Royals Suffer Four-Game Sweep in Tampa
by Freneau on Aug 11, 2011 3:43 PM EDT
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While it was far from a great start by Duffy (more walks than strikeouts) he pitched well enough to kinda sorta win. Alas, it was not to be. After a big night on Wednesday, Royal bats were unable to capitalize on 11 singles (nothing else) and mustered only one run. Sal Perez can still do no wrong at the plate, while Johnny G. is starting to slow down.
The Rays taunted KC with an all-former-Royal bullpen performance as J.P. Howell, Joel Peralta, and Kyle Farnsworth finished out the game.
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fred savage
the honorable judge reinhold
Bailiff, let the hi-jinks begin.
(also see the new movie with that kid from It’s Your Move and the idiot from the green lantern)
"Punk rock died when the first kid said: 'Punk's not dead! Punk's not dead!'"
- David Berman
And You Could
Look it up.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 11, 2011 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions
We've been rallying around "Next Year's Rays" for 3 years now
and instead the Rays give us “2007-2010 Royals” plus Evan Longoria and James Shields.
The world is effing cruel.
Waiting for April.
and with that
the 2010 and 2011 Royals both started 49-69 through 118.
And the team is 1-6 since Giavotella debuted. Obviously God is angry that Getz isn’t playing.
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Chairman, The Melky Cabrera Seasoning Sauce. It's great on your outfield!
I don’t know how you guys follow all these little tidbit-laden stat-groups. Do you have jobs? Because I don’t and I can barely keep up with this shit.
This is a prop, don’t take it as anything but.
I love modern baseball statistics, and I think I could write a good fanpost if I spent a few hours looking at some shit, and maybe I’ll try that instead of going to avclub.com someday.
"Punk rock died when the first kid said: 'Punk's not dead! Punk's not dead!'"
- David Berman
real quick...
is xFIP ‘expected FIP’ ?
what does it mean?
/doublerainbowguy
"Punk rock died when the first kid said: 'Punk's not dead! Punk's not dead!'"
- David Berman
x means recalibrated by replacing the pitcher's HR/FB rate with 10.5%
Trying to remove the luck with HR frequency, under the assumption that ML pitchers have little control over that.
Kila's slash for Apr 20 to May 4, 2011, right before he was sent down: .276 / .344 / .448
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Aug 11, 2011 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Goldmine
Especially since they added that ability to select any time period you like in game logs and schedules.
Edgar knows best.
if you haven't
check out my MITCH!! b-ref-purchased page.
just so I can justify a $30 stupid purchase.
"Punk rock died when the first kid said: 'Punk's not dead! Punk's not dead!'"
- David Berman
by Crooow on Aug 11, 2011 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
sure
where’s the pic, man?
"Punk rock died when the first kid said: 'Punk's not dead! Punk's not dead!'"
- David Berman
anyone can SAY they are Mark LaFlamme, but what proof do we really have?
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
yeah
mine’s Lazenby (sp?) in front of Big Ben.
the original Mark LaFlamme’s was some douchebag looking up at his wife who took a picture of him in the act of masturbating to some fabu porn.
"Punk rock died when the first kid said: 'Punk's not dead! Punk's not dead!'"
- David Berman
by Crooow on Aug 11, 2011 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Another quasi-inside joke.
Well done sir…
I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Aug 11, 2011 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Mine Is Me
At the end of the road.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 11, 2011 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Mine is Frenchy with his wife..
Chris Getz, Bumblin' and Fumblin' since 1983
by tiquanunderwear on Aug 11, 2011 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
If You Started
Driving from the Florida Keys, where I was standing is as far as you can go without a ferry. And it was as cold as I’ve ever seen it in Homer.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 11, 2011 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
mine is the the emblam of the most important series in all of the world
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
And you should be congratulated on the new pic as well.
I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Aug 11, 2011 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Trey Hillman win % .423
Ned Yost win % .424
PROGRESS!
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
by RoyalsRetro on Aug 11, 2011 4:35 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
slow and steady
by the thousandths!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 11, 2011 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
So basically
at this rate I only need to hang around for 76 more years before I’ll witness .500 baseball from my beloved Royals. I suggest we all start looking into this: http://www.alcor.org/
by Sweep_the_Leg on Aug 11, 2011 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
probably more than 76 years
that’s 76 managers, not just 76 years. start looking into it!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 11, 2011 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
So you're saying we could just hire and fire every day between now and next season...
Kila's slash for Apr 20 to May 4, 2011, right before he was sent down: .276 / .344 / .448
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Aug 11, 2011 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I Like It
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 11, 2011 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
If the Royals were sorta in it still
this series would be the back breaker.
Nick Swisher is handsome.
The joke is on the Rays!!
We have no spirit to break!
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by RoyalsRetro on Aug 11, 2011 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
suckers
Kila's slash for Apr 20 to May 4, 2011, right before he was sent down: .276 / .344 / .448
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Aug 11, 2011 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Totally Unrelated
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by Lum on Aug 11, 2011 6:09 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
And yet...somehow that is oddly symbolic of the Royals' recent struggles
and the strange feeling of my combined pity, discomfort, and amusement in watching them.
by Sweep_the_Leg on Aug 11, 2011 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
It really is, in a strange way.
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Kitten Mittens!
I wish I could see the Kitten Mittens episode again for the first time.
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Aug 11, 2011 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
DOES YOUR CAT MAKE TOOOO MUCH NOOOISE?
also, additional hilariousness.
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Are our second and third order wins down to 73 yet?
I wonder where the floor is for this team.
You may know me as NYRoyal.
I don't really care at this point
Losses are bad, but at least we have potential future, long term starters in the line-up. Losing like this with Kendoll, Guillen, Gloadie, et al. in the line-up was much, much more frustrating.
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
Hemlock With Hope
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 11, 2011 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I hear you, but the way the team performs this year, tells us something about how good we should expect them to be next year
It’s certainly more fun to see kids (hopefully) with a future play. But if this team ends up playing for the season at the 71 or 72 win level, then they’re even further from contention than I thought. And that ain’t close.
You may know me as NYRoyal.
by Scott McKinney on Aug 11, 2011 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Presumably you're talking...
Third-order wins, right? This is orobaby the worst possible place to put this but: i think the royals will win 80 games next year. Not contention exactly, but probably some interesting games in August at least. Further, if this team doesn’t win (or come very close) to 80 wins I think we’re looking at a mid-‘13 firing of Moore. He has two seasons with his guys, and if there are no results, I think he’s gone.
by billexgordler on Aug 11, 2011 9:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I certainly agree that 2012 is a big year for Dayton Moore
With no improvement at the major league level throughout his tenure as GM, everything rides on the prospects. Even he has said things very similar to “just wait until these prospects get to KC!” Now he’s added a bunch of them. He has effectuated “the future is now.” So if that doesn’t bear fruit (meaning approximately a .500 season) in 2012, then he’s going to be on very thin ice.
You may know me as NYRoyal.
by Scott McKinney on Aug 11, 2011 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
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