Royals Hold On Late Against A's
by royalsreview on Sep 2, 2009 1:28 AM EDT
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Yes, the Royals won a game that Kyle Davies, Roman Colon, Jamey Wright, John Bale and Kyle Farnsworth all pitched in.
Thank you, Joakim Soria and a flukey Royals offense that managed four runs somehow.
In an amazing/predictable turn none of the Colon-Wright-Bale-Farnsworth foursome was actually effective, but they cobbled together three outs between the four of them. Clearly, Gibbons is a better manager of insanely horrible bullpens than Trey Hillman.
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Gibbons doesn’t fuck around. If you’re a reliever and you suck, he will pull you a lot quicker than Trey would
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by BHWick on Sep 2, 2009 1:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the million man pen pays off like that
i would not miss with gibbons
by royalsreview on Sep 2, 2009 1:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was at the game tonight...
I applaud Gibbons for the way he handled the bullpen. How many times in the past has Hillman left a pitcher in one batter too many and ended up giving the game away?
Having Soria in for six outs was a gamble, and he probably won’t be able to pitch again for a few days, but he does the team no good when he sits in the pen for days on end anyway.
A win is a win, and if it takes unorthodox strategies to achieve that, so be it.
by CaseyRoyal on Sep 2, 2009 2:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
he definitely had a short leash
maybe it worked
maybe it was all irrelevant… i’m not sure subbing in and out identically bad guys does much, especially since they all kept failing
props for hitting the game
by royalsreview on Sep 2, 2009 2:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
John Gibbons is Billy Bob Thornton in the re-remake of Bad News Bears
Gibby would be a lot more fun for a little bit. Let’s face it, Hillman has lost this team
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by BHWick on Sep 2, 2009 2:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
after having my username on here mentioned on the postgame, one thing is for certain…
i’m going into the witness relocation program so Robert Ford can’t find me.
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by BHWick on Sep 2, 2009 2:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
what die Ford say about you?
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by devil_fingers on Sep 2, 2009 12:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
he didn’t say anything, but Greg referred to me as “your friend BHWick” to Rob and I suspect that they saw the heart photoshop of Mike Jacobs and Robert Ford from a few weeks ago
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by BHWick on Sep 2, 2009 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Royals scoring 4 runs is so out of character...
Except that’s below their season average of 4.1. I know, it doesn’t seem possible, but I swear that’s true.
by AxDxMx on Sep 2, 2009 3:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bale me out
Bale fail. Why is Soria now such an adventure, seems like the winning run is always on base.
by Gus Zernial on Sep 2, 2009 10:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Now, thats the way
to handle a bullpen. We won because of the manager.
by BlueBloodRoyal on Sep 2, 2009 11:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Or we could bring up our second best reliever from Omaha, Rosa.
Go Royals!
by BabyBlues on Sep 2, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it was refreshing for the manager to actually do
what GMDM said was going to happen with the big pitching staff. If you screw up, you are out of there. I think the reason Soria seems to be struggling is that he pitches about once a week. He needs more consistent work.
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
by buddyball on Sep 2, 2009 1:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
like once every 5 days?
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Sep 2, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe what they are doing is actually stretching Soria out
and they will try the starting pitcher experiment next spring. yeah, that’s the ticket!
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
by buddyball on Sep 2, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I Look Forward
To the 4 inning saves later this month.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 2, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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