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Game 45 Open Thread - Royals (17-27) at Orioles (29-17)

by Freneau on May 26, 2012 3:05 PM EDT in Events

Well, Felipe Paulino is about all we've got, depending on whether or not you're still hoping for a Jose Rosado comeback in the starting rotation. (And well, there's all-time Royals great, Bruce Chen as well.)

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2012 - Felipe Paulino	2-1	4	4	0	0	0	0	25.1	22	4	4	1	7	29	1.42	1.14

The Orioles counter with Wei-Yin Chen. Terribly sorry that we nobody switched the rotations to give us a Chen-Chen matchup. Why cruel world, why?

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2012 - Wei-Yin Chen	4-1	8	8	0	0	0	0	48.1	47	22	18	5	17	37	3.35	1.32

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Game 43 Open Thread - Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees

by Jeff Zimmerman on May 23, 2012 5:30 PM EDT

Starters:

Smith (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Pettitte (1-1, 2.51 ERA)

Pregame Reading:

Create-a-Caption: The Moose is loose! - Yahoo !

Ricescapades: Five Shockingly Effective Fantasy Hitters (Escobar) - Fake Teams

Jeter & Hughes carry Yanks to win over Royals - River Avenue Blues

10 notable team reps for MLB’s upcoming draft (Willie Aikens) - Yahoo!

Giavotella Is The Symptom - Royals Authority

Eric Hosmer's BABIP (Again I look at Hosmer's BABIP - much has changed since last week) - Fangraphs

Poll

How long will until Hosmer is sent to AAA if he continues to hit the way he has so far this season. No improvement on his 0.177/0.249/0.316 line.

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Game 32 Open Thread - Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees

by Jeff Zimmerman on May 22, 2012 5:50 PM EDT

Starters:

Hochevar (3-4, 7.02 ERA) vs. Hughes (3-5, 5.23 ERA)

Pregame Reading Material:

Last Place: Yanks go out like wimps in loss to KC - River Avenue Blues
To Bail or Not To Bail? That Is the Question - Fake Teams (Alex Gordon)
PUT THE GOOD BATS TOGETHER - Baseball Musing (Butler and Moose)
Cheslor Cuthbert; The Story of Struggle at 19 - Pine Tar Press

Poll

What was the best piece received by trading Zack Greinke?

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Official Game Thread - Game XLI - The Royals of Kansas City Versus the Highlanders of New York

by Old Man Duggan on May 21, 2012 6:37 PM EDT

Felipe Paulino

#59 / Pitcher / Kansas City Royals

Height: 6-2

Weight: 270

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Oct 05, 1983

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2012 - Felipe Paulino	1-1	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.2	16	4	4	1	5	21	1.93	1.13

Hiroki Kuroda

#18 / Pitcher / New York Yankees

Height: 6-1

Weight: 190

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Feb 10, 1975

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2012 - Hiroki Kuroda	3-5	8	8	0	0	0	0	48.0	52	27	24	9	17	30	4.50	1.44

Is there anything less interesting than the New York Yankees? I guess we'll all have the next seven hours to discuss that and many other topics as every game with this exceedingly dull team will surely go into the wee hours of the morning with little of the exacerbation of game length having to do with what the Royals do on the offensive side of the ball. At least Hiroki Kuroda's facial expression on that picture implies that extreme defecation was taking place at the time the photo was snapped.

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Official Game Thread - Game XL - The Diamondbacks of Arizona Versus The Royals of Kansas City

by Old Man Duggan on May 20, 2012 1:29 PM EDT

Wade Miley

#36 / Pitcher / Arizona Diamondbacks

Height: 6-1

Weight: 220

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Nov 13, 1986

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2012 - Wade Miley	4-1	8	5	0	0	0	0	39.1	35	12	11	2	12	27	2.52	1.19

Nathan Adcock

#47 / Pitcher / Kansas City Royals

Height: 6-5

Weight: 220

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Feb 25, 1988

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2012 - Nathan Adcock	0-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	14.1	17	4	4	2	5	7	2.51	1.53

Bust out the latex cat suits and the full-body condoms coz this be the rubber match. It's a good thing the Royals are deploying [insert obligatory pun using Nathan Adcock's surname thus getting tons of guffaws here] to thwart the loathesome ~~D-Bags~~ D-Backs.

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Game 39 Open Thread - Diamondbacks (18-22) at Royals (15-23)

by Freneau on May 19, 2012 6:15 PM EDT in Events

Ian Kennedy (3.81 ERA) v. Bruce Chen (4.34 ERA)

Hosmer returns, will bat second. So we can have Hosmer in the lineup, with Butler at DH or we can have Gio DHing. Fire Yost.

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Game 40 Open Thread - Arizona Diamondbacks (17-22) vs. Kansas City Royals (15-22): The Battle for League Supremacy

by RoyalsRetro on May 18, 2012 7:21 PM EDT

Interleague warfare is on. Sides must be taken. American vs. National. Good vs. Evil. Actual professional hitters vs. pitchers trying to bunt like eight-year-old girls.

Brothers will fight on opposing sides. There will be no prisoners. Only one league will emerge victorious.

Joe Saunders

#34 / Pitcher / Arizona Diamondbacks

Height: 6-3

Weight: 210

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Jun 16, 1981

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2012 - Joe Saunders	2-3	7	7	1	1	0	0	44.2	45	20	17	5	11	27	3.43	1.25

Luis Mendoza

#39 / Pitcher / Kansas City Royals

Height: 6-3

Weight: 235

Bats: L

Throws: R

Born: Oct 31, 1983

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2012 - Luis Mendoza	2-2	6	4	0	0	0	0	28.1	38	19	15	2	18	13	4.76	1.98

Alcidies is hitting leadoff with Irving Falu in the #2 hole as he continues his quest to become the first hitter since Ted Williams to hit .400 in a season.

Moose hits seventh, presumably as punishment for releasing a bra-bomb on campus, which really steamed Dean Ned Yost. "MOUSTAKAS! I'LL GET YOU!" he yelled in anger in the trailer for "Boner Academy, Part II", hitting theaters everywhere this July.

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