05/16/06--Kansas City Royals (10-25) vs. Cleveland Indians (17-21); 6:05 CT

Starting Pitchers: Scott Elarton (0-4, 4.34) vs. Paul Byrd (4-3, 6.52)

Starting Lineups:

Royals

CF Kerry Robinson (13 G, .278 BA, .291 OBP, 0 HR, 5 RBI, .643 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (31 G, .309 BA, .348 OBP, 0 HR, 6 RBI, .755 OPS)
1B Doug Mientkiewicz (32 G, .226 BA, .311 OBP, 0 HR, 10 RBI, .623 OPS)
RF Reggie Sanders (25 G, .247 BA, .268 OBP, 4 HR, 14 RBI, .720 OPS)
DH Matt Stairs (20 G, .224 BA, .339 OBP, 2 HR, 8 RBI, .727 OPS)
LF DEAD TO ME (33 G, .221 BA, .287 OBP, 3 HR, 15 RBI, .676 OPS)
3B Tony Graffanino (23 G, .262 BA, .342 OBP, 2 HR, 9 RBI, .758 OPS)
SS DEAD TO ME (35 G, .260 BA, .271 OBP, 2 HR, 11 RBI, .626 OPS)
C John Buck (27 G, .257 BA, .329 OBP, 2 HR, 11 RBI, .772 OPS)

Indians

CF Grady Sizemore (38 G, .299 BA, .364 OBP, 4 HR, 16 RBI, .840 OPS)
LF Jason Michaels (33 G, .279 BA, .344 OBP, 1 HR, 13 RBI, .694 OPS)
SS Jhonny Peralta (38 G, .260 BA, .343 OBP, 4 HR, 20 RBI, .726 OPS)
DH Travis Hafner (36 G, .314 BA, .430 OBP, 11 HR, 32 RBI, 1.058 OPS)
C Victor Martinez (37 G, .319 BA, .378 OBP, 5 HR, 23 RBI, .882 OPS)
1B Ben Broussard (33 G, .400 BA, .442 OBP, 5 HR, 23 RBI, 1.063 OPS)
RF Casey Blake (36 G, .370 BA, .445 OBP, 6 HR, 26 RBI, 1.052 OPS)
2B Ronnie Belliard (36 G, .257 BA, .318 OBP, 2 HR, 16 RBI, .648 OPS)
3B Aaron Boone (35 G, .250 BA, .326 OBP, 2 HR, 18 RBI, .697 OPS)

-Why Doug Mientkiewicz is batting 3rd? No one knows. Bell is a retard.
-Why Esteban German is not playing 3rd? No one knows. Bell is a retard.
-Why Aaron Guiel is not starting in LF in place of the pathetic DEAD TO ME? No one knows. Bell is a retard.
-Why is John Buck, who has been swinging the bat pretty well, batting 9th? No one knows. Bell is a retard.

Guys with an OPS > .800 in today's lineup: 0

Guys with an OPS > .800 on the bench: 3

Awesome. Way to go Buddy Bell. Gotsta get them veterans their at-bats....wouldn't want to be unfair to Doug Mientkiewicz. He's proven.

This team has turned into a complete joke. They were playing better..but now they've decided to revert to 2004-05 form. Pathetic. Time to trade some guys and get some other players some playing time..and time for Burgos and Sisco to learn to throw something low in the zone. Boo to this junk.

05/16/06-- Royals 4, Indians 6

Winning Pitcher: Davis (2-1, 3.32)
Losing Pitcher: Burgos (1-2, 6.23)

Box Score: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...kcamlb_clemlb_1

Game Recap: Retarded. Burgos blew another save. Pitching very ugly the past 3-4 games....don't know what his deal is...everything he is throwing is up in the zone...just dangerous. I think he'll be okay...but it sure does suck for now. Offense had one good inning...but not enough to make me hate the lineup. German with an OBP over .400 and an OPS over .800 doesn't start for the third straight game...gotta get Tony Graffanino his at-bats, wouldn't want our possible future 2B to get a chance. Aaron Guiel, with an .862 OPS sits in favor of DEAD TO ME, despite the OBVIOUS fact that Guiel is a much better hitter and a much better fielder. Justin Huber, our future 1B and a great great hitting prospect..doesn't get to play again...in favor of 38 year old Matt Stairs and Doug Mientkiewicz....flat out retarded. Organization was looking good and was heading in the right direction in the offseason, as they had their plan and it was a good one IMO, but they ain't executing that plan worth a sh*t.....losing the games are one thing, duh, we aren't a good team, but Huber wasn't supposed to be rotting on the bench, Guiel wasn't supposed to be behind the sh*thead DEAD TO ME (LF), DEAD TO ME (SP) wasn't supposed to be just handed a spot in the rotation, Esteban German was supposed to get a lot of playing time, not Tony Graffanino....just retarded.

