Official Royals Home Opener Game Thread

[teedubya]

R's vs. M's

Good luck to the good guys.

FYI : if the Royals win, the thread starter gets massive amounts of rep. If they lose, you are supposed to neg rep CoChise. I dont make the rules, people.

[Demonpenz]

itchiro

[Eleazar]

itchiro

uhh... Scratchiro?

[teedubya]

bitchiro

[Demonpenz]

that really was a big win yesterday. Now they K can atleast have a buzz until wed

[SCTrojan]

Did the traditional home-opener breakfast at George Brett's this morning. Saw the man himself and Dick Vermeil on 810's Border Patrol.

Leaving for the stadium in just a bit. I'm hoping we'll see magic similar to last season's opener.

[Nzoner]

Good luck to the good guys.

Can of corn.

[shakesthecat]

I can't believe the game is being shown here locally on TV.

Woo hoo!

[beavis]

I'm hoping we'll see magic similar to last season's opener.
I rather 'elvis shut them down for 8 innings and we win 5-2 or something. I don't need to see Terrance Long at the plate with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth with us down 4.

[beavis]

Ummm... can someone else at least pretend like they are watching the game too?

[petegz28]

Hernandez off to a good start. Good K after the basehit.

[petegz28]

Great DP! Good pitiching from Elvis!

[Eleazar]

double play! sweet

[beer bacon]

Who is this little Japanese man, and why does he own the Royals?

[petegz28]

Who is this little Japanese man, and why does he own the Royals?


We are going to just pretend he isn't really there.

[Sure-Oz]

Wasn't he in the Grudge???

[beavis]

Who is this little Japanese man, and why does he own the Royals?
I think he owns everybody.

[beavis]

Wasn't he in the Grudge???
No, that was Yao Ming.

[Eleazar]

Hope we can get some offense going early here...

A Stairs jack would be nice, along with a KO of this starting pitcher..

[beer bacon]

Hope we can get some offense going early here...

We are certainly getting solid hits.

[petegz28]

Elvis mowing em down!

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

I miss Raul Ibanez.

[Eleazar]

We are certainly getting solid hits.

Well, usually a pitcher who is getting hit hard early doesn't start mowing down the lineup in the middle innings... maybe this is a good sign

[Iowanian]

For those of you not listening.......shhhhhhhhhhh..but they forgot to take the game offline.

[bkkcoh]

What happened to Teahan??

[Dartgod]

What happened to Teahan??
I was wondering too.

[teedubya]

I miss Raul Ibanez.

no shit. instead we paid Juan gone 4mil. Sadness, dude. I dug him, plus my son would cheer, Rauuuuuuuuuuul. It owned.

[beavis]

For those of you not listening.......shhhhhhhhhhh..but they forgot to take the game offline.
Just noticed that too.

[ChiefsCountry]

What happened to Teahan??

back spasms

[Iowanian]

...and one of the 810 pricks must read the planet...

Fug off.........that was my only chance to listen during the day.

[beavis]

...and one of the 810 pricks must read the planet...

Fug off.........that was my only chance to listen during the day.
You just had to bring it up didn't you?

[Iowanian]

yeah...........I actually thought about it before typing....but thought some other basement dweller might want to catch the game.

I hope the guy who turned it off, gets a Hemorhoid the size of a softball.

[beer bacon]

Damn rook.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

no shit. instead we paid Juan gone 4mil. Sadness, dude. I dug him, plus my son would cheer, Rauuuuuuuuuuul. It owned.
Raul was my favorite player since Frank White...my all time favorite player. I think his leaving played a major part in my jaded angst-ridden attitude about the team.

I got on the field at Fuji Film Say Cheese day two years ago and got to talk to Raul. I told him I really liked the way he played and hoped he would stay around a long time. He said thanks and he planned to. Then he left that off-season. I was crushed like a 7 year old boy.

[Eleazar]

yeah...........I actually thought about it before typing....but thought some other basement dweller might want to catch the game.

I hope the guy who turned it off, gets a Hemorhoid the size of a softball.

You can buy the MLB web audio thing, it's $15 for every game the whole season

I'd give you my password, but it won't let any more people connect with my password, someone else just tried it.

[Imon Yourside]

810 turns off the web link during every game because they paid all that money for the radio rights, still ain't right tho!

[beavis]

yeah...........I actually thought about it before typing....but thought some other basement dweller might want to catch the game.

