****Royals at Detroit 4/25 Gamethread****

[SPchief]

Yes, it's draft day.
Yes, it's gonna be cold.
Yes, it's Verlander.
Yes, Shields is on the mound.
Yes, I'm 1-0 in gamethreads


Good break before the draft for this place. Game starts at 12:08.

[Hootie]

I don't know who told you that or where you heard that or why you think that...but it is amazingly wrong

[SPchief]

Salvy leads off with a single

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess

there is no way defense at LEFT FIELD is more important than defense at THIRD BASE

no ****ing way

Easiest defensive positions on the field: first base and third base. Not even close.

Most catchers are terrible defenders, too, since it's a difficult position to be good at.

Where did pre-roids Bonds play again?

[Crush]

SALVY! singles.

[Demonpenz]

all the sudden Willie Wilson perks his ears up at this pitching change

[Great Expectations]

Big Game James with the gem, I wish we still had Butler in the game, but it probably isn't tied without Dyson pr.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by Great Expectations

Big Game James with the gem, I wish we still had Butler in the game, but it probably isn't tied without Dyson pr.

FACT

[AndChiefs]

Ugh I hate giving outs away even if it works.

[KCUnited]

AMAZING BUNT

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Easiest defensive positions on the field: first base and third base. Not even close.

Most catchers are terrible defenders, too, since it's a difficult position to be good at.

Where did pre-roids Bonds play again?

Dude, wrong. Left field is where you would hide your worst defender. Is it cool to have a great LF like Carl Crawford or Barry Bonds? Hell yeah. Is it necessary? **** no. When Soriano was 40/40 and playing like shit in LF...it didn't really ****ing matter.

Because even Manny Ramirez will make almost every single play he needs to make out there. It's just fact.

Saying 3B or 1B is less important than LF is simply ignorant. Flat out dumb. It's why they move the Ryan Braun's, and Alex Gordon's, and Albert Pujols', and Chipper Jones' from 3B to LF...because they make room for better defensive 3rd baseman and realize if you can play third ****ing base you can easily play left ****ing field.

Dyson may be a shoddy CF'er because of the amount of instincts and ground you need...but I guarantee he would be, at worst, at replacement level as a defensive left fielder.

I don't know where you got this information or who told you this...

but the idea that left field is a more important defensive position than third base is one of the most ignorant statements I've heard in these game threads to date and they've been all laughers for the most part.

[DeezNutz]

Yep. Dyson was key.

And defensive spectrum speaks to level of difficulty, by the way. Third base is notable here because of the need to handle the bare-hand play.

[mr. tegu]

I don't really like pinch running for Salvy.

[AndChiefs]

Originally Posted by AndChiefs

Ugh I hate giving outs away even if it works.

Now down to 1 out.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by AndChiefs

Ugh I hate giving outs away even if it works.

Its the 9th inning, #9 guy up, tied.

If this isn't the time, then it is never the time.

[Dartgod]

Escobar is going to come through!