You think Burgos is out as closer? Who would/will replace him?

Nah...not yet. He was pretty good for us all of last year and had been great this year until this recent bad stretch....I think we have to stick with him. When MacDougal gets back in a couple months he'll likely get the job back, but for now I am fine with Burgos....can't take a young pitcher out of his role b/c of three bad outings...just gotta stick with the young players and watch them get better. I wish we were doing that with our lineup as well..but we're not.

05/17/06--Kansas City Royals (10-26) vs. Cleveland Indians (18-21); 6:05 CT

Starting Pitchers: Jeremy Affeldt (2-2, 5.33) vs. Jake Westbrook (3-2, 5.94)

Starting Lineups:

Royals

CF Kerry Robinson (14 G, .276 BA, .288 OBP, 0 HR, 5 RBI, .633 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (32 G, .307 BA, .346 OBP, 0 HR, 6 RBI, .767 OPS)
1B Doug Mientkiewicz (33 G, .236 BA, .317 OBP, 0 HR, 11 RBI, .645 OPS)
RF Reggie Sanders (26 G, .237 BA, .257 OBP, 4 HR, 14 RBI, .690 OPS)
DH Matt Stairs (21 G, .245 BA, .349 OBP, 3 HR, 10 RBI, .821 OPS)
LF Aaron Guiel (9 G, .222 BA, .344 OBP, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .862 OPS)
3B Tony Graffanino (24 G, .254 BA, .351 OBP, 2 HR, 9 RBI, .754 OPS)
SS DEAD TO ME (36 G, .260 BA, .271 OBP, 2 HR, 11 RBI, .622 OPS)
C Paul Bako (16 G, .184 BA, .205 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .389 OPS)

Indians

CF Grady Sizemore (39 G, .298 BA, .365 OBP, 5 HR, 17 RBI, .853 OPS)
LF Jason Michaels (34 G, .276 BA, .340 OBP, 1 HR, 14 RBI, .691 OPS)
SS Jhonny Peralta (39 G, .255 BA, .344 OBP, 4 HR, 20 RBI, .720 OPS)
DH Travis Hafner (37 G, .326 BA, .435 OBP, 12 HR, 35 RBI, 1.095 OPS)
C Victor Martinez (38 G, .310 BA, .369 OBP, 5 HR, 23 RBI, .858 OPS)
1B Eduardo Perez (21 G, .321 BA, .371 OBP, 4 HR, 15 RBI, 1.032 OPS)
RF Casey Blake (37 G, .366 BA, .440 OBP, 7 HR, 27 RBI, 1.058 OPS)
2B Ronnie Belliard (37 G, .271 BA, .329 OBP, 2 HR, 16 RBI, .672 OPS)
3B Aaron Boone (36 G, .252 BA, .331 OBP, 2 HR, 18 RBI, .701 OPS)




Lineup is a LITTLE bit better today, but this is the lineup I'd put out there today.

3B Esteban German (.828 OPS)
CF Kerry Robinson (.633 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (.747 OPS)
DH Matt Stairs (.821 OPS)
1B Justin Huber (.804 OPS)
RF Reggie Sanders (.690 OPS)
LF Aaron Guiel (.862 OPS)
SS Tony Graffanino (.754 OPS)
C John Buck (.732 OPS)


-Why isn't Esteban German playing anymore?? One tiny slump and all of a sudden no more playing time. What the f*ck is Buddy Bell doing?

-Why is Doug Mientkiewicz batting 3rd?? His numbers aren't atrocious, but they aren't very good either. With the way Stairs is swinging the bat right now and with Huber rotting on the bench, might as well give Huber the start at 1B. Minky was SUPPOSED to be here to keep Huber in Triple-A to develop, but if Huber is gonna be in Kansas City, then Minky has no spot on this team. Either get rid of Minky, or send Huber down to Omaha and let Minky play 1B and bat 7th or 8th. Either is fine, but Huber rotting on the bench is a flat out joke. What the f*ck is Buddy Bell doing?

