That sucks, because I don't live in Kirksville anymore.

It sure makes you type a lot. I was just saying, this thread will probablly become a constant bashing of the Royals as the season goes on. You think way to into these things. By the way, if you go back to what I posted I wasn't really attacking the Royals. I felt that what you said was just ridiculous and I felt like I had to comment on it.

One paragraph is typing a lot??? Boy...I guess that says a lot about you if you think typing for 45 seconds is "a lot." Also, I'll say it again for you...you and digitalmonkey are the only ones who are bashing the Royals on here..the rest of us are talking about baseball....so I don't know what makes you think "the Royals bashing is going to get worse." What, you think that new people are gonna joing FCP to come post here? What, you think that a lot of people are JUST NOW going to realize that the Royals suck and will start bashing them? Wow...what are you talking about??

Also, the "rediculous" thing that you were "commenting" on was when I said scoring 4 runs was better than scoring 0 runs....and you chose to argue AGAINST this fact....so...yeah....that was pretty retarded of you...you do realize that YOU were the one being made fun of by lots of other posters for that..right???? Just so you have it clear...four runs is more than zero runs..and the more runs you score the better.......hopefully now you've learned that lesson..you can move on to multiplication next week.

06/06/06--Rangers 6, Royals 2

Winning Pitcher: Millwood (7-3, 4.65)
Losing Pitcher: Elarton (1-7, 5.09)

Box Score: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...texmlb_kcamlb_1


Game Recap: Pitching wasn't very good, but the game was lost by us in two key spots. First time was with the bases loaded in the 2nd, two outs, and Grudz lined out very hard to right field..so a bit unlucky there. Second time was with the bases loaded with one out (after a pinch-hit single from Esteban German..go figure...) and pinch-hitter Reggie Sanders grounds into a double play....so missing out on those two huge opportunities cost us the game...as we actually hit the ball well off of Millwood, but ran into some tough luck and Sanders disappointed again in a big spot. Sanders has easily been the most disappointing player this year...but he'll likely be traded before too long. On the positive side, Teahen had a nice game, going 2 for 4 with a home run.

That's a helluva a point your making, but in the end it don't matter without a W. 8-4 isn't even close to a W. I was just saying that you were giving your Royals a little too much credit for something that is expected of every team. Maybe I read to much into your post, but I guess that's because I don't get the point in creating a post saying that 4>0. However, before you keep insulting me, saying that I just come on here to insult the Royals you should read a little more carefully into what I'm saying. I think that this thread is going to become a Royals suck thread and posts have been made before to remark how much they suck. What else is there really to talk about? I really don't know how to put this without being a little harsh, but the Royals are really bad. There's really nothing much to this franchise, nor does it have very much life. We'll see in a few months whether or not my predicition is right, but I think eventually it is going to be you, a few other people, and then someone popping by reminding the thread about how bad the Royals are.

Maybe YOU should start reading what I read have been saying.

A. ALL I said was that I'm glad our offense scored four runs instead of scoring zero. I wasn't giving them "credit" for anything...I was just saying instead of doing REAL sh*tty, they were just KINDA sh*tty. I said four runs scored was better than zero runs scored...that is IT. That's it. Yet you decided to jump all over me for it...which is pretty retarded.

B. Uh...yeah, the Royals are really bad right now...duh....is anyone saying otherwise??

C. You and digitalmonkey are the only ones "bashing" the Royals...so I don't know who else you think is going to join you guys in turning this thread into a Royals-bashing thread...because it's not going to happen. I discuss a LOT more than just our current season...it's about the entire organization. Oh, and by the way, we just got a new GM, will have a new manager, and have a lot of offensive talent on the way...so I don't know what makes you say this franchise has "no life." What, you think we'll be the worst team in baseball for the next 30 years??? Obviously you don't know much about our organization if you think we are "lifeless," we have a lot more talent than you think...and our organization is getting better. Yeah, our CURRENT KC team sucks...but hello, if you actually followed Royals baseball you'd realize that's because we aren't rushing our talent and instead are playing a bunch of veterans for now (some are good choices, some are bad,) but we are going to trade a lot of them away soon and develop young players...the organization is clearly getting much better....from top to bottom....that isn't reflected in our current MLB record....

