Game 103 Open Thread - Royals (40-62) at Rays (56-47)
by Freneau on Aug 1, 2009 3:35 PM EDT
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Nobody circles the wagons like the Royals and Bruce Chen.
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Crickets.....
Kansas City
AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg
D. DeJesus lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
W. Bloomquist cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
B. Butler 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
M. Teahen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
A. Callaspo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303
B. Pena c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303
M. Jacobs dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
A. Gordon 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
Y. Betancourt ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay
AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg
B.J. Upton cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
C. Crawford lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317
E. Longoria 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
B. Zobrist 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303
P. Burrell dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
W. Aybar 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
G. Kapler rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
D. Navarro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
J. Bartlett ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .334
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas City
IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA
B. Chen 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.55 6.39
Tampa Bay
IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA
J. Niemann 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.37 3.81
has his wife had that kid yet?
or is LHB Joey Gathwhite not a good pairing against RHP Jeff Niemann compared to RHB Willie Sporkquist?
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They had Game 6 of the 85 WS on MLBN earlier
You know it was awhile ago when Todd Worrell’s son (who was born a year after that game) is now pitching for the Royals in Arizona
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I watched
Recorded it too. Need to go back to it from time to time to remind me why I love this team so much
Steve Balboni is Legen...Wait For It...Dary
anyone know of any site the 85 ws can be downloaded from? I’m a youngin who loves the royals and as much as I’ve read about the series, I’ve never seen any of the games.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 4:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Sad for me.
I was one month old when the Royals won the series.
by powderbluepower on Aug 1, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't wait to get back to 77 wins next season
provided everyone’s healthy and no one “underperforms.”
Heck, to get to .500, all this team needs are upgrades at CF, DH, SS, and 2 more relief pitchers.
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people who shouldn't be in KC in 2010
Freel and Olivo come to mind.
for all the talk about Bloomquist’s salary, Freel was getting paid $6M for this year
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Although I don't think the Royals are paying very much of Freel's salary
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
is it the Cubs or Orioles?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Love Jacobs and Gordon hitting back-to-back
Good think TB doesn’t have any good lefty relievers
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It's not "national" tv
I get the Yanks and ChiSox.
So, onto mlb.tv I go.
Hopes fade once again from blue to red. Go New Chiefs!!
yep, wrong again
Blackout on mlb.tv.
I’M FREEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! I don’t have to watch this debacle and I can go outside and play!!
or work on cover letters.
Hopes fade once again from blue to red. Go New Chiefs!!
Um, what?
i’m getting Yankees and White Sox
I live within 20 minutes of the fucking stadium
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Bruce Chen
because it’s not like there were any cheap pitchers out there
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Ok good
they’re gonna actually show the game. And we get the team of Eric Karros and his dad
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I can't wait for the Pirates to win 5 more games that the Royals in 2011
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
The Pirates have gotten some really good players it's exciting
I wish we could blow up this team (except the starting pitching).
Atleast the Royals suck so bad they could be in the Strasburg sweepstakes
I don’t know how much longer I can root for this team with Dayton Moore at the helm
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
The Royals needed and still need to be shopping pretty much everyone older than 27
good or bad, for value, since even the good players older than 27 (e.g., Meche [injured, unfortuneatley, DDJ, etc.( guys aren’t going be any more valuable than they are now, and won’t be good and/or under contract when the team is ready to contend.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Clean house
Pittsburgh PIrates-Neal Hunnington Style!
by Royal from Queens on Aug 1, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Milledge Alderson Clement
Tabata is 20 years old and in AAA. Charlie Morton’s been good.
Who does Moore get that’s exciting? Crisp? Jacobs? Bloomquist?
Please
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
i was really hoping that the yanks may give in and give us a couple pitchers for banny yesterday..
even though i’d like to keep banny..heh
"Does this furniture polish have alcohol in it?" ... "mmm, tastes like i might die."
I hate watching the white sox and the yankees, why would they make me watch them?
"Does this furniture polish have alcohol in it?" ... "mmm, tastes like i might die."
if you want to download the tvants program, you should be able to watch them here
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
oh believe me, i would if i could. But being the middle of no where at my parents they only get dial-up.. so its a no go,
but i do use streaming when possible :\
"Does this furniture polish have alcohol in it?" ... "mmm, tastes like i might die."
most likely the worst thing about coming home during the summer this year.. its brutal, absolutely brutal.
"Does this furniture polish have alcohol in it?" ... "mmm, tastes like i might die."
I’m pretty happy…the only hi def broadcasts I get are the saturday afternoon fox games. Finally get to see willy ballgame in all his glory!
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 4:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
The only positive thing FOX had to say about Bruce Chen
in “profile” was that he was left handed.
Man… brutal.
by Royal from Queens on Aug 1, 2009 4:20 PM EDT reply actions
Fox clearly doesn't know about his shealthyness or his ability to stop the squaring of his pitches
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Think Mark is slumping cause he was not traded?
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So this is a "national" broadcast
besides Kansas City and Tampa who else gets this game? I just figure everyone who doesn’t have a team playing would get the Yankees?
by Royal from Queens on Aug 1, 2009 4:28 PM EDT reply actions
all the players look a lot thinner on fox as opposed to fsn.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 4:29 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
ugh.....this may be another long day
perhaps another CG shutout for Neimann?
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 4:31 PM EDT reply actions
Chen's matched him so far!
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
we’ll probably get a wasted quality start from chen too.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 4:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
stations which this game is being played on
Columbia MO KQFX 3
Fort Myers FL WFTX 3
Fort Smith AR KFTA 3
Gainesville FL WOGX 3
Joplin MO KFJX 3
Kansas City MO WDAF 3
Orlando FL WOFL 3
Springfield MO KSFX 3
Tampa FL WTVT 3
Topeka KS KTMJ 3
Wichita KS KSAS+ 3
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So basically
nobody out of the ordinary, haha.
by Royal from Queens on Aug 1, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
pretty much, everyone who most likely gets FSNKC or FSNFL/SUN sports
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maybe Mr. Glass got it shown for some friends. Tehy are having a viewing party.
