Hobbes 1 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Clearly you don't watch a lot of TBS.They are bad, but the Cubs and White Sox guys are worse. "C'mon Paulie, get a clutch hit..... Yes! High five!" Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted April 8, 2006 Author Share Posted April 8, 2006 Royals down 3-2 in bottom of 8th.....Sweeney hits a two run shot to make it 4-3. Regardless of whether we win or lose this game, we're clearly playing MUCH better baseball than we did last year..and that is encouraging. Except for a couple bad innings here and there so far...we've actually had some good pitching..especially Bautista today. We're getting better. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted April 8, 2006 Author Share Posted April 8, 2006 KC doesn't deserve it's own threadI'm sorry..what was that?? I couldn't hear you...the sounds of your hitters crying because they stood no chance against the entity known as Ambiorix Burgos closing your *** out was drowning you out. Yeah..that's right...I told you we were getting better...but you keep on taking us for granted.Oh, but good luck trying to avoid the sweep tomorrow and "climb" to 2-4.OWNED!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Hobbes 1 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 You can put it on the booooooard...YES! Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted April 8, 2006 Author Share Posted April 8, 2006 04/08/06 -- Game RecapWhite Sox 3, Royals 4Winning Pitcher: DessensLosing Pitcher: PolliteSave: Ambiorix "Get the f*ck out of my batter's box" BurgosBox Score: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...chamlb_kcamlb_1Game Summary: Great game for Kansas City. Got six extremely good innings from 25 year old Denny Bautista. Allowed one hit and one run over six innings, though he did walk five. Very encouraging performance though..as he has pretty nasty stuff and can realistically be our ace if he stays healthy. From the 'pen, Luke Hudson was impressive, Sisco struggled a bit by not being able to keep the ball down, Elmer Dessens got out of a big jam with a double play and was awesome for the third straight outing...and to close it out, Ambiorix Burgos struck out the first two batters with perfect 97 mph fastballs on the outside corner at the knees...and retired the side in order for the save. Defensively, Minky bobbled a ball..but other than that it was pretty solid defense...including two double plays. Offensively, Vazquez pitched very well..but we were able to stratch out two runs off of him with a key double from Sanders...and then down 3-2 in the 8th..Sweeney hit a two run homerun after Grudz's third hit of the game to give KC the lead for good. Only 7 hits altogether..but we got the big hits when we needed them. All-around good ballgame....which makes three good ballgames we have played now out of four..which is very encouraging. Also...Shane Costa batted leadoff and despite only going 1-for-4, had three very good at-bats and looked very good today.Keep on taking us for granted ChiSox...good luck trying to avoid the 1-5 start. (Gotta get my bragging in while I can....) You can put it on the booooooard...YES!Surprisingly, they were stunningly silent when Sweeney "put it on the board" to give KC the win...funny thing. Link to post Share on other sites
forumjp 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 KC doesn't deserve it's own threadlol~btw...only reason KC won because white sox are not even as good as what everyone think them to be~everyone think they the champ and since they improved their lineup...they would go back to the world series..that is sooo far off~ it was the most miracle sox season last year so anyone that believes in garland or garcia or contreras will actually see the truth this year..and oh yeah...konerko sukks, so does podsednik~ only guy that is any good on the lineup is thome..lol~iguchi sukks tooso does uribeand dyeumm...pretty much everyoneoh and the new guy brian andersonoh..wait...and jenksand cotts..and politteand lastly...guillen~ Link to post Share on other sites
Hobbes 1 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 You have chosen to ignore all posts from: forumjp. · View this post · Un-ignore forumjp Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 I'm the biggest retard of all time.Yeah...that kind of goes without saying.... Link to post Share on other sites
Azreous 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 only guy that is any good on the lineup is thome..lol~Saying Jim Thome is the only good player in that lineup is like saying Scott Podsednik would be best in the cleanup spot.Except even more retarded than that.But hey, keep on truckin'. Link to post Share on other sites
