Royals Lose Peculiar Game to Twins
by royalsreview on Aug 21, 2009 11:39 PM EDT
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Bad plays, dumb plays, weird decisions, drama, random home runs. This game had it all, even a double-dose of St. Willie anti-heroism and a helluva game by Josh Anderson. Gotta love those guys! Ballplayers!
I think we can all agree that this roster is incredibly well-designed.
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can't post this enough
Oh….and Trey dropped the “I didn’t want to force the envelope” line again in post-game.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 21, 2009 11:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
fuckin hilarious man!
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by JChief on Aug 22, 2009 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
how bad was the inside the park HR play?
by royalsreview on Aug 21, 2009 11:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sportscenter "Not Top Ten" #1 candidate
it was brutal
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 21, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dayton Moore's roster construction in one cartoon
Graduate with a B.S. from the Dayton Moore School of Stats Analysis
by BHWick on Aug 21, 2009 11:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm guessing it was a good decision to skip the last 7 innings.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
by Warden11 on Aug 21, 2009 11:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't know about that...
Joe Nathan blew a save on a last strike HR.
But you most certainly could have skipped the 10th.
by bas on Aug 22, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
according to a 610 call
Farnsworth and Hillman got into an f-bomb filled argument after Farnsworth got pulled
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by BHWick on Aug 22, 2009 12:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and it's backed up by another caller
well, Kyle Farnsworth is an emotional basketcase
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by BHWick on Aug 22, 2009 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's better than Gordon
He doesn't care at all.
by NotAHippie on Aug 22, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Either Trey has lost the clubhouse again
or Farnsworth will be promptly DFA’d. Yeah, it’s probably the 1st one.
by AxDxMx on Aug 22, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We're paying Farnsworthless $4M next year
it’s probably cheaper to fire Hillman right now
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by BHWick on Aug 22, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is why Dayton had Trey bring in John Gibbons
Trey’s finally learning to stand up to players (not named Guillen and Olivo). If this was 2008, Farnsworth would immediately be named closer.
Unless I'm wrong...
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by Top Ramen on Aug 22, 2009 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i worked a collegiate women's soccer game tonight...
i might have won… not sure.
where i'm "day-to-day" but i won't play again happens!
by blue bandwagon on Aug 22, 2009 1:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I didn't catch one inning of the game tonight
apparently it is better that I didn’t
Holy Shit!!!...Peterson resigned...Am I dead?...Is This Heaven?
by RoyalsFanStuckInCardsLand on Aug 22, 2009 1:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I Was In
The shower listening to ESPN radio. When I heard the 5-4 score, I thought "How the fuck did that happen so fast?‘. I still don’t know.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 22, 2009 1:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm I. Cali
For a funeral and actually got to watch the 9th on my phone (tAke that, blackout). Then the tenth…
"red bull is amaZing" -Coco Crisp
by grantfunk on Aug 22, 2009 2:43 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
I can see you are still getting used to the iPhone typing
by Clubbzilla on Aug 22, 2009 3:07 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
You are correct sir (or miss)
My apologies
"red bull is amaZing" -Coco Crisp
by grantfunk on Aug 22, 2009 8:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
This is as close as I will come to a pro-Hillman piece. Hillman just doesn’t have what it takes, but Dayton’s idiotic 8 reliever bullpen just handcuffs Hillman.
We win this game if we have an extra person on the bench.
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by BHWick on Aug 22, 2009 3:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’d give my car keys to a drunk Billy Joel before i’d give a baseball to Kyle Farnsworthless in a tie game
BTW, I think the real Julio Zuleta has been duped by the fake Kyle Farnsworth on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1760371368&v=wall
I am assuming that nobody would impersonate Julio Zuleta on Facebook though.
There are ranks of athletes.
1) Good athletes who are likeable
2) Good athletes who are unlikeable
3) Bad athletes who are likeable
4) Bad athletes who are unlikeable
Examples
1) Mike Sweeney
2) Larry Johnson (pre-big contract), Barry Bonds
3) ???
4) Kyle Farnsworth
I’ve disliked Farnsworth since he ambushed Jeremy Affeldt for no apparent reason. And if there’s anybody i’d defend Hillman against, it’s Farnsworth.
I hope Jose Guillen gets into a fight with Kyle Farnsworth and kicks his ass
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by BHWick on Aug 22, 2009 3:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
#3) Tony Graffanino
and to some portion of the fanbase, Willie Bloomquist
Unless I'm wrong...
My Twitter feed
by Top Ramen on Aug 22, 2009 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
#3) Justin Huber
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
by buddyball on Aug 22, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tony Graffanino actually had some useful seasons
including an amazing 2.4 WAR for the Royals and Brewers in 2006
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by devil_fingers on Aug 22, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
#3
Ross Gload. My dad absolute loved Ross—all grit, heart, and spunk.