"Does this furniture polish have alcohol in it?" ... "mmm, tastes like i might die."
and Springfield MO
pierce the heart of Cardinal territory!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Pena stays
who stays with him? Buck or Olivo (or neither)?
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 1, 2009 4:34 PM EDT reply actions
what a great at-bat
by pena. i hope he can just be passable behind the dish
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 1, 2009 4:35 PM EDT reply actions
I was going to make a comment about his catching skills
and then realised the other two have flaws too.
by Royal from Queens on Aug 1, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
that's the thing
it’s like if we could take pieces from the players we could have one good player. too many players on this team are flawed.
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 1, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
ya, miggy struggles blocking, buck can't throw, and pena is in-between on both.
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Pena's numbers and scouting reports are worse than either
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Whichever one will be cheaper next season
I prefer Buck, since he’s a better hitter (yup, even this season after Olivo’s month-of-his-career), and Olivo’s superior arm is almost completely negated by him being historically one of the worst catchers at blocking pitches (this has been shown, by the way)… but whatever.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
How is Pena worse than both?
He’s also alot younger and can hit better than both.
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
worse defensively
He isn’t "a lot’ younger, he’s 18 months younger than BUck.
And before this season, both in his limited time in the majros and the minors, his defensive reptuation and numbers were such that he was tried at other positions.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
didn’t they say billy and miggy were tied for the hr lead on the team? but jacobs has 14.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 4:36 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
yah and billy has 11
and miggy as 14 with jakers.
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classic Moore pickups
“I hear lots of whining about sub-.300 OBPs, but I don’t hear anyone complaining about their 14 home runs!”
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess we can’t fault fox for not caring about our team.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 4:39 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hitting Genius Kevin Seitzer sure has done a great job on Jacobs
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to expand on that
the “correction” was to have Jacobs, a guy whose value is his power, hit to the opposite field, which dilutes his power.
The stupidity of that idea should be obvious, and the fact that Jacobs went ice cold in June while trying to hit balls to left field should tell you that Kevin Seitzer’s advice didn’t work
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It might also be that Jacobs is is just varying down from his not-very-good anyway self
and maybe, just maybe, people should have listened when others pointed out that a) Jacobs sucked before this season, and b) that superior Al pitching would make him eevn suckier.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
He went into his worst slump ever during that "correction"
Not to mention that Seitz has already been fired from an ML job
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You really love making excuses for him
He’s been horrible and we gave up a good reliever for him. We have a better player with a .400 OBP waiting for a chance.
Stop defending him
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Leo Nunez's fanclub only showed up after we traded him
Jacobs hasn’t had a good year, and the idiotic managing and coaching has fucked his year up even more.
Jacobs didn’t put himself in the cleanup spot against Danks. Jacobs didn’t decide to start diluting his value and doing something foreign to him during his worst slump ever. That’s on Hillman and Seitzer.
This team’s offense sucked last year, and we had a good relief core. Trading a reliever to get someone who could improve the offense makes sense.
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not when you take into account other alternatives and money
and that Nunez had a higher WAR than Jacobs last season
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Does it matter?
I love the double standard of
“Jacobs was dueeeee to struggle because the AL is so awesome”
and
“Nunez is now awesome in the NL, proving that we shouldn’t have dealt him”
Apparently the AL/NL gap only applies to hitters that you dislike, and not pitchers.
Oh yeah, Nunez has a higher WAR… and it’s LOWER than his WAR in 2008. Despite Nunez having as many innings in 2009 as 2008.
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This is dumber than an argument based on how a guy has hit in a certain batting slot
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
hahahahah
no one won that argument though
Look at Alex Gordon way down in the batting order! I wonder what Hillman’s thoughs would be
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Nunez's value has gone _____ between 2008 and 2009
fill in the blank time.
It’s dishonest to attach some nostalgia to Leo Nunez, who is the posterchild for generic relievers, when it can be said that his value went down after 2008.
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i have no idea where you're going with this
but you do seem to be emphatic in your assertions…………………how has his value gone down?
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Nunez's WAR in 2008 was 0.5
and check it out for 2009.
Nunez is only good if you compare his performance in a better league for pitchers in a better park for pitchers and in a different environment to the performance of the rest of the pen.
But as we can see with Juan Cruz, just because you pitch well in the NL doesn’t mean that you’re going to pitch well in the AL.
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but he's already pitched well in the AL?
We would be a better team with Nunez instead of Jacobs
We would be just as good with our pitchers batting than with Jacobs hitting cleanup
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Our pitchers wouldn’t put up a .181/.274/.245 line
and Jacobs in the cleanup spot was an obvious failure, but Trey kept going to it for a few weeks too long
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the spot doesn't matter
you’re really reaching here
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
....and the season's not over yet.......
and he’s closing out games in the thick of a Wild Card race, and doing a very respectable job at that.
That’s much more than your “typical reliever.” Your typical reliever is your Roman Colon types. If anything, he’s increased his value this year by showing he can handle closing out games.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah....the whole American League deal really seems to bother guys
like Haren, Cliff Lee, Beckett, Sabathia, etc
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
That notion only worked because Moore was supposed to be a bullpen Guru
but he’s a bullpen building fraud. AND he had to sign shitty relievers to big contracts
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
So, Seitz gets blamed for Jacobs down year
but doesn’t get credit for Callaspo, Teahen, and Butler having good years?
I don’t know whether he’s good or not, or how he interacts with players individually or as a group.
But that’s because I’m not ready to give credit or blame to coaches on the major league level in general without stronger evidence than we have.
