****Official Royals vs Red Sox Thread 8/26/12****

[TLO]

12:35 central start time.

Royals (56-69) Will Smith, LHP 4-5, 5.40 ERA
1 Lorenzo Cain CF
2 Alcides Escobar SS
3 Alex Gordon LF
4 Billy Butler DH
5 Salvador Perez C
6 Jeff Francoeur RF
7 Johnny Giavotella 2B
8 Eric Hosmer 1B
9 Tony Abreu 3B

Red Sox (60-67) Felix Doubront, LHP 10-6, 4.70 ERA
1 Pedro Ciriaco 3B
2 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
3 Dustin Pedroia 2B
4 Cody Ross RF
5 James Loney 1B
6 Ryan Lavarnway C
7 Mauro Gomez DH
8 Mike Aviles SS
9 Scott Podsednik LF

Let's win this series and send the Sox home "crying in their beers" as Rex Hudler would say.

[lewdog]

First!!!!!!!

[Paniero]

I didn't see yours before I posted mine. Disregard my entry :) Go KC!!

[Nightfyre]

I may wear my Salvy Jersey today whilst I watch the game. He has eclipsed Hos as my favorite player for now. Even though Hos is raking so far in August.

[Nightfyre]

I would also like to put out a PSA - Hosmer has surpassed Frenchy:

Hosmer: .240/.311/.374 12HR/44BB/76SO
Frenchy: .236/.285/.365 11HR/27BB/92SO

[Nightfyre]

Another update: we need to go 25-12 to get to .500 this year.

[stonedstooge]

Another update: we need to go 25-12 to get to .500 this year.

Doable

[lewdog]

Let's do this! Get these Red SUX!

[Nightfyre]

SUX should be reserved for the White Sux, imo. I mean, I hate Boston as much as just about anyone, especially after they just got a get out of jail free card on 250MM in salaries. But Chicago has a special place of hatred reserved for division rivals and the Yankees. For reference purposes, the Red Sox got out of 4x the Royals entire PAYROLL.

[stonedstooge]

If you lose this game Smoke, Paniero and I are holding you personally responsible

[Nightfyre]

No shit, Hud. He's not being aggressive because he's hitting leadoff you turd.

[lewdog]

SUX should be reserved for the White Sux, imo. I mean, I hate Boston as much as just about anyone, especially after they just got a get out of jail free card on 250MM in salaries. But Chicago has a special place of hatred reserved for division rivals and the Yankees. For reference purposes, the Red Sox got out of 4x the Royals entire PAYROLL.

Noted

How about Blow Sox?

[stonedstooge]

Rag Sox?

[cabletech94]

Noted

How about Blow Sox?

seconded.

[BWillie]

Hud cracks me up. I love his Homerism and jolly demeaner

[stonedstooge]

Damn Billy, what the hell you looking at?

[SPchief]

Damn Billy, what the hell you looking at?

Strike 3

[Nightfyre]

How the fuck does this Red Sox team get all these garbage hits off good pitches?

[stonedstooge]

How the **** does this Red Sox team get all these garbage hits off good pitches?

Seems like we catch the line drives that are scorched but the dinks always find the right spot

[stonedstooge]

How the **** does this Red Sox team get all these garbage hits off good pitches?

And again

[SPchief]

Got out of it with only 1 in.

[stonedstooge]

What's Frenchy got for hits since the All Star Break? Half a dozen or so?

[SPchief]

That is one very large strike zone

[Al Bundy]

Damn, talk about a punchless infield. Abreau, Hosmer, Gio and Escobar have no punch offensively.

[stonedstooge]

Damn Billy

[Toadkiller]

Frenchy in the lineup still is just fucking stupid.

[stonedstooge]

Go Johnny Go Go scores on the single by Abreu. 2-1

[kstater]

He was safe, but I'm not sure he should have been sent.

[SPchief]

Jonny G with a great slide to cut the lead to 1

[stonedstooge]

Need some more LoCain

[Ceej]

Brew is a couple of big hits recently.

[kstater]

NICE

[SPchief]

LOCAIN

[Nightfyre]

LOCAIN!