If you look closely, it really says "CentralChamps2012."
by CentralChamps2009 on Aug 22, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
All we would really have to do is hire his dogs again to take him out
That first job they did clearly one of ’em half assed it.
Only his hand?? Come on Fido!
When super delayed gratification meets with underachieving veteran they laugh at the Royals, just a hypothesis though
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Aug 22, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
#3) Mike Jacobs
I think it’s cute how he’s been trying to take walks.
by andrewmiller on Aug 22, 2009 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That could work--
Jose kicks Kyle in his injured groin with Jose’s bad knee; they both go down for the remainder of their contracts and team is vastly improved. The 16M it would cost next year would be money well spent to never see either of those chumps in a Royals uniform again.
by Steve Hovley on Aug 22, 2009 8:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
if they hurt each other fighting
would their contracts be void from incredible acts of stupidity? Do they have clauses like that in their contracts?
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
by buddyball on Aug 22, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In a fair fight I
If you look closely, it really says "CentralChamps2012."
by CentralChamps2009 on Aug 22, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
(wow, that was weird)
As I was saying…
In a fair fight I’d take JoGui, but if it’s prison rules, then you gotta go the Professor.
If you look closely, it really says "CentralChamps2012."
by CentralChamps2009 on Aug 22, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That sounds like a taco vs. grilled cheese situation
by andrewmiller on Aug 22, 2009 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Wow, that's pretty racist...but correct."
If you look closely, it really says "CentralChamps2012."
by CentralChamps2009 on Aug 23, 2009 1:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So does Willie Bloomtoast start tonight?
showing Trey’s faith in his abilities?
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
by buddyball on Aug 22, 2009 10:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
shortstop
Has Yuni had a single game off since he came over?
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by devil_fingers on Aug 22, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes, i believe about a week ago
i think blomqvist played for him.
all grit team:
c bako
1b dougie
2b abernathy
ss blomqvist
3b ?? help me out here, i guess teabag by default?
of freelbird
cf anderson
lf maier
dh gload
Kansas City Royals - rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic since 1994.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 22, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
could we get rich thompson in there
as a 4th OF/designated pinch runner?
Kansas City Royals - rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic since 1994.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 22, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
scotty pose?
Kansas City Royals - rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic since 1994.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 22, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Got to get back on the horse.
But you might not want to force the antelope.
by 2X2L on Aug 22, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Ok, so my parents were in town and I missed the game last night
Anyone want to put together the list of peculiar (almost spelled it pukuliar which actually might be more appropriate) things that happened in the game for those who missed it?
by sterlingice on Aug 22, 2009 11:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
we scored more than 0 runs
Done.
Hopes fade once again from blue to red. Go New Chiefs!!
by kabrink on Aug 22, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well i didn't watch much of the game until the latter half of it....but here's what I can remember (unfortunately):
1. Josh Anderson misplays a ball into the corner that turned a double into a triple….after he ran it down, he tried to throw it in, but it slipped out of his hand—-the ball went behind him, and Denard Span got a Little League inside-the-park HR.
2. Jacobs singles in the 8th, Willie pinch-runs for him……and gets picked off by Jose Mijares to end the inning.
3. Down to their last strike, Brayan Pena hits game-tying HR in the bottom of the 9th off of Joe Nathan.
4. The next hitter, YPJ, smashes a ball off the LF wall for a double. However, Yuni is almost thrown out at second by Delmon Young because Yuni thought it was a HR and slooooooooooooowly jogged all the way to first base, until he realized it wasn’t a homer.
5. Pena had hit for RF Josh Anderson, so in the top of the 10th, Trey had to put Willie Bloomquist (who was in the DH spot after running for Jacobs) into the game in RF. This meant that we no longer had the DH, and Joakim Soria was now batting 8th in our order.
6. Willie continued to do everything possible to lose the game, misplaying a ball in RF….and instead of a single/double….he turned it into a triple, which eventually gave Minnesota the 5-4 lead in the 10th.
7. Down 5-4 in the 10th, Butler singles, but we don’t have a pinch-runner since Buck is the only man on the bench….and he was going to bat for Soria if the pitchers’ spot came up. Yay 13-man bullpens!
8. Bloomquist gets a brief measure of redemption with a blooper over 2b for a single. Butler isn’t confident enough to go from first to third, and instead stops at 2b.
9. Callaspo has a 10+ pitch battle with an exhausted Nathan, resulting in a flyout to CF, which (if Butler had gone to third), may have been enough to tie the game on a SAC fly.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 22, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
other than that, not much
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
by buddyball on Aug 22, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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