Jacobs is better than he’s hitting now — but, he never been more than a slightly-above average hitter, and that was in the NL.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
AC, Teahen, and Butler would have improved no matter what
AC is close to his prime, Teahen is almost there.
But those results don’t counter the reality that telling a power hitter to start hitting to the opposite field is stupid and counterproductive.
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evidence, please
Jacobs is also in his “prime.” Do you know what he’s telling the other guys?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I really though Jacobs could hit 25 homeruns
and have an OBP above .325 as a DH since he didn’t have to concentrate on playing a position. He would have been acceptable then.
I was wrong
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
well, he's probably not THIS bad
guys go into slumps. It wouldn’t be surprising if Jacobs went on another massive hot streak like he had at the beginning of the year.
But he was never all that great.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
For a while, during Interleague Play, the Royals had Jacobs try to shorten his swing and go to the opposite field more often. But now he’s back to, as Hillman put it, “What got him here.”
Interleague play would be June, where Jacobs had 2 RBI, hit .189, and got on base at a .268 clip with a .552 OPS
July was a fucking bizarre month for Jacobs hitting, with a 160/208/400 line, an uptick from June in the sense that Jacobs got some big hits, but 4 of his 8 hits were HRs.
He’s still in a slump and not in a good position to get into a groove for some reasons that are obvious.
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Jacobs was not even close to that pitch
Holy Shit!!!...Peterson resigned...Am I dead?...Is This Heaven?
by RoyalsFanStuckInCardsLand on Aug 1, 2009 4:38 PM EDT reply actions
Win!
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
Please!
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 1, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Sleep time, good luck royals. i think Gordo is gunna go deep this game.
"Does this furniture polish have alcohol in it?" ... "mmm, tastes like i might die."
Go Chen
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 1, 2009 4:41 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Well that was hilarious
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AHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAA!!!!!
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 4:42 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Way to take charge Willie.
Good thing Burrell is slower than Hoagy.
willy just wanted to make sure we got an assist this game.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 4:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
more keystone cops antics
great fundamentals
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions
couldn't they have picked
another game for us to be on TV? bruce f-ing chen, at least it wasn’t pontoon
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 1, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions
For us online peoples, what did willie do?
"Does this furniture polish have alcohol in it?" ... "mmm, tastes like i might die."
ball dropped in center between Willie and Alberto
in Willie’s territory
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AC went out
gave way to Willie….Willie stood and watched
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by RoyalsFanStuckInCardsLand on Aug 1, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Tick tock tick tock
5 innings for Chen: over/under
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Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
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Yay
I win. That was a quality start!
by Royal from Queens on Aug 1, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
is this Hirams or Gils start? origionally.
"Does this furniture polish have alcohol in it?" ... "mmm, tastes like i might die."
who knows
they all blend together in the crappiness
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
not that it matters in the slightest,
but what ethnicity is jason bartlett? is he just a tan white guy or is he hispanic or something? kyle lohse is kind of the same way.
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 1, 2009 4:49 PM EDT reply actions
Kyle Lohse has Native American in his blood......
i’ll check on Bartlett….I know he went to Oklahoma, so perhaps…
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
ah, thanks
he played at OU?
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 1, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
yes
Also….appears to be part Filipino
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
x
The tan skin Giant is one of the few Major League Baseball players with Filipino heritage. Along with teammate starting pitcher Tim Lincecum, who is half Pinoy, Chris Aguila formerly of the New York Mets, and Jason Bartlett of the Tampa Bay Rays, there aren’t a lot of Filipinos playing in America’s past time.
http://asianjournal.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/filipino-fireballer-filam-baseball-player-espineli/
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
direct quote
And what makes it even more memorable is that Bartlett is half-Filipino. "My mom is Filipino. I’m 50 percent," proudly says Bartlett.
The 29-year-old Northern California native has been playing in the Major Leagues for the past four years. Like San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum and Gino Espineli not many people know that Bartlett is Filipino.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
nice
one of my favorite things about america is people who come over here and keep it fresh. my mom’s from turkey and i can’t tell you what a great appreciation i have for being an american..with all of our flaws, this country’s the best and it’s not even close.
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 1, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
It's time to bring baseball bats to the Philippines
can’t be any less productive than our South African talent stream
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impressive use of "the percentages"
prediction: Jason Bartlett leaves baseball after this season for highly-paid position as Head of Sabermatology in Kansas City
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
fasho
callaspo on full display today…
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 1, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m glad we’re not on national tv more.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 4:51 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Well there we have it
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 1, 2009 4:51 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I've been really busy the past week
Has this site just suddenly died? It seems like a ghost town now
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
trust the process
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by RoyalsFanStuckInCardsLand on Aug 1, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
it's a beautiful day in KC
so maybe that prompted the mass exodus out of basements to go outside and enjoy the day
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 1, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I've got plenty of that this week :)
I needed some quality baseball time. Though this isn’t really quality.
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 1, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
nah
this season is over and the 2010 and this team can’t contend in 2010 either. Moore has to go…he just does.
I get to watch Beckham hit .300 and Hosmer struggle to hit .220 in A ball. It’s awesome seeing Wieters handle a MLB pitching staff and also hit much better than our shit catchers.
I just want this team to lose lose lose, fire Moore and Hillman, draft Strasburg and we’ll start next year fresh. I have trouble rooting for the Mets, but this team is just pathetic to watch and that may be only because a fucking retart Moore is running the team when he should be playing with blocks, learning how to count to 10 and trying not to pee pee in his pants in kindergarten
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
"DayHaysus should have backed that up"
Eric Karros: Baseball guru
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yunitard
great, or greatest ever?
