*STL Cardinals @ KC Royals 5/27*

[petegz28]

Starting Lineups:

STL:
Carpenter
Molina
Beltran
Craig
Adams
Freese
Jay
Kozma
Descalso

P: Wainwright

KC:
Lough
Escobar
Gordon
Butler
Hosmer
Tejada
Fran-suck
Kottaras
Johnson

P: Shields

[ChiefsCountry]

Rain delay. First pitch will be at 2:10 now.

[petegz28]

Bit of info on our 2 hitting coaches:

Andre David had 58 career AB's and hit .245 with 1 HR
Jack Maloof never had a major league AB

These are the guys GMDM and Yost brought in to get this team to hit for power.

[cabletech94]

Bit of info on our 2 hitting coaches:

Andre David had 58 career AB's and hit .245 with 1 HR
Jack Maloof never had a major league AB

These are the guys GMDM and Yost brought in to get this team to hit for power.

BECAUSE SEITZER WAS THE OBVIOUS PROBLEM!!!!!!



/END OF EFFING RAAAAAAAAAAANT

[LoneWolf]

Starting Lineups:

STL:
Carpenter
Molina
Beltran
Craig
Adams
Freese
Jay
Kozma
Descalso

P: Wainwright

KC:
Lough
Escobar
Gordon
Butler
Hosmer
Tejada
Fran-suck
Kottaras
Johnson

P: Shields

WTF. Is Cain hurt or is Ned just proving he's retarded?

[Bowser]

Bit of info on our 2 hitting coaches:

Andre David had 58 career AB's and hit .245 with 1 HR
Jack Maloof never had a major league AB

These are the guys GMDM and Yost brought in to get this team to hit for power.

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx342/ryancorven/FAN%20Network/PicardDoubleFacepalm.gif

[petegz28]

WTF. Is Cain hurt or is Ned just proving he's retarded?

well he isn't hurt, that I know of

[Scott Pilgrim]

Bit of info on our 2 hitting coaches:

Andre David had 58 career AB's and hit .245 with 1 HR
Jack Maloof never had a major league AB

These are the guys GMDM and Yost brought in to get this team to hit for power.

The cardinals hitting coaches have 3409 and 4812 AB's

[penbrook]

Moose has a hurt quad thats why Tejada is playing.

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Moose is the worst player in the major leagues, thats why Tejada should be playing.

fixed your post

[penbrook]

fixed your post

IDK him and Frenchy are pretty close.

[KCUnited]

Watching The Boys In The Hall > watching Royals baseball.

[petegz28]

Watching The Boys In The Hall > watching Royals baseball.

I love listening to Buck. I met him at Swope Park golf course one day. Hell of a guy.

[KCUnited]

I love listening to Buck. I met him at Swope Park golf course one day. Hell of a guy.

Yeah, this is a good one. Pretty sure I could listen to him tell stories all day long.

[TribalElder]

MollyWhopping

[Mizzou_8541]

Starting Lineups:

STL:
Carpenter
Molina
Beltran
Craig
Adams
Freese
Jay
Kozma
Descalso

P: Wainwright

KC:
Lough
Escobar
Gordon
Butler
Hosmer
Tejada
Fran-suck
Kottaras
Johnson

P: Shields

Not really going out on a limb here: Predicting 5 hits, 1 run, 0BB and 9K's for our supercharged offense. I hope I'm and idiot.

[SPATCH]

Remember when we were shattering offensive records in the cactus league?








Fuck, man.

[gblowfish]

Moose has a hurt quad thats why Tejada is playing.
Does a hurt "quad" mean an oh-for-four???

[gblowfish]

Great...all my St. Louis "pals" are sending me smack emails today. Go ahead, kick the cripple. Big sport in that, eh?

[Pepe Silvia]

Go Cards!!!! Wainy will dominate. ;)

[MotherfuckerJones]

The Kansas City Royals-Spring Training Greatest Franchise of All-Time

[Marcellus]

Little blurb on Yost from Bernie at the Post Dispatch.

