Solid pitching. Timely hitting.

Blatently stolen from Rany

Royals starters have gone 6ip in each of the first 3 games. Last year they didn't get 3 straight starts of 6ip until June 17-19. With our bullpen, if the offense shows up and the starters hold up, it's gonna be a fun season.

Wasn't funny the first 4 times it's been posted

Non-Royals baseball news, just now exploding on twitter. The umps apparently badly blew a call in the Rays-Orioles game that probably stopped a comeback.

Rays down 6-2 in the bottom of the 9th, runners on first and 2nd no outs with Longoria up. Longoria belts one to the wall, first base runner is holding up near second to make sure that it wasn't going to be caught. Its not, banged off the wall, lead runner scores, he goes to third, Longoria at 2nd, runners at 2nd and 3rd no out down 3.

The umpires rule that Longoria committed a little league mistake, saying he passed the runner who was holding up near second, so he's out, they just have man on 3rd down 3 with 1 out.

The replays clearly show that Longoria did not pass the runner. As I typed this, they just got another baserunner before the final out, game over. So, without that blown call the Rays would have had the lead runner at the plate for one more out.

Good. Longoria was bad mouthing Shields in the paper this AM. Serves him right.

First off it was close and it would of been the tying run at plate.

not after Escobar's walk, he wouldn't have been. The tying run would have been at first.

We can play the what if game how do you know he walks if Longo on 2nd?

Take this shit to the O's thread.

dude, how do we know that everyone doesn't strike out after longo and there IS NO tying run at the plate?

You were following the same convention as I was, reconstructing the inning, you just apparently forgot that longo being on base meant that escobar would have been the tying run.

This is not an Orioles issue, this is a "hah-hah the umps suck! We need replay!" issue.

Let's say they don't call it score is 6-3 with man on 2nd and 3rd.

I'll accept your Royals Karma and say "Thank you very much."

EDIT: I think it was really close as to whether Longoria was past Zobrist. He was way wide going around first and Zobrist was in the base line.

EDIT 2: I really feel good for Guthrie. He deserves success.

What am I supposed to be looking at here? The fact Getz is on first?