Dude sucks. His BA is only .174, and he has only 12 RBIs.

ROFL Claims she doesnt remember last night.



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Who?

LMAO

Thanks Hud.

The good news though, Cleveland and New York both lost. Just waiting on Texas.

All game are done for today. Here are the standings.

Division:
http://i.imgur.com/6zO2K3I.png


Wildcard:
http://i.imgur.com/RMToNRc.png

Not to be pessimistic, but does anyone realistically see us passing three teams to snag the 2nd wild card spot? Not me.

No.

Well, I can assure you of this. We make it a shit ton more difficult on ourselves when we get SHUT THE **** OUT by a first time starting pitcher and our ace is on the mound. I was starting to get my hopes up going into last nights game, but that was my get real pill that I swallowed last night. I thnk the odds and our history speaks for itself.

His stuff has never been the issue.

These next 5 games won't win us a playoff spot, but they sure can end our season. We must win tonight and at least split with Boston. If we win one or two games in the next five that would probably be too much to overcome.

In my "race to get to 90 wins" post, I had us sweeping Minny and splitting the 4 game series with Bahhhston. So, to catch up, we are going to have to take 3 of 4 from the BoSox. Get r done gawdamnit!

I am honestly not that worried about Cleveland and Baltimore. We get to play Cleveland and other than the Twinkies they have a pretty tough August. I tend to view Baltimore the same way. They have a tough August and have only been playing one game above .500 since the All-Star break.

Texas is who I am worried about. They could easily only lose 5 games the rest of the month. They have 7 with the Astros. 6 with the Mariners. 2 with the Brewers and Twinkies and 3 with the White Sox.

Now if somehow Tampa can find a way to lose and come back to the pack in the wildcard race and both spots open up, that would be a huge lifeline.

I think that if we continue to play good and don't screw up this week, that we will be past Cleveland and Baltimore by the end of this month. Then after that, we would just have one more team to track down for that last wildcard spot.

Worried that the Boston series is going to end our hopes. Boston is a legitimate playoff team, and this series can prove whether we belong. Need to start another 9 out of 10 stretch tonight.

I'm in the same boat. Why can't we hit left handers with 85 mph fastballs?

I bet Bruce Chen would no-hit us.

we're not that close to the end of the season. We can't let a fluke start by Shields pop our balloon. We can safely assume that's an outlier.

This. One game isn't going to make or break getting to the playoffs.

You win some and lose some you shouldn't along the way. That's baseball.

Alot of games yet to be played. By the end of the month we will probably know our fate.

Let's not go crazy with saying this was a "fluke" start. He hasn't been particularly sharp the past 2 months, so this ass-beating came as no surprise to me. He was long overdue for one.

Let's just hope he gets it corrected and his pitching starts trending towards his April/May figures

By the way, Santana is our ace. Not Shields.

No doubt in my mind that if we need a stop or somehow reach the wildcard 1-game playoff, I want Magic on the mound, not "Big Game" James

I thought his arm looked a bit tired in the Cleve start right before the end of the year, really laboring with high pitch counts. Then he was sharp again first start after the break vs. White Sox, but back to laboring in 2 vs Minny. Looks tired to me, cannot locate and getting no break on his changeup. Velocity is 90 on those fastballs too, not the 93ish he was working earlier.

Mike Boddicker talked about this on the Border Patrol this morning. He said every pitcher goes through periods in the season where you basically have a dead arm for 2 to 3 starts and you just have to push through.

He also talked about how at the beginning of the season you can pick up a whole gallon of milk, at the all-star break you can only pick up a half gallon, and by the end of the season you can only pick up a pint. Crazy what pitchers put their arm through.

He needs to quit masturbating and get himself a hockey mom stat

Call Shields what you will, but he's the lead dog in multiple ways on that Staff, not Santana. Not to mention, we didn't give up our Franchise RF'r for Santana.

I know what you're saying and I love the mentality he has brought to the staff, and the team as a whole. But Santana has been our best pitcher and I want him taking the hill in a must win.

Shields effort was garbage last night. Throwing 3-0 fastballs at 90mph right down the plate. I know our offense (whole different issue) can't seem to hit those pitches, but about 25 other mlb offenses can. And the Twins did, with ease.

That's what I was seeing last nite. Got me to thinking: Why would we extend the guy? I mean, considering the 15M/per it would take....no thanks! TB used up his arm pushing him 220+ per year and he's got about 1 more excellent year IMO.

Look at Roy Halladay to see what happens after too much usage. Kaput!

I would not be against the idea of sitting Shields his next start to let his arm rest a bit.

:spock:

Halladay had six straight years of 220+ innings before his body broke down. That's a really bad example.

You are a parody of yourself.

Shields has averaged 221.3 IP/yr the past 6 years. Therefore, I have no earthly idea what you're possibly disagreeing with here.

**** me.

CP getting sourced by Joel Goldberg. Which one of you is he?

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Hi Joel!

Joel, please get rid of dipshit in the booth. Hud is beyond horrible to listen to... even my 5, 8, and 10 yr old girls make fun of him....

Has anyone heard who goes down to make room for Duffy?

I actually like Hud, but wouldn't have an issue with getting rid of Ryan.

Will Smith, but since he pitched last night, he wouldn't be available for a couple of days anyway.

Will Smith

I couldn't stand him either at first but he grows on you to the point to where you look forward to some of the crazy stuff that comes out of his mouth.

Sorry, didn't see your reply seaofred.