-What the f*ck does John Buck have to do to get some consistent playing time behind the plate. He's our "catcher of the future," he's very good behind the plate, in terms of calling games and defense, and he has looked miles better at the plate this year than last, but nooooooone of that is enough to keep Paul Bako off the field. No, gotta get that guy a chance to dig his OPS out from under the .400 mark I guess. What the f*ck is Buddy Bell doing?

-How horribly does Berroa have to play to not be here anymore. Worst player in baseball. He makes so many mistakes that don't show up in the numbers that it isn't even fathomable. Footwork at short is atrocious, absoulutely refuses to take pitches/draw a walk, can't bunt, can't run fast, has little power, strikes out all the time, and is just an all-around retard. I'm in favor of Graffanino being our SS until someone from the minors is ready.....he wouldn't be great....but he wouldn't make so many retarded mistakes.

What is it going to take for him to be dead to you?

He's getting there.....I'm gonna give him until we get a little healthier...we'll see what he does when Shane Costa gets back and we get a little further on in the season. If Huber is still on the bench later on in the season and Guiel is sent down to Triple A instead of Brown....he'll move right to the top of the list....but for now..he's just on the fringe.



Tonight's game...5 runs for Cleveland on 2 hits. 5 walks and an error by us.....just a complete joke. The management has completely abandoned the plan they said they were going to stick too, and the pitchers have stopped throwing strikes whatsoever. Just rediculous.

05/17/06 - Royals 0, Indians 5

Winning Pitcher: Westbrook (4-2, 4.98)
Losing Pitcher: Affeldt (2-3, 5.46)

Box Score: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...kcamlb_clemlb_1


Game Recap: Affeldt threw six innings only allowing three hits and only one homerun to Hafner, so he threw pretty well.....oh, wait, my bad, he's a Royals pitcher, so he decided to walk six guys and actually allowed 5 runs on those two singles and one homerun. I forgot about that part. Guess he didn't get my memo that perhaps if he would throw more strikes than balls, that he'd actually be a good pitcher. Oh well, I guess there's always next time.....f*cking a$$hole. Offense was sh*tty because of Reggie Sanders sucking, DEAD TO ME (SS) sucking, Paul Bako getting the start for no apparent reason (Buck did pinch hit and *SURPRISE* got a hit in his at-bat) and basically they were all sh*tty because Bell refuses to play our good players. Wouldn't want to get super prospect Huber any at-bats, because "it wouldn't be fair to Dougie."

What a bunch of f*cking douchebags our management has become....

5/19 Recap -- Pujols just made our pitcher cry right there on the mound. This is officially the low point in Royals history.

Sorry, I'm posting this a day early.

I hope he gets beaned now

Pujols = 5 for 5, 5 HRs , 20 rbis.. cardinals lose 21-20

From Jeff Passan's most recent Yahoo! Sports article:

"If the Royals use the same lineup as they did in their sixth straight loss Thursday, their combined Value Over Replacement Player – the Baseball Prospectus metric that calculates the number of runs a player contributes better than a replacement-level player – is 1.6. By himself, Albert Pujols is 31.4."

Yikes. Combine that with the staff's inability to throw strikes since the start of the season, and that's too much even for a young team with some promise to overcome.

You're right, Huber needs to hit. Now.

sadly enough, you might be right.

"The Royals' seventh straight loss dropped them to 10-29, the worst mark after 39 games in the history of a franchise which has lost at least 100 games in three of the past four seasons." this, of course, after blowing a 5 run lead.

i could not care less about the royals, and i dont read this thread very often.
i just feel bad for kowboykoop having to continue to update this.

i think you should have a royals funeral and let the thread and the royals return
to obscurity.

heres a potential decider for you koop- ill let you decide if this really is the lowest point.
if it is, you are absolved of any further updates or fandom obligations till the royals hit
.500 again.

I was watching PTI the other day and they refered to the Royals as the worst franchise in baseball, even worse than the Marlins.

Thats all I have to add to this thread, good day!

Worse than the Marlins really? I put Kansas City above the Marlins right now at least...

not a chance...the marlins at least have potential to be good in the near future. the royals are going nowhere fast.

