Red Sox Beat Royals; Take Way Too Long to Do It

all of those soft singles were a killer…still it shows an inability of our pitchers to put anyone away tonight…get ’em tomorrow, i guess

Five hour walk-filled snoozefests…THIS FALL ON FOX!!!!

“MITCH pitched a scoreless ninth, which will give him a really cool story to write home to his parents.”

The poll is a little awkwardly asked.

MLB.com still doesn’t have it. But Treanor’s bloop single is on there.

it’s a ratings bonanza waiting to happen

BenBadler: 20 fastball, 20 brk ball. Numbers better than pure stuff RT @mhays83 Care to give me a scouting report on this new pitcher, Mitch Maier?

Basically, Mitch is the opposite of Kyle Davies.

“Mike Aviles should accept that Chris Getz is better than him defensively”

When you got stuff like MITCH has do you have him layoff and maybe develop some underarm pitches or do you just go with the kind of stuff he’s got and let him overpower players with the 70 mph bat smasher canon?

Speaking of good situations, the Kansas City Royals’ signing of Melky Cabrera(notes) for $1.25 million with another quarter million in performance bonuses is turning out among the best signings of the offseason. Cabrera ranks 30th in the AL in adjusted OPS, with his on-base and slugging percentages a combined 21 percent better than league average, and in an increasingly crowded outfield market he’s considered a nice fallback option.

One problem: He might not be available.

The Royals are leaning toward keeping Cabrera for next season, when he’s arbitration eligible and, though due a raise, would remain a bargain if he continues to produce. If the Rays pull Upton off the market and the Cardinals do the same with Colby Rasmus(notes) – who is available, according to one scout who thinks St. Louis GM John Mozeliak’s protestations otherwise are nothing more than public posturing – suddenly Cabrera becomes the best center fielder to be had. And considering advanced metrics show Cabrera is at least as good a defender as Rasmus and nearly at Upton’s level, and his bat far supersedes either, the chances of Kansas City getting in return what they desire are minimal.

Kansas City also is hoping to work out some sort of contract for next season with outfielder Jeff Francoeur, who has been linked to Boston and other teams that want cheap alternatives to Josh Willingham(notes) and Ryan Ludwick(notes). The Royals and Francoeur hold a mutual option for $4 million that the team would need to increase to keep him around. The Royals value Francoeur’s leadership and better-than-expected production so much they are willing to do so, and if they don’t deal Francoeur, a source indicated, chances are they get the impression the 27-year-old is willing to stay, too.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;ylt=AiEh8AN.MPdJ_bRgPaj.vIRvLYF?slug=jp-passan_trade_deadline_upton_nationals_072611

Time to read through the game thread

…but the Pirates just got fucked in the 19th inning in one of the outright worst calls I’ve ever seen.

The Pirates announcer is flipping his shit and I don’t blame him. If I was a player I might be throwing a punch at the umps on that one. To lose like that in the 19th inning….oh man I might not be able to contain myself.

Ball beats the runner by a mile and the tag is placed on the leg and the runner doesn’t even come close to touching home.

Called safe. After he calls him safe, the runner steps on home plate and celebrates.

…but man unless there is something you just couldn’t see on TV…I mean that’s gotta be a suspension for the ump or something. You can’t miss that call and get any respect as an umpire.

…but I can’t remember a worse call. Just disgusting.

Oh my.

http://tinyurl.com/3k36n86

I gave up during the Adcock walking everyone and the fiasco with Mica. I couldn’t bear it anymore. I think we need a system on RR that sends out alerts when something magnificant, like Mitch pitching, is happening so we can tune in.