Kansas City Royals - rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic since 1994.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 1, 2009 4:57 PM EDT reply actions
I hate the royals. I hate that we didn’t do shit at the trading deadline. GMDM is like carl peterson in his final two years. this team is pathetic and they’re gonna stay this way. I can try and be positive and be like 2012 we might be decent. but then I remember 2003 when I thought we’d be contending by 2007. I’m done as a royals fan who gives this team money. I’ll watch the games but I’m not gonna spend anymore money on this dumb fucking blackhole they call a baseball team.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 4:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
OK
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Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 1, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, well...
umm… OK. Right-o, then.
by powderbluepower on Aug 1, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe
but maybe not. the pittsburgh pirates were a totally inept franchise for their entire history and then it all changed in the early 70s. now they’ve won more super bowls than anybody.
i’m a huge KU football fan and everybody knows about their general ineptitude over time…things can change, things will change.
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 1, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
The Pirates won more superbowls???/
You look at the Pirates and that team has a foundation now. They traded their shitty players for some interesting prospects. I’m jealous.
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
sorry, meant steelers
i don’t know about trading all their players, although I can understand what they’re doing. but, activity shouldn’t necessarily be confused with progress. i don’t see that they’ve really brought in any top-flight players.
what’s funny is that they seemed to have a lot of good players, i don’t understand why it wasn’t working better there.
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 1, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Tim Alderson was ranked my mlb.com as the 7th best starting pitching prospect in the minors
Tabata is 20 and just got promoted to AAA. Charlie Morton is better than Nate McClouth already. Clement will be a decent major league player and Milledge is still talented.
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep, more examples as to why this is my least favorite Royals team of all time
Like I said at the beginning of the year, like I said when we were 18-11 and like I said after Dayton Moore sat on his fucking hands at the trade deadline: this team is GENETICALLY FLAWED. It is COMPOSED POORLY. We have THREE CATCHERS and started the season with FIVE FIRST BASEMEN. We started the season with HORACIO RAMIREZ and SIDNEY PONSON in our rotation.
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it? If it is broke, don’t fix it either! Your 2009 Kansas City Royals!! TRUST THE PROCESS!”
- W. Bloomquist homered to deep center
- P. Earth explodes
Ok
why couldn’t we have tried to get a 3-way deal where we get Pat Burrell while DM is in the business of getting shitty outfi—— oh yeah, Pat draws walks
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ALBERT Callaspo?
Grandpa Dick, Hispanic people kind of like it if you don’t butcher their names
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Yeah
like how Hilman calls “Jo-Ah-Kim” or “Wa-Keem” Soria “Jack”
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Does anyone have experience wearing a paper bag on their head to a game?
I want to know if I’ll get a lot of grief. I almost think it is worth it at this point.
- W. Bloomquist homered to deep center
- P. Earth explodes
You Just Have
To wear boxers.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Booyah!
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
You know whats sad?
I’d almost rather take a chance on him than on Ponson or Chen.
- W. Bloomquist homered to deep center
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The Trouble Is
It’s be a 3 year $10M MLB contract. Oh, and he’s injured.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought whoever picked him up just pays a prorated portion of the minimum?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Brayan Pena has a bright future
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Maybe The League
Will figure him out, but right now Pena appears to be our best hitting catcher, and he’s a S. Does he have big platoon splits?
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Haven't looked for a while
but iirc, he h as the same “much better against lefties” split seeminly all the Royals RHH have
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
yes, I realize that's true of almost all RH hitters
but it’s funny when it’s a switch-hitter
He should still be getting a good chunk of the starts
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
If only because we can pay him the league minimum.
Jettison buck and Olivo this offseason….
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or at least one of them
One or both should have been traded already
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
At least Pena is getting a look...
Honestly, I am shocked that he is. Especially with Miggy’s “career” season in home runs.
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You'd think it was based on performance; but it's a combination of "anything in order not to play John Buck" and, of course
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
To be fair, I don't think the scouts have ever been that high on Pena.
hence the whole braves release, no? And all the talk of his defensive shortcomings.
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no, I agree
But while it was a good waiver pickup for free, let’s face it, the only reason he’s on the ROyals is because of the Braves thing. SEriously. Dayton has passed on way too many other cheap/free/neaerly free options that were as good or better for us to think this was anything other than dumb luck/Braves connection.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
probably true
i’ll take it where we can get it
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Its a confidence thing
By watching Olivo and Buck completely suck so much over and over, he probably thought, “Man these guys are so awful, if I just play decent I will look way better than them”
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
who gives a fuck if pena sucks all year
Olivo and Buck suck too. Wait everyone on this team sucks
There is no reason to argue between who “sucks” the most. Pena is the cheapest. Deal breaker right there
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
its funny as shit watching b pena run.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 5:30 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Yay Warning Track
Power DH! Yay productive out DH!
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#2 Overall, Baby!
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
damn it
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What the fuck Gordon?
Pena is obviously winded and you go up there hacking at the first pitch…. good plan
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OT: District 9 looks insane
I fully expect to see that opening night.
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I miss the keystone light commercials.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 5:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
In other news, I would really like to see Bruce Chen in the bullpen.
I think he could be pretty effective for 3 outs at a time.
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His Fastball Might
Hit 90!
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
JP Howell is soooooooo jealous
of that velocity
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
it sucks we’re getting a quality start from chen today and it doesn’t matter.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 5:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Now they are roasting Pena for not picking up Betancourt telling him where to slide...
Okay guys, pretty sure that wouldn’t have made a bit of difference.
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if I were pena, I wouldn’t do what betancourt says either.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 5:41 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
"And Mark Teahen makes the catch"
Wasn’t that Bloomquist? The fuck?
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All white guys look alike
if you’re an old white guy like Stockton.
by hunter s. royal on Aug 1, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
That Was Buck
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Travis Buck, right?