It think Hud against the usually straight man Ryan is a pretty good team. Ryan is good at feeding into Hud's schtick and letting him hang sometimes too.

I also thought Frank White was boring.

Count me in as one who doesn't mind Hud. He can get a little annoying from time-to-time, but he plays the "dumb jock" behind the mic role well.

Hudler is pretty good at get people talking. Frank White suuuucked.

I used to hate Hud... but now, I've grown accustomed to hearing his stupid schtick and having Ryan letting him hang himself. It's pretty hilarious.

Not a problem. I actually think we posted pretty close to the same time.

1) Shields was younger than Halladay at the time of wear
2) He went over 220 two times in that span.
3) Halladay averaged 237 innings per year

Not really Royals-related, but we had talked about Chase Utley before the deadline. Utley and the Phils reach agreement on 2-year extension worth somewhere between 25-30 million, per Ken Rosenthal.

I will assume you missed the part about him being re-signed in free agency. I was talking about him 2 years from now when he's 33 and coming off 8 straight 200+ IP seasons.

Why is Coleman not our set up guy?

Bring the Red Sox! Bad news for them!

Please change your sig gif

Its good luck.

Hudler>White. Not kidding. Hud's a dumbass, but at least he's enthusiastic.

I don't mind Hud. I think most other teams announcers are pretty shitty to be honest. Him and Ryan make a pretty good and interesting team.

He's tolerable when we're winning. If we start losing everyone will ****ing hate him again.

Ole Splitt was the best. Red Ass John Denver..

Sox win!!!!

**** you Yankees!!!

Having a hard time catching up with the Tigers and the Rangers, but progress is still being made. In the last ten games, the Royals have gained on these teams:

Yankees - 5 games
A's - 4 games
Orioles - 3 games
Rays - 3 games
Indians - 2 games

I just read this seven times in a row and still have no idea what it says.

:thumb:

Also, since I think we're really chasing Oakland and not Texas (Texas is probably going to overtake them), consider that in that same 10 game stretch we've gained 4 games on the A's.

Oops! Sorry, I didn't see that you already had the A's in there. Total fail.

Actually, I didn't at first. I went in and edited it. So you may have seen the original post before I had the A's in there.

Texas may be the team that screws us (assuming it isn't Cleveland). Their schedule until the end is really favorable.

That's why I think they win the West and Oakland is thrown into the mix with Cleveland, Baltimore, and Kansas City.

Was at the game last night. Sat behind the home plate area. Duffy's speed was AMAZING. His control was way off but his pitches were humming. Headed back to the K for Saturday and Sunday's games. ****ing amped to watch us play the BoSox.

Time to prove we belong with the big boys. Bring on the BoSox!

Texas and Oakland are now tied. Oakland is losing fuel fast. If we are chasing the A's, I like our chances, regardless of the fact that they have a couple series left with the Astros. I think we will be chasing Baltimore and Oakland for the last Wildcard spot. JMHO

A split with the BoSox won't work. 3 out of 4 minimum. We are at home. Time to make hay.

After losing Tuesday nights abortion, I agree. winning 3 of 4 needs to happen. Not a MUST, but it would be extremely helpful. A MUST would be to avoid losing 3 of 4, and a death sentence would be getting swept.:eek:

Did you see their rotation for hte week? 3/4 will be very hard.

Likewise, they will see our best as well:

Chen - 2.03 ERA
Santana - 2.97
Guthrie - 3.96
Shields - 3.36

If we want to be a playoff team, we're going to have to beat the best. Early in this season seems like a long time ago, but we went into Boston and won 2/3, so no reason we can't win 3/4 at the K. Let's do this, boys and girls.

So, depending upon when Davis comes back from bereavement leave, is he inserted back in the rotation for Monday's opener vs the Marlins? My guess is yes, although I'd LOVE to see Duffy back in his spot, Davis to the Pen, and Mendy to Omaha. I'd also love to see Will Smith back as well, but who would he replace?

I actually like our pitching matchups against Boston tonight and Friday.

Tonight: Chen is really mixing his pitches well and keeping hitters off balance. Lester, who we have traditionally struggled against, is a shell of his former self and is really having a rough year. Hopefully it continues tonight . . . .

Friday: Peavy . . . meh. We've knocked him around before with the 'other' Sox. We know what he's got. And Santana . . . . need I say more?

Saturday & Sunday: I don't like these matchups near as well, but I do like the fact that we've got Shields (yes, I realize he sh*t the bed against Minny Tues.) going in the last game, a former AL East guy who knows what it's like to pitch in these big games against top notch AL East opponents. Hopefully "Big Game" James lives up to his name come Sunday.

We'll see . . . . .

So, I was at the game last night. Split time between Gordo Nation and the Diamond Club thanks to my Brookside Godfather (who's a great, great guy and got us in without tickets because the door guy loves him).

I didn't get to see Duffy from back there, but his performance was about what I expected from him. His stuff was excellent. He really does have TOR-quality stuff, if he can improve his control and command. LHP who can pump 95-96 can succeed in the majors for a long time if they have good control and can throw quality strikes with the fastball for strike 1.

We were starting to see that before the Tommy John last year.

Loved making Deduno lose his mind in the dugout. Like many Twins pitchers, he needs to realize he isn't very good and deal with it.

Why are the Sox having such a strong season? I know losing Valentine was important .

May we not shit the bed this series :grovel:

Lead the league in Runs, and OPS