kers2 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I'm sorry..what was that?? I couldn't hear you...the sounds of your hitters crying because they stood no chance against the entity known as Ambiorix Burgos closing your *** out was drowning you out. Yeah..that's right...I told you we were getting better...but you keep on taking us for granted.Oh, but good luck trying to avoid the sweep tomorrow and "climb" to 2-4.OWNED!!!!!Koop you are KILLIN me lately. Who knew you had such comedic talent? I'm definitely gonna have to be a regular in this thread.You can put it on the booooooard...YES!Also hilariousYou have chosen to ignore all posts from: forumjp.· View this post· Un-ignore forumjpThis douche is the only person I have ever chosen to ignore... and it is well worth it Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 Game Preview: Chicago White Sox (1-4) vs. Kansas City Royals (2-2); 1:10 CTStarting Pitchers: Buehrle (CWS, 0-0, 6.75 ERA) vs Elarton (KC, 0-1, 3.18 ERA)Starting Lineups:Chicago LF Scott Podsednik (4 G, .059 BA, .111 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .170 OPS)2B Tadahito Iguchi (4 G, .385 BA, .526 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .988 OPS)DH Jim Thome (5 G, .333 BA, .565 OBP, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1.365 OPS)1B Paul Konerko (5 G, .250 BA, .333 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .633 OPS)RF Jermaine Dye (3 G, .429 BA, .500 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .929 OPS)C A.J. Pierzynski (5 G, .375 BA, .444 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .882 OPS)3B Joe Crede (4 G, .214 BA, .250 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .607 OPS)SS Juan Uribe (5 G, .235 BA, .333 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .627 OPS)CF Brian Anderson (4 G, .267 BA, .313 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .713 OPS)Kansas City 1B Tony Graffanino (1 G, .000 BA, .000 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .000 OPS)2B Mark Grudzielanek (4 G, .313 BA, .353 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .853 OPS)DH Mark Sweeney (4 G, .154 BA, .353 OBP, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .814 OPS)RF Reggie Sanders (4 G, .286 BA, .333 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .690 OPS)LF Emil Brown (4 G, .214 BA, .313 OBP, 1 HR, 3 RBI, .813 OPS)SS Angel Berroa (4 G, .417 BA, .417 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .1.000 OPS)3B Mark Teahen (4 G, .067 BA, .067 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .133 OPS)C John Buck (3 G, .333 BA, .400 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .1.067 OPS)CF Shane Costa (3 G, .286 BA, .286 OBP, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1.000 OPS)KK's Prospect Watch:Alex Gordon: Went 3-for-5 with a double in his last game at Wichita, which puts him at 7-for-16 in three games. Has shown good power and a great approach at the plate, as well as showing a good arm and good range to both his left and right. J.P. Howell: In his first start of the year for Triple-A Omaha, he pitched six innings, giving up zero runs on two hits and no walks while striking out five. Got some time with Kansas City last year, but is now getting some much needed time in the minors. Has very good potential..and will probably be with KC after 15 or so starts in the minors. Link to post Share on other sites
gobears 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 1B Tony Graffanino (1 G, .000 BA, .000 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .000 OPS)Koop - you should join Rob & Rany since they've been slacking off.Is this really the best 1B that the Royals can put into their lineup? Unless Graff has some awesome historical performance against Buehrle that I'm not aware of - either that, or he wants to get as many righties into the lineup as possible. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 1B Tony Graffanino (1 G, .000 BA, .000 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .000 OPS)Koop - you should join Rob & Rany since they've been slacking off.Is this really the best 1B that the Royals can put into their lineup? Unless Graff has some awesome historical performance against Buehrle that I'm not aware of - either that, or he wants to get as many righties into the lineup as possible.Well...first off...Graffy is a fairly solid utility player for us..and those numbers are just from one at-bat this year.......so let's not get too carried away about that.Also...he is just giving Doug Mientkeiwicz a rest...he's our regular 1B. Link to post Share on other sites
