those control guys falling behind just kill me also.
i guess he thinks a career .300 opponents batting average (estimate) is no big deal either!

man, this telecast sucks. we got three replays of ARod stealing second with no throw, and another three of Jeter fielding a standard ground ball. i think i did more baseball analysis on my sociology exam this morning than I've heard during this telecast.

I am sure "OFFeldt's" BAA is high because he falls behind 2-0 EVERY SINGLE COUNT!!! Again..he has good stuff and can be a fine pitcher if he can just throw strikes and let them hit the ball down in the zone. If he had thrown strikes and they had hit him for 3 or 4 runs...fine, then so be it...but just giving them so many walks is just a guaranteed way to lose.

At least the offense is looking good this year though...last year we sucked at all three aspects of the game...so far this year we've only sucked in one aspect in a couple games....at least Bautista and Elarton have looked good for us so far...and Redmen is looking awesome in his rehab starts and should be ready in a week or so....so at least we can look forward to that more than Joe Mays.

04/12/06-- Royals 5, Yankees 12.

Winning Pitcher: Chacon
Losing Pitcher: Affeldt

Box Score: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...kcamlb_nyamlb_1

Game Recap: Pretty ugly game today. Bad pitching all around.....they are going to get their hits and runs, and I have on problem with that..but giving them eight walks pretty much guarantees a loss. Without all those walks they score 4 or 5 runs...but just being stubborn and refusing to throw strikes is just retarded. God I can't wait until Redmen comes back in a week or so..and hopefully J.P. Howell from the minors can come up and throw strikes too....our pitchers actually do fine when throwing strikes....but completely suck otherwise. Just inexcusable. The offense was fine, not great, but certainly pretty good and WAY better than last year. Even though this game was pretty ugly, it is still nice to see some runs put on our side of the board at least. Hopefully Bautista can have a solid outing again and steal one game in this series.

This many people actually follow the Royals? j/k....Hows Graffanino doing?

Hasn't really gotten to play much...so too early to say. I mean...he's just our utility guy for now...he'll probably (maybe) start tomorrow though...so maybe he'll have a good game.

Really? Suprising what has happened to Graffanino. He batted nearly .300 with you guys last year and around .315 with us and still couldn't find a home. I'm actually shocked he is not starting somewhere right now.

He'll get his time with us..just at the beginning of the year when noone needs a rest really is when it'll be tough to fit him in. Once May and June hit I'm sure he'll be starting maybe two games a week or so...9-10 ABs a week and so on. Personally I think he's a little overrated defensively...he can play any infield position...but I don't think he's actually "good" at any of them really.

i'd like to see graffanino get in some time at SS or 3B.
they do need another infielder though...
graffanino, mientkiewicz and grudzielanek (hopefully i'm 1/3 at least on spelling) would be just awesome with another funny name in there.

they should pick up tim spooneybarger and stick him at third.

We'll get our mega-prospect Alex Gordon...who has a high possibility of being our starting third basemen next year (unless our current prospect Teahen has a pretty good year this year...)...to change his name to 'Alex Gordonineriosis' just to make it work...lol.


Also...if you were serious about liking to see Graffy at SS or 3B......well................no. We're set at both places for this year.....Berroa is "good" but nothing great and Teahen is pretty good defensively and is at least starting to look like he has a clue at the plate.....so maybe he'll come around too.

Just need our pitchers to throw strikes. We do that and we'll be a decent team. Simple as that.

i want graff in there for name value only.
i like teahen - solid young kid.

Okay..that's what I suspected...but just being sure.

Teahen is gonna be a major league 3B for a good while in this league...he's fairly good..won't ever be "great" probably..but good. Just don't know if he's gonna be able to do enough to hold off Alex Gordon from taking that position though.....interesting situation that will occur there at the end of this year and into next year.

I'm torn between my Dessens rebuttals right now. On the one hand, he never seemed to realize that when he pitched for the Diamondbacks (a WHIP of nearly 1.5), yet he also coughed up a number of HRs when he let opposing batters make contact (33 in under a year and a half). But the bullpen seems to be a much better place for him, as most of the damage done to him while he pitched for us was around the late 6th/early 7th inning area. He was starting to show signs of that when the DBacks tossed him in the pen before trading him to the Dodgers.