* Finally: can someone of sound mind in Kansas City explain why Ned Yost still is managing the Royals? This is absolutely baffling to me. You see the bizarre strategy decisions and nonsensical lineup construction. You see highly touted young players regressing instead of getting better. You see the Royals sinking when they’re supposed to be rising.
And this is a same guy who had a terrific team in Milwaukee but was so awful in leading the team down the stretch that he got fired with 12 games to go. (Remember how easily Tony La Russa goaded and baited Yost into losing his mind during games?) The Brewers elevated Dale Sveum to interim manager with less than two weeks to go; he saved the season and got the Brewers into a wild card spot. Yost is 231-302 as the Royals manager and his team is failing to evolve into what it can be.


http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-bytes-why-wouldn-t-it-be-wacha/article_01301f39-ce3f-5c77-8121-04d1a17879f9.html

[petegz28]

Game over

[KCUnited]

Hud loves him some Cards.

Royals rubbing off on Shields.

[silver5liter]

Game over

[gblowfish]

Well, fuck me running.

[SPATCH]

Raze the entire sports complex to the ground. Start over.

[kcjayhawks5]

Game over...8 pitches into the fucking game lol. Just put Hoch in. Fuck it.

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Well, that was a fun game.

Take the rest of the day off, Royals fans. Nothing to see here!


:banghead:

[gblowfish]

Yep, pull Shields, start him tomorrow. Put Hoch in. Let him pitch eight. Let him pitch til his arm falls off. Showcase him for a trade.... we'll take a flat keg of Old Style from the Cubs for him...

[gblowfish]

Jan is built to tow. I wanna smack her bumper.

[BlackHelicopters]

Just tuned in. Already done.

[BlackHelicopters]

Shut up Rex

[gblowfish]

Goddamnit Alex, quit giving up runners in scoring position. Just slide straight.

[petegz28]

Damn, too bad Alex got popped. That may have tied the game there

[Pepe Silvia]

Damn

[KCUnited]

Butler with a game tying single...oh wait.

[petegz28]

Not mad at Alex for that.

[kcjayhawks5]

Fucked ourselves right up the ass the inning. Thanks for breaking hard out of the box Gordon. What? No bubble blowing during the slide into 2nd? Fuck you.

[petegz28]

Way to swing at a pitch no where close, French

[petegz28]

The pitches thus guy takes compared to the one he swings at boggles the brain

[gblowfish]

Missouri Tourism from 2001 (yes, it's fake...)
http://i43.tinypic.com/5mic9c.jpg

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Your Time?

[Pepe Silvia]

Yady loves Royals pitching.

[Rasputin]

Poop

[Sure-Oz]

BIRDS!!!!!!!

[gblowfish]

And they pitch to Molina with a base open because....???

[gblowfish]

Gee, you think we'll score more than four runs today????

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Nice

[petegz28]

It gets old seeing teams with 1 more hit than us but 3 more runs

[BlackHelicopters]

Might as well be 24 runs

[Chief Roundup]

Come on Geez was there every any real doubt? I mean we are talking about the St. Louis Cardinals, 2cd only to the Yankees in World Series victories, against the Kansas City Royals.

[petegz28]

Gee, you think we'll score more than four runs today????

Dude once they scored 2 you knew it was over

[DeezNutz]

Be easy for Shields to mail it in from here, since the loss is all but assured.

[Rasputin]

Just tuned in. Already done.

I woke up from a nap and they hit in 3 more runs. FMRL Fuck my Royal life.

[gblowfish]

Shut up, Hud.

[Rams Fan]

Come on Geez was there every any real doubt? I mean we are talking about the St. Louis Cardinals, 2cd only to the Yankees in World Series victories, against the Kansas City Royals.

This is why we can't have nice things.

[BigMeatballDave]

They're losing?

Shocking.

[KCUnited]

Hud doesn't want offend anyone by using the word attack on Memorial Day, hope he gets an aids plane flown into him.

[Deberg_1990]

4-1 in the 3rd....whelp, this game is over

[gblowfish]

Royals attack: dink......dink..........dink.

Cards attack: BLAM......BLAM.......KABOOM.

[gblowfish]

Dink!

[gblowfish]

Seven hits,
one run.

That's our Royals.

[petegz28]

Wtf , homer is lost

[gblowfish]

And Hosmer could tie this game with one swing of his mighty bat.

Or he could whiff with guys on base as usual.

Wonder which one we'll get???

[petegz28]

Hosmer just swinging at whatever

[gblowfish]

Whee!!!
That's the baseball version of mercy sex!

[petegz28]

Whee!!!
That's the baseball version of mercy sex!

Lmao

[Stanley Nickels]

What's the Royals' ratio of runs walked in or in by wild pitch, to that of runs actually batted in? If there's a stat for that, the Royals have to be the highest ratio by a wide margin

[gblowfish]

Dink!!!