Look at Florida. Their team record sucks, you think their organization sucks?? How many WS titles do they have since 1997 with a low payroll???

Damn, you Yankee fans are extremely ignorant.

Edit: Also, just because YOU don't care about the Royals doesn't mean no one does. This thread is for me....I could really care less what anyone else wants to contribute to this thread....I know my baseball pretty well, I'm a fan of the Royals, so I discuss whatever there is to discuss about the Royals. If a couple of rejects want to come and bash the Royals, who cares? It's easy to bash the team with the worst record in the league, you think that hurts me or something?? Duh..I'm a Royals fan surrounded by Cardinal and Cubs fans, you think I can't handle people telling me "Royals suck." Lol....you must be a sensitive little wimp if you think some people saying "Royals suck" is going to bother me.

Umm, can we get back on topic here?

Royals suck!

There we go.

Yeah, they do suck.

Your point?


I thought you were a big hockey fan or something..shouldn't you be in the hockey forum talking about the finals or something?? lol....maybe they are too boring to you as well, I mean hell, are the Stanley Cup Finals even on TV this year? LMAO..OMG..hockey...what a joke......homos on ice skates.

ROYALS SUCK

I told you it would get worse.

you moved? ahh how was the move?

My college roommate is from Keystone, Iowa, a very small town.


Sucks to have had Grimsley on your team before, oh well..

Uh oh, one more person made one comment that the Royals suck. Boy, do I feel stupid....

The move was fine, but kept my pretty busy. Also, about Grimsley...eh, doesn't really matter to me that he played for us..it ain't like we won anything with him.



06/07/06--Texas Rangers (31-26) vs. Kansas City Royals (14-42); 7:10 CT

Starting Pitchers: John Koronka (4-3, 4.87) vs. Bobby Keppel (0-1, 2.70)

Starting Lineups:

Rangers

CF Gary Matthews Jr. (46 G, .318 BA, .380 OBP, 5 HR, 26 RBI, .927 OPS)
SS Michael Young (57 G, .313 BA, .364 OBP, 3 HR, 34 RBI, .801 OPS)
1B Mark Teixeira (57 G, .293 BA, .385 OBP, 6 HR, 30 RBI, .847 OPS)
3B Hank Blalock (56 G, .308 BA, .382 OBP, 8 HR, 41 RBI, 858 OPS)
RF Mark DeRosa (33 G, .330 BA, .406 OBP, 3 HR, 17 RBI, .942 OPS)
LF Brad Wilkerson (52 G, .250 BA, .336 OBP, 12 HR, 28 RBI, .831 OPS)
DH Kevin Mench (49 G, .298 BA, .342 OBP, 10 HR, 32 RBI, .868 OPS)
2B Ian Kinsler (18 G, .340 BA, .419 OBP, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 1.042 OPS)
C Rod Barajas (41 G, .235 BA, .278 OBP, 4 HR, 16 RBI, .641 OPS)

Royals

CF David DeJesus (15 G, .241 BA, .339 OBP, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .746 OPS)
3B Tony Graffanino (40 G, .242 BA, .307 OBP, 3 HR, 16 RBI, .682 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (49 G, .315 BA, .349 OBP, 2 HR, 12 RBI, .766 OPS)
RF Reggie Sanders (41 G, .250 BA, .279 OBP, 7 HR, 27 RBI, .740 OPS)
LF DEAD TO ME (52 G, .270 BA, .335 OBP, 5 HR, 24 RBI, .757 OPS)
DH Esteban German (38 G, .344 BA, .438 OBP, 1 HR, 7 RBI, .838 OPS)
1B Doug Mientkiewicz (52 G, .266 BA, .356 OBP, 1 HR, 14 RBI, .735 OPS)
SS DEAD TO ME (53 G, .238 BA, .253 OBP, 4 HR, 21 RBI, .615 OPS)
C John Buck (42 G, .224 BA, .269 OBP, 3 HR, 15 RBI, .629 OPS)

Royals are up 2-0 in the 7th tonight. I think they may be starting their run for the wildcard.