On the bright side from tonight's game, Sanders hit another home run. Unfortunately for you, he's horribly overrated and his fluke year last year means he won't hit another all season.

Well..to be honest I haven't really followed Dessens for much of his career..so I don't know much about his past...but he has been flat out lights out in every inning he has pitched so far this year...so I like him for now.

And as for Sanders, yeah, he sucks, he should be on the bench, sucks sucks sucks overrated overrated overrated.....

04/13/06 -- Kansas City (2-5) vs. New York (4-4); 12:05 CT

Starting Pitchers: Denny Bautista (0-0, 1.50 ERA) vs. Randy Johnson (1-1. 2.40 ERA)

Starting Lineups:

Royals

DH Tony Graffanino (2 G, .200 BA, .200 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .400 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (7 G, .345 BA, .367 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .884 OPS)
LF Emil Brown (7 G, .280 BA, .357 OBP, 1 HR, 4 RBI, .887 OPS)
RF Reggie Sanders (7 G, .333 BA, .357 OBP, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 1.061 OPS)
SS Angel Berroa (7 G, .261 BA, .292 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .639 OPS)
C John Buck (6 G, .250 BA, .333 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .771 OPS)
1B Doug Mientkiewicz (6 G, .182 BA, .208 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .481 OPS)
3B Esteban German (3 G, .000 BA, .000 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .000 OPS)
CF Shane Costa (6 G, .250 BA, .250 OBP, 2 HR, 2 RBI, .800 OPS)

Yankees

CF Johnny Damon (8 G, .333 BA, .421 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .906 OPS)
SS Derek Jeter (8 G, .333 BA, .474 OBP, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 1.074 OPS)
RF Gary Sheffield (8 G, .265 BA, .306 OBP, 2 HR, 8 RBI, .835 OPS)
3B Alex Rodriguez (8 G, .290 BA, .405 OBP, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .889 OPS)
1B Jason Giambi (8 G, .261 BA, .514 OBP, 1 HR, 6 RBI, .993 OPS)
LF Hideki Matsui (8 G, .375 BA, .444 OBP, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 1.132 OPS)
DH Bernie Williams (8 G, .259 BA, .310 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .607 OPS)
2B Robinson Cano (7 G, .276 BA, .276 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .665 OPS)
C Kelly Stinnett (3 G, .000 BA, .000 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .000 OPS)

Awesome...now the Yanks are hitting ground balls that are finding perfect holes and pop flys that just seem to find the perfect spot to drop. Great...that sure is what the Yankees need...a little luck on the offensive side of things.

Jesus...can we catch one break please??

I love the Royals new road uni's. The script "Kansas City" across the chest is awesome.

Now if they could only beat these stinkin Yanks

Our offense has been better at least this year than it was last year...so we're getting better....but walks are murdering us. Hopefully when we get Sweeney and DeJesus and Redmen back....we'll get significantly stronger.

hey koop...i didn't read the whole thread because...well, let's face it, i'm lazy.

so...I took Zach Greinke late in a keeper draft and put him on my DL immediately. What are they saying about him? expected back this year?

Thanks

He's on the 60-day DL retroactive to some time in spring I think....and he is "supposedly" doing better and looking to return to start rehabbing/working out fairly soon....so I'd say probably beginning of June he may be back in the rotation.

Through 5 innings..down 4-1.

Only one bad inning for Bautista...but it appears that a lot of bloop and ground ball singles just found holes during that inning and that besided Sheff's homerun, he hasn't been hit very hard at all (this is the impression I got from the radio guys anyways, I can't watch the game) ...and he has only walked one and struck out seven...so pretty solid job from Bautista so far today. He's got ace-like stuff...and his first outing was brilliant and he appears to be throwing the ball pretty well today as well. With a little better luck he may have only given up 2 runs today, but that's baseball. Hopefully we can get to the Yankee pen and steal this game, we're continuing to battle, so at least there is progress.

