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Getz forgiven. Guillen forever.
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Unreal.
I guess we have to continue “showcasing” Guillen with another 0-4 night, until his batting average dips below .230.
FREE BRAYAN PENA.
Ned Yost plays young guys
Ned Yost plays young guys
Ned Yost plays young guys
Ned Yost plays young guys
Ned Yost plays young guys
Ned Yost plays young guys
Ned Yost plays young guys
Ned Yost plays young guys
Ned Yost plays young guys
Ned Yost plays young guys
Ned Yost plays young guys
Ned Yost plays young guys
Ned Yost plays young guys
Ned Yost plays young guys
If you repeat it often enough, maybe you can make it come true
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by Scott McKinney on Aug 3, 2010 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope this was all typed, no CTRL+V
That would be true dedication.
Dear Alex Gordon:
I still think you will be awesome, but for the love of God, please stop getting hurt.
Sincerely,
RF
Are You Wearing
The Ruby Red Slippers? If not, try it.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 3, 2010 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
You know, maybe give Butler a day off?
He’s 3 games behind the league leader in games played this year. Would a few days off really hurt him?
/ignoring the idiocy of playing Guillen
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball...Rock Chalk Talk
Wow...just wow
Let’s hope the “guillen for less than a week” rumors are true. Kila’s collecting cobwebs.
I once had hope...now I have Moore.
Ya Gotta Stay
With what's workin'
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 3, 2010 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Dayton didn't lie
Kila was quickly brought up to the MLB after the deadline. He never said anything about playing him.
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Jeff, btw
I already qued the game thread for tonight. Forgot what day it was. You can erase it if you wanted to do something more elaborate.
i just added my token worthless poll
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by Jeff Zimmerman on Aug 3, 2010 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
DM wants Kila to fail so that he is "right."
Being “right” is more important to DM than actually trying to make the best decision. DM’s ego won’t is significantly hindering his ability to be a GM. If I saw DM walking down the street, I’d have to restrain myself from getting really, really pissed.
Killing time until time kills me
imagine what the response would have been if Gordon had pulled a Getz last night
I really think he’d be DFAed
If Gordon had done it, it would've been about his "lack of focus and baseball smarts. Not being a winner."
With Getz, it is about his “passion to win and intensity he brings to our ballclub. Gotta love the fire.”
Makes me sick to my stomach that what I just typed, something that would be a complete joke in most other organizations, is actually the norm in KC.
Killing time until time kills me
That's because Gordon hasn't earned his spot on the roster
like Getz.
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball...Rock Chalk Talk
I will be actively rooting against the Royals in every single game for the rest of this year.
It’s not the stupidity of the organization that has pushed me to this, it is the willful pride shown in actively screwing over certain players while showing outright blatant favoritism to “their guys.” It’s high school shit at best. I hope the Royals lose every game the rest of this season no matter what and I hope DM loses his job and is blackballed for the game forever.
Killing time until time kills me
by EspeciallyK on Aug 3, 2010 7:26 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
But
Then the reason would just be because we got rid of all of our vets. These young guys just don’t know how to play the game… You’ll never see another deadline trade.
by Trey Hillman's Chin on Aug 3, 2010 7:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I root for the long term good of the franchise, not for 72 wins.
The more embarrassment, the quicker DM is gone or the quicker he pulls his head out of his ass. That’s what the franchise needs…not more mediocrity that somehow convinces DM that he’s doing a pretty decent job with the major league club.
Killing time until time kills me
by EspeciallyK on Aug 3, 2010 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
+1,000,000
You get it.
The immoderate moderator
by Scott McKinney on Aug 3, 2010 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
no kidding
he showed that he can't hit big league pitching - how much more evidence do you need?
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
One day I will look at this lineup
and Kendall will be in the bottom third of the order. I’m a realist, I know he’s going to play. But at some point, he has to come outta the two hole. Seriously.