Awesome joke. Don Knotts can't stop laughing at it. Also, if you hate the Royals so much, why are you checking their scores. Isn't their some ice dancing on tonight you should be watching??

MLB posts all the scores on the same page. The lopsided results, of which the Royals are usually on the losing end, jump out at me. I don't like ice dancing, they're not gay enough. I prefer hockey.

Man, those Royals sure aren't very good.

Ooohh!! BURN! Take that, Royals fans! I just shattered your world! Obviously, since your team isn't very good, you should root for a different team, because that's what real men do. When things get bad, they totally give up!


For the less intelligent people in this thread, that was sarcasm.

Hold the parade, the Rangers have tied it up in the 9th. I think the Royals are trying to lose.

Digitalmonkey = OWNED!!!!!


Royals give up the lead in the 9th, ruining a brilliant 8 inning performance from rookie Bobby Keppel. Burgos has fallen off the face of the planet..he needs to go to Omaha to get his confidence back..he was dominant and then inexplicably lost something....wow.

Ooooh, you broke out the owned, I must really be getting to you. Is "ZING" next? LOLOLOL

Yeah, that sarcasm by pockets was first rate!

Koop, what is the talk around KC concerning whether Alex Gordon will be brought up this year, and if so, when?

They could use McDougal right now or they could really use a Jason Grimsley type guy now.. no joke

i think i'm seriously laying quite a bit of money on texas tomorrow...i can't see the royals winning after a devastating 9th inning loss. if i would have made it to the book on time, i was actually gonig to put some $ on them today, something near +200 and keppel looks solid. thank god for work.

You forgot the "Royals suck" on your post...according to 'greatwhite' and 'digitalmonkey' this is going to be an entire Royals-bashing thread...so...


As to your question though, Gordon will probably be in KC in August...BUT with a new GM coming in and significant changes to be made...that COULD change...but probably not by much. Gordon is faring better in AA than Zimmerman of Washington did his first year out and he was called up late in the year and started hitting immediately and has played well this year as well..so I think Gordon should forge a similar path....he MIGHT make a quick stop at Omaha (since he played at Nebraska), but probably not for too long..he and a bunch of other prospects will likely see a decent amount of time in KC...especially when our veterans are traded (Grudz, Sanders, Redman?, Stairs (maybe), Mintkiewicz, and Graffanino hopefully).....so that's something to look forward to.

P.S. Grienke and MacDougal are both close to returning...so that is good as well. Grienke's had two pretty good rehab starts in Double-A.





Probably a good bet.

As for Keppel, yeah, he was a pretty good prospect who had a lot of injuries a while back, but is still pretty young and has looked good so far....but that's the case with a lot of rookie pitchers..so we'll see whether he actually develops into anything or not. Throws a lot of strikes though, so that's a good sign.




He was 100% accurate with what he was saying. You are repeatedly saying "Royals suck" like it is some sort of insult or smart thinking on your part. Hello, they have 14 wins in mid-June, OF COURSE THEY SUCK! Duh......what is your point? You think some guy (debatable) on the internet saying my team sucks is going to make me feel bad or something?? lol...


ZING!!!!!!!!!!

Just because you wanted it.

When did I say it was going to be an entire Royals-bashing thread? Are you making false statements again?

You're right, it was greatwhite that said that. I thought you said it too but I looked back and was wrong. My bad on that......but only that.

Your "Royals suck" post, however, remain as retarded as ever.

Suck it, Texas!

16-12 KC wins...and no, it wasn't a football game.

Royals won a nice slugmatch....

Texas should feel horrible that they blew that lead but obviously both teams need to work on their pitching...

Watching these games is always fun though.

We blew the lead first.....good to see the offense bust out for 16..


Uh oh, I just said scoring 16 runs was better than scoring a lesser amount of runs....so here comes 'greatwhite' telling me that I'm "giving credit" to somebody for something I shouldn't be and I'm retarded or something.....I don't know.

Two in a row...b*tches!

Oh man. We can't have the Royals stringing together wins. Since Pujols is out, I want to see them make a run at 120 losses.