I guess so.. They should trade Sweeney now while he is still worth something. It went downhill when they lost Dye and Damon, Beltran, Suppan.. etc

koop, can you at least now admit that the reggie sanders/doug mientkiewicz/mark grudzielanek signings were a mistake like everyone else was saying before?

No, they were not mistakes, and if you had read my reasons for supporting the moves you would know why. I did NOT say they would turn this team into a good team (though certainly I expected them to be better than this, of course). The reason the they are good is because they are all on one year deals and are here so we don't have to rush any prospects. Justin Huber needs more time in the minors. Without Minky, we are forced to play rush him and risk ruining him. Same with Grudzielanek. He is there so we don't rush Ruben Gotay and Donnie Murphy and Angel Sanchez. Same with Reggie Sanders. We don't want to rush Billy Butler or Chris Lubanski or Mitch Maier. It is better to let prospects develop at the correct pace then to just throw them out there two years too early and ruin them. We rushed Zach Grienke and look what happened to him. We rushed Mark Teahen, and look where he is, back in the minors. We rushed Dee Brown back in the day, and look what happend to him..still in the minors and completely ruined. We have prospects in the minors, but we aren't going to rush them, thus, we signed some guys to play for a year and give them time. Have they underachieved?? Yeah, Sanders especially has (Grudz has been pretty good), but that doesn't mean they were bad signings. They will all three be gone for next year and don't block any young talent right now. We had to have somebody to play for us, and they are better than ruining prospects just to field a team. Besides, Minky and Grudz have NOT been the problem, the problem has been Emil Brown and Angel Berro and Joe Mays and the rest of our pitching and Tony Graffanino and Matt Stairs, and most importantly, Buddy Bell. Grudz and Minky have been okay for us this year, so I think they have been good signings. It was either sign some relatively cheap free agents or start a team full on not-ready prospects and risk ruining all of them like we have in the past. I like this route better. Yeah, our record is way worse than we would like, but so was the Detroit Tigers record a couple years ago also, and look at them now. Next year we'll have a ton of young guys on our team who have been properly developed in the minors instead of rushed and then we can start getting better, but for now, they are going to stay in the minors. Certainly I wish our record was better for this year, but for our organization, it is the future that is more important.

Edit: Also, I've been visiting family the past few days, so I wasn't able to update this thread. I'll resume the updated tomorrow.

anyone listen to Jim Rome at all? He went on and on about the Royals ineptitude today. Says he thinks they could set the loss record this year. He was comparing them to the Tigers of a couple years ago who almost set the record, talking about how at the end fans there were holding up signs "Not in our House", which is hilarious for a team trying to set a record for crappy.

They won't set the loss record. They are getting DeJesus and MacDougal and Grienke back soon, and at some point Gordon and other prospects will get here that will make the team better than they are now. They may only win 50, because they have dug themselves an incredible hole, but they won't set any records....but I must admit, if we DID set the record and that brought about some major major changes in the organization, that would probably be a good thing. More specifically...if Bell is fired or Glass sells the team or something drastic like that......then I could care less what our record is this year..the season will have been a success.

05/23/06--Detroit Tigers (30-14) vs. Kansas City Royals (10-32); 7:10 CT

Starting Pitchers: Kenny Rogers (7-2, 2.91) vs. Runelvyz Hernandez (1-3, 6.75)

Starting Lineups:

Tigers

CF Curtis Granderson (44 G, .256 BA, .351 OBP, 8 HR, 17 RBI, .814 OPS)
2B Placido Polanco (36 G, .300 BA, .312 OBP, 1 HR, 13 RBI, .658 OPS)
C Ivan Rodriguez (38 G, .302 BA, .335 OBP, 2 HR, 15 RBI, .744 OPS)
RF Magglio Ordonez (42 G, .325 BA, .367 OBP, 11 HR, 31 RBI, .950 OPS)
SS Carlos Guillen (43 G, .315 BA, .398 OBP, 5 HR, 25 RBI, .914 OPS)
1B Chris Shelton (44 G, .318 BA, .379 OBP, 11 HR, 28 RBI, 1.004 OPS)
LF Craig Monroe (44 G, .222 BA, .266 OBP, 9 HR, 26 RBI, .704 OPS)
DH Omar Infante (16 G, .306 BA, .333 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .762 OPS)
3B Brandon Inge (42 G, .224 BA, .303 OBP, 10 HR, 25 RBI, .810 OPS)