But I am actually pretty happy with GMDM right now. He made lots of trades to get rid of a lotta junk, and at the same time built a hell of a farm system. Gordon and Kila are up. Mitch is getting to play. A lot of what we have been asking for is happening. They are never going to do everything we want, but I can be satisfied with where the organization is at this point compared to where I thought we were at the beginning of the season.
Dear Alex Gordon:
I still think you will be awesome, but for the love of God, please stop getting hurt.
Sincerely,
RF
And the Getz-Kendall combination at 1-2 is just hilarious
We all know Kendall is awful and shouldn’t be at #2 obviously. But Getz leading off is just laughably stupid. He can’t hit. He can’t get on base. But he’s sure fast, and that’s all that’s really important. Yost is a joke.
The immoderate moderator
HE HAD 38 GOOD PAS IN JUNE!!!
The other 544 PAs in his career are irrelevant so don’t bother bringing them up statboy!
Killing time until time kills me
It's kinda funny that Pods getting traded also contributed to Aviles losing playing time.
Because as you said above, Getz just HAS to be the leadoff hitter. He’s the only small, scrappy, white guy we have. Therefore, Aviles can’t get as much time at second base. However, Mike hasn’t been great this year, so I don’t know how much of a problem that is.
Dear Alex Gordon:
I still think you will be awesome, but for the love of God, please stop getting hurt.
Sincerely,
RF
How can you tell how Mikes doing this year
If he’s had more than 20 AB’s in a row without at least 2 days off, I’d be suprisied
"We don’t have guys with a long history of being effective in the seventh and eighth innings."
~Trey Hillman, master of understatements.
It's Positively Ozziesque
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 3, 2010 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Ouch
Now that stings.
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by Scott McKinney on Aug 3, 2010 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeesh
Stuff like this is why I haven’t watched ANY baseball games for 5 days (going on 6). The constant stupidity has just assualted my senses to the point that I’m not getting any joy from watching games (even ones that don’t involve the Royals). I’m still a Royals (and baseball in general) fan, but I just need a break from the idiotic predictability of “Royals” baseball.
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Aug 3, 2010 7:51 PM EDT reply actions
Last year, after watching about 95% of the games
I quit watching for the entire month of August. And it really was refreshing.
Dear Alex Gordon:
I still think you will be awesome, but for the love of God, please stop getting hurt.
Sincerely,
RF
I'm actually having more fun rooting against the Royals than I've had over the past few seasons following KC.
I mean, I root for Gordon, Kila, Butler and a few others to do well…but I’m rooting for as much faceplanting and failure as possible from everyone else and watching all these losers embarrass themselves makes me giddy.
Killing time until time kills me
It is much easier to root against this team than root for it
And they usually come through for you.
The immoderate moderator
by Scott McKinney on Aug 3, 2010 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
If you want them to win and they always lose, it becomes easier to want them to lose as you are happy with the outcome.
That’s pretty much how I am right now, minus the crazed celebration for Alex’s walkoff the other night. I was lucky to even catch it, just flipped to the game to see if it was still on. Guillen, Yuni, Kendall, Getz, Bloomy, and all the rest of Dayton’s boys can suck it.
I just want DM removed as general manager. Whatever accomplishes that...that's what I want.
DM’s stupidity isn’t going to just go away the second Eric Hosmer gets to KC and John Lamb get to KC. Even if our farm system really produces and gets us to a 85-90 win level, his stupidity could still fuck things up. DM is a scouting director who is simply too egotistical and stubborn to be a GM.
Killing time until time kills me
Blanco Now!
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 3, 2010 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Either GMDM, Ned
Or both need one.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 3, 2010 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Oakland is on the West Coast
The West Coast is kind of close to Hawaii. Kila is from Hawaii. He’s too amped being so close to home.
Needs to calm down on the bench.
and another thing...exactly how bad for how long does Betancourt have to be to even BEGIN to lose some playing time.
He’s been a godawful player for over a year now in a KC uniform, yet there hasn’t been one hint whatsoever of him even possibly, ever losing the smallest bit of playing time.
Killing time until time kills me
Blind Pig Acorns
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 3, 2010 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Betancourt has been bad...