I'm watching it on YES, which is not as bad as the White Sox guys, but Bautista did look pretty good. They had some quotes from Pedro praising him (apparently they are cousins and work out in the DR in the offseason) saying he will be an ace. I can see it. He sawed off Jeter with some 99mph heat that hurt my hands.

Yeah, he has very good stuff if he can keep his control..which he seems to be getting much better at. Were you watching in the second inning when the Yanks scored 3? It sounded to me on the radio like the Yanks got pretty lucky with some bloop singles and some ground balls that just kinda snuck through? Was that really the case? Or were the Royals radio guys just trying to hype him up a little bit? They made it sound like only two or three hits for the Yanks were really hit solid. Either way this is by far the best offensive lineup we'll face and I am happy with his pitching today.

Oh man...the White Sox guys must be atrocious! I have trouble believing this...

Have you never heard the ChiSox guys?? Harrelson and someone else I think....

If you never have....consider yourself blessed. They are the most obnoxious homer announcers of all time. Trust me...they are retards.

I was watching the Mets game until they went up 4-0, and I switched it to the Royals game as Sheff was rounding the bases... then switched back for a little bit and the Yanks were up 4-0. So basically I dont know lol. If I had to guess I would say you are right



They are...

They are

No way anybody can be worse than the YES guys.


What are the Chicago anouncers, 7-year-old children? "And he hit the ball, they're running, NO go get it, oh he's still running, can I have a soda?"

Haha

Its not the description of the game that makes the WS guys annoying... its the total homer announcing for everything. They literally whine and cry if they are getting beat, and pray for Sox flyballs to go over the fence.

I guarantee you are wrong. No disrespect, but it is IMPOSSIBLE to be worse than the ChiSox guys. And yes, they DO act like 7-year-old children. Yelling their heads off anytime they do something good, b*tching and whining about EVERY little thing that goes against them, and going silent when something bad happens to their team...and on and on and on and on and on. Trust me, it can't get worse.

Tony Graffanino with a moon shot...

04/13/06--Royals 3, Yankees 9

Winning Pitcher: Randy Johnson
Losing Pitcher: Denny Bautista

Box Score: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...kcamlb_nyamlb_1

Game Recap: Well, this was actually a pretty well played ball game for us until the 8th inning, when Buddy Bell decided for whatever reason to bring in no-talent Jimmy "Batting Practice" Gobble into the game. Don't really know what he is even doing on the team, quite frankly...as his stuff isn't really very good at all AND he is just inconsistent overall. Up until that point though, the offense had a decent day considering Randy Johnson started the game, and Denny Bautista weathered some bad luck to have a decent outing against a great offensive lineup, including striking out seven and only walking one in five innings. Had only one poor inning, when a few ground balls and pop flys found perfect holes and brought in three runs, but overall was a pretty good outing from him, especially in terms of control. Glad to get out of NY, hopefully Tampa Bay will be nicer for us. Hopefully Elarton can give us another good outing tomorrow and the offense can continue to hit well, and hopefully DeJesus will return so we can have our normal leadoff man back.

KK's prospects to watch:

J.P. Howell: In his second start at Triple-A Omaha, threw six innings, allowing three runs on six hits and only one walk with seven strikeouts for the victory. Puts him at 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA thus far. Will almost certainly see MLB action (as he did last year) at some point this year, and when he gets there, he'll likely never go back to the minors again. Pretty high hopes for Howell...and had some excellent outings with the Royals last year, with some bad outings mixed in. Hopefully his control is refined and more consistent, as he was very good when in control of his location last year.

Justin Huber: For Triple-A Omaha, had a 3 for 4 game with two walks, a home run, a double, and three runs scored. Is being groomed to be the starting first basemen for the Royals for next year and will be an August/September callup for sure.

Alex Gordon: 3-for3 with a walk, a double, an RBI, and two runs scored for Double-A Wichita. Puts his batting average at .355 for the year with an OBP of .411 and an OPS of well over .900. The better he does in the minors, the more tempting it will become to call him up to KC, as he was extremely impressive in spring training in every single aspect of the game. Played third base well, played first base well, hit for contact well, hit with good power, and showed great plate discipline, and maintained a great work ethic/attitude the entire time (according to reports) and looks to be MLB ready right now. Could be a special player in the future. Just when will that future be exactly?