gobears 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Well...first off...Graffy is a fairly solid utility player for us..and those numbers are just from one at-bat this year.......so let's not get too carried away about that.Also...he is just giving Doug Mientkeiwicz a rest...he's our regular 1B.Graffy is fine as a MI utility guy - but you usually want to reserve 1B for your sluggers. That being said, I just looked them both up on Baseball Prospectus - Graffy had a higher OPS last year than Mienky even adjusting for their ballparks.Maybe Graffy should be the starter.. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 Graffy is fine as a MI utility guy - but you usually want to reserve 1B for your sluggers. That being said, I just looked them both up on Baseball Prospectus - Graffy had a higher OPS last year than Mienky even adjusting for their ballparks.Maybe Graffy should be the starter..Minky has a much better glove than Graffy...that's why he starts over him..and Sweeney has been our regular 1B, and he's a pretty good hitter...but he's pretty injury prone..so he's just the DH for now. We're fine in that position for this year...only "slugger' we could put their is 38 year old Matt Stairs....and we don't need that. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 Game Recap -- White Sox 3, Royals 1Winning pitcher: BuehrleLosing pitcher: ElartonBox Score: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...chamlb_kcamlb_1Game Summary-- Pretty good ballgame. Even though the Royals only scored one run...they actually hit a lot of balls pretty well, including three very well hit balls by Sweeney, that the ChiSox made some pretty good plays on, including two great plays by Crede to take away two ninth inning hits from us, two great running catches by Dye to take away two potential doubles, and two shots up the middle that deflected off the pitcher and right to an infielder...so that is six hits right there that were taken away by good defense and bad luck. However, Buehrle pitched pretty well..and our only run came on Sanders first homerun in the ninth. Defensively we played okay..a few real good plays but two errors by Berroa and Teahen. Scott Elarton pitched really well today, giving up only three runs on five hits in eight innings for his second straight good outing..yet resulting in his second loss. Even though we lost, we still played pretty well and didn't really beat ourselves..so I'm not disheartened by it at all. Nothing wrong with taking two of three from the ChiSox...hopefully we can keep playing well, and if we do keep playing like this, we'll be fine. We've faced five pretty good pitchers thus far (Rogers, Bonderman, Garland, Vazquez, and Buehrle) and came out 2-3 and played pretty well in four of those games..so at least we're progressing. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 04/11/06--Game Preview: Kansas City Royals (2-3) vs New York Yankees (2-4)12:05 CTStarting Pitchers: Mays (KC, 0-1, 12.46 ERA) vs. Wang (NYY, 0-0, 3.86 ERA)Starting Lineups:Kansas CityCF Shane Costa (4 G, .300 BA, .300 OBP, 1 HR, 1 RBI, .900 OPS)2B Mark Grudzielanek (5 G, .300 BA, .333 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .783 OPS)DH Mike Sweeney (5 G, .118 BA, .286 OBP, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .639 OPS)RF Reggie Sanders (5 G, .333 BA, .368 OBP, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .924 OPS)1B Doug Mientkiewicz (4 G, .143 BA, .133 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .348 OPS)LF Emil Brown (5 G, .222 BA, .300 OBP, 1 HR, 3 RBI, .744 OPS)3B Mark Teahen (5 G, .111 BA, .111 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .222 OPS)SS Angel Berroa (5 G, .313 BA, .313 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .750 OPS)C John Buck (4 G, .273 BA, .385 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .930 OPS)New YorkCF Johnny Damon (6 G, .308 BA, .379 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .841 OPS)SS Derek Jeter (6 G, .348 BA, .464 OBP, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1.030 OPS)RF Gary Sheffield (6 G, .250 BA, .308 OBP, 1 HR, 4 RBI, .808 OPS)3B Alex Rodriguez (6 G, .320 BA, .398 OBP, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .953 OPS)1B Jason Giambi (6 G, .167 BA, .423 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .590 OPS)LF Hideki Matsui (6 G, .400 BA, .444 OBP, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 1.244 OPS)C Jorge Posada (6 G, .261 BA, .370 OBP, 2 HR, 7 RBI, .936 OPS)2B Robinson Cano (6 G, .280 BA, .280 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .680 OPS)DH Bernie Williams (6 G, .222 BA, .300 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .578 OPS) Link to post Share on other sites