Royals

3B Esteban German (26 G, .377 BA, .472 OBP, 0 HR, 6 RBI, .866 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (37 G, .311 BA, .348 OBP, 0 HR, 8 RBI, .747 OPS)
RF Reggie Sanders (31 G, .229 BA, .252 OBP, 5 HR, 19 RBI, .684 OPS)
LF DEAD TO ME (39 G, .233 BA, .307 OBP, 3 HR, 16 RBI, .683 OPS)
DH Tony Graffanino (28 G, .244 BA, .326 OBP, 2 HR, 11 RBI, .704 OPS)
SS DEAD TO ME (40 G, .238 BA, .248 OBP, 2 HR, 13 RBI, .575 OPS)
1B Doug Mientkiewicz (39 G, .256 BA, .340 OBP, 0 HR, 12 RBI, .678 OPS)
C John Buck (33 G, .244 BA, .303 OBP, 2 HR, 12 RBI, .703 OPS)
CF Aaron Guiel (13 G, .194 BA, .326 OBP, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .826 OPS)

I hate Jim Rome.

I don't think I've EVER heard him make one single intelligent comment about baseball ever...from what I've heard he seems to know his football pretty well.....but that's about it. I don't hate him, I think he is funny SOMEtimes...but I don't ever really put too much stock into anything he says..he just goes to the extreme with everything just to try and grab ratings.

DEAD TO ME (SS) standing on 2nd base.....two outs....1-0 count on Mientkiewicz......ball thrown in the dirt and blocked by the catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who has the strongest throwing arm of all time....oh, but what was that that DEAD TO ME (SS) tried to do?? Oh yeah..he tries to steal 3rd base and is thrown out. Awesome. That's DEAD TO ME (SS) in a f*cking nutshell. What a f*cking retard that guy is. His OPS is below .600 and he is literally the stupidest player of all time......how bad does he have to get before we FINALLY get rid of this guy...what a joke of a player he is..

05/23/06--Tigers 8, Royals 5

Winning Pitcher: Zumaya (2-0, 3.48)
Losing Pitcher: Dessens (2-4, 3.86)

Box Score: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...detmlb_kcamlb_1

Game Recap: Another loss. Bullpen blew the game after Hernandez started the game off okay. Offense was decent. Pitching has gotten flat out atrocious, after being solid for a few weeks they've turned into a complete joke. Changes gotta happen...don't know what Glass is waiting for. Joke Joke Joke Joke.

05/24/06--Detroit Tigers (31-14) vs. Kansas City Royals (10-33); 7:10 CT

Starting Pitchers: Jeremy Bonderman (4-3, 4.66) vs. Jimmy Gobble (0-0, 5.14)

Starting Lineups:

Tigers

CF Curtis Granderson (45 G, .268 BA, .363 OBP, 8 HR, 20 RBI, .845 OPS)
2B Placido Polanco (37 G, .303 BA, .314 OBP, 1 HR, 14 RBI, .663 OPS)
C Ivan Rodriguez (39 G, .293 BA, .326 OBP, 2 HR, 15 RBI, .722 OPS)
RF Magglio Ordonez (43 G, .327 BA, .368 OBP, 11 HR, 31 RBI, .946 OPS)
SS Carlos Guillen (44 G, .325 BA, .403 OBP, 6 HR, 27 RBI, .949 OPS)
1B Chris Shelton (45 G, .317 BA, .380 OBP, 11 HR, 28 RBI, .995 OPS)
DH Omar Infante (17 G, .321 BA, .357 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .791 OPS)
LF Marcus Thames (21 G, .306 BA, .386 OBP, 6 HR, 8 RBI, 1.047 OPS)
3B Brandon Inge (43 G, .230 BA, .306 OBP, 10 HR, 26 RBI, .809 OPS)