I (being a white sox fan and all) can atest to the fact that our commentators aren't the greatest, but there is no way they are the worst.

The worst in my opinion is berman for espn. I was watching the ALDS last year between the bo sox and white sox and berman was terrible. Paul Konerko hit a home run for the white sox and the a little later manny hit one for the bo sox. Both about the same distance, both over the green monster, and if you were listening then you heard what seemed like a very biased berman calling basically the same shots very different. I have always believed in the espn east coast bias but it was never momre evident than that moment.

And oh yeah if you really like to listen to crappy announcers then listen to the sox on the radio, they just got chris singleton as they color guy and he is the pits.

I will give you that Berman is annoying and not very good....but no way he's worse than the ChiSox guys. They rub it in when they are winning and yell like retards, but when ANY little thing goes against them, they cry and complain and when bad things happen to their team they pretty much go silent and whatever....they are atrociously obnoxious and are a joke.

How could you bring up ESPN and not think Joe Morgan is the worst? Almost everything he says is stupid, wrong, or both. Usually it's both.

I need to hear these White Sox guys. It fascinates me that anyone could be worse than Kay, Kaat, et alia, but there are too many assenters to ignore.

04/14/06-- Kansas City Royals (2-6) vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-6); 6:15 CT

Starting Pitchers: Elarton (0-2, 3.29 ERA) vs. Kazmir (1-1, 5.68 ERA)

Starting Lineups:

Royals

1B Tony Graffanino (3 G, .200 BA, .200 OBP, 1 HR, 1 RBI, .700 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (8 G, .333 BA, .353 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .838 OPS)
DH Mike Sweeney (6 G, .095 BA, .269 OBP, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .555 OPS)
RF Reggie Sanders (8 G, .290 BA, .313 OBP, 3 HR, 9 RBI, .925 OPS)
LF Emil Brown (8 G, .241 BA, .313 OBP, 1 HR, 4 RBI, .761 OPS)
SS Angel Berroa (8 G, .259 BA, .286 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .619 OPS)
3B Mark Teahen (7 G, .167 BA, .200 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .408 OPS)
C John Buck (7 G, .211 BA, .318 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .687 OPS)
CF Shane Costa (7 G, .250 BA, .250 OBP, 2 HR, 3 RBI, .750 OPS)

Devil Rays

LF Carl Crawford (10 G, .250 BA, .318 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .568 OPS)
2B Jorge Cantu (7 G, .211 BA, .227 OBP, 1 HR, 4 RBI, .648 OPS)
1B Travis Lee (9 G, .297 BA, .316 OBP, 4 HR, 6 RBI, .991 OPS)
DH Jonny Gomes (10 G, .323 BA, .463 OBP, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 1.173 OPS)
RF Russell Branyan (6 G, .176 BA, .250 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .485 OPS)
3B Ty Wigginton (8 G, .300 BA, .382 OBP, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 1.116 OPS)
C Toby Hall (7 G, .269 BA, .345 OBP, 1 HR, 4 RBI, .768 OPS)
SS Tomas Perez (7 G, .235 BA, .316 OBP, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .786 OPS)
CF Joey Gathright (9 G, .182 BA, .308 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .490 OPS)

After five innings in Tampa Bay: Royals 2, Devil Rays 0.

Five pretty solid innings from Elarton. Has given up 4 walks, which I don't like, but only given up two hits, so I can live with that. Kazmir has been pretty good for Tampa Bay as well, but the Royals were able to scratch across two runs with an RBI triple from Teahen and a Sac Fly for Buck. Royals starting to hit the ball pretty well now, so hopefully we can build a little bit of a lead here.



3-2 D-Rays now, heading into the bottom of the eighth. Elarton still had a decent outing, but his six walks are the only thing that hurt him, once again for this team. One big hit was all it took to score three. Also, the Royals have missed out on three homeruns by a combined 1 foot it seems.....jesus...when are we ever going to get a little lucky this season?