[petegz28]

I don't think homer swung at 1 strike lol

[Pepe Silvia]

BS, now you guys wanna hit. lol

[KCUnited]

RF playing way too close to the line with Hosmer up.

[gblowfish]

The Royals attack is like having a Yorkie chewing on your boot. It stings, but eventually, the boot just kicks the Yorkie into the bushes.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Geez. Hrabosky's a dumbass homer. Every run the Cards allow is some cheap, fluke experience in his mind.

[gblowfish]

Don't worry Cards fans. Frenchy never hits when it matters. Ever. He's a master at it.

[Pepe Silvia]

Wow, Descalso did something right.

[silver5liter]

Francoeur has hit with 92 runners on base and knocked in 9 of them

[gblowfish]

And Frenchy Fails Again!
We're so glad he's our starting right fielder.
Mr. Consistency.

[BlackHelicopters]

New kinds of suck

[Deberg_1990]

At least Frenchy is consistent. You always know what your gonna get.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Does that POS have compromising pics of your owner, coach and GM like Kendall had to have had all that time?

[Pepe Silvia]

Does that POS have compromising pics of your owner, coach and GM like Kendall had to have had all that time?

They're paying him 7 million too, he must have some dirt.

[gblowfish]

The lotto is a tax on poor people. C'mon Hud, ask an actual journalistic question...

[petegz28]

Shields getting squeezed

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Shields getting squeezed

LMAO

[gblowfish]

Get this lotto chick off the air. Did they pay for this ten minute long commercial????

[petegz28]

Wow, shields not having a good day

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Foot off the plate...stttteeeeeeeeeriiiiiiiiike/Pete Dribbon

[petegz28]

Foot off the plate...stttteeeeeeeeeriiiiiiiiike/Pete Dribbon

Yea I was talking about the one on the plate that was called a ball, fuck head

[Rasputin]

We actually got lucky they didn't hit a grand slam.

[petegz28]

We actually got lucky they didn't hit a grand slam.

Would it matter?

[Rasputin]

What's up with Shields? Is he tired of the team not producing scores for him?

[Sure-Oz]

Shields is allowed to have a crap game here and there

[petegz28]

Good ab, kotrras... Jfc

[petegz28]

Another single

[Pasta Little Brioni]

How many homers do they even have this year?

Didn't some dude on here predict like 5 or 6 to hit around 30?

[petegz28]

10 hits...10 singles

[BlackHelicopters]

10 singles

[duncan_idaho]

How many homers do they even have this year?

Didn't some dude on here predict like 5 or 6 to hit around 30?

Ned Yost doesn't post here.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Nice hook

[Rasputin]

Cardinals have 6 hits 5 runs Royals have 10 hits 3 runs in. Quit with the singles JF.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Waino isn't going to give you much to drive anyway

[KCUnited]

People excited over a new Miller Lite bottle > this team.

[BlackHelicopters]

Taco Bell dump>Royals

[siberian khatru]

Nine singles, no walks

[Shogun]

Wow that was a throw

[petegz28]

umm,, running out of the baseline? He ran completely around the plate

[Pepe Silvia]

lol

[SAUTO]

Can you run out of the baseline like that?
Posted via Mobile Device

[siberian khatru]

This is Shields' "fuck you" to the Royals.

[ArrowheadHawk]

Why do I still watch this garbage?

[texaschiefsfan]

Just got home and saw the score. Good night now.

[petegz28]

It's just comedy to see French at bat anymore

[chefsos]

To those who are asking, the baseline isn't really applicable around the plate. Probably not a written rule, but an accepted one.

[silver5liter]

Lololololol

[Rasputin]

Ya that worked. Bunt for a base hit then the next batter pops fly for a double out. Nice.

[DaWolf]

Can't wait to see what we can get for Shields and Santana at the trade deadline. Royals 2018!

[BlackHelicopters]

Bad baseball.

[BlackHelicopters]

Cardinals, Cardinals, Rangers.

[Mizzou_8541]

I've never really been a "fire the manager!" Guy but how long can this really last with Yost?

[Rasputin]

Bad baseball.


Eliminate bad baseball.

Play good baseball.

[siberian khatru]

13 hits = 3 runs

[siberian khatru]

Patience. We've just got to fight our way through this./Ned, Dayton and the whole fucking circus

[lewdog]

Glad I worked today.

