called it!!!

AC batting latter in the order lets this happen, which allowed Soria to get some work.

IT IS ALL CONNECTED!!!!

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jul 9, 2009 11:26 PM EDT reply actions  

That picture

reflects an awkwardly intimate gaze between DDJ and Freel… does it not?

by KCScuba on Jul 9, 2009 11:35 PM EDT reply actions  

it is rather disturbing and uncomfortable.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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by kabrink on Jul 9, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

how did Texas score?

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:46 PM EDT reply actions  

okay, I thought I followed the AL pretty well

who the hell is Tommy Hunter? Should I know this?

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:48 PM EDT reply actions  

he might be the control rat....

let him throw 8 million pitches while we study the results and handle holland and feliz with kid gloves

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

hee hee

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

i'm tellin ya....

nobody will notice when tommy hunter goes missing….but feliz and holland would be missed

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 9, 2009 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

even the name "Tommy Hunter" sounds like a video game draftee

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 9, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

Guillen

either we need to start drugging him up on some serious stuff, or we need to stop batting him cleanup

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by BHWick on Jul 9, 2009 11:57 PM EDT reply actions  

I think the Bilson pics make it all worth it

that and finding out who Tommy Hunter is

and deep thoughts about BtVS

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions  

let it ride!!!

soon to change name to, "The Not So Curious Case of Benjamin Bratt"

by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jul 10, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

does he look tired?

If his mechanics are still fine, let him pitch

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

I don't know much about that

I just mean if he’s still using his same motion and not laboring and is still effective, then keep him in there

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

yeah...im not an expert on anything like that....

to me he always looks like he’s laboring b/c he’s fat….and well…his mechanics just bother me

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 10, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

I don't think Kyle's a fan of his mechanics, either

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

Part One

part Two

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions  

Gil would automatically go 2 more innings

or 1 more Meche inning

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions  

your guy branyan would fit in perfectly here

tying run at 2nd nobody out…grounder to pitcher

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 10, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

Which totally offsets

his ridiculously good production this season.

"Do they have people that tall in Mexico?"

by NHZ on Jul 10, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

And only be pulled when the game was one run

with runners on base/tied.

132 pitches wheeeeeeeeeee

"Do they have people that tall in Mexico?"

by NHZ on Jul 10, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

I hope everyone's telling Tim Lincecum how cool his hair is

so that I can keep laughing at it

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:17 AM EDT reply actions  

He must be going for the

“OMFG-it’s-coming-towards-us/Jered Weaver” look?

"Do they have people that tall in Mexico?"

by NHZ on Jul 10, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

fasho

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

while having another awesome season

but don’t worry, I’m sure he’ll break down any minute and we’ll be glad the Royals didn’t draft him…

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions  

I know, I know

losing to Brian Sabean sure does hurt, though

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions  

Timmah's on an even more insane pace than last season

I think we can say he’s the best pitcher in the NL right now

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

I mean

that it’s not “he’s having the best year but maybe someone else is better overall.” Nope. He’s the best in the NL.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

it'll be interesting to see if there are lots of copycats of his mechanics in the next few years....

there was some guy trying to teach this shit like 20 years ago and he was laughed out of baseball

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 10, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions  

didn't his dad come up with it or something?

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions  

ah, yeah

“Dr. Crazy Mike.” Kyle has lots of thoughtson that stuff I don’t get. There’s a big post about it on the front page at DM right now.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

Zack is still having the most ridiculous year in a lnog time

if he keep this up (that’s a bit if), it will be the most dominating performance since Pedro ‘99. What’s scary is taht Lincecum might be having the next best performanceint he same year.

Okay, goodnight..

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

F-Gut, Langerhans, Branyan

my dream team

Hinske, Chris Burke, and Shane Costa are backups

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions  

hey, someone has to be the scrub

later for sure

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 10, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

yeah i like their team alot

they traded shit (putz/green) for guiiierez and he’s the same player as Adam Jones. THey have the best rotation in baseball I would say.

WHo can compete with King Felix, Bedard and Washburn?

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 10, 2009 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

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