I’m still waiting for his debut for KC this year!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
He Put On
Quite a defensive show against us this year while Hoagy was particularly brutal that day. RF defense could have been the difference in that game.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions
give Stockton a break
he’s doing a good job of noth paying attention to our “defense”
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
FA 1st basemen for 2010
Russell Branyan SEA (34 in 2010, LHB, .264/.363/.544)
Carlos Delgado NYM (38, LHB, .298/.393/.521)
Jason Giambi OAK (39, option year, LHB, .193/.332/.364)
Ross Gload * FLA (34, option year, LHB, .281/.359/.430)
Aubrey Huff BAL (33, LHB, .253/.318/.411)
Nick Johnson WAS (31, LHB, .295/.408/.402)
Adam LaRoche PIT (30, LHB, .248/.326/.446)
Robb Quinlan LAA (33, RHB, .247/.282/.370)
Matt Stairs PHI (42, LHB, .243/.398/.443)
Mike Sweeney SEA (36, RHB, .239/.293/.370)
Jim Thome CHW (39, LHB, .253/.393/.490)
Chad Tracy ARZ (30, LHB, .226/.287/.393)
It’s a great market for RH First Basemen when Mike Sweeney is the best of the batch.
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
also
it’s a great market when the three best hitters are going to be 38 or older in 2010
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Did they find Russ Branyan's Dominican birth certificate or something?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Branyan could be the 4th best
If I had 5 hitters on that list who would accept a one year deal, my order of preference would be Thome, Delgado, Stairs, Branyan, and Nick Johnson. Nick Johnson would be the best over a long-term, but for one year, there’s 4 guys who would have good years in that top four.
Unless the Mariners have someone knocking the door down, they should probably bring Branyan back anyways.
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And
I’m not going to say there’s a significant difference between Stairs and Branyan.
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5 years in age
ability to play first base well
I love Nick Johnson, but his defense has fallen apart, and his power has been sapped. Injuries suck. Someone would be smart to sign him on a small, incentive-laden deal, though.
None of these guys make sense of the Royals — assuming a competent GM, 1B/Dh is the easiest positoin to fill, and blowing money on guys over 30 is well, so Dayton Moore.
I crunched rouch numbers on these guys last week. Branyan and Thome were the best of them. Branyan will come much cheaper, probably. Johnson is a decent player, but injuries are scary.
Delgado was great — he’s done, though, as an everyday player.
Stairs has something left — he’d have been a better bet this year (if he’d been available) for next than Mike Jacobs, actually.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Nick Johnson
well, idk who else could make an argument to be #5 on that list. The rest of this list can be broken down as follows
Toast:
Giambi
Sweeney
Competent:
Gload
LaRoche
Bad:
Huff
Quinlan
Tracy
Stairs is good in his role. If Delgado would be a part-time guy and be paid accordingly, he could be useful.
Unless Jim Thome is on the 2003 list, he should get a short time deal from someone who needs a DH for 1 or 2 years
Dayton will sign Chad Tracy
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Okay, tweaked my sheet a bit to roughly account for playing time
This will change a million times after the season
Name projected 2009 WAR
Russell Branyan 2.2
Jim Thome 2.2
Nick Johnson 2.0
Adam LaRoche 1.8
Carlos Delgado 1.1
Matt Stairs 0.9
Aubrey Huff 0.7
Jason Giambi 0.4
Chad Tracy -0.4
Ross Gload -0.6
Robb Quinlan -0.6
Mike Sweeney -0.9
Maybe a bit generous to Johnson on defense, but whatever. Time to hang it up, Mike.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I like thome to much to have him play in KC
can you imagine how much the braintrust would hate his game?
he’s a two GIDP game from being benched the day he joins
ON the other hand, Dayton might sign him just to make JoPo Swoon for another 6 months
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Great, did Teahen get hurt or something?
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srsly, i was away, what happened?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
he did make the pitcher throw four pitches
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
the whole game?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah Im looking like an idiot right now defendin that guy
So we paid 7 million to replace TPJ with TPJ?
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
3-1
after they said just throw it down the middle, thanks
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what's funny
is ddj’s home run would’ve been in the sonic slam inning. frank white is disappointed.
they still do it on the radio broadcasts
it’s the same person for both tv and radio, i believe…………so i think someone is a winnah!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
cool
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Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 1, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
that's good
i’m happy some royals fan gets to enjoy some kind of winning
Power At The
Corners!
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 5:43 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Nobody fucks with DeJesus
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trade deadline deal that Dayton JUST finalized
until someone tells him he’s a day too late
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe the 2005 trade deadline fell on a Saturday
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
He Forgot To
Flip the page on his desk calendar.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
damn
Dejesus must have not gotten the memo that was sent to Betancourt, Gordon and Jacobs
“Tank the season! We need to draft better players because no way will Moore be able to acquire them”
SIncerely,
Joe Poz
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Bloomers Popped Up
Will wonders never cease? And now he’s in RF.
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KC's Own Michael
Letzig leading the Buick Open by a stroke over Tiger.
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from Richmond, is that what i heard the other day?
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I Just Heard
That from the telecast.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
A Tremendous Focus On OBP
…Dayton’s results speak for themselves:
http://grittyandclutch.blogspot.com/2009/08/actions-speak-louder-than-words-and.html
The charts in the article show that GMDM’s results have been as bad as any team the Royals have had since 1980!
Send Chen out for the 7th
All things considered, prety good start – should only be 2 runs
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These announcers are awful
Seriously, Cah-Lap-So?
I realize that we rarely get national coverage, but these are pretty widely accepted Hispanic naming conventions. I wonder if he’s at home eating TOR-TILL-AH chips. ugh.
Callaspo is a bit understandable
it’s not like the person I heard butcher the name “Ruiz” at a get-together recently
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god this team takes such horrible swings
are you serious maier?
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where should i know that name from?
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
either way
I HAVE TO KNOW IF SHE IS OR ISN’T WITH HER HERION-ADDICT LOOKING CO STAR!!!1111
but those books are really original… you see, SHE doesn’t feel like she fits in… never has… and the vampires… are you sitting down? THEY represent people who “don’t fit in” and are outcasts in repressive bourgeois society.