[petegz28]

Rany Jazayerli ‏@jazayerli 4m
Hey, KC didn't lose 6 games in a row until Memorial Day. That's the longest they've gone into a season without losing 6 in a row since 2003.

[siberian khatru]

Rany Jazayerli ‏@jazayerli 4m
Hey, KC didn't lose 6 games in a row until Memorial Day. That's the longest they've gone into a season without losing 6 in a row since 2003.

IT'A PROCESS. PATIENCE!

[petegz28]

Rany Jazayerli ‏@jazayerli 2m
NO WALKSThe Royals had 13 hits todayNO WALKSbut only scored 3 runs. I wonderNO WALKSwhy.

[BlackHelicopters]

Houston is laughing at us.

[Prison Bitch]

I just got into town, didn't know the Royals even played until I drove by the K. They had 12 singles, 1 double, 0 walks and 3 runs?



Will someone please fire this retard GM?

[petegz28]

I just got into town, didn't know the Royals even played until I drove by the K. They had 12 singles, 1 double, 0 walks and 3 runs?



Will someone please fire this retard GM?

Yep

[teedubya]

Only nine teams with worse records than us. We were the fourth best team a couple of weeks ago.

[RedDread]

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[petegz28]

Ned says we had Wainwright on the ropes and we showed life today...lmao

[Dragonocho]

Teh team is disappoint.

[Marcellus]

Rany Jazayerli ‏@jazayerli 2m
NO WALKSThe Royals had 13 hits todayNO WALKSbut only scored 3 runs. I wonderNO WALKSwhy.

My guess is going to be Wainwright is #1 in baseball with fewest walks given up.

He didn't allow a singe walk through his first 5 starts or something like that.

[Al Bundy]

My guess is going to be Wainwright is #1 in baseball with fewest walks given up.

He didn't allow a singe walk through his first 5 starts or something like that.

That doesn't have anything to do with it. The Royals never let ANYONE walk them.

[siberian khatru]

My guess is going to be Wainwright is #1 in baseball with fewest walks given up.

He didn't allow a singe walk through his first 5 starts or something like that.

As Rany pointed out:

Yes people, Wainwright had only only walked 6 all year. Shields had only walked 15 - and the Cards coaxed 5 out of him. Patience is a skill.

[Marcellus]

That doesn't have anything to do with it. The Royals never let ANYONE walk them.

While I disagree one has nothing to do with the other, it sounds like a horrible match up.

[petegz28]

My guess is going to be Wainwright is #1 in baseball with fewest walks given up.

He didn't allow a singe walk through his first 5 starts or something like that.

Shields is no slouch yet the Cards got 5 walks out of him today

[Al Bundy]

While I disagree one has nothing to do with the other, it sounds like a horrible match up.

Literally one thing has NOTHING to do with the other. The Royals batters HATE being walked and they swing at ball 2 and ball 3 at least 90% of the time.

[Al Bundy]

Why do I still watch this garbage?

Because you enjoy the pain like the rest of us?

[Marcellus]

Literally one thing has NOTHING to do with the other. The Royals batters HATE being walked and they swing at ball 2 and ball 3 at least 90% of the time.

Wainwright hasn't pitched against the Royals all year yet he leads MLB in fewest walks by a starting pitcher but Wainwright has no control over the fact no one was walked in this game?

Fuck if anything he gave up 12 hits because he won't fucking walk anyone.

[gblowfish]

Nobody takes the gas pipe like YOUR Kansas City Royals.

[DeezNutz]

Wainwright hasn't pitched against the Royals all year yet he leads MLB in fewest walks by a starting pitcher but Wainwright has no control over the fact no one was walked in this game?

**** if anything he gave up 12 hits because he won't ****ing walk anyone.

The Royals are a free-swinging bunch, but they make up for it by having zero power.

Today had nothing to do with your pitcher. Literally almost any pitcher would have positive results against Fluffers Row, which Dayton ****ing Moore assembled.

[GloryDayz]

LOL

[Marcellus]

The Royals are a free-swinging bunch, but they make up for it by having zero power.

Today had nothing to do with your pitcher. Literally almost any pitcher would have positive results against Fluffers Row, which Dayton ****ing Moore assembled.

Yea I get it. Why walk a guy when worst case is a single and best case is an out.

[DeezNutz]

Yea I get it. Why walk a guy when worst case is a single and best case is an out.

