Yep

I'm almost to the point of where I'd love if Billy went on some PED's... That way we can atleast get some homers out of him before he gets out of town.

Gary Gaetti. Lol

You'd think that since we play Houston we'd feel confident about taking, at the very least, the series. But after that shit in Minny, I can't say that.

Ace Ventura on the mound tonight. Woo!

Dude was droppin bombs in 95!

Who is starting the game thread tonight?

Take it.

Over-Under on Butler ground balls to middle infielders tonight???

probably 1.5

Hope that was a kick in the ass to get this team awake? :shrug:

Can we all agree that Butler at his best is a Derreck Jeter type of gap sometimes power hitter and stop having him yank the ball to the shortstop

I wish Moustakas would hit like Gaetti or Adam Laroche

LOL. Dyson? DH? Seriously?

Moose is the Poor mans Gary Gaetti

Coincidentally, I have one baseball signed by both of those guys.

FYP

Kind of a late reply. But i bet you he would get on base more at this point, which is more than we can say at dh right now :shrug:

So, Bonifacio couldn't have played third base, right?

That's just depressing.

I still can't believe Dayton just threw Bonifacio away the way he did. I'd like to know what the hell Bonifacio could have said or done that pissed off Dayton so much that he'd release him right after he signed him to a $3 Million contract.

Of course, Bonifacio probably couldn't help the Royals. His batting average has dropped all the way down to .392, and his OPS is a measly .887. :cuss:

Problem is who do we even have in the minors that can play third? Dont think Gio has the arm strength

a bunch of career minor leaguers... Ciriaco, Paredes, and Donald.... at AA you have Cuthbert that isn't even close to being ready.

Let's hope Dozier hurries his ass along.

The Royals alternative option at 3B is on the roster: Danny Valencia.

This is exactly why he was acquired. If Moustakas continues to suck, and all indications are that he will, Valencia might find himself playing every day.

Infante could also play 3B, so if they trusted Gio's bat more against RHP than Valencia's, they could play Gio at 2B and Infante at 3B.

This was one of many reasons to keep Boni. And one of many reasons they should have been able to find him enough PT to keep him from getting upset about not having "full-time" playing status. They easily could have found 2 starts a week at 3B, 2 in CF, 1 in OF, 1 at SS/2B.

Dozier is starting the year at Wilmington, where it's unlikely he puts up eye-popping numbers due to the home field (he is slashing .313/.389/.438 on the road, though, which is a pretty strong line for the Carolina league, but has been practically nonexistent in Wilmington games).

Scouting reports so far have been glowing, though. Looks the part, barrels the ball consistently, has a good approach, plays very good D at 3B and has plus instincts.

I can't imagine playing April games in Wilmington, Delaware. Has to be just brutal... and swinging a wood bat? It's almost unfair.

Dozier looks like he's doing pretty good so far but that does nothing for this year.

Should've kept Bono....Moustakas gets what, mid may?

I think he's done honestly, he's not going to hit

It wasn't an issue that he pissed off the Royals. Bonifacio was rumored to be demanding a chance to compete for a full-time job, and after we got Infante, that wasn't going to happen. So, the Royals were afraid he might be a malcontent at UTIL. The Cubs gave him a chance and he won a starting job for them.

Obviously we could have told him he wasn't going anywhere, and tried to figure out a way to give him enough starts this year to keep him happy.

I for one would enjoy an alnorth game thread for tonight. What do you say, alnorth?

I could do it tomorrow

edit: ugh, thats Chen. Oh well, I've lost twice so far, I deserve a Chen game.

SPchief needs to do it again. Time to get a winning streak going.

:hmmm:

You might be on to something here.

Couldn't let Bono get in the players 'domes' as ned says, they are so mentally fragile they couldn't risk it.

Should've kept him and if it became an issue then you cut him. GMDM makes some stupid decisions early.

What happens to our players if Houston closes the roof creating a dome today? Does that make them less succeptible to having someone get in their dome since there is an outer layer, or does will their domes be more fragile?

The Bono decision gets more frustrating with each passing Mouse AB.