I hope the guy who turned it off, gets a Hemorhoid the size of a softball.
The gamecast thing on mlb.com is alot better than the one on espn.com, if that helps you out at all.

[teedubya]

yeah, i paid the $!5, and so far it has been money well spent.

[Bob Dole]

The gamecast thing on mlb.com is alot better than the one on espn.com, if that helps you out at all.

The pitch locator thing is pretty sweet.

[beavis]

yeah, i paid the $!5, and so far it has been money well spent.
I liked it better when it was free.

[homey]

The MLB website is really top-notch.

[beavis]

The pitch locator thing is pretty sweet.
Yeah, I think the whole deal is nice. The live box scores are cool. The play by play is also about 20 seconds ahead of the streaming audio.

[beavis]

Is Muser back? Why is our best hitter trying to bunt his way on base.

[ChiTown]

We get a man on 1st with one out through a walk, and the next two batters feel the need to swing away on the first pitch in both AB's........ :banghead:

[beavis]

We get a man on 1st with one out through a walk, and the next two batters feel the need to swing away on the first pitch in both AB's........ :banghead:
I was just going to post... is Berroa physically incapable of taking a pitch? Pena ought to make them do 20 pushups every time they hack at the first pitch.

[beavis]

7 pitch inning. Way to work the pitch count. :banghead:

[beavis]

Has there ever been anyone with a more annoying voice than that guy in the Mahindra tractor commercials?

[tk13]

We aren't working anything offensively. Yesterday we made Colon throw 50 pitches the first two innings, today we aren't working the count at all....

[Eleazar]

Damnit there's that Mahendra (sp) tractor goon. I still have that commercial memorized from last year.

I guess it's that time of year, the same mahendra, state farm, met life, and your reality executive commercials until September :banghead:

[petegz28]

We aren't working anything offensively. Yesterday we made Colon throw 50 pitches the first two innings, today we aren't working the count at all....


Somone needs to tell these guys to take a couple pitches! Hint:...Pena!

[shakesthecat]

On the bright side, Hernandez is downright filthy today.


Get the man some friggin run support!

[beavis]

We aren't working anything offensively. Yesterday we made Colon throw 50 pitches the first two innings, today we aren't working the count at all....
Bottom of the 6th and he's thrown 46 pitches. That's inexcuseable.

[petegz28]

God Damn we cn't buy a hit!

[petegz28]

Bottom of the 6th and he's thrown 46 pitches. That's inexcuseable.

It doesn't help when we do stupid things like getting pciked off when we do get onbase.

[tk13]

Well, this inning you've gotta give the pitcher credit, DeJesus and Gotay sat there and took pitches and got in 2 strike holes real quick... Franklin is throwing strikes, you've just gotta knock them around into base hits, otherwise he's just gonna lay three strikes in there and that'll be that...

[Sure-Oz]

Let's get some offense going guys, another good outing so far by elvis!

[shakesthecat]

God Damn we cn't buy a hit!


Oh yeah, I should prolly have mentioned, Ryan Franklin is filthy too.
He gets ahead of damn near every hitter.

[petegz28]

Elvis has pitched a great freakin game! Too bad our bats are still in LA!

[petegz28]

Anotehr fkin 1st pitch ground ball!

[tk13]

Good job Runelvys... another great start. Very exciting to see him pitching this well.

[petegz28]

With the exception of the double by Olivo the M's have gotten only some lucky seeing-eye BS. But it still gave them a run.

[petegz28]

This is pathetic. We are gonna get shut out at home !

[petegz28]

I feel so sorry for Hernandez. No one who pitches this kind of a game deserves such minor league perfomance from his offense.

[petegz28]

Well that will be the game!

[Sure-Oz]

Let's hope elvis can hold them and we can have some late game magic, i hope

[beavis]

Good job Runelvys... another great start. Very exciting to see him pitching this well.
Yep. Greinke/Hernandez/Bautista has a chance to be really special.

[Sure-Oz]

On that note Beltre homers, ****in A!!

[beavis]

Ok, I think we all need to shut up. :banghead:

[tk13]

It's his 2nd start, I don't care what he says, shoulda got him out of there. We were asking for that.

[beavis]

It's his 2nd start, I don't care what he says, shoulda got him out of there. We were asking for that.
Read my mind.

[petegz28]

This game be OVER! We cn't get a hit let alone 3-4 runs.