Annnnddd a jam-shot bloop single to score an insurance run in the bottom of the 8th for the D-Rays....Jesus Christ, the Royals can't catch a single break!! That combined with seven walks is just not gonna get a win.

04/14/06 -- Royals 2, Devil Rays 7

Winning Pitcher: Harper
Losing Pitcher: Elarton

Box Score: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...kcamlb_tbamlb_1

Game Recap: Walks kill us again. Played a very good ballgame for six innings, with a couple timely hits and good pitching from Elarton. After that, however, we just went retarded. Two walks by Elarton in the seventh inning and a bunt single, and then one big hit given up by Dessens gave up the lead, and in the 8th inning walks and a big error by Mientkiewicz (brought in for defensive purposes) allowed three more to score. When we throw strikes and just let them hit the ball, we've been just fine all year. Only reason we have been losing is because of WAY too many walks. Cut those out and we are a .500 ballclub right now. Only three real well hit balls by Tampa Bay for the entire game, yet we give them seven runs on that. It is a fixable problem, as we've shown we're capable of pitching well, but we need to learn how to do it for an entire game. We're playing better in every aspect of the game except for giving up too many walks. That has to change. At least Elarton had his third fairly good outing in a row. He's not really our "ace," but at least he is providing a little stability thus far. Hopefully him, Bautista, and the returning Redmen (who will start on Sunday) can provide more stability and cut down on the walks.

04/15/06 -- Kansas City Royals (2-7) vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (5-6); 6:15 CT

Starting Pitchers: Wood (1-0, 8.31 ERA) vs. McClung (0-2, 13:50 ERA)

Starting Lineups:

Royals

CF David DeJesus (3 G, .250 BA, .250 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .833 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (9 G, .306 BA, .342 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .787 OPS)
DH Mike Sweeney (7 G, .080 BA, .233 OBP, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .473 OPS)
RF Reggie Sanders (9 G, .286 BA, .306 OBP, 3 HR, 9 RBI, .906 OPS)
1B Doub Mientkiewicz (8 G, .259 BA, .276 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .609 OPS)
LF Emil Brown (9 G, .231 BA, .361 OBP, 1 HR, 4 RBI, .794 OPS)
3B Mark Teahen (8 G, .185 BA, .214 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .511 OPS)
SS Angel Berroa (9 G, .258 BA, .281 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .604 OPS)
C John Buck (8 G, .238 BA, .320 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .749 OPS)

Devil Rays

LF Carl Crawford (11 G, .227 BA, .306 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .533 OPS)
2B Jorge Cantu (8 G, .208 BA, .222 BA, 1 HR, 7 RBI, .639 OPS)
1B Travis Lee (10 G, .282 BA, .333 OBP, 4 HR, 6 RBI, .974 OPS)
DH Jonny Gomes (11 G, .303 BA, .467 OBP, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 1.133 OPS)
RF Russell Branyan (7 G, .150 BA, .217 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .417 OPS)
3B Ty Wigginton (9 G, .273 BA, .368 OBP, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 1.035 OPS)
C Josh Paul (5 G, .231 BA, .231 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .615 OPS)
SS Tomas Perez (8 G, .333 BA, .391 OBP, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .915 OPS)
CF Joey Gathright (10 G, .167 BA, .333 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .500 OPS)


KK's Prospect Update:

Alex Gordon: In double-A Wichita, in eight games is hitting .371 with a .421 OBP and an OPS of 1.021. Only has one homerun, but does have five doubles and five stolen bases and four RBIs.

Billy Butler: In double-A Wichita, struggling a little bit the past two games, batting only .237 with an OPS of .652, with 1 homerun and three RBIs. Just turned twenty years old and has hit at every level he's ever been at, so he should recover just fine.

Mitch Maier: In double-A Wichita, has an OPS of .783 with three homeruns and nine RBI. Only batting .237 thus far, but has shown pretty good power.

J.P. Howell: For Triple-A Omaha, has had two starts, and over 12 innings with a WHIP of 0.75 and an ERA of 2.25. Only one walk while striking out 11. Very good potential.

