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Game 89 Open Thread - Royals (37-51) at Red Sox (54-34)

by royalsreview on Jul 12, 2009 1:00 PM EDT in Events Comment 358 comments

Bruce Chen against Josh Beckett.

You win with depth like this.

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Game 84 Open Thread - Royals (36-47) at Tigers (45-38)

by royalsreview on Jul 8, 2009 6:30 PM EDT in Events Comment 387 comments

Happy Greinke Day!

Zack faces off against Luke French, the newest member of my fantasy team in the RR Keeper League.

Royals vs Tigers coverage, Bless You Boys

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Game 83 Open Thread - Royals (36-46) at Tigers (44-38)

by royalsreview on Jul 7, 2009 6:15 PM EDT in Events Comment 558 comments

Tonight's pitching matchup is Bruce Chen against Justin Verlander.

What else is there to say, here on Tony Pena Jr. Celebration Day?

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Game 65 Open Thread - Diamondbacks (28-38) at Royals (29-35)

by royalsreview on Jun 18, 2009 7:30 PM EDT in Events Comment 449 comments

Hochevar v. Haren

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Luke Hochevar	2-2	5	5	1	0	0	0	27.1	24	18	17	4	10	9	5.60	1.24

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Dan Haren	5-4	13	13	2	0	0	0	94.0	63	23	23	11	13	90	2.20	0.81

Diamondbacks vs Royals coverage, Diamondbacks vs Royals preview, AZ Snakepit

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Game 39 Open Thread - Indians (14-25) at Royals (20-18)

by royalsreview on May 19, 2009 6:07 PM EDT in Events Comment 508 comments

More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP

I'm not going to sit here and let you tell me that this man has never read a book. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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No one is going to run away with the AL Central, though a few teams are threatening to run away from it.

The Royals are only 3-7 in their last ten games, but it hardly mattered Detroit needed a three game winning streak just to get to 6-4, the Twins have gone 5-5, the White Sox have lost five straight to go 2-8, and Cleveland has sputtered along at 3-7.

Let's say that the price of winning the AL Central is 88 wins, the most middle-of-the-road guess I could think of. Here's how everyone in the division would need to do to get to 88 wins:

CLE: 74-49 (.601)

CHW: 73-52 (.584)

MIN: 70-53 (.569)

KC: 68-56 (.548)

DET: 68-58 (.539)

I'm not sure what these numbers mean. In this decade we've seen just about everything with regards to how teams win divisions, from front runners who barely held on, to damn near unbelievable comebacks, to a lot of teams who did it somewhere in the middle. Regarding the Indians, if the Tigers or Royals are as good as they've shown early, then they might have a daunting task ahead of them. If it turns out that the Twins or White Sox are really the teams that they'll have to catch, well, they're really not in that bad of a position. They might be ahead of both teams in a week, much less three months. Still, playing .600 baseball for 120+ games is a significant achievement, and one that only a handful of teams accomplish any given season. You can count the number of .600 teams since 2005 on one hand actually, though of course thats over 162 games.

Your pitching matchup tonight is Cliff Lee (3.17 FIP) v. Brian Bannister (3.82 FIP).

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Game 38 Open Thread - Orioles (16-21) at Royals (19-18)

by royalsreview on May 17, 2009 1:15 PM EDT in Events Comment 260 comments

Potentially huge start for Luke Hochevar today as he looks to rebound from a disastrous 2009 debut.

The Orioles counter with Koji Uehara. Against non Red Sox teams, the Orioles are 16-17 this season.

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Koji Uehara	2-3	7	7	0	0	0	0	42.2	41	22	19	6	7	32	4.01	1.13

I have an overflow thread automatically scheduled for 2:15 KC time.

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Game 37 Open Thread - Orioles (15-21) at Royals (19-17)

by royalsreview on May 16, 2009 6:30 PM EDT in Events Comment 255 comments

Tonight's pitching matchup features former Cubs farmhand Rich Hill taking the mound for the first time this season. The Royals counter with Kyle Davies.