Royals

CF Shane Costa (23 G, .307 BA, .338 OBP, 3 HR, 8 RBI, .831 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (38 G, .322 BA, .362 OBP, 2 HR, 10 RBI, .809 OPS)
1B Doug Mientkiewicz (40 G, .250 BA, .338 OBP, 0 HR, 12 RBI, 668 OPS)
RF Reggie Sanders (32 G, .228 BA, .250 OBP, 6 HR, 21 RBI, .697 OPS)
DH Matt Stairs (26 G, .225 BA, .325 OBP, 3 HR, 10 RBI, .748 OPS)
LF DEAD TO ME (40 G, .235 BA, .312 OBP, 4 HR, 17 RBI, .709 OPS)
3B Tony Graffanino (29 G, .233 BA, .313 OBP, 2 HR, 11 RBI, .673 OPS)
C Paul Bako (19 G, .200 BA, .217 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .417 OPS)
SS DEAD TO ME (41 G, .238 BA, .248 OBP, 2 HR, 13 RBI, .579 OPS)


-Why is Doug Mientkiewicz batting third? Noone has a f*cking clue.
-Why is Tony Graffanino at third instead of Esteban German? Noone has a f*cking clue. Guess you don't want that .472 OBP at the top of your lineup too much.........
-Why is John Buck not playing? Noone has a f*cking clue. Guess you got to get Bako and his bad defense and his .400 OPS in the lineup as much as possible.

I honestly think that if we had a different manager, we'd be 8-10 games better. What Bell is doing to our team has GOT to be the biggest joke in the history of sports.

Example: Our pitcher, Gobble, a long reliever from the bullpen who has started a lot in the past, has got through four innings on 59 pitches, giving up 1 run on 3 hits while striking out 3 and walking none. His last inning, the 4th, was very strong and he appears to be in a pretty good groove. But wait...that's right, Buddy Bell is the manager, so Bell yanks him. WHAT THE F*CK!?!??! Gobble has thrown 50+ pitches 3 times this year....and has a very durable arm....but no no no no......Bell pulls him despite cruising pretty well...and the next guy goes on to give up 4 runs. Just f*cking rediculous.

Also, there is the case of Justin Huber. Called up when he shouldn't be, every other team in the majors would've DH'ed him over Matt Stairs every game, to continue his development. What does Bell do?? Benches him. Gotta get the .220 hitting 38 year old Matt Stairs his at-bats, he says...just f*cking rediculous. Then, after Huber goes back to the minors, he is now in a terrible slump. Oh, but don't worry, Bell says his development wasn't hurt by sitting on the bench for two weeks. Also, now Huber is being tried out in LF, despite us having an abundance of outfield prospects in the minors. Why? Noone has a clue, but that's what Bell wanted. Who the f*ck takes their hot 1B prospect who is projected as a star in the majors and "tries them out in left field." F*cking retarded.

Oh, but don't worry, there's more. Esteban German's near .500 OBP isn't enough to earn him a starting job over Tony Graffanino. Graffy's .220 batting average and little power and decent glove and little speed is too much for German and his great plate discipline, great speed, decent glove and his outstanding bat to overcome. Same with John Buck. Guess his potential isn't enough to prevent the .400 OPS and horrid defense of Paul Bako from starting every other game. Don't worry, DEAD TO ME's (SS) sub .600 OPS and constant baserunning and fielding mistakes and worst range in the majors isn't enough to get him less playing time either.


Buddy Bell has gone straight to the top of the DEAD TO ME list. This b*tch is f*ckin' up!

Please beat the Tigers for us sometime. We would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

Love,
The White Sox

Not gonna happen. You'll have to take care of them yourself........and that may be a lot easier said than done...ChiSox-Tigers-Indians could be a pretty sick battle this summer (and yes, I do think the Indians will get hot at some point and get right back in the race).

I did think that but now I don't see them catching us.

mm...their offense is loaded and now they are getting Sabathia back in full force....which could really stabilize that rotation as the summer goes on...9 games back isn't that much considering it isn't even June yet...I think they'll be in the race by mid-August and then who knows...I'm sticking with my prediction of them winning the division.

BTW...Cleveland was 11.5 back at this point last year and were 8 back as late as August 25 of last year and came back and nearly caught the ChiSox up until the last series last year...so I think they have the run in them as their offense is better than last year and I think their pitching will return to form....intersting battle in what is by far the best division in baseball though..I'm not sure any other team in baseball could keep up with the leaders in the AL Central this year....

Looks like the Royals ate their spinach today..Jesus Christ!!! Even Minky got a dinger!!

Have no fear though...we'll still lose. Mark it.

6-0 Royals...bases loaded for the Tigers, 1 out...Bautista gets a ground ball to SS for the inning ending double play!



























Oh wait, that's right, DEAD TO ME (SS) is playing shortstop and makes an error. Routine. But yeah, Buddy Bell likes the way his *** looks, so he plays.