[lewdog]

Fuck that was hit soooooo damn hard!

[stonedstooge]

w00t!!!!LOCAIN with the 3 run shot. 4-2 Royals.

[Toadkiller]

Boom! Cain!

[Paniero]

Nice two out hitting the last two games.

[BWillie]

I'm really liking the trend of Escobar walking more and more.

[stonedstooge]

How many runs it going to take to win today? 4-3 KC

[SPchief]

Yeah, that's a bad call

[stonedstooge]

Valentine going old school

[SPchief]

LMAO, take notes ned

[Archie F. Swin]

Hos sold that "out" pretty well

[lewdog]

Poop

[Al Bundy]

Ned playing to lose. Motherfuck Will Smith. Nedsy shoulda yanked him when the first base runner got on.

[Archie F. Swin]

Ned playing to lose. Mother**** Will Smith. Nedsy shoulda yanked him when the first base runner got on.'
managing from your couch is easy, eh?

[Al Bundy]

'
managing from your couch is easy, eh?

Knowing what we know about our shitty starting pitchers, in the 5th inning at the first sign of trouble the starter needs to be out, unless of course your goal is to "just let them work out of it".

[SPchief]

Yeah, the bullpen only pitched 9+ innings last night.

[Al Bundy]

I hope Smith gets the loss now.

[kstater]

Hosmer is a fucking wreck this year.

[Nightfyre]

I actually agree with Smith staying out there as long as he did. The kid has to face adversity and get himself out of trouble at this level. Plus our bullpen is drained.

[Al Bundy]

I actually agree with Smith staying out there as long as he did. The kid has to face adversity and get himself out of trouble at this level. Plus our bullpen is drained.

As long as you are ok with losing the game today.

[Nightfyre]

I'm just pointing out that it is different leaving Smith in there than say, Chen.

[SPchief]

Escobar with another error

[stonedstooge]

Damn Escobar trying to give the game away today

[Al Bundy]

Good... Nedsy and the girls deserve to lose games like this.

[Jenson71]

Don't call that off, Hosmer. That's a recipe for disaster.

[stonedstooge]

Frenchy only gets a positive by fucking walking

[SPchief]

:eek: Frenchy just took a walk while holding off on two straight balls in a clutch situation.

[SPchief]

Frenchy only gets a positive by fucking walking

Come on, that was a really good AB

[stonedstooge]

Come on, that was a really good AB

It was. Just frustrating that Frenchy can keep his spot in the lineup when there are others that could help the team win and the management doesn't seem to value that

[Mr. Laz]

You gotta have it form Hosmer right now

8th, down by 3 ... bases jacked, one out


He's gotta come through

[Mr. Laz]

fuck

[Mr. Laz]

he swung at a low and away shit pitch again

damnit, Hos.

[Nightfyre]

Nice, Abreu.

[SPchief]

Come on Cain, tie this bitch up

[Mr. Laz]

Abreu comes through again :clap:

[stonedstooge]

Need just a little more magic. Royals down by 1

[Mr. Laz]

come on Cain ... just think base hit

[SPchief]

Green light Green light Green light

[Mr. Laz]

no, no "rip" by cain

just a base hit and only a base hit

[Mr. Laz]

stupid

swinging at shit in the dirt


was ball 4

[SPchief]

WHAT

[Mr. Laz]

worthless POS

[Nightfyre]

Whatever Salvy said to Coleman out there worked.

[stonedstooge]

Big Smoke. You started this shit. Where you at?

[stonedstooge]

Come on Butler, tie this bitch up

[stonedstooge]

DAMN. Got to win tomorrow to split the series

[Mr. Laz]

Hosmer had THE chance and he fucked it up ... again.

[Al Bundy]

This is a great loss for the Royals, Ned needs to understand that his sack of shit starter named Will Smith should never be given the chance to work out of his own trouble. I am glad they lost, every once in a while you need to take one in the shorts. Ohh and Escobar, those 2 errors were unacceptable.

[BigMeatballDave]

Hosmer had THE chance and he fucked it up ... again.

Didn't Hos knock in the winning run friday?