Absolutely. It would take Scott Pioli himself to fuck up an approach that would beat the Royals.

[Demonpenz]

I had crown seats today. Yadir Molina is a Hall of Fame catcher. The Cards are just a great franchise. The Royals however aren't good. All Red out there today.

[Demonpenz]

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[gblowfish]

I had crown seats today. Yadir Molina is a Hall of Fame catcher. The Cards are just a great franchise. The Royals however aren't good. All Red out there today.

Yadir molests collies.

Hope you spent all your disposable income in Jackson County. Hope there's lots of DUI checkpoints on I-70 going east tonight.

I hope the Chiefs destroy the Rams next time we play them.

[BigMeatballDave]

Same ol sorry ass Royals.

They sure had us going for a bit.

[gblowfish]

Had one ear on Channel Five. Anchor says "Royals - Cardinals in an afternoon Memorial Day Matchup. See who came out on top next..."


Really?

That's a "news tease???"

Was there, like, a doubt???

I hate Royals baseball.

[GloryDayz]

The Royals are gay...

[DJ's left nut]

I had crown seats today. Yadir Molina is a Hall of Fame catcher. The Cards are just a great franchise. The Royals however aren't good. All Red out there today.

Likewise. Great seats, good game.

But WTF? The crown seats don't have anything that's inclusive? Most of those high-end seats at Busch have a fair number of all-inclusive food options - beer, hot dogs, nachos; basic stuff. At the K it's $125 for the tickets and it's still $10 for a beer.

That's pretty goddamn absurd.

[Shogun]

Thats because the Cards fans are the best fans in baseball.

[BigRedChief]

As Rany pointed out:

Yes people, Wainwright had only only walked 6 all year. Shields had only walked 15 - and the Cards coaxed 5 out of him. Patience is a skill.The Cardinals as a whole, will go up there and hack at the first pitch if its what they were looking for but, after that most players will be patient for their pitch to come around again.

Waino just doesn't walk a lot of people. He was off his game today. The dude could end up winning the Cy Young award. I wouldn't judge your team based on a game against Waino.

[BigRedChief]

Ned says we had Wainwright on the ropes and we showed life today...lmaoBesides one other game, those first 3 innings are the worst Waino has been all year.

[BigRedChief]

I had crown seats today. Yadir Molina is a Hall of Fame catcher. The Cards are just a great franchise. The Royals however aren't good. All Red out there today.Yadi is making the case daily that he is the best defensive catcher evah. I don't know if that alone gets you in the HOF. But, now he is putting together these .300+ BA seasons............he just might get in now.

[DeezNutz]

Likewise. Great seats, good game.

But WTF? The crown seats don't have anything that's inclusive? Most of those high-end seats at Busch have a fair number of all-inclusive food options - beer, hot dogs, nachos; basic stuff. At the K it's $125 for the tickets and it's still $10 for a beer.

That's pretty goddamn absurd.

It's a process.

[GloryDayz]

Likewise. Great seats, good game.

But WTF? The crown seats don't have anything that's inclusive? Most of those high-end seats at Busch have a fair number of all-inclusive food options - beer, hot dogs, nachos; basic stuff. At the K it's $125 for the tickets and it's still $10 for a beer.

That's pretty goddamn absurd.

Glass is a cheap, no-good motherfucking fag-ass, KC-hating cock sucker and a bad human! He's there to get your money and is going to rip that shit from your pocket at every turn until you have none. He's the worst of the worst person in the world and only loves money. I'm pretty sure he clubs baby seals too, but that's not important right now, he needs to not fail as an owner (but there seems to be no hope in sight for that to happen). He's a greedy pussy and every level of staff under him are pussies too - and the worst at what they do. Fuck Glass!

There, I said it, he clubs baby seals!

[gblowfish]

David Glass' favorite team has the best record in baseball and won today. He's enjoying baseball this summer just fine, thank you very much.

[Mr. Arrowhead]

If you grew up in kc and root for the cards then I all I gotta say is fuck you

[Mama Hip Rockets]

I wouldn't judge your team based on a game against Waino.

Actually, that's the best offensive game they've played all month. Three runs! Thanks, Waino!

[Demonpenz]

ummm crown seats is anything you can drink or eat. They didn't have pizza for my nephew and they went up and got some from a vender.