And the biggest joke in sports continues. Right after putting up 6 in the first, Bautista walks 2, hits a batter, gives up two measly singles, and DEAD TO ME (SS) makes a gigantic error on a routine grounder and we've given back 3 of the runs already.

*COUGH* Isaih Thomas* COUGH*

Maybe..but only because he's in New York.

wow that was a pathetic ninth inning.

So, they shooting for 20 losses in a row or what?

This team is full of achievers.

The Kansas City Royals: Undefeated in their last game.

Because he's in NY more people know about it. But there is no way Buddy Bell is doing a worse job than Zeke. He mortgaged the future for an absolutely horrendous present... and somehow still has a job. They will be horrendous for at least the next 5 years.

At least the Royals have some good young players to build on once they get there.

Suck it, Yankees.

Oh yea I forgot to congratulate you last night. I work with all Yankee fans so it was a lot of fun watching the game last night and rooting for the Royals

Thank you...feels good to get the occasional win........don't worry though, we'll find a way to humiliate ourselves in losing the next 12 games we play..lol.

05/27/06--Kansas City Royals (11-35) vs. New York Yankees (26-20); 3:05 CT

Starting Pitchers: Jeremy Affeldt (2-4, 6.51) vs. Chien-Ming Wang (4-2, 4.43)

Starting Lineups:

Royals

CF Shane Costa (26 G, .294 BA, .337 OBP, 3 HR, 10 RBI, .796 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (40 G, .317 BA, .355 OBP, 2 HR, 10 RBI, .789 OPS)
1B Doug Mientkiewicz (43 G, .248 BA, .333 OBP, 1 HR, 13 RBI, .682 OPS)
LF DEAD TO ME (43 G, .242 BA, .312 OBP, 4 HR, 20 RBI, .714 OPS)
DH Matt Stairs (29 G, .238 BA, .326 OBP, 4 HR, 13 RBI, .776 OPS)
3B Tony Graffanino (32 G, .245 BA, .321 OBP, 3 HR, 13 RBI, .709 OPS)
RF Aaron Guiel (17 G, .190 BA, .320 OBP, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .772 OPS)
SS DEAD TO ME (44 G, .248 BA, .262 OBP, 4 HR, 17 RBI, .641 OPS)
C John Buck (35 G, .255 BA, .308 OBP, 2 HR, 12 RBI, .706 OPS)

Yankees

CF Johnny Damon (45 G, .287 BA, .358 OBP, 5 HR, 25 RBI, .789 OPS)
SS Derek Jeter (46 G, .353 BA, .441 OBP, 5 HR, 35 RBI, .963 OPS)
DH Gary Sheffield (27 G, .309 BA, .374 OBP, 4 HR, 19 RBI, .829 OPS)
1B Jason Giambi (43 G, .265 BA, .462 OBP, 12 HR, 37 RBI, 1.045 OPS)
3B Alex Rodriguez (46 G, .284 BA, .383 OBP, 11 HR, 36 RBI, .895 OPS)
RF Bernie Williams (42 G, .262 BA, .307 OBP, 2 HR, 20 RBI, .669 OPS)
2B Miguel Cairo (17 G, .200 BA, .273 OBP, 0 HR, 6 RBI, .548 OPS)
LF Melky Cabrera (14 G, .295 BA, .380 OBP, 0 HR, 5 RBI, .698 OPS)
C Kelly Stinnett (18 G, .163 BA, .234 OBP, 0 HR, 5 RBI, .443 OPS)



Second straight game that Esteban German is not starting...guess that .397 batting average, or that .476 On Base Percentage, or that .942 OPS just isn't quite good enough to unseat the immortal Tony Graffanino from the 3B position...un-f*cking-believable how retarded our manager is....

Scott Elarton said it best.....When nobody cares, nothing will change. It is sad to see........GO INDIANS!!!!!!

boooooooooo indians

Back to the usual routine....time to get rid of Affeldt, Hernandez, and Redman. Put Gobble, Keppel, and Wood in their spot..or bring up Ed Yarnell from the minors. The younger guys can't do any worse and can't prove how good they can be unless given the shot. Our current guys are shot.

At least the offense is showing a bit of fight these days.....down 8-0 to start..now 9-4.....at least they seem to be fighting a bit more lately...