Really he does. On both sides of the game. Can play anywhere but is best at 2nd. Only thing he can't do that Zobrist can is switch hit.

Like seriously Merrifield and Zobrist are almost identical. Both can play multiple positions. Both are great contact hitters and will give you 10-15 home runs a year. They both come through in the clutch. Who would of thought that Zobrist was here in KC all along

Those hosers from the great white north can suck it again.

I don't think it's a coinkydink that ever since Boni and Whit were placed into the everyday that we started winning. And putting them at 1-2 has been the best decision Nedgar has made in a long, long time.

That was a very vintage win.

This is the team other AL contenders fear. The team that just wills itself to late wins.

Nice job by the O to pick up Soria. I wonder if they're going to stay in that shift vs. Bautista after he went 3-3 tonight hitting two hoppers through the right side. Sent that whole 9th inning downhill (the walk of Martin also was a major killer).

Blue Jays had some real BABIP luck tonight and still lost. Hope Dr. Vargas can keep it going tomorrow.

Bigger key, IMO, than Bonifacio, has been putting Moustakas in an RBI spot behind the Royals' best OBP guys (and Moustakas, Hosmer, and Perez all also hitting.

Bonifacio has a .594 OPS in the 2 hole. Small sample - just 63 ABs - and I think this slump has more to do with the league adjusting to him than anything else, but he hasn't exactly lit things on fire there.

Who would of thought that the bottom of our lineup would come through. Moss with the walk, Esky with a bloop single and Gordon with a line shot up the middle.

Yes Bonifacio is in a slump but he will break out of it.

Been saying since 2015 that Moose is in the wrong spot in the order, I feel like a I'm picking on a reerun with Ned, but he finally figured it out.

let's recognize the heroes of that inning--our 3 sub-.200 hitters

Mossy - walk, scores
Esky - hit, RBI, scores
Gordy - hit, RBI, scores

actually, Esky is hitting .201 now

My lord that was amazing!

When Esky came up to bat I turned the game off and moved my kids to bed.

Luckily my wife had the game on in our bedroom so I got to witness the Gordon and whit at bats.

Wait... We WON? Shame on me for giving up. Shame shame shame.

Never doubt Clutchscobar!!

It was an easy move after that soria performance.

You should know better by now that it doesn't matter what the score is. The Royals will find a way to comeback and win.

This reminds me of the 2014/2015 Royals team

How much does a Merrifield jersey run for?

I agree moving Moose has been huge but it was part and parcel of moving White and Boni into the 1-2. Even at the start of the season I thought Cain should have been 2 and Moose 3 but yest, that has been a big part.

Meanwhile Whit chest bumped Boni and Boni almost killed him

Even Salvy is hitting near .300 that's also helping Moose out

You guys, I have a raging megahuge boner and I think it's gonna last longer than four hours.

Oh man, I fell asleep, thank you DVR!! What a game, what an inning! :clap::clap:

He got trucked

Ok yeah I gave up too. Amazing! Oh me of little faith.

Yeah we almost had a Kendrys situation

.500 bitches

Does anyone have a video of Boni trucking Whit

Mondesi had two more hits in Omaha tonight, too. They got bombed (Staumont walked six in less than two innings, regressing BIG TIME), but Mondesi and Soler keep crushing.

The 1-4 of Billy Burns, Mondesi, Starling, and Soler is probably better than the 1-4 Dayton Moore inherited or put on the field in 2007.

If the improvement Bubba Starling has made sticks/holds, they should give Omaha hitting coach Tommy Gregg a medal*. A simple mechanical change for Starling suddenly has him hitting to all fields and made his strikeout rate plummet (a guy with a career 32 percent K rate entering the year, Starling has dropped that to twenty percent since the beginning of May - that's 150 ABs).

*Maybe he needs to spend a few weeks in Alex Gordon's spare room?

That was just awesome. What a run! Glad I kept half ass watching after Soria ****ed us.

What a game. You know that Gibbons has got to ****ing hate this ball park by now. God I love that.

All of the runs we scored in the ninth were all with 2 outs

Even more amazing was Moss, Esky and Gordon reaching base with 2 out.

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What a game. Never give up.

Huge AB by moss. Probably his most important AB of the season


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****in hell boys. What a blast that game was

It reminded me of the Butera at bat in the playoffs. Clutch

I'm in a lodge at the Grand Canyon. Driving back from a day outing and get back to the lodge as Moose makes the second out(listening to satellite radio, the best invention of mankind)and I tell the kids "okay, out we go games over". Caught yh score on Sportscenter. Had to hightail it to the lodge lobby to get wifi and get the recap here. Don't care. What a win!!!!!!

Gordo wait what?

That is a hell of an accomplishment. No, really.

So after working a 12-hour day I was beat, and went to bed after Soria gave up the fourth run in the 9th.

Thanks for making me look like a genious, guys! ROFL

Back to .500. Now I'm in.

Damn, I love waking up to a Royals win!

I fell asleep when we were down 2-1, and figured we wouldn't do shit the rest of the game. I'm glad I was wrong.

I can only imagine the butthurt coming from Blue Jays fans. LMAO

We got home around 230am this morning from the game last night. I couldn't sleep. I'm still pumped about Whit's clutch walk-off double. So much fun...but now I wish we would have stayed to go to this afternoon's game.

And we snapped another streak, although rather obscure, its the Blue Jays first loss when leading by three runs with two outs in the ninth since 2007. :eek: :p

Yeah Moss for working a walk!

Still can't quite get over last night. That was vintage Royals devil magick folks.

What an awesome comeback win.

What was the Royals win % in the 9th inning?


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Less than 1%

I've always wondered why the best hitting coaches don't travel around through the minors? The time a guy really needs a hitting coach is when he's coming up trying to make it, not when he's in the majors.

Use this thread today.

It just feels right.

KCConnection can find all of this Royals talk in one place.

This is a cause I can get behind.

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He's currently at a tutoring session for Econ101. It's his third time taking the class.

Afterwards, he may or may not be attending another birthday party. Only time will tell.

****ing Tulo. When will his leg break this year?

Get some ****ing runs early today. That would be nice.

In

Alright, let's get some runs now. :harumph:

Their OF's struggle here in Kaufman. :clap:

HAVE to score here.

Little Sac Alex.

FFS, Gordon, really? Really? Leadoff triple and you don't even take a pitch before you pop up on the infield?

You ****ing loser.

Jesus ****ing Christ.

SAFE!!

good call sending him...was hoping they wouldn't hold him

he's out

I would have held him but great call being aggressive!!!

Nice ****ing quick slide too.

Shit....looks like his toe was up. Hard call though. Has to be conclusive.

Of course NYC will get super nit-picky on this now, when they never over-turn our shit.

gonna be close....

whew...inconclusive I would imagine

And safe! **** you, bricks.

I honestly don't know if any player has ever had less success in recent years at the K than Steve Pearce. Guy has to hate it here.


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This. All of this.



I also sometimes wonder if Bricks IS John Gibbons? A clear drunk with the grammar and reading skills of a 4th grader.

I picture Bricks sitting in his one room studio apartment continuously messing with his man bun and jerking off to a picture of Joe Carter.

DEFENSE!

Does Bricks even post here anymore? I think the ALCS killed him.

Run(s), as in plurality. :)

There you go Hos!! :clap:

He showed his face last year when the Royals played the Jays in August.