Royals Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins Game Thread (5/2)

teedubya · 04:39 PM

Game 2 of 3 game series.

Bannister vs. LHP Glen Perkins

6:10pm CST Fox Sports KC

We SUCK in Minnesota for some reason, but hopefully "Banny" gets it together...

**Nzoner** · 05-02-2009, 10:24 AM

Would you fockers please let alnorth do his thing!!

teedubya · 05-02-2009, 10:27 AM

Why do I gots to be a focker? You Focker!

This is my first Royals game thread, so eat a dick, Joe. :-P

**Nzoner** · 05-02-2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Ari Chi3fs

Why do I gots to be a focker? You Focker!

This is my first Royals game thread, so eat a dick, Joe. :-P

If they lose it best be your last

**DeezNutz** · 05-02-2009, 10:28 AM

All you fockers just keep quiet. There's serious banter going on in here.

Delano · 05-02-2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Ari Chi3fs

We SUCK in Minnesota for some reason

**Nzoner** · 05-02-2009, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Delano

Yeah if you read his first few posts he seems to have dick on his mind

teedubya · 05-02-2009, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Nzoner

Yeah if you read his first few posts he seems to have dick on his mind

heh, ya bastard! Im so not flushing next time I come up to your place.

teedubya · 05-02-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Delano

They said we were something like 5-43 in MINN the last few years or something ASSININE like that...

So, Im helping Alnorth keep his streak going! heh

CoMoChief · 05-02-2009, 10:39 AM

I'm still waiting the day we get rid of Ponson and Farnsworth.

This shit of "well he didn't have his stuff tonite" has happened about 8 times already.

KC should be about 15-6 now.

Mama Hip Rockets · 05-02-2009, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by CoMoChief

I'm still waiting the day we get rid of Ponson and Farnsworth.

This shit of "well he didn't have his stuff tonite" has happened about 8 times already.

KC should be about 15-6 now.

agreed. every sensible person in america knew from the start that ponson and farnsworthless were terrible signings. i don't know why the royals organization thought any differently.

eazyb81 · 05-02-2009, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by thurman merman

agreed. every sensible person in america knew from the start that ponson and farnsworthless were terrible signings. i don't know why the royals organization thought any differently.

Most teams have shitty 5th starters, and Ponson is just keeping the spot warm until Hochevar comes up.

By keeping Hochevar in the minors through the first month, we get to keep him an extra year. I'll take a few spots from Ponson for that.

**DeezNutz** · 05-02-2009, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

Most teams have shitty 5th starters, and Ponson is just keeping the spot warm until Hochevar comes up.

By keeping Hochevar in the minors through the first month, we get to keep him an extra year. I'll take a few spots from Ponson for that.

Kid hasn't done anything yet to make the "keep him another year" thing make any sense. If the organization was worried about this, a better approach would be to sign him to an extension, since it's likely that he'll never be cheaper.

Not all of Ponson's starts have been terrible, but if the team really sacrificed four games for the bottom line, I can't think of anything more chickenshit. That's old school Royals bullshit there.

eazyb81 · 05-02-2009, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Kid hasn't done anything yet to make the "keep him another year" thing make any sense. If the organization was worried about this, a better approach would be to sign him to an extension, since it's likely that he'll never be cheaper.

Not all of Ponson's starts have been terrible, but if the team really sacrificed four games for the bottom line, I can't think of anything more chickenshit. That's old school Royals bullshit there.

Not sure what you're trying to say with the first part. I think it's common sense to trade one month of Hochevar at 24 years old for an extra year when he's in his prime in his late twenties. He hasn't done nearly enough to warrant an extension; hell, we just gave Greinke an extension after a year with a sub 4 ERA.

There's just no reason to push him up here right now. Just let him continue to improve and gain confidence, and hopefully he'll be ready to contribute meaningfully this summer. It's not focusing on the bottom line - it's being patient with players and not rushing them. THAT is old school Royals bullshit.

CoMoChief · 05-02-2009, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

Most teams have shitty 5th starters, and Ponson is just keeping the spot warm until Hochevar comes up.

By keeping Hochevar in the minors through the first month, we get to keep him an extra year. I'll take a few spots from Ponson for that.

The trouble is we can't afford to just keep losing everytime our 5th guy comes to the mound, or late in the game when the game is close and its time for our worthless set up man to come out and serve up meat balls to the other team. We cant bat ourselves Wins. We need to pitch extremely well and play small ball. We have very limited consistant power from just a few players at most.

If we want to seriously become contenders (yes I said it) we need to make the move that makes the most sense........get rid of Farnsworth and Ponson. I cant even imagine what the Royals team ERA would be without those 2 clowns.

I dunno, I just ****in hate Farnsworth, my other half as a Cubs fan, I ****ing hated this guy when he was in Chicago. I almost had to pull my car over when I listed to 610 the day we signed this piece of shit and for how much we signed him for. I can't believe that the "baseball minds" we have in the front office would even think of signing this guy when avg Joe baseball fan knows that he's a complete train wreck as a pitcher. Jesus.
What a complete waste of a signing.

I'm too hard on Ponson, he's had some good and some really terrible outings, but thats the thing .....hes terribly inconsistant. Always has been. Everywhere he goes, doesn't matter. In NYY he had a 5+ ERA. I dont care if its a 5th starter or a 8th starter in little league thats just ****ing terrible. The only reason why I'm not too pissed about it is because of the little money he's making. He's on a minor league contract, which means that A: No one else wanted his ass, because he agreed to sign with one of the worse clubs in MLB for a min deal.

Hochevar needs to be brought up......period.

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