MDXS 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Mays needs to get his **** together fast. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 Mays needs to get his **** together fast.Lol..he's out of the game now. He is an altogether sh*tty pitcher...and quite frankly, noone has a clue as to why he is on our team. He has pitched horrible EVERY single time in spring and in the season.......once Redmen comes back..hopefully he'll be gone. He actually only gave up two hard hit balls (Damon's double and Giambi's homerun.), but all those walks are just inexcusable. Basically..he sucks and has no place on our staff...we have better arms than him...he needs to be gone.REGGIE SANDERRRRRRRRSSSS. Homerun. 4-2 now. If we can just keep this game close and get to the Yankee pen...we'll have a fair chance at winning this game...and quite frankly I'd be happy with just winning one game in this series. Link to post Share on other sites
MDXS 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Lol..he's out of the game now. He is an altogether sh*tty pitcher...and quite frankly, noone has a clue as to why he is on our team. He has pitched horrible EVERY single time in spring and in the season.......once Redmen comes back..hopefully he'll be gone. He actually only gave up two hard hit balls (Damon's double and Giambi's homerun.), but all those walks are just inexcusable. Basically..he sucks and has no place on our staff...we have better arms than him...he needs to be gone.Heh...just saw that he was taken out. Good to see that the manager has a short leash on him. Also good to see that Sanders is on his way to another fluke season...heh. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 Heh...just saw that he was taken out. Good to see that the manager has a short leash on him. Also good to see that Sanders is on his way to another fluke season...heh.3-4 now....still batting. I'm tellin' ya....we're a better team...not gonna just lay down and go away after falling behind this year. Still a long way to go towards becoming a "good" team, but we're looking better and better...as long as we can just get rid of Joe Mays.4-4 now with a base hit by John Buck. Jesus.....I am DEFINITELY not used to this kind of play from my team....I think I like it. Not that we are going to win...but just an entirely different feel to this year's team that last year's team.Also, when we were down 3-1, I was watching ESPN News..and during their update on the game they said "well..the Yankees are up 3-1..it appears as if once again the Royals are struggling and it looks like the Yanks have this one all but wrapped up" IN THE SECOND INNING!??! WTF!??! Let's see what those mother f*ckers say now. WE GET NO RESPECT!! Link to post Share on other sites
MDXS 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 4-4 now with a base hit by John Buck. Jesus.....I am DEFINITELY not used to this kind of play from my team....I think I like it. Not that we are going to win...but just an entirely different feel to this year's team that last year's team.They do seem to be playing very well. Good series against Chicago and then come right back against the Yankees. Good stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 They do seem to be playing very well. Good series against Chicago and then come right back against the Yankees. Good stuff.Well...we're playing BETTER anyways...too bad our pitching is pretty crappy today. That's what Joe Mays will do to ya I guess....lol. I just want to keep this close....DOUBLE PLAY TO GET OUT OF THE BASES LOADED ONE OUT JAM!! THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!On a pop fly to shallow left field too...don't know how Bernie Williams got doubled off on second..but I'll take it. They aren't even hitting the ball THAT well against us...we just keep walking them. If we can cut those down I actually think we'll be okay....but that's easier said than done.After five innings..it is still 4-4. Mike Wood has thrown 2.1 scoreless innings...looked very good except for 2 walks. I'm telling you..New York had better not let us hang around for too long...once we get into their bullpen........business could really pick up. Link to post Share on other sites
MDXS 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 On a pop fly to shallow left field too...don't know how Bernie Williams got doubled off on second..but I'll take it.Bernie's going senile, that's why. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 6-4 Royals on a homerun by young stud Shane Costa...we're in their bullpen now in the Top 7th.....I've been telling everyone we're a better team and vastly improving.......why doesn't anyone listen to me? We still may lose..I'm not getting ahead of myself..but we are clearly a WAY better team than last year and have a very good amount of young talent on the way.And I'd also like to note that we're playing this well with our best hitter Mike Sweeney in a dreadful slump to start the season. He'll come around soon enough. Link to post Share on other sites
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