Royals Amaze World With Three Game Winning Streak, Set Sights on October
by Freneau on Sep 9, 2009 11:53 PM EDT
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Yea, Detroit is still not very good. Especially big ups to all the boys tonight for beating Justin Verlander and upping Greinke's Cy Young chances 1% or so.
- Thanks to the three game winning streak, the Royals are now at 54-85. Still 31 games under .500, but a 100 loss season is now much less likely. If that sort of thing matters to you.
- Robinson Tejeda now has a 3.21 ERA, and is likely to finish the season with a higher WAR than Joakim Soria. Dayton knows pitching again.
- Billy Butler is silly hot right now. Of course, he's still not good on the 3-6-2 double play, which as Royals Authority pointed out this week, gets turned about three times a season by most players. So a mixed bag I guess.
- Does Hillman make late-inning PH, PR and defensive replacement moves more than anyone else in the game? It sure seems like it. I actually kind of dig this sorta of thing, except when it always seems like Willie Bloomquist and Josh Anderson are involved.
- The Tigers are not good.
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My bet with NYRoyal is getting tighter. Teahen down to .739
Halfway thru the season I didn’t think there was anyway he would be close to .735 but a poor second half has his numbers shrinking. UGH Mark
Any chance Billy gets to 50 2b’s and 20 Hr’s? How many 23 year olds have done that?
I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.
The Braves obviously knew something when their development machine took hin in the 12th round
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 10, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
shouldn't there be a "most boring dominant athelete" contest
between Pujols, Pete Sampras, and Tim Duncan?
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 10, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah, maybe
isn’t that a recent development?
I wish I’d taped Shaq. vs. Pujols. Pujols comes off as totallly nice, of course, but (I meant to blog about this) doesn’t respond to Shaq’s trash talk at all, which makes Shaq more subdued… weird unintentional comedy there.
Also — about halfway through Season 2 of Mad Men… are they really trying to make us feel sorry for Draper because of his childhood? And why do I always have a feeling something horrible is about to happen to Betty everytime she’s on screen and Draper isn’t around?
“My people are Nordic.” One of the best lines ever. Gordon should try that one out when people ask him why he’s moping around.
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 10, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
just looked up teahen's numbers...
he was hitting .227 /.270/.333 in his last 37 games coming into tonight
that's what happens when you underperform you "accustomed" levels
/Daytoned
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 10, 2009 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Anderson + Yuni = wins
its so simple
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 10, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
A rule of thumb:
if Dayton says somethign is really important, with a year that role will be filled by someone who is terrible at it
“defense up the middle”
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 10, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Missed the game and thread
did the team seem to be weathering Alex Gordon’s terrible atttitude well?
It’s too bad about the double. Sam Mellinge said he needs to hit like Ryan Shealy this month. Because, you know, the next three weeks of PAs will definitelly be a significant data point for the future.
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not sure who screwed this season up moore
Gordon, John Buck, or David DeJesus
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 10, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Jacobs and Guillen were fighting over who would get to give Alex his first "welcome back" hotfoot
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 10, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
which is why we need TPJ back as soon as possible to put gum on peoples hats
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Sep 10, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
gasp!
not my boy! Oh please, not my boy!
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by CollininCalifornia on Sep 10, 2009 4:18 AM EDT up reply actions
treydaddy manager of the year
dayton executive of the year. book-it, dan-o.
where's ross gload to explode the process?
by blue bandwagon on Sep 10, 2009 12:32 AM EDT reply actions
I love it when the Royals are winning.
63 wins, here we come!
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According to recent discussion on all the ESPN shows (and sadly, those people have votes)...
Sabathia will be the runaway Cy Young winner, “best pitcher on the best team.”
YOU LIE!
"You know what, I mean I cried in bed for a while, moaning 'Why!? Why did this have to happen?'"
Zack Greinke on the Brad Pitt - Jennifer Aniston split
Sorry, that was inappropriate
and actually was not even in reference to your comment.
"You know what, I mean I cried in bed for a while, moaning 'Why!? Why did this have to happen?'"
Zack Greinke on the Brad Pitt - Jennifer Aniston split
Why didn't anyone yell that during the Bush Admin...
Because they knew they would be picked up off the street and whisked away to some foriegn land never to be seen again. ALL politicians lie…. that is how they stay in office.
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