I believe all the royals hitters 'domes' will explode if that happens.

We're back!

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Brett knee deep in a bottle of Scotch posing for pics.

I saw this story on our KTLA morning news Entertainment report. They basically said that Lorde summoned Brett to meet her in Las Vegas yesterday (I think it was yesterday, I know it was in Vegas.)

I told my wife that Brett probably had one hand in her pants and the other one cleaning the shit out of his. Bad things happen in Vegas for George.

2/1 odds that he shit his pants at some point during his visit.

any takers?

No sane man takes that bet.

Whats the age of consent in Vegas? lol

Lorde has that uncomfortable look on her face like "get away from me you creepy old man"

What does Brett smell like?

judging from the shit-eatin' grin on Brett's face...I bet she has a HUGE bush.

nachos and brut?

That's just her face.

I thought Old Spice might be in there somewhere...

quite possible. how about potatoes?

We're not talking French fries here are we?

According to twitter, Butler and Moose are taking early batting practice today, for whatever thats worth.

Was he wearing black bucks?

Pregame buffet must not be good.

@McCulloughStar: James Shields will start in Bruce Chen's place on Thursday. Chen will start on Saturday in Minnesota.

EDIT: Game is in KC.

@McCulloughStar: So the rotation now for the next few days: Guthrie (tonight), Shields, Vargas, Chen, Ventura.

Aoki and Moose with the day off today

@DBLesky: #Royals lineup vs. Keuchel:

Infante 2B
Hosmer 1B
Perez C
Butler DH
Gordon LF
Valencia 3B
Maxwell RF
Cain CF
Escobar SS
Guthrie P

WTF is Butler still doing as cleanup?

****in' Butler batting 4th again,what the hell is it going to take Ned :cuss:

Because he was once real solid that one time a few years ago.....


The mind boggles.

Question for the smart ones...

What would the ruling on this pitch be? A ball? A do-over?

http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/...if?w=500&h=307

I really hope Maxwell blows it up tonight.. if not.. clear the roster spot.

Thats both a dead ball and a dead bird. No pitch.

Huzzah! Chen isn't pitching tomorrow!

OK, I have tomorrow's game thread.

Yost is not going to shuffle that part of his lineup after just 15 games. Probably will take a little longer without Billy producing before that switch would be made.

McCullough alluded to this on twitter last night.

That's also a lineup without Aoki, so they moved Perez around.

I wonder if that means Duffy could be taking Chen's spot?

I doubt it.:doh!:

No, if and when Duffy makes a start, they'll ship him up to Omaha to stretch him out.

That's what I figured it had to be... I wonder if the umpire was like, "oh shit, how do I rule this one?"

London Gentleman, or wait, no, no, no, hold on it's Blackbeard's Delight!

No, he wears a special cologne... It's called Sex Panther by Odeon.

Kansas City Royals ‏@Royals 15m
#Royals place OF Lorenzo Cain on the 15-day DL, recall LHP Justin Marks from Triple-A Omaha. Marks will be available tonight vs. Houston.

So is the cold weather the major culprit?

Might be but I would rather than get the rust off now then starting out strong to taper off at the end like always

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Does that come off as irritated?

I don't take it as irritation...he said he felt more comfortable. And if he was irritated? Good. Wake the hell up and help us win this freaking division.

I didn't take it that way. Though wondered if that was his full quote, as I think what he meant to say was,

Yeah, i wasn't sure either not having heard the quote. I hope he's pissed and this helps, def. needed to get moved down as he was killing any sort of rallies we had at 4. Sal is hitting and we need production at 4

"All I do, I hit"


Then PROVE IT Billy

I don't care if Billy is hitting Billy. That's nice and all, but we need Doubles Billy more than anything. Otherwise, he's worthless singles Billy.

I refer to singles billy as inside the park billy because for him to score from first the batter will be pushing his fat ass across the plate.

The Royals need the doubles machines that were Alex Gordon and Billy Butler to come back, neither has been the same in over a season

Thus far, he's been Doubles Play Billy.

What is it with Gordon and the broken bats?