But he isn’t the source of the problem really.
C'MON CHEN!!! ---Will Ferrell
by averagegatsby on Aug 3, 2010 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Source isn't the best word... He isn't the biggest problem though.
C'MON CHEN!!! ---Will Ferrell
by averagegatsby on Aug 3, 2010 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
the biggest problem? Sure, probably not...but he's pretty damn symbolic of what is wrong with DM...
…not to mention that, again, he’s simply an awful, awful player. Not even remotely close to even being mediocre.
Killing time until time kills me
Ummm.... from the singularity, the x-rays emanate outwards to the right and left
Yuni does not move left.
Yuni’s pretty much the tiny thing in the middle that massively sucks.
Pia Zadora?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 3, 2010 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Yuni won't lose playing time until his contract is up
So, since they’ll pick up his option, that means maybe we’ll see another starting SS in 2013. Now this assumes that they don’t give him a contract extension, which is a stupid assumption.
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by Scott McKinney on Aug 3, 2010 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
It would be such a dramatic step
to see Pena and Kia in the lineup on the same day. I figure either Yost is a coward or he’s got strict orders.
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It is easy to be numbed by how bad Yuni is
Amongst qualified hitters, he has the 4th worst OBP, the lowest walk rate, the 6th highest O-Swing, and the 2nd worst UZR.
The man is an epic, epic clusterfuck of shit.
by kcbottom9th on Aug 3, 2010 8:12 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
and plus hands
C'MON CHEN!!! ---Will Ferrell
by averagegatsby on Aug 3, 2010 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Current WAR -0.1
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by Scott McKinney on Aug 3, 2010 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Moore is waiting to look at defensive statistics until someone develops WAR+H+H
WAR+Hands+Hands
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by Scott McKinney on Aug 4, 2010 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Apologies to the Silver Jews......
Are you honest when no one’s looking?
Can you summon honey from a telephone?
They sat there with their hooks in the water
and their moustaches caked with airplane glue.
o come let us adore them
Kansas City overboard
when the sun sets on the ghetto all the broken stuff gets cold.
Getz and Guillen forever!
Getz and Guillen forever together forever and ever.
Build a stage for Autumn’s bitch.
They walk the alleys in duct tape shoes.
They see the things they need through the windows of a hatchback
The alleys are the footnotes of the avenues.
o come let us adore them
California overboard
holding up their trousers with extension cords.
I’ve got two tickets to a midnight execution.
We’ll hitchhike our way from Odessa to Houston
and when they turn on the chair
something’s added to the air
when they turn on the chair
something’s added to the air forever
by Nighthawk at the Diner on Aug 3, 2010 8:17 PM EDT reply actions
Smith & Jones
I can think of 2 pairs of baseball players with those last names that I’d rather have than Getz and Guillen.
Nice call........Mauer & Morneau
I used to think Gordo and Butler might prove to me Mauer and Morneau-ish…..but time is running short and the early returns don’t look all that comprable
by Nighthawk at the Diner on Aug 3, 2010 8:20 PM EDT reply actions
I think the trick
is to remember that this season is a wash. We’re watching for progress from the sum of our parts and really nothing else. Will Gordon keep getting better? Will Billy start showing power? Is Betemit a fluke or will he keep hitting for extra bases? We really should care what Guillen or Kendall does at all. Easier said than done though, I admit.
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Argh!
It just occurred to me that we’ll have a stretch of Maier, Yuni, Blanco, Getz.Kendall. Other than that, we should be fine.
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In a bizarre move
I’m not going to jump on the kill-DM bandwagon yet. I’m actually going to blame Yost for a few more days. If Guillen isn’t out of the lineup or (better yet) off the roster within a week, then I’ll blame DM.
The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. -- Albert Einstein
by The Ol' Perfesser on Aug 3, 2010 10:20 PM EDT reply actions
So Yost thinks playing Guillen over Kila is a good idea
in the same week he just signed a 2 year extension? If that’s the case, it has to be a mark against Ned.
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball...Rock Chalk Talk
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