She also represents horny, confused adolescent girls, but whatever.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
hey, at least its a book for teenagers
after a decade of potter, I consider this progress
in twenty years we might have people ready adult lit again
yeah all sorts of 8th grade girls were reading those last year
but shows how much I paid attention….i didn’t even recognize the name
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm not a movie person......
so likely i haven’t seen it.
And upon a google image search, my vote is for the “not hot” side of the ledger.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
The potter books were at least supposed to be for kids, right?
Yeah, Ifell for it… As I predicted before it came out, the last book would tell me if she was good or just lucky… um, she was lucky
I love how people say the books are better than C.S. Lewis’s books. Um, no they aren’t. Lewis deliberately wrote for kids and the books are unambiguously commited to his view of the world (right or wrong). They are deliberately “simple,” yet there is sophistication if you scratch the surface (although one neededn’t to appreciate them).
Rowling’s books have the appaerance of “deepness,” but like Warhol, R.E.M., or Oprah, turn out to be about as profound as a Trey Hillman interview.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
to be fair
I hvaen’t been able to read a serious book in years
somehow I made it through Kafa’s “In the Penal COlony” for a return visit a couple years back.. it was grear, but my brain has decayed as quickly as joGui’s bat speed
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions
gotta agree on REM
i haven’t read any potter… i churned through all the Tolkien as a teen (though stopped halfway through Silmarilion and never looked back)
Tolkien -- overrated by fans, underrated by detractors
Loved them as a kid… read them repeatedly… then thought I “outgrew” then. A couple years back. visiting my parents, churned through them all again… better than I remembered.
I seriously wonder if there’s an “unreliable narrator” thing going on with the LoTR trilogy, given the “editors introduction” or whatever.
I hate almost all “alternative rock” or whatever from that (or any) era, so I have to be taken even less seriously on that stuff.
The Potter books could have been great, but, and you won’t believe this, she obviously got too self-important as she went along. The last book is an utter disaster.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Agree there.
Rowling has a lot of talent, but the first couple books were so successful, she clearly did without an editor as the series went along.
by hunter s. royal on Aug 1, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Obviously got angry that people liked the sidekicks more than here boring-ass "hero"
so she did her best to ruin their character development as time went on
SHe “covered the bases” int he last book, but in the most lackluster way possible — the Snape thing, the key to the whole series, was SO clumsy and predictable…
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I liked the goofy
claim she made that Dumbledore was gay. Never brought out in the books(might have cost some sales?) but she informed fans after the last book was written.
by hunter s. royal on Aug 1, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
yup, that was perfect
likes the straddle the line
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
and pena takes a weak swing at the first pitch to finish it off
103 pitches trough 7 woo
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Willie Aybar: former Brave (~!), RB utility man
has a higher wOBA than anyone on the Royals
he was a throw-in on another “minor” trade
OMG THE RAYS ARE ONLY GOOD BECAUSE OF ALL THEIR HIGH DRAFT PICKS!!!!!
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he's also the one that was always in trouble with the law right?
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought Wily was the bad one
and Erick was the good one
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions
yep....Willy the one in trouble
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, no way he would make it through the Royals stringent character evaluation process
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions
"Trying to do the Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse thing"
as a co-worker once explained to a horrified friend of mine
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
The Cheesiest Movie
Ever. Looked like it was shot with one camera, and it was set in KC!
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
was it really?
I think it’s between that one and Point Break
more sexual tension between Swayze/Reevs than Swayze/Mrs. Swayze
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Shinguard? Shoe Lace?
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Poppin!
Badass
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I have given Maier a lot of crap for his defense but
that barehand pickup made that play happen
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So let me get this straight:
Bruce Chen gives you 6.2 of 3 run ball, so you bring in Jamey Wright (who had his one good appearance – 2 scoreless – the other night) to blow any hope that Chen might have given us to stay in the game and hope for a fluky moment late in the game.
Bravo, Trey.
Seeking inspiration to fill this space...
I'm At Work
For another 4 hours, so I’m captive anyway.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel for you
Instead of trying to win the division, you are focused on 100 loses. I hope there are better times ahead.
I Think GMDM
Is trying to make sure next season can’t be worse.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
did he resign?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Not Until October
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Alaskan Pale Ale
For me, thank you.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I Switched From
Bud Light when I was dating a German woman a while back. She liked it, too.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
To continue the 1B/DH discussion
AAAA guys who probably could be moved for cheap
Juan Miranda (27 in 2010, Cuban, LHB, Yankees AAA, .269/.355/.475) [Any AAA Yankee 1st Baseman is expendable]
Shelly Duncan (30, RHB, Yankees AAA, .268/.363/.548) [Peanut Butter Shelly Time is technically a RF, but let’s face the facts, he’s a 1B/DH at heart]
LHB who are presumably blocked:
Bryan Lahair (hates Mike Carp)
Joe Koshansky (who went from being blocked by Helton to being blocked by Prince Fielder, while also putting up a hitting line that is a crime against humanity)
Dan Ortmeier (built like Teahen, hits like Gload, BB/TL)
And the ultimate in RHB AAA
John Lindsey, 32 years old, Florida AAA, hit 7 of his 18 homers off of LHP
In a just world, he would enjoy 5 weeks of hitting LHP off of the bench.
There’s not a lot of good RHB types who could pinch hit or DH
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
Jamey shutting it down!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions
Called Strike 3!
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
How dare you!
Do you want Mike Jacobs to starve on the road?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Lol, Neimann started the 7th with 94 pitches....
And he’s still back out there in the 8th. Bravo Royals, bravo.
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I can't wait to trade Duffy for him this offseason
only to watch his arm come flying off at the K in June
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve never seen jacobs get a hit that wasn’t a hr.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 6:18 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
unfuckingbelievable
nothing goes right for this team
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Progres...........