Justin Huber: In nine games for Triple-A Omaha, is hitting .304 with an OBP of .484 and an OPS of 1.093, including two homeruns. If he can just show himself to be a decent first basemen and continues to hit well...he should be up with Kansas City at some point this season and could be the starting first baseman next year.

Andres Blanco: In 9 games at shortstop for Triple-A Omaha, is hitting .296 with an OBP of .321 and an OPS of .803. Has a homerun and 5 RBI. Is a potential gold glove shortstop or second basemen who showed himself to be extremely skilled in brief stints with KC in 2004 and 2005. He is only 22 years old, and if he can show an improved bat, which he has done thus far, he could be a potential replacement for Angel Berroa at shortstop...who seems to not be improving at all and makes a lot of boneheaded plays on both defense and at the plate.

04/15/06 -- Royals 3, Devil Rays 6

Winning Pitcher: McClung
Losing Pitcher: Hudson

Box Score:
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...kcamlb_tbamlb_1

Game Recap: Eight walks.








I need more of this in my life...











In every single other aspect of the game, we are a much improved team. We are better offensively, better defensively, have better baserunners, and when we throw strikes, our pitching is better. We haven't really been "hit" all that bad (not saying we are "good," but clearly much better than last year. But we kill ourselves with walks, and it is just stupid. I don't know what kind of waterhead retard our pitching coach is, but I swear to God if he isn't busting someone's *** to throw some f*cking strikes, I'm gonna pop a f*cking vein.

How's alphabet soup doing so far?


Alphabet soup = your first baseman.

He's fine for this year. Hitting decent and playing well defensively. He'll be gone as soon as Justin Huber is ready......and that will likely be late this year and into next year.

Alphabet soup? **** that....he's "eyechart"

Anyway. Koop, I'll give you the benfit of the doubt on anything baseball related, but I've got to express that I'm starting to find the claim of 73 Royals wins a bit dubious.

For any team to improve 17 games you need some serious improvement. While I don't doubt that they are better than last year, and while I'm willing to defer to your first hand experience with the team, I just don't see it.

It's early, I know, but I can't take the Royals on faith.

(for the record, I do find myself rooting for them)

Ah yes. I couldn't remember his SOSH nickname.

Well, yes, we have gotten off to a very crappy start, no doubt, but I still stand by my 73 win prediction and I think we can bet that good if we quit walking people. Let me put it this way. Our offense is better than last year, our defense is better than last year, and when we throw strikes, our pitching is better than last year. Now, if we quit walking people, we can take advantage of that and can be a 73-win team. However, if we do continue to just walk people for no reason, then we will be much worse. Also, we have had THREE regulars from our starting rotation who have been gone for various reasons (Redmen, Grienke, and Hernandez), so hopefully getting all them back at various points in the season will help things. Also, depending on how quickly prospects such as Howell, Huber, Gordon, Butler, and Blanco get called up (which is almost guaranteed to happen at some point), this team will have a drastically different (and likely better) feel to it. Things will get better as soon as we stop walking 8 batters a game.

Update! Update! Update!

I was out of town most of today.....just got back a little while ago. I'll be sure to pick up where I left off tomorrow.


Plus...with the way we're walking batters right now....do I really need to repeat the same old thing over again...lol.

04/17/06 -- Kansas City Royals (2-9) vs. Chicago White Sox (7-5); 7:05 CT

Starting Pitchers: Mays (0-1, 12.86 ERA) vs. Contreras (1-0, 1.93 ERA)

Starting Lineups:

Royals

CF David DeJesus (5 G, .211 BA, .286 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .707 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (11 G, .279 BA, .319 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .714 OPS)
DH Mike Sweeney (9 G, .125 BA, .282 OBP, 1 HR, 3 RBI, .532 OPS)
RF Reggie Sanders (10 G, .282 BA, .300 OBP, 3 HR, 9 RBI, .864 OPS)
1B Doug Mientkiewicz (10 G, .235 BA, .289 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .613 OPS)
LF Emil Brown (11 G, .237 BA, .356 OBP, 1 HR, 4 HR, .777 OPS)
3B Mark Teahen (10 G, .235 BA, .270 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .653 OPS)
SS Angel Berroa (11 G, .282 BA, .300 OBP, 0 HR, 5 RBI, .633 OPS)
C John Buck (10 G, .250 BA, .321 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .738 OPS)

