And the Royal's pity player is.....

[kstater]

Gil Meche selected to All-Star game.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

Gil Mesh should do the right thing and just give his all star position to someone else. For the sake of the game it's not really fair to have someone be off the team for a pity pick.

If Meche pitched for the Yankees, he'd have a 9-2 record and they'd be 1 game out of first place.

Meche is the only true All-Star on the roster at this point.

[banyon]

Good take by Jayson Stark

Gil Meche
There are probably people out there looking at Gil Meche's 4-6 record in Kansas City and saying, "I told you so." But if those are the only numbers you're perusing, you're hereby assigned to go back and reread the first 11 paragraphs of this column.

Meche has had the third-worst run support in the American League. But let's break down that support (or lack thereof) another way. You've heard of quality starts, right? (That's the stat that measures how many times a pitcher gives his team a chance to win a game.) We're inventing a new stat -- the CUS (Criminally Unsupported Start) -- which measures games in which an offense gives its pitcher no chance to win.

Our definition of a CUS is a game in which a pitcher goes at least six innings, but his offense scores no more than one run while he's in the game. Believe it or not, it's happened to Meche eight times already. Only one other pitcher in baseball (Jon Garland, with six) has more than five CUS.

CUS LEADERS
Gil Meche 8
Jon Garland 6
Carlos Silva 5
Kyle Lohse 5
Sergio Mitre 5
Daisuke Matsuzaka 5

"That [record] describes what people thought Meche was going to be," says one scout. "But that's not what he's been. I didn't think he had it in him to be a No. 3 [starter], let alone a No. 1. But he's pitched like a No. 1."

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?id=2910803

[Sure-Oz]

Gil has easilyh been our #1, if he had a decent run support he'd have 6-9 wins easy

[Reerun_KC]

I heard Mike (overpaid) Sweeney was voted to the All-Star DL list yesterday...

[Dr. Van Halen]

Anyone else think it's funny both teams takes 11 pitchers to the All-Star game? Baseball's All-Star game is a joke. Every team sends a player? Come on, that's bush league. What are they going to have no-cut teams next? Any one with a fragile ego can play?

[beavis]

Originally Posted by Dr. Van Halen

Anyone else think it's funny each team takes 11 pitchers to the All-Star game? Baseball's All-Star game is a joke. Every team gets a player? Come on, that's bush league. What are they going to have no-cut teams next? Any one with a fragile ego can play?

What the hell are you babbling about?

I nominate this thread for the Uninformed All-Star game.

[beavis]

IMO, Gil is making Dayton Moore look really smart right now. He's exceeded the value of his contract (relatively speaking) so far.

[Dr. Van Halen]

Originally Posted by beavis

What the hell are you babbling about?

I nominate this thread for the Uninformed All-Star game.

You don't think 11 pitchers is a bit much for one team in a single game? It seems like maybe the number of pitchers is a bit high -- neither the NL All-Stars, nor the AL All-Stars will go through all 11, which makes the high number of pitchers stupid.

You don't think it's lame that every team gets to send a player, regardless of merit? I think that alone makes the All-Star game a feel-good joke.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by Dr. Van Halen

You don't think 11 pitchers is a bit much for one team in a single game? It seems like maybe the number of pitchers is a bit high -- neither the NL All-Stars, nor the AL All-Stars will go through all 11, which makes the high number of pitchers stupid.

You don't think it's lame that every team gets to send a player, regardless of merit? I think that alone makes the All-Star game a feel-good joke.

I take it you have not watch baseball's all-star game setup lately???

The all-star game decides homefield for the World Series.. There was an incident a few years ago where both sides exhausted all of the pitchers in the game and it ended in a tie.. This is why there is a ton of pitchers in case there is another extra innings incident...

[Dr. Van Halen]

Originally Posted by Valiant

I take it you have not watch baseball's all-star game setup lately???

The all-star game decides homefield for the World Series.. There was an incident a few years ago where both sides exhausted all of the pitchers in the game and it ended in a tie.. This is why there is a ton of pitchers in case there is another extra innings incident...

They ended the All-Star game in a tie????? You are telling me this to convince me that the All-Star game is NOT lame? I mean, I thought each team getting to send a player was pathetic, but jeez... a tie?

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by Dr. Van Halen

They ended the All-Star game in a tie????? You are telling me this to convince me that the All-Star game is NOT lame? I mean, I thought each team getting to send a player was pathetic, but jeez... a tie?

It's because MLB has a joke of a commisioner.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by Dr. Van Halen

They ended the All-Star game in a tie????? You are telling me this to convince me that the All-Star game is NOT lame? I mean, I thought each team getting to send a player was pathetic, but jeez... a tie?

No its why there are so many pitchers selected.. MOre then likely also not all of them will get to play also...

[Dr. Van Halen]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

It's because MLB has a joke of a commisioner.

It's becoming a joke of a sport.

That said, hooray for Gil Meche. This may well be the first time in ten years the words "Royals" and "signing" weren't associated with the word "disaster."

[tk13]

That's a pretty good turn around. Go from complaining about too many pitchers being taken, to complaining that it's terrible to end a game in a tie because both teams were out of pitchers. That works.

[KurtCobain]

Meche kicks all your ass.