***Official Royals vs A's 8/12 Thread***

[chiefsfan987]

So pissed we had to face Lester 3 God damn times. At this point just take pitches to get to their bullpen

I'm not. I am just disappointed they don't look any better against him after facing him 3 times in a short period of time. Lots of game to go though so that could change.

[stonedstooge]

Let's pick up a couple here dammit

[Strongside]

The Royals would never have even been in this position if we hadn't been facing everyone's backup quarterbacks.

[chiefsfan987]

pirates just scored again 4-2

[Strongside]

Lester is fisting us with no lube.

[RollChiefsRoll]

Jesus. Lester is gonna strike out 12-15 at this rate.

[KevB]

Welp, we aren't touching Lester tonight. Go Buccos!

[WhawhaWhat]

Lester owns the Royals so hard that Guthrie is probably the best pitcher to face him because he's most likely to get blown up. Just chalk it up as a loss and move on to tomorrow.

[C3HIEF3S]

All I hope for out of this series is a split. A split would give us a win in the season series as well.

[C3HIEF3S]

4-2 Pirates.

[ChiTown]

We look like hammered shit against Lester

[KevB]

I'm not. I am just disappointed they don't look any better against him after facing him 3 times in a short period of time. Lots of game to go though so that could change.

When a guy can mix four pitches at different speeds, leaving very few pitches over the middle of the plate....it doesn't matter how many times you face a guy. Lester is just in a sweet groove right now. A very good pitcher with his A game is just very difficult to handle.

[Strongside]

Hey, Steve. We're on TV. Sit up straight.

[Coach]

IT'S A TERRIBLE TRADE!!!! (sarcasm)

[RollChiefsRoll]

Wow what a dominant inning.

[stonedstooge]

Royals are missing that slider by half a foot

[PHOG]

welp...just wow...Lester's dealin'

[Great Expectations]

Lester owns the Royals so hard that Guthrie is probably the best pitcher to face him because he's most likely to get blown up. Just chalk it up as a loss and move on to tomorrow.

This

[RollChiefsRoll]

Good lord, Yost. Get Guthrie out.

[Bruiser]

Guthrie sucks but you guys already know that

[Discuss Thrower]

Death by a thousand papercuts

[Unsmooth-Moment]

Guts not having his game tonight. Unfortunately he's going against a royals killer

[Captain Obvious]

Guthrie thinks he is an Italian chef tonight. Just serving up meatballs.

[KCCHIEFS27]

well fellas, the 8 game winning streak has been fun and put us into first place. Let's hope we can shake this one off and come out tomorrow looking good.

[Coach]

If only Moose can do something like that bunting to the 3rd base side while everyone was shifting....

[Stanley Nickels]

Death by a thousand papercuts

A perfect analogy.

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Lester is a stud and we ALWAYS struggle against him. Anyone and everyone could see this coming. Winning streak ends tonight.

That's okay, though. Chalk it up, go back out tomorrow and get back to work. Detroit is in shambles right now and pretty confident the Bucs will sweep them, so shouldn't have to worry about losing ground in the division race.

Need to take one of the next two and at least get the split, although 3 of 4 would be outstanding. But a 5-2 homestand against the A's and Giants is nothing to sneeze at.

[petegz28]

Guthrie, the object of the game is to get them out, not give them good pitches to hit

[TLO]

I'm not a big fan of everyone just throwing in the towel for tonight.

[RollChiefsRoll]

Man he's had Norris's number, at least.

[DJJasonp]

DID SUNG WOO GIVE UP WHEN HE..........Ah, the hell with it....

[stonedstooge]

I'm not a big fan of everyone just throwing in the towel for tonight.

Yeah, still got 5 at bats coming

[Unsmooth-Moment]

I'm not a big fan of everyone just throwing in the towel for tonight.
I'm not done.

[petegz28]

Gee, Yost...you think 6 runs was enough before pulling him?

[RollChiefsRoll]

Glad Ned knows when to stop the bleeding.

[C3HIEF3S]

So Guthrie is still a #5 pitcher.
Breaking news there. This game was a very improbable one to win, move on and get them tomorrow.

[Bruiser]

It's all over but the crying

[PHOG]

You'll get 'em next time, Guts.

[ChiTown]

Gee, Yost...you think 6 runs was enough before pulling him?

Why waste your pen when giving up 2 runs was probably too many against Lester?

[TLO]

Ok... maybe Ix'm ready to throw in the towel tonight too.