[Sure-Oz]

Nice game by Elvis, too bad Franklin was better.

[shakesthecat]

It's his 2nd start, I don't care what he says, shoulda got him out of there. We were asking for that.

Yep

[petegz28]

The wheels have come off!

[Sure-Oz]

flood gates are open royals 3-4 now likely

[petegz28]

This game went south fast!

[shakesthecat]

Hey Mods....can we get a "gas can" smiley for Nate Field?

[petegz28]

God Damn!

[Sure-Oz]

This Pen still scares me. nice home opener, elvis showed up atleast.

[ChiefsCountry]

Sad. But this is a season I haven't much excitment for, which is sad bc baseball seems to be slipping away.

[Eleazar]

Hey Mods....can we get a "gas can" smiley for Nate Field?

I never feel comfortable with him in the game. Even when he comes and puts up a good line you never really feel like he mowed people down or had batters on their heels.

[shakesthecat]

Holy crap!

Now THAT was a sweet play!

Gotay goes behind 2nd to field the ball, and flips to Berroa, who throws to 1st for the out.

Mikey Skillethands even made a nice dig on the low throw.

[petegz28]

We look like total shit!

[Eleazar]

Well, at least we can start the streak up again Wednesday.

Sucks that the wind seems to have kept a couple of our better hits in play.

[Calcountry]

Can they come back? Rally in the 9th

[Calcountry]

Can they come back? Rally in the 9thNow its 8 to 2.

[Calcountry]

Now its 8 to 2.Not, game over. sorry guys. :D

[Sure-Oz]

atleast we werent shutout, i like our SP so far besides herpes time!

[teedubya]

Dammit CoChise!!!

[Bob Dole]

Sad. But this is a season I haven't much excitment for, which is sad bc baseball seems to be slipping away.

Slipping?

How about slipped.

[Calcountry]

Slipping?

How about slipped.I couldn't disagree more, its great entertainment.

[Eleazar]

Dammit CoChise!!!

What? It's because you started the game thread :)

[tk13]

Thanks Ali Chiefs, Royal fans everywhere thank you for bringing your Bucknell-infested herpes luck to our beloved Royals.

[KCWolfman]

I couldn't believe it. A total of less than 10 pitches per inning by Seattle until I stopped listening in the 8th? How about letting one go by once in awhile?

[Calcountry]

What? It's because you started the game thread :)No, its because you were playing the Itchiro's, they are pretty good this year I think. :shrug:

[VonneMarie]

Thanks Ali Chiefs, Royal fans everywhere thank you for bringing your Bucknell-infested herpes luck to our beloved Royals.
ROFL

I keeping with the pattern... looks like it's gonna be a win on wednesday. :)

[tk13]

I couldn't believe it. A total of less than 10 pitches per inning by Seattle until I stopped listening in the 8th? How about letting one go by once in awhile?
Well, to the pitcher's credit, it seemed like everytime a batter took a couple pitches, he was down 0-2.... if you can't turn those balls over the plate into hits, the pitcher isn't going to stop throwing strikes...

[tk13]

Looking it over, against Ryan Franklin today, the Royals had 22 different batters take the first pitch, and 17 of those first pitches taken were strikes... and two that were first-pitch balls were in the 9th inning when he ran out of gas. Going into the 9th inning 15 of the 18 first pitches the Royals took were strikes. Franklin threw 19 balls and 6 of those were in the 9th inning. Pretty impressive.

[Jenson71]

Looking it over, against Ryan Franklin today, the Royals had 22 different batters take the first pitch, and 17 of those first pitches taken were strikes... and two that were first-pitch balls were in the 9th inning when he ran out of gas. Going into the 9th inning 15 of the 18 first pitches the Royals took were strikes. Franklin threw 19 balls and 6 of those were in the 9th inning. Pretty impressive.

Let's make love.

[VonneMarie]

Who cares? :banghead:

[Saulbadguy]

Bleh.

[OmahaChief]

Looks like Nate Field is looking for a trip to Omaha.

[Ninjaman]

Nate and Affeldt + poor hitting = loss

Runylvyz = awesome.

Affeldt = NO STUFF ,contrary to what most people think. Throwing 95mph fast balls with no movement will get you thrashed.

[Eleazar]

Affeldt = NO STUFF ,contrary to what most people think. Throwing 95mph fast balls with no movement will get you thrashed.

So he's got no movement on any of his pitches? :spock: