Awesome! How much? Where you get it? On line or store?

I posted the video earlier in the thread. This is great.

Got mine at Rally House. $115

Damn. I'd have had you get me one but I forgot you were there. If you are still there though.... Medium. Salvy. Please and thank you. I'll pay for your troubles.

Jelly.

Hhmm guess I got to save some $$ my budget is tight and I want to go to Royals v Braves May 14 if I can figure out how to afford it.


I really want get that jersey.

LOL

Wow. That Gordo stuff was especially fantastic.

Hard to read this stuff from Hoz and not think he's gonna be here for awhile. Dude loves KC.

Attendance:

1st game: 40,030
2nd game: 39,782

Awesome!!!!

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Marlins just tied it up with Detroit.

Rodriguez gave up 3 runs in the 9th. lol

Blue Jays lost tonight when our good friend Jose Bautista was called out for the new Chase Utley slide rule... illegal slide. Didn't try to stay on second base, tried to grab the infielders leg. Kept two runs from scoring. This is going to be the topic of the day for sure.

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By the book, it's the right call. Will they enforce it as strictly in every case of this (or something similar to this) throughout the year, though? I very much doubt it, but there are going to be a ton of shitstorms if they do.

I have a huge problem with the Markakis slide being ruled illegal and I would have a problem with this one as well if he didn't blatantly grab his leg.

The rule is just shit

Gibbons says they will come out wearing dresses tomorrow.

I just don't understand why it's important to make sure you attempt to stay on the base. The runner is out. Who gives a **** if he remains on the bag at that point? The problem with the Utley "slide" was that he was beyond the bag and made contact with the defender before even hitting the dirt.

If you are going to go to such stupid lengths to destroy a part of the game since it's existence then get rid of the neighborhood bullshit.

I don't think it's the slide, per say. It's more about highlighting the fact that he took the inside tract to be in position to interfere with the play.

Busch League move by Bautista. Big surprise.

It's 100% about the slide. What was wrong with Markakis' slide other than the fact he didn't remain on the base after being called out?

You should probably learn how to spell the phrase if you are going to use it. And no, it wasn't.

Yep, it's the slide. It's the fact that, according to the umpires, Bautista intentionally initiated the contact with the fielder, which made it not a "bona fide slide" under 6.01 (j).

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y20...ball_rules.pdf

Expect managers to come out and argue for a replay of any takeout slide this year. This is going to get old real fast (especially if they continue to enforce the rule as strictly as they did here).

Grabbing his leg is indeed bush leeg.

Yes, I'm sure the Rays will take offense to the touching of his foot along the dirt during a slide.

Guess we can expect a beanball tomorrow. LMAO

He slide to the inside of the base....the same side of the base the infielder is on. He did it on purpose. He intentionally reached out and attempted to grab the infielder and pull him off of his feet.

No brainer call there. Bautista violated the spirit and the letter of the rule.

Last year he and everyone else in that situation would have just barreled right into his legs (and it would have been fine). The times are changing.

Rules change every year. The players know the rules--mlb goes to each and every team in Spring Training and reviews the rule changes with the teams....so he knew the rule and he willingly violated it. He should have been called out.

Yeah, I said as much above. There will be many more cases like this, though, with takeout slides being such an ingrained part of baseball. And like with the catcher blocking rule, I have my doubts about it being applied consistently.

That one was pretty easy. He was fine until he tried to reach out and take the leg out with his arm.

Nope. His arm has little to do with it. He made no attempt the stay on the bag.

The Utley rule was intended to protect defenders from malicious intent and it's being used to overrule a baseball play that's been ok for over a century. Its just stupid.

I think they just cited the wrong rule. Grabbing a throwers leg has always been interference.

Yea, he reached out, ever so slightly. But that call was horseshit.

MLB has effectively ****ed themselves on this rule. The neighborhood play is gone, the pop up slide is now reviewed every time and with these two things happening, they have forced the infielder and base runner together in he same spot.

As a result, there will be a lot of guys who get nicked up or hurt at 2B.

But that slide? What the ****? That's a nice easy slide.

Bautista yanking out the back foot as he is getting ready to release. Ever try to throw a ball with someone grabbing your back leg. Call is a no brainer, especially given the distance the thrower was from the bag. Perhaps we should also allow DT tomahawk chops to to throwing arm?

Two things:

1. Yes, by the book, it's definitely interference. But technically so was barreling into fielders as they were throwing the ball and runners have done that for years with no repercussions. If this was 2015, what Bautista did yesterday is certainly not getting called interference.

#2. As you mentioned, though, they actually cited the new Utley rule in making the decision. It appears they deemed what he did with his arm to be an intentional initiation of contact and said it wasn't a bona fide slide on that basis.

It should have been illegal previously also. I still think the arm whip to foot was key but if he didn't do that the throw doesn't go 15 ft widewide of the bag, game over. Worth the gamble I guess.

I agree with the call. You can't grab at the guy as he's trying to throw it to first. That was just a dumb thing to do by Bautista.

ROFL ya no kidding. He didn't do anything malicious.

Bautista is a douche nozzle like no other, but 100% agreed on the slide. BFD

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@FlannyMLB: Been told that Kyle Zimmer is being held back in extended Spring because his shoulder a "little erratic." Will throw sides next week #Royals

I'm shocked

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There it is.

Ugh. John Oliver, I cannot stand that pompous prick.

Re: Zimmer - very disappointing

Re: Bautista - the slide is fine, the grab is not (and is no different that ARod batting the ball out of the glove).

But let him keep doing that. Eventually he'll do it to the wrong guy and get a cleat to the hand.

I want.

I'm getting ready to scout the White Sox/A's on ESPN 2 right now.

I'm watching it too. I just saw a Billy Butler at-bat with a runner on first, and Billy DID NOT HIT INTO A DOUBLE PLAY!!!

I was gonna post the same thing. Taylor made double play hit if there wasn't already two outs.

Classic. The announcers were talking a lot about his down year and how it probably hurt him to move up with the Royals and not get to take part in the glory.

ROFL

I'm sure it did. But he has 30 million reasons to be happy about his lot in life.

There's also a fair chance that we don't win it all with him on the roster. Sorry Billy.

https://twitter.com/KeepUpWithKP/sta...18729435090944

Can somebody embed it. Hosmer leaving the Bieber concert tonight.

Holy ****. Alex Rodriguez said this day would come in 2012, Hosmer is a****ing star.

Dayton has to re-sign Hoz. Plus he loves it here. Not to mention, he's pretty good lol.

Is it fair to ask about Cain being a bit too aggressive in CF? He crashed jnto the wall Game 1 and made a great diving play Game 2 and nearly slid into the wall. He's a great defender but his bat has improved so much he's a legit 3 hitter. Is it worth going after these balls? Can we lose him for a month?


Last year there were only 2 players +15 runs offensively and defensively (you can guess one). He is an elite defender but it's ok to let some of these go

It just goes against the teams make-up. I cringe hard every time Hos slides into first, as a broken wrist would be devastating for him at this point in his career.

But this team lets the players be who they are. Sometimes that doesn't work (Game 7 of the 2014 World Series), but more often than not it has (2014 & 2015 playoffs).

Speaking of former Royals, I feel for BGJ. Though his Padres came close today, they still haven't scored a run this season (What a way to kick off their home opening series).

Nephew was at bieber concert and tried to get a pic with Moose but teeny boppers were just too much

This city is so nuts for a winning team, there just aren't many places like it. Obviously these guys are going to go for the money... but just like Gordon, if they stay they will be treated like Gods. Then again, maybe they'd like actually being able to go out in public.

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Lesson of the day: Don't go to Justin Bieber concerts.

If you do, make sure everyone sees you walk out.

And then Blue Jay fans will cry about how dirty that team was. I feel like I've seen this story, (or one similar) before.

Gordon didn't injure himself until he tried to lay up and avoid the wall.

Hosmer makes the girls get a little rapey.

Shockingly, the Rays didn't look to throw a beanball yesterday at him. Who could have predicted that? LMAO

Guy I graduated high school with has worked on the grounds crew for years. Saw on FB yesterday that he got a WS ring. Not the one the players got, obviously, but still very cool that he has something like that and was, however small, a part of that.

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Miss JGuts.

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Crazy!

http://fox4kc.com/2016/04/07/bieber-...r-eric-hosmer/

That's hilarious.

I read on twitter yesterday that Glass bought 700+ rings. ****ing cheap ass owner

You know Dave too eh? He was an asst baseball coach for me in HS. Great baseball guy.

"Nephew" eh?

Mets ring:
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If you thought this place was full of despair, take a stroll through MetsRefugees, there's a near consensus that this is a "loser's ring" celebrating a second place finish.

Perhaps I'm misremembering, but I thought the rings and banner were well received here in 2015.

Speaking of rings.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a> WS rings appraise at $23,700. Glass family spent &quot;millions&quot; on over 700 rings <a href="https://t.co/IPYZIn4WoK">https://t.co/IPYZIn4WoK</a> <a href="https://t.co/lJ3tWzo0p0">pic.twitter.com/lJ3tWzo0p0</a></p>&mdash; Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlannyMLB/status/718216617834864640">April 7, 2016</a></blockquote>
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I remember (or misremember) Ms telling Griffey to stop crashing into walls because it just wasn't worth it.

Beautiful rings guys congratulations!

The Twins just finished getting swept by Baltimore. They're 0-3. They're going to come in tomorrow ticked. Ned better be ready.

Sox took 3 of 4 in Choketown. Nice start vs a shitty team.