Niemann may only throw 8 strong innings against us this time….instead of the 9 he threw last time.
baby steps
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:20 PM EDT reply actions
Jake Fox
is the Cubs GM really stupid? or do you think he could be moved?
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
when does Poz write the definitive Fire Dayton column (which needs to be in the Star, not online)
or does he just get so burned out on the royals that he stops caring
doubt either will happen...
though the first is more likely
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
It will take a LOOOOONNNNGGGG time for that
I think he’s old, tired, and, yeah, burned out. He’s just going to keep writing not-so-subtle columns like the “Yuni watch” (although it turned out so much worse than he thought he gave it up…)
That last Yuni watch article, the “I like the dance” line. Maybe the cattiest thing I’ve ever read from him.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
i don't mean this as a slight against him...
but i think, in some subconscious way, Poz knows he doesn’t need KC sports anymore, in the sense that a lot of guys, in some indirect way, benefit from their local teams being good… if the Royals won the WS, or even made the playoffs, we could have a wave of books, “as told to” or otherwise, from Dutton, Mellinger, Poz, Whitlock, etc
he’s basically a national figure at this point — though he doesn’t do any TV it seems — and he’s in his book writing phase, about stuff he’s interested in on his own
5-10 years ago, he’d be all over Moore in the pages of the Star, but there’s really no point anymore
You're right
we’d enjoyo it if he ripped Moore, but what’s the point? Most people would just see him as another Plaschke type if he did that.
The last Yuni watch one was really funny, knowing it was coming from him. Maybe that’s just me…. the whole creeping “JoPo is disillusioned with Moore” thing ever since the Jacobs trade has been obvious, and pretty funny.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe Moore will trade Davies for nickels on the dollar
so that he can become a shutdown closer for another AL team.
But at least the Royals will have Brian Anderson!
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Well darn
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
atta kid Jamey
By the way………..i love Bloomy jumping at the wall for no reason………
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I like watching bloomy jump at a ball 30 feet over his head.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 6:26 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Bloomers looked like he was trying to jump for a ball over the Green Monster
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Everytime he jumps for a ball that can't be reached
he triggers another $5,000 incentive
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe he was trying to kill himself
to end this mess
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
he should be a rich man, then
seriously, that one was worthy of making a .gif animation
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
And That's Why
He’s Frisbee.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm going to start referring to the bullpen as Chernobyl
because it’s a disater waiting to happen that destroys the lives of many innocent people (us)
jamey wright has to go
bring up rosa, disco, anybody
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i'm too busy laughing at Bloomy
to have any hate for Jamey at this point
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
why isn't Davies being though of as a reliever?
Greinke Meche Bannister Hochevar are locked into rotation spots next year. Do we really need him as the 5th starter?
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
probably couldn't hurt to have a competition for the 5th starter spot
someone has to be out there as a FA who isn’t going to demand lots of money
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
what is that weird star looking thing in center field?
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 1, 2009 6:28 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Tweets
KoryKeys: Didn’t realize Bruce Chen was still in baseball.
kyleayers: Nationally televised Royals game and Bruce Chen takes the mound. That’ll show America what Royals baseball is all about.
timwrodgers: #royals really nothing on the farm better than Ponson and Bruce Chen?
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
i meant to put this
down there, about wright. my bad.
Marcellus?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
wright is a fucking disaster
get this guy OUT OF HERE
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so his string of moderate effectiveness three months ago means nothing to you?
you must not know baseball
Farny will be back in a week
Maybe he would get DFA
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Farns just had a setback
he’s being re-evaluated by Dr. Nick
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
deep breaths...............think of Willy and brighten your day!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
also known as Willie
though I still am somewhat surprised he’s not black with that name
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Gotta love a groundball pitcher with this IF defense
but at least he also gives up walks and bombs!
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for carlos pena
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
now serve up the grand slam
i want bale and wright gone, it is the only way
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ATL/SEA linked Free agent starters, 2010
Erik Bedard SEA
Tim Hudson * ATL
Jarrod Washburn SEA
I’m sure there are some others who were Braves/Mariners products
Bedard, 3 years, $45M
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
he's no russ ortiz
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Who Is? Oh,
Horacio Ramirez, that’s right.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
washburn could help us win the crucial Dakotas demographic
in the Grass Creek rivalry
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Washburn
definitely Washburn
Bedard is tainted by allegedly not being a “grinder”
Hudson isn’t a true Brave, having played for the Moneyball As, who, as I recall, never won anything, right?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
they'll be sick of Cliff Lee's tired act by then
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
my brothers in law from cleveland
caught part of his no-hit bid last night… were absolutely devastated
I'm devastated
that Ruben Amaro’s weird moves have worked so well this seson we’re probably goingn to have to wait another year to make fun of him again.
Dayton can’t do all the heavy lifting himself.
Brian Sabean seems to be returning to his old ways, thankfully.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank gawd for Sabeanball.
Amaro’s deal for Lee was pretty damn good. Props.
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by NHZ on Aug 1, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
the weird thing is
that Sabean had been pretty smart the last couple years, especially for him
Anyway we can kidnap Neal Huntington?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd settle for MacPhail
Does Epstein have anyone working under him that we could grab?
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by NHZ on Aug 1, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
That's what Steve Phillips said
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Doug Melvin would be nice
Hell, almost anyone not a former Braves exec or fro the Sabean “tree” would be nice.
I still say make JoPo Prez, then bring in DePo, Andy Dolphin, Brian Cartwright, Pizza Cutter, and Harry P. as the “brains”
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
They should just have a democratic led front office
The “fans” can vote for trades/FA moves with a Yay or Nay
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Orioles look really good for like 2011-12
i never thought much of macphail, but they have tons of young talent
Pitching prospects are SCARY good
and they flipped Sherill for good value.