No chance. We're getting healthier and healthier and we aren't a worse team than last year....so we'll go on a run (which may be happening now) where we'll play .500 or close ball for 30-40 games to put 120 losses out of the question...and then we'll resume sucking. It happened last year when we first hired Bell and it is probably happening now that Moore has officially taken over as GM...plus this year we have the benefit of gettting a lot of regulars back and getting a lot of good prospects up later on in the year.....so we're probably a better team than last year..but we'll see if the record is better in the end.

Damnit. I need some record chase to watch.

Maybe a ton of people will be uncovered in this Grimsley thing and you can witness a record for most people suspended at the same time or something like that..lol...or most asterick's placed on MLB records at the same time.....blah blah blah.

06/10/06--Tampa Bay Devil Rays (-) vs. Kansas City Royals (-); 1:10 CT

Starting Pitchers: Casey Fossum (1-2, 5.46) vs. Mike Wood (3-1, 4.86)

Starting Lineups:

Devil Rays

SS Julio Lugo (33 G, .254 BA, .292 OBP, 3 HR, 9 RBI, .692 OPS)
LF Carl Crawford (56 G, .303 BA, .349 OBP, 6 HR, 28 RBI, .803 OPS)
2B Jorge Cantu (19 G, .303 BA, .368 OBP, 1 HR, 12 RBI, .823 OPS)
3B Ty Wigginton (58 G, .274 BA, .307 OBP, 13 HR, 44 RBI, .800 OPS)
DH Greg Norton (24 G, .259 BA, .317 OBP, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .748 OPS)
CF Rocco Baldelli (2 G, .286 BA, .286 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .571 OPS)
RF Russell Branyan (29 G, .185 BA, .218 OBP, 7 HR, 16 RBI, .725 OPS)
C Toby Hall (52 G, .254 BA, .284 OBP, 8 HR, 19 RBI, .732 OPS)
1B Travis Lee (55 G, .208 BA, .268 OBP, 4 HR, 13 RBI, .589 OPS)

Royals

CF David DeJesus (18 G, .288 BA, .382 OBP, 2 HR, 7 RBI, .866 OPS)
3B Tony Graffanino (42 G, .243 BA, .304 OBP, 3 HR, 17 RBI, .672 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (52 G, .303 BA, .336 OBP, 2 HR, 12 RBI, .734 OPS)
DH Reggie Sanders (44 G, .259 BA, .298 OBP, 7 HR, 30 RBI, .762 OPS)
LF Emil Brown (55 G, .265 BA, .329 OBP, 5 HR, 26 RBI, .737 OPS)
1B Doug Mientkiewicz (55 G, .276 BA, .362 OBP, 1 HR, 17 RBI, .751 OPS)
SS Angel Berroa (56 G, .250 BA, .263 OBP, 4 HR, 22 RBI, .631 OPS)
RF Shane Costa (35 G, .259 BA, .294 OBP, 3 HR, 11 RBI, .696 OPS)
C John Buck (45 G, .222 BA, .269 OBP, 3 HR, 16 RBI, .625 OPS)

Koop I was really suprised to see the Royals take Hochevar #1 in the draft after the Dodgers couldnt sign him last year. What is your take?

Well....he's obviously got pretty good stuff, so I think it's a good pick IF Glass is willing to open his wallet to sign him..and that is what he said he is going to do..so I like it..but really, projecting pitchers from the draft is so tough that I have a hard time saying whether picks are "good" or "bad" or whatever...but I think it's a good pick, unless Glass gets cheap and doesn't pay to sign him, then it would be an atrocious pick, obviously. Both sides say they are going to try and sign quick so Hochevar can report to AA (probably), so that's a good sign. We'll see what happens.

06/13/06--Kansas City Royals (16-46) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (28-35)

Starting Pitchers: Brandon Duckworth (0-0, 0.00) vs. Jered Weaver (3-0, 1.86)

Starting Lineups:

Royals

CF David DeJesus (21 G, .266 BA, .356 OBP, 2 HR, 7 RBI, .799 OPS)
2B Mark Grudzielanek (55 G, .299 BA, .339 OBP, 2 HR, 13 RBI, .728 OPS)
1B Doug Mientkiewicz (58 G, .279 BA, .363 OBP, 1 HR, 20 RBI, .749 OPS)
RF Reggie Sanders (46 G, .259 BA, .299 OBP, 8 HR, 32 RBI, .771 OPS)
DH Matt Stairs (41 G, .256 BA, .338 OBP, 6 HR, 23 RBI, .808 OPS)
3B Mark Teahen (32 G, .248 BA, .291 OBP, 3 HR, 15 RBI, .685 OPS)
LF Shane Costa (38 G, .254 BA, .287 OBP, 3 HR, 11 RBI, .680 OPS)
SS Tony Graffanino (43 G, .245 BA, .305 OBP, 3 HR, 17 RBI, .672 OPS)
C Paul Bako (26 G, .266 BA, .309 OBP, 0 HR, 5 RBI, .606 OPS)

Angels

DH Chone Figgins (62 G, .258 BA, .329 OBP, 4 HR, 20 RBI, .689 OPS)
SS Orlando Cabrera (61 G, .310 BA, .368 OBP, 4 HR, 38 RBI, .818 OPS)
RF Vladimir Guerrero (62 G, .311 BA, .352 OBP, 15 HR, 51 RBI, .879 OPS)
LF Garret Anderson (56 G, .287 BA, .323 OBP, 5 HR, 40 RBI, .759 OPS)
1B Kendry Morales (18 G, .250 BA, .288 OBP, 3 HR, 11 RBI, .695 OPS)
C Mike Napoli (27 G, .297 BA, .409 OBP, 6 HR, 14 RBI, 1.004 OPS)
CF Darin Erstad (23 G, .232 BA, .289 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .630 OPS)
3B Dallas McPherson (28 G, .281 BA, .297 OBP, 5 HR, 10 RBI, .791 OPS)
2B Adam Kennedy (59 G, .269 BA, .329 OBP, 2 HR, 26 RBI, .704 OPS)

When asked how the team is feeling following last night's win over the Angels, Royals designated hitter Matt Stairs responded:


"We're a hot team right now, we've won one in a row."

OWNED!!!!!

nh sir.

Kyle Snyder is going for the sox on monday....im scared....what is your scouting report koop?

I can't believe Royals cast-off Snyder is going to be starting for you guys....he has 100% sucked every opportunity he has gotten in KC.....but changes of scenery have a funny effect on pitchers...so we'll see. He may be okay for you guys, he's been good in Triple-A, but he had one start here a couple weeks ago and got rocked...so I don't know. I'm glad we're rid of him though, he won't ever be that good.

Royals on the verge of taking 2 of 3 from Houston on the road, thanks to Dougie MientOBPkiewiczswitzerschenznopowergoodloveitz's three-run shot. Royals quietly playing a bit better lately and should be getting healthier soon. The addition of pitchers Duckworth, Wellmeyer, and Keppel have been good for us so far, but not enough time to tell whether they will stick with us for the long haul or not. Either way, Moore's strategy of just collecting as many pitchers as possible is a welcome change.

Yeah, sounds like a one and done to me. Unless he's spectacular, he'll do a spot start and then he's off to the minors.

FYP

For Boston's sake, I would hope so...he's been a pretty good pitcher in Triple-A this year and has been in the past, but he just can't ever seem to translate that to the Majors for whatever reason. I hope he does well, but realistically, I don't know.

The Royals AAA is just 60 miles away from me in omaha...i should get up there for a game....

Snyder has been okay through 5 innings for Boston...it would be SOOO our luck for Snyder, who has sucked hardcore over and over and over in a KC uniform, to all of a sudden turn into a decent pitcher the minute he gets traded....so, sorry Boston fans, but I hope he sucks.

I'm happy he kept us in the game. I wouldn't worry about him turning good. He didn't look all that spectacular and it probably won't even matter since he'll be going to the minors - possibly never to return.

Wow, Kyle Snyder? insane....

I dont know about you Koop, but I want to see Dead to You #2 help the Reds with the Central or Wild Card.

Again....Royals luck would indicate that DEAD TO ME (SP) goes 9-1 the rest of the year with a 2.18 ERA and leads the Reds to the NLCS.......I would be so pissed.




Yeah, I'm not really too worried abou it. He used to be a decent prospect but he just never took his Triple-A success and turned it into MLB success..and he ain't getting any better.