Royals vs. Athletics - July, 7 2013
 

OAK: Griffin, A.J. (6-6, 3.95)
KC: Mendoza, Luis (2-4, 4.41)


Let's do this.

You excited about this game or something?

Good Lord.

Hella early.

But...IM IN!

Gotta keep winning series

We got the good Wade.

It sure would be nice to get the good Dozer.

Gio on the bench again today. That whole "play him to find out what we've got" lasted less than a week.

Get the win!

Yeah, someone might want to explain "sample size" to Dayton Moore and Yost. I realize that the latter sets the lineup, but the former must be able to override stupidity, and is thus ultimately responsible for this nonsense.

What an ugly ****ing lineup.

Yost ****ing with the lineup yet again. No Perez and Hos is back to the #3 spot.

Apparently the Rangers have activated Joakim Soria. He hasn't pitched since 2011. Going to be weird seeing him in another uniform.

Hi, I'm Ned Yost, and if there is one thing I cherish in life it's variety. Change. Gotta love it. Change for the sake of change is the best kind when you get down to it. Something working for ya? Change it! You need the drama in your life. It keeps you young, keeps that anxiety level up, doesn't let you get too far ahead ....well in some cases it doesn't let you get ahead at all. Just look at my record as the Royals Manager! Do you know that in 82 games I have only had the same lineup maybe 5 times. Now that's change we can all get behind. I can't risk my players getting settled into a role and give the time to adjust and understand things. No Sir! That leads to things like consistency and we just can't have that. And we all know, if you can't be consistent at the top, there is no way to be consistent at the bottom.

I'm Ned Yost, your KC Royals Manager!

[QUOTE=petegz28;9796503]Hi, I'm Ned Yost, and if there is one thing I cherish in life it's variety. Change. Gotta love it. Change for the sake of change is the best kind when you get down to it. Something working for ya? Change it! You need the drama in your life. It keeps you young, keeps that anxiety level up, doesn't let you get too far ahead ....well in some cases it doesn't let you get ahead at all. Just look at my record as the Royals Manager! Do you know that in 82 games I have only had the same lineup maybe 5 times. Now that's change we can all get behind. I can't risk my players getting settled into a role and give the time to adjust and understand things. No Sir! That leads to things like consistency and we just can't have that. And we all know, if you can't be consistent at the top, there is no way to be consistent at the bottom.

I'm Ned Yost, your KC Royals Manager (for just a few more weeks).

wanted to spice it up a bit, pete.

Ned continues to reign reeruned.

lewdog checking in.

****, come on, Mendoza

Nice D Hos.

Strikes. It's not a hard concept.

nice break for us

Maybe since the Milone disaster we learned some patience????

Nope.

Kottaras is usually good for a couple of walks.

#Dominating!

another ****ing walk.....

:facepalm:

****

God Almighty.

Will Smith, anyone?

This Amish **** has just owned us all weekend.......

then again, Mendoza is walking ****ers, getting behind in counts, getting stole on and throwing meatballs

Heard them say on the teevee that this is the same ump that threw Billy and Ned out a week or so ago. We're going to get a strike zone that's the size of a bullseye on a dart board today.

We sure have been playing from behind a lot lately

Yeah but Mendoza has not been close

Hud finally being honest. Mendoza definitely looks like shit.

He's looked like shit his last few games

I have a feeling we will see a lot of Bruce Chen or Will Smith today.
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It's over./ Pete

With this lineup Nasty Ned trot out today it is a pretty safe prediction.

Mendoza only throwing one pitch for strikes.

With the way Mendoza is pitching, I doubt we win.

JFC, pull him already!!

Seriously, get him out. He has NOTHING.

Good lord....

Good thing you left him in, Ned.....that 5th run may not have scored otherwise

Whenever you're ready to conclude BP, there Ned. Take your time. No sense of urgency here.

Pete might be right today

Good game ya'll.

This game was over once our lineup was announced.

Mendoza should never pitch again. He's just simply not that good.

Duffy can't get up here soon enough.....

It's over.

Dozer 7 pitches in the first, 40 and counting in the 2nd

I refrained......I never said it...but at 5-0 now....probably safe to say we dropped this one

Today, you're right.

You've gotta have a better sense for a pitcher than that. He should have come out after the Sogard single. You don't wait until the game gets away.

:shake:

pathetic

Throwing Chen out there is as good as throwing in the towel anyway. 4 million dollar junkballer.

I tend to agree with this.....but Yost is a mad scientist....we will lost 7-6 before it's all said and done

Might need to pull Mendoza from the rotation for a while. He's been TERRIBLE the last two starts.

Actually I have refrained from calling game for the last few...ever since we started hitting the long ball more

He gave up 4 runs in 5 innings last start, but I don't know all the circumstances of that. He didn't walk anybody, which is good. He walked 8 in his first 10 IP, but only 3 in his last 16. And prior to his last start, he given up 0 ER in 10.2 IP.

Mendoza's body language was shit from the second pitch of the game, so no surprise that he took a long pull on the dick sock.

Time for Duffy and Smith to have a crack at things.

Wait wait wait.....

Did you just say Ned Yost has to have a better sense of pitchers????? ROFL ROFL ROFL

The only reason he got away with the 7 pitches the 2 guys on tv keep orgasming about is because someone ripped a hard linedrive right to Hos for a DP

Well, good thing is it is only the 2nd and not the 7th

Why did they take Ryan out of the booth for TV broadcasts? Steve is a boring old man with nothing to contribute.

I'd love to see this team with a Ron Gardenhier and coach

Maybe he can't take that much more of Hud?

Twins fans seem to not feel great about ole Gardy these days, for what it's worth.

Mendoza is definitely the weak link in the rotation. I never have high hopes for a win when he pitches. I don't understand why Chen doesn't get a spot stat from time to time. I think it would be a good change of pace for the rotation. Crafty lefty as opposed to hard throwers everyday.

Yeah, Hud, that was a stellar AB.....chopper to 1st...really moidered it even

Maybe not Gardy, as I really can't stand him, but someone of his stature. Francona, someone who actually understand AL baseball

1 down, 4 to go....

Can Kottaras play RF?

The A's are just one of those teams that the Royals can't seem to get over the hump with, no matter how we're doing at the time we play them. Them and the Yankees.

Luv me sum Kottaras

I miss you Felipe Paulino

The Greek God of Three True Outcomes

When I see a show, I wanna see a Kottar Solo!

Any recent updates about Felipe or Duffy?

Hell, I'd rather have Jiggy Wit it replace Mendoza.

I posted Duffy info below. Paulino's still out with shoulder soreness.

Bruce with a sick move to the bag