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by NHZ on Aug 1, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
They've had a pretty fair offense for awhile
And with Josh Bell and Brandon Snyder, they have some decent corner IF talent now too. I’d like to see the O’s get back to being….you know….the O’s. They were once a model franchise.
And hey, the Royals should get around to that too….in 2015 when the new GM’s rebuilding program works out.
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by NHZ on Aug 1, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Well it certainly help they know how to drafat
Wieters & Matusz > Moustakas & Hosmer
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Jury's out on those two
Hosmer and Moose, but yes, I’d have to give the edge to the Orioles. Matusz is on the fast track to front of the rotation-dom.
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by NHZ on Aug 1, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but Tillman might bottom out as a #3!
those poor orioles
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
didn't he build the Twins championship teams?
when he was younger than I am now
NHZ is right - great pitching, knkows enough to f- over Hendry in trades…
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
d'oh, ignore the cross out
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
How good is Hagadone?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
most people seem to love him
but not at the bucholz level
i’d never heard of him before yesterday, which doesnt say much, but does say something
well, we know that those Cleveland scouts are good!
(ahem)
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
seriously...
Raul Ibanez has gone from a guy I vaguely liked as an obscure former royal, to like my least favorite player
All because he hit the snot out of the ball this year?
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by NHZ on Aug 1, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
i just don't like seeing dumb ideas work out for absolutely no reason...
the fake steroids/blogs/mainstream media thing sealed it
I do think the Ibanez to the Phils deal
was hated on by the sabermetrics crowd a bit more than it should’ve been. Weaker league….Ibanez’s ability to average was still intact….smaller outfield….yadda yadda. Ironically, his skillset might not be as old as Burrell’s.
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by NHZ on Aug 1, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
apparenlty, smaller OFs don't really help bad OFs
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you being sarcastic?
Because while no outfield will turn Manny into a good fielder, Ibanez has been significantly better in the field this year.
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by NHZ on Aug 1, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
It's been a while
I have to go eat, but MGL had a post about it a few months back. I’ll see if I can find it later tonight.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe it as a general rule, for sure,
but Raul appears to be vaguely okay in the field this year.
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by NHZ on Aug 1, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
some have said that the Phillies "secret sauce" is OF positioning,
gotta go before I get divorced
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Vaya Con Carne,
San Diego.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
well, there's too levels to this...
the actual deal and the world of reality, and then the discussion of the deal in most mainstream places, which has been from the beginning RBI-heavy
but yea
doesn’t it seem like every year there’s one GM who has tons of seemingly bad ideas work out hugely?
Like Dayton Moore in 2007?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
i really feared this would happen this year...
not enough to have them actually win anything, but play .480-.520 ball for three months, and commit us to another decade of bad moves
Rank the bullpen, good to bad.
Go. (Also, I take it as granted that Joakim Soria is the best, so beyond that).
I'm not sure I'd have Cruz dead last
other than Soria… it’s all pretty much whatever you want
its like ranking medieval popes… all the same really
Well, I was going off recent performance
and I don’t htink there has been anybody worse than cruz lately, in baseball
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do we include pseudo-popes (i.e., Waechter)?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't you read Minda's Omaha report!
He played a key hole (along with Kila and Lube and LIsson) in some big win the other night
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
and were they pseudo-popes already then? or was that slightly later?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Well Cruz has atleast had success in MLB
Mahay and Tejeda have been good through whole seasons before
You can’t really say that for Bale, Wright or Colon. Wright has had one season with an ERA under 4 in 14 MLB seasons. How is he still here?
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Good throw.... not.
Pena, you will never get another start for that one.
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d-e-f-e-n-s-e
Defense for the vic-tor-eee!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:40 PM EDT reply actions
Dayton is in his box now looking at the stats "Carlos Pena's hitting .217?!? Dodged a bullet there..."
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I guess Brayan is showing his
defensive weakness. Damn. I really love to root for him.
to be fair, AC basically rolled him that ball
olivo definitely doesnt make that play
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haha...Stockton's accent saying 'error'
is hilarious
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:40 PM EDT reply actions
Stockton, Enberg, Albert, Lundquist, Scully,
man these dudes are going to bury us all……
did you expect anything else?
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I'm a big fan of Raccoon-esque eyeshadow
And yeah, you think I work lifeguarding for the money? :P
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by NHZ on Aug 1, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm sure that's one of Mike Jacobs' "friends"
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
oh really
you should go to long island because every single chick wears dark makeup, mascara and eyel shadow/liner and some times glitter too. Mostly the girls of Italian descent
by GobbleforCyoung on Aug 1, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I was being snarky.
I spend about 25% of my time at the pool making fun of girls with too much eye make-up. My life is so hard.
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by NHZ on Aug 1, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Tinkers to Evers to Chance baby
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dayton moore
just started scouting that woman’s tummy
Future Rookie of the Year????
at least Tampa was nice
and decided to use former Royal Brian Shouse rather than former Royal JP Howell
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:48 PM EDT reply actions
Time to mount the greatest comeback ever!
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
not with swings like that
good work today bloomy
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
oops....
i mean blomy
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Pronounced like "Blow-me"?
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 1, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
not sure......i think it's a d_f creation
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 1, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
its out of respec
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 1, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Butler!
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
22-52 since the apex of 18-11
Mull that over….22-52…
we get it already
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 1, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
18-11
and then EVERYONE got hurt!
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by NHZ on Aug 1, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Especially Mac'N'Seitz
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by philofthenorth on Aug 1, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
semi seriously we ask
Has this team (3-12) since the break mailed it in already?
I don't mean to be a downer...
but we beat the remains of Jeremy Guthrie and…who…Rich Hill?
"Do they have people that tall in Mexico?"
by NHZ on Aug 1, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
draft position is important
Its all part of the “process”
Then Moore can pass on Harper and Strasburg for some guy with “raw” tools. Harper and Strasburg are too polished
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