[ptlyon]

DID SUNG WOO GIVE UP WHEN HE..........Ah, the hell with it....

Did he bomb pearl harbor??? :cuss:

[KCBOSS1]

Gee, Yost...you think 6 runs was enough before pulling him?

I know it gets old to say, but this guy cannot manage pitchers. So frustration.

[ptlyon]

Why waste your pen when giving up 2 runs was probably too many against Lester?

I agree with this. Detroit burned up theirs the other night didn't they?

[C3HIEF3S]

Plus the Tigers are losing, big deal, move on.

[Bruiser]

MOOSE PBJ PBJ PBJ

[C3HIEF3S]

I agree with this. Detroit burned up theirs the other night didn't they?

Last two nights

[RollChiefsRoll]

Plus the Tigers are losing, big deal, move on.

All the more reason to go balls-to-the-wall in this game.

[Bruiser]

CAIN PBJ PBJ PBJ

[stonedstooge]

HERE WE COME BOYS

[Raiderhater]

Really time

[RollChiefsRoll]

Now we're cookin'.

[Unsmooth-Moment]

We need 2 this inning. Game not over.

[Raiderhater]

All the more reason to go balls-to-the-wall in this game.
Agreed

[TLO]

Keep it going. Knock Lester out

[petegz28]

I might have sent Moose but haven't looked at replay

[Bruiser]

RBI PBJ PBJ PBJ

[TLO]

There's 1.

[stonedstooge]

Got 1. Lets get another

[petegz28]

good job, Esky...hit would have been nice but you did good

[Strongside]

WE SCORED A SCORE

[TLO]

I might have sent Moose but haven't looked at replay

Pointless considering we were down 6.

[TLO]

1 more run and burn up around 15-20 pitches would be fine by me.

[Bruiser]

AOKI PBJ PBJ PBJ

[RollChiefsRoll]

YESSS

[Unsmooth-Moment]

Great inning! Anything else is gravy

[petegz28]

nice...nice ...keep it coming

[TLO]

HERE COME THE ROYALS!

[stonedstooge]

w00t. Aoki knocks in another. How about another

[Strongside]

Domo arigato.

[stonedstooge]

We need you Omar buddy

[ptlyon]

Keep matriculating runs on the scoreboard boys

[TLO]

Infante the rally killer.

[RollChiefsRoll]

Nice strategy hitting it at the yipsy shortshop.

[KevB]

Welp, we aren't touching Lester tonight. Go Buccos!

WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE AGAINST LESTER! HE'S TOO DOMINATING!

[c'mon reverse jinx]

[bsroyals54]

WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE AGAINST LESTER! HE'S TOO DOMINATING!

[c'mon reverse jinx]

saying reverse jinx reverse jinx'd the reverse jinx nahimsayinbreh

[Strongside]

Christ. Salvie hit that a mile.

[TLO]

Damn Sal..

[stonedstooge]

Christ Salvy, straighten one of those bitches out

[RollChiefsRoll]

STRAIGHTEN IT OUTTTT

[Bruiser]

HEY LESTER YOU SUCK

[Strongside]

Pitch count is already at 83. It is teh good.

[TLO]

A clutch hit here would be so damn sweet.

[Unsmooth-Moment]

Most people already clocked out for this game right?

[Bruiser]

PEREZ PBJ PBJ PBJ

[stonedstooge]

THAT"LL WORK BABY. w00t

[petegz28]

Pear-ez!

[RollChiefsRoll]

BOOOMMMM

[Strongside]

It moved.

[PHOG]

Way to go Salvador!! :clap:

[TLO]

:hail: SALVY! :hail:

[Coach]

Keep chipping that lead away!

[Strongside]

Do something Bill-yum.

[stonedstooge]

HOW ABOUT A BOMB BELLY

[KChiefs1]

We need 2 this inning. Game not over.

How about 3?

[Unsmooth-Moment]

Glad i didn't change the chanel. There is baseball to watch with the boys playing good ball

[KevB]

Most people already clocked out for this game right?

Not the way this team is going. Hell, this is fun. Even down 6-0, we've got the kind of crowd/energy that can keep a team engaged.

[Great Expectations]

Billy ripped that one.

[Raiderhater]

Not the way this team is going. Hell, this is fun. Even down 6-0, we've got the kind of crowd/energy that can keep a team engaged.
This

[Coach]

Damn Billy. Slow it down. That was way upstairs....

[Unsmooth-Moment]

How about 3?