White Sox

LF Scott Podsednik (10 G, .122 BA, .182 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .377 OPS)
2B Tadahito Iguchi (11 G, .310 BA, .388 OBP, 1 HR, 6 RBI, .816 OPS)
DH Jim Thome (12 G, .342 BA, .528 OBP, 7 HR, 12 RBI, 1.502 OPS)
1B Paul Konerko (12 G, .362 BA, .426 OBP, 4 HR, 12 RBI, 1.128 OPS)
RF Jermaine Dye (10 G, .333 BA, .474 OBP, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 1.040 OPS)
C A.J. Pierzynski (11 G, .308 BA, .341 OBP, 0 HR, 7 RBI, .700 OPS)
3B Joe Crede (11 G, .324 BA, .372 OBP, 1 HR, 9 RBI, .913 OPS)
SS Juan Uribe (8 G, .167 BA, .276 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .484 OPS)
CF Brian Anderson (9 G, .129 BA, .206 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .399 OPS)

Well...I was actually hoping that Mays would throw SOOO bad this game so maybe, JUST MAYBE someone can buy a f*cking clue and get Mays off of our team...and just like clockwork, Joe isn't letting me down. 5-0 in the 1st still...lol. Man.....why is this guy on the team..he hasn't pitched one good game in years.

04/17/06-- Royals 0, White Sox 9

Winning Pitcher: Contreras
Losing Pitcher: Mays

Box Score:
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...kcamlb_chamlb_1

Game Recap: Not one good thing happened. Hopefully this will be the last straw for Mays and we can just get rid of him. Knowing our GM Baird though...he'll say that Mays is a "grinder" who "truly knows what it means to be a professional" and "has the experience to get the job done" and will keep him around the entire year. Pathetic. At least we have quite a few prospects in the minors who are doing well and hopefully many of them will be brought up to replace some sh*tty players at some point.

04/18/06 -- Kansas City Royals (2-10) vs. Chicago White Sox (8-5); 7:05 CT.

Starting Pitchers: Jeremy Affeldt (0-1, 14.73 ERA) vs. Jon Garland (1-1, 13.94 ERA)

Starting Lineups:

Royals

CF David DeJesus (6 G, .174 BA, .240 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .588 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (12 G, .283 BA, .320 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .733 OPS)
DH Mike Sweeney (10 G, .114 BA, .262 OBP, 1 HR, 3 RBI, .490 OPS)
RF Reggie Sanders (11 G, .262 BA, .279 OBP, 3 HR, 9 RBI, .803 OPS)
1B Doug Mientkiewicz (11 G, .222 BA, .275 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .581 OPS)
LF Emil Brown (12 G, .220 BA, .333 OBP, 1 HR, 4 RBI, .724 OPS)
3B Mark Teahen (11 G, .216 BA, .250 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .601 OPS)
SS Angel Berroa (12 G, .262 BA, .279 OBP, 0 HR, 5 RBI, .589 OPS)
C John Buck (11 G, .231 BA, .323 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .707 OPS)

White Sox

LF Scott Podsednik (11 G, .152 BA, .204 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .443 OPS)
2B Tadahito Iguchi (12 G, .340 BA, .407 OBP, 1 HR, 6 RBI, .854 OPS)
DH Jim Thome (13 G, .341 BA, .526 OBP, 7 HR, 13 RBI, 1.453 OPS)
1B Paul Konerko (13 G, .380 BA, .439 OBP, 5 HR, 16 RBI, 1.219 OPS)
RF Jermaine Dye (11 G, .294 BA, .429 OBP, 2 HR, 8 RBI, .929 OPS)
3B Joe Crede (12 G, .325 BA, .370 OBP, 2 HR, 11 RBI, .970 OPS)
SS Juan Uribe (9 G, .179 BA, .273 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .523 OPS)
C Chris Widger (2 G, .000 BA, .222 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .222 OPS)
CF Brian Anderson (10 G, .143 BA, .211 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .411 OPS)