[DeezNutz]

Glass is a cheap, no-good mother****ing pillowbiter-ass, KC-hating cock sucker and a bad human! He's there to get your money and is going to rip that shit from your pocket at every turn until you have none. He's the worst of the worst person in the world and only loves money. I'm pretty sure he clubs baby seals too, but that's not important right now, he needs to not fail as an owner (but there seems to be no hope in sight for that to happen). He's a greedy pussy and every level of staff under him are pussies too - and the worst at what they do. **** Glass!

There, I said it, he clubs baby seals!

David and Dan Glass are worthless pieces of shit, make no mistake.

However, these idiots spent a representable amount of money this year. Not a lot, no. But enough to put a decent product on the field. The problem is that Dayton fucking Moore is a motherfucking idiot, and this was established as fact as early as the summer of '09.

[DJ's left nut]

ummm crown seats is anything you can drink or eat. They didn't have pizza for my nephew and they went up and got some from a vender.

I was in the diamond club seats, so not quite the same section, I guess.

I was right behind that rail. I don't have the pictures b/c my phone died, but I figured I was about 30 feet to your 8 o'clock.

Your seats must've been more expensive than ours then. I still couldn't believe that $125/seat didn't so much as get me a hot dogs and coke.

[DJ's left nut]

Yadi is making the case daily that he is the best defensive catcher evah. I don't know if that alone gets you in the HOF. But, now he is putting together these .300+ BA seasons............he just might get in now.

Catchers are often judged, fairly or unfairly, by the number of titles they win.

Well, Yadi has backstopped 2 of them now and there aren't a ton of guys that can say that. He'll probably end up with somewhere near 10 GGs and by the time his career closes he'll have very solid offensive numbers.

Give him 3 more years similar two the last 2 and then 2 more years similar to the 4 before that and he's in the Hall with relative ease.

It's really amazing how he's developed as a hitter. I mentioned it elsewhere, but he's essentially a miniature version of Pujols in his prime - there's just not a good place to pitch him. He obviously doesn't have the power that Pujols had, but he's patient and he will take what a pitcher gives him. He's an outstanding professional hitter and hopefully he'll get a little more MVP consideration this year.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

The Cardinals as a whole, will go up there and hack at the first pitch if its what they were looking for but, after that most players will be patient for their pitch to come around again.

Waino just doesn't walk a lot of people. He was off his game today. The dude could end up winning the Cy Young award. I wouldn't judge your team based on a game against Waino.

They don't first pitch hack nearly as much now that La Russa and McGwire are gone. This is a far more patient team overall.

[DJ's left nut]

They don't first pitch hack nearly as much now that La Russa and McGwire are gone. This is a far more patient team overall.

The numbers don't actually support this.

And honestly, nor does a fair recollection of events. McGwire always espoused a very patient hitting approach and a simple 'back up the box' swing. Mike Easler and Mitchell Page were also similar in this regard.

Hal McRae was a 'grip it and rip it' kind of coach that did not mid first pitch swinging, but that wasn't a common LaRussa theme and it certainly wasn't something you could put at McGwire's feet. Even now, drawing walks is about the only thing the Dodgers do well.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

The numbers don't actually support this.

And honestly, nor does a fair recollection of events. McGwire always espoused a very patient hitting approach and a simple 'back up the box' swing. Mike Easler and Mitchell Page were also similar in this regard.

Hal McRae was a 'grip it and rip it' kind of coach, but that wasn't a common LaRussa theme and it certainly wasn't something you could put at McGwire's feet. Even now, drawing walks is about the only thing the Dodgers do well.

2011: 812 times where they swung and put the first ball in play: 5 times per game.

2012: 810 times where they swung and put the first ball in play: 5 times per game.

2013: 219 times where they swung and put the first ball in play: 4.46 times per game.

That's a pretty significant drop off, and I don't think it's explained by this team being full of swing and miss hackers.

Patience isn't solely defined by walks taken. I don't know what the pitches/PA is for this team, but I'd be surprised if it was the same or lower than the previous two years.

[Demonpenz]

I guess the one thing I will remember is Molina smashing that ball and a full house of red going banana's the K at it's most electric...but for the opposite team.

[GloryDayz]

David and Dan Glass are worthless pieces of shit, make no mistake.

However, these idiots spent a representable amount of money this year. Not a lot, no. But enough to put a decent product on the field. The problem is that Dayton fucking Moore is a motherfucking idiot, and this was established as fact as early as the summer of '09.

Fuck him too then.. He's clubbing baby seals too I suppose! He's a Fucker!