This sucks for Ventura man. He's in his own head now.

Should have been Davis

veteran, attitude ... can go 2 with no problem

Is Yost reeruned?

God damn it this is the most Royals thing ever.

Who cares? He ****ed us for life.

Go **** yourself Matt Winer.

Stupid

Have to IBB here. There is 0 chance this team is gonna score 3 to tie

This. My Yost hate fire is white hot.

Aren't those flat brims a dress code violation?

Probably true. I was glad he was pulled but you definitely could argue Ventura wasn't the reliever to put in. Probably should have been Herrera.

I'm sorry guys this sucks. I really am. Why the hell put Ventura in? You got a great pen already and he's a starter who is young and has no postseason experience.

Shields was such a stud tonight only to have this asshat blow it

I do, the game isn't over either.

I feel bad for Ventura.

Ventura will never forget how he ****ed the team.

You really are this ****ing dumb! WOW

Great season, the Brewers made the right move with Yost.

Wtf

You can blame Ventura, but this is on Yost. Yeah, he didn't execute the pitches he could have, but if he's coming in, it should be in a clean inning.

If you're bringing in Herrera now, which he is, there's no reason why you couldn't bring him in at the first sign of trouble for Shields.

This is why I hate when people say that managers don't have a big impact on games. They abso-****ing-lutely do.

That's why the way we play doesn't correlate well in October. Power ball and pitching is what wins titles.

That was one of the most dumbfounding things I've ever seen...

Really?

Not probably. Why would you put a kid in a situation he has never been in during this kind of game? And you wonder why I bashed on Yost all season.

Ned's a ****ing moron. Shields is a grinder and should have never been pulled in that situation.


Especially for a ****ING ROOKIE STARTING PITCHER!



GODDAMN, I'm ****ing pissed.

So why no lefty?

Shields would have pitched out of that maybe only giving up 1 run.

I logged back in to say I didn't wanna see Ventura in with guys on, he gave up the home run faster than I could type

Yeah great ****ing franchise they are. They blew a huge ass lead this year without Yost.

Have to hope he has more testicular fortitude, but this is rough.

When Shields was pulled initially, I honestly didn't think it was for Ventura. Liked the move to go get the starter, though.

Wouldn't have bitched about Ventura before the fact, though. Interesting that this was the decision instead of stretching one of the big 3.

Nope.

Has to be trolling.




uh, right?

When the biggest dumbass on this board says you're a dumbass, chances are, you're a dumbass!

But Hamas, don't you understand that Herrera is "the 7th inning guy". ****ing stupid.

Yost has to go. I don't care if we come back to win this game. That was absolutely asinine. A YOUNG starter, inherits two runners with hitters coming up that are waiting for, and tee off, on fastballs. What in the world do you think those guys will be looking for? How often has Ventura come out with a sharp curve or slider to start the game? He doesn't. The guy comes out throwing fastballs. It's not hard to gameplan for him. Thanks Yost. The fans come out and support this team like no other for this game and you rip their hearts out with stupidity.

Where was that first ****ing pitch, ump??

And now the Ump wants to quit calling the low strike

Really?

Especially after he was asked to do something he hasn't been training to do all year. #whatgoodisthebestpeninbaseball?

#yosted

I would normally turn off a ****ed up game like this, but I'm forcing myself to watch as I will likely never see another Royals playoff game.

Yup.

Congratulation Ventura, you let an entire fanbase and city down with your "effort".

It's not over yet.

We better get that call when we're batting.

Pulling Shields.

Yes, stand by that. Didn't know it was Ventura coming in.

How was that first pitch not a strike?

YOSTED!!!! Should have brought in Herrera!!! YOSTED!!!
:mad:

Yost should be fired tomorrow after shit with Billy and now Ventura as a reliever.

I am so enveloped in sadness and a feeling of helplessness. This wasn't supposed to happen.

Welp, the game over crew and the this team always sucks crew is here.

**** you guys.

As ****ed as it is, Ned isn't going anywhere. He's the first skipper in 29 years to get this team to the playoffs... :facepalm:

I don't care about AL baseball but there's too many bandwagon A's fans talking shit with brand new gear on. Let's go Royals!

Maybe he remembers that the last time he tried to stretch Herrera and Wade, they both gave up runs.

I just pray our bats don't go cold from depression...

kid in a red sweatshirt with a football on it.

But he won't. The only bigger idiot than our manager is our GM

Agreed.

Disagree. Shields should have stayed in.

Get the **** out of here you worthless sack of shit. You're the worst poster on the board.

Don't give up any more than 1 more and we're still right here in this.

THERE WE GO!

I've seen enough Mathenaging to empathize. To be honest, if you were merely playing the percentages, Holland would be the guy to use there because the leverage is so high. However, Wade Davis has gone more than three outs several times, which means he and Herrera could take the next three. Also, you could bifurcate them with a LOOGY if need be.

Yost is just a mother****er who thinks he's playing chess when he couldn't beat a three year old at checkers.

I haven't felt like this since January.

Fail as big as that on this big a stage and handies under the Tri-Burough for $5 a man can't be more than 5 years off.

One more, no runs. Come on!

Yeah, I didn't have a problem with it. That's baseball. You make decisions, you live with them... they don't always work out. You can't bang on Yost all year for being too conventional and then bash that move. You can't.

It's the same thing as when he finally brought in Herrera and Davis early, and both of their scoreless streaks ended that night. Yost is going to be murdered for that move, but it's not like he went to Crow.

Herrera should have been the guy in instead of Ventura. No doubt about it. Use your goddamn best relievers Ned, even if you have to stretch them out a little.

Some say pulling was fine but for someone else, other say keep Shields in. You can't predict that Shields wouldn't have blow the lead either but clearly putting in Ventura was a poor choice from the pen.

At least let Finnegan face the lefty. Stupid stupid stupid.

Ventura threw 48 pitches 48 hours ago

Then again, you have to wonder why Finnigan wasn't brought in to face a lefty?

Piling on now.

God ****ING DAMN IT

Welp. Sigh.

****!

%#* the Yost is always right crew. How many times does he have to pull this crap?

Is it Ibanez time yet?

It's over.

All over but the crying, I'm afraid.

**** you

**** Ned Yost I'm done. Good season Royals.

There is our 7th inning guy giving up a run.. way to go Ventura... what a turd effort.