*LFG Royals @ Yankees 9-11 GDT*

[cmh6476]

F the Yankees

https://x.com/Royals/status/18339396...wMhCM13pQ&s=19

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

Not being able to touch Weaver did us in

No KC pitcher was giving up 0 runs in the bottom of the 11th

Would have if we didn’t concede 2nd to judge

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by GabyKeepsMeWarm

Yet another reason why the extra innings ghost runner on 2nd is ****ING DUMB. For the love of god, please, please get rid of this bush league, mickey mouse, minor league horseshit.

This all ****ing day.

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Can't really throw to second with a runner at third. They would double steal for the win if the catcher throws down.

You can at least hold the runner and/or fake throw to 2nd and try to catch guy at 3rd leaning

[crayzkirk]

This is the type of game that you just have to find a way to win. While the Royals are busy swinging at ball four and then striking out, the Yankees are playing small ball and making sure the runner advances.

Really missing Vinnie; they really don't have anyone to bat cleanup and the top of the lineup, Bobby especially, has been struggling.

[GeorgeZimZam]

Originally Posted by SithCeNtZ

Baffling. Might as well have just walked Jazz at that point. It made absolutely no sense.

Yeah, I don't see a reason not to just load the bases at that point. Why not give yourself better odds at a double play? They must have preferred maintaining lefty-lefty matchup with Chisholm?

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Originally Posted by chiefsfan987

I like the ghost runner, without it we probably wouldn't have even sniffed a run for several innings.

But at least whoever wins it, would EARN it. These runs don't even count to the pitchers or teams' ERA. It's gay as hell, and I hate it. Plus, it's free baseball, and I like stuff that's free.

If you're gonna do it all, make em start at 1st base.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by GabyKeepsMeWarm

But at least whoever wins it, would EARN it. These runs don't even count to the pitchers or teams' ERA. It's gay as hell, and I hate it. Plus, it's free baseball, and I like stuff that's free.

If you're gonna do it all, make em start at 1st base.

I was actually thinking about this as the game went into extras. If you're going to have a runner to start the inning, put them on 1st.

[KC_Connection]

The Manfred runner is great. Nobody likes or has ever liked 13+ inning extra inning games in the regular season (I've been to a few 18 inning MLB games and those had to be among the worst games I've ever attended); it was always absurd. Leave those for the playoffs.

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Nobody likes or has ever liked KC Connection. He is weak minded, annoying, has a small peen, is never there when you need him, but always there when you don't want him, and is basically a first rate Canadian horse****ing dipshit who sucks the sweat from a dead man's balls.

FYP

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by GabyKeepsMeWarm

FYP

That could be all be true but it still won't change the fact that the Manfred runner was a positive development for baseball.

Just imagine the NHL playing overtime indefinitely in the regular season like they do in the playoffs. Absurd, right? That's what baseball did for over a century and it hurt the players and the fans.

[big nasty kcnut]

Eh the Yankees had that 9/11 energy going.

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Originally Posted by big nasty kcnut

Eh the Yankees had that 9/11 energy going.

Doesn't that mean they should've collapsed under their own weight and pressure?

Too soon?

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

That could be all be true but it still won't change the fact that the Manfred runner was a positive development for baseball.

Just imagine the NHL playing overtime indefinitely in the regular season like they do in the playoffs. Absurd, right? That's what baseball did for over a century and it hurt the players and the fans.

I don't want to imagine the NHL doing anything. Hockey sucks. Comparing the two is about as Canadian as it gets. I bet you couldn't find me ten instances where a player or fan got hurt as a direct result of extra innings.

Baseball implemented the rule directly due to Covid, as it has been a thing in the minors for years, and decided to adopt it permanently in the regular season for reasons that have nothing to do with player or fan safety.

It's not like extra innings baseball is something that even happens that often. Maybe ten times per season? A dozen? And how many times do those games ever get to absurd 14+ inning lengths? Rarely.

it's a shit rule. And as I said, if they're gonna use a ghost runner at all, start the guy at first base.

[VAGOMO 4 LIFE!]

Let’s not blame Manfred… we went 0– 11 with RISP today

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!

Let’s not blame Manfred… we went 0– 11 with RISP today

Oh, I'll blame Manfred. For this, and plenty other nickel and dime ways to **** up baseball. Manfred is a cocksucking buffoon who has no place in baseball, and is about the only bozo around who could make Selig look glorious in hindsight.

By the way, what the hell did the Yankees do with RISP tonight? Not too much.

We absolutely had our chances. Missed two homers to left field that just wrapped around the pole, plus a 4 foot shot to CF from Bobby, and never could quite get the key hit, so give some credit to Gil for pulling those escape jobs and making pitches when he had to. But **** if I think the Yankees earned this win at all. Plus that Soto horseshit? **** those guys.