With Another Two-Inning Save from Soria, the Royals Defeat Twins
by Freneau on Aug 13, 2009 4:36 PM EDT
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Not bad. Not bad at all.
Positive: Soria picked up his third two-inning save of the season. Negative: such "radical" thinking only possible because Soria only pitches once a week.
The Twins amuse me with their eternal Twinseyness and it feels good taking two out of three from those guys.
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Winning a series is fun
I’m remember this baseball is fun thing, again :)
We own the Twins
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 13, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions
the indians best be lookin back...
cuz there’s a blue-train a-comin’!!!!!!!!! METHOD!
where i'm "day-to-day" but i won't play again happens!
This sucks
I know we had this debate last year, and I was on a different side of it. I said that at this point, I like winning and losing equally because one leads to a better draft pick, and the other is a win, the ultimate goal of sports. This year, however, I’m taking a stronger line.
I want us to lose, lose, lose. Call me a bad Royals fan. I don’t care. There is at least 1, and possibly 2, truly elite talents in the draft. We need to get one of them. This isn’t the NBA where tanking doesn’t necessarily mean good draft pick. Worst record gets the top pick a.k.a. Bryce Harper or Strausberg. That’s what I want.
But the Royals will probably piss me off by losing all year when I want them to win, and then win at the end when I badly want them to lose.
Great, now Kansas City has TWO delusional GM's who think that contending in 2010 is still a possibility. Note to an NFL GM: if you win 2 games one year, dont expect signing four players whose ages sum to 141 and expect to make the playoffs the next year. Super reach for Tyson Jackson, huge contract to a QB who's still very much a question mark, questionable FA signing, why have we already given Pioli the benefit of the doubt? On the other hand, I have nothin to say about Dayton Moore, he's dead to me.
what if Strasburg signs and Bryce Harper is drafted by Nats at #1.
Then do we take Brentz at #2?
Coffee. The NEW Performance Enhancing drug for Sport's Writers. Just ask Ken Rosenthal.
Then we crap our pants
complain about how unfair it was that the Nationals got both, contract the Royals, and stop being baseball fans. Basically the end of the Royals universe.
On the bandwagon again!
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.” Emerson
StonewallPDS
One Of My
Favorite quotes, and an idea that gets too little attention.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 13, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
and to think...
Meche had 60 more pitches in him if Trey-Dog had been willing to let him keep going.
StonewallPDS
Don't worry
I’m sure he threw a double side-session after he got pulled
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 13, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
A two inning save?
I fear I may never fall asleep tonight. I just have this strange feeling the world is going to end after Soria pitched for two innings, or my head will asplode.
When super delayed gratification meets with underachieving veteran they laugh at the Royals, just a hypothesis though
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Aug 13, 2009 5:56 PM EDT reply actions
stories we don't hear often
Royals win and Nuns foil criminal plan.
No word on if that graphic was in Fox4’s database before today
Graduate with a B.S. from the Dayton Moore School of Stats Analysis
by BHWick on Aug 13, 2009 5:58 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
excellent
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 13, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Nuns
If they can foil a criminal plan, how would they fare against The Process?
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Aug 13, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Surprisingly well I bet
When super delayed gratification meets with underachieving veteran they laugh at the Royals, just a hypothesis though
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Aug 13, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
depends on their plate patience
you’d imagine that they could wait a pitcher out, but can they hit for power?
Graduate with a B.S. from the Dayton Moore School of Stats Analysis
classic Dutton
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Can't get enough of me? Check out my Twitter feed.
by Matt Klaassen on Aug 13, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Jim Callis, of Baseball America, reports the Kansas City Royals signed fourth-round draft pick P Chris Dwyer Thursday, Aug. 13. He will receive a $1.5 million signing bonus, which is a record for the fourth round.
That's the worst lookin' hat I've ever seen...
Or Just Pathetic
Negotiators.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 13, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone listening in on the new Bannister interview on 810 tonight?
Brain is saying that they have the most sabermetrically knowledgeable rotation in the majors and they sit around talking about pitch f/x, mentioning Hochevar specifically working on getting his strikeout rate up.
by swing and a miss on Aug 13, 2009 9:01 PM EDT reply actions
Pretty sure Ponson is the ringleader
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 13, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Gone But Not
Forgotten.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 13, 2009 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
too bad he has gotten dismantled his last 2 times out
what show was this on? I want to look for the podcast
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It's today's Rany on the radio, towards the end of the hour
He also talked about how he follows pitcher abuse points and believes that it affects his performance.
Am wondering now how much of Greinke’s improved performance this year is because he’s a secret stat nerd, given his HR rate has dropped so drastically.
Also Aaron Crow should stop pouting about money sign up asap, his development as a pitcher could be greatly improved hanging around these guys. Bannister mentioned it’s important that they indoctrinate young pitchers with new technology, and that the only starter who doesn’t use it as much is Meche because his stuff makes him a natural groundball pitcher.
by swing and a miss on Aug 13, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Greinke doesn't follow sabermetric stats
he invents sabermetric stats
Graduate with a B.S. from the Dayton Moore School of Stats Analysis
comments like this
is why Greinke has to keep his geekiness a secret. It would ruin his genius/savant reputation if people found out he actually studies hard to be successful. ;) I just thought it was interesting that Bannister said about half way through 2008, he got frustrated with his home runs allowed and started looking for statistical solutions, and the second half of last year is also when Greinke’s HR rate dropped like a rock. Like with Hochevar’s sudden increase in strikeouts midway this season, a huge shift in numbers like that is a product of design and not of accident.
by swing and a miss on Aug 14, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
If Greinke were pitching to God, who would win the epic battle?
Trick question. Greinke IS God. And I’m pretty sure Greinke would smack a grand slam into the infinity of space off himself while playing SS, because Greinke being Greinke wants to see himself hit homers. So he serves him a meatball that pleases the god/man/child that is Zack Greinke.
Seems like George Brett should figure into this somehow
“How many plashes are there in the Holy Trinity”
(holds up coincidentally appropriate number of fingers)
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 14, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Dare I live in hope
That this secret stat society is plotting a coup d’etat and will topple Dayton from power?
The Problem With
A win like today’s is that all Trey’s harebrained maneuvers, against all odds, didn’t backfire. We won this game in spite of Trey, and he probably thinks he’s a genius.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 13, 2009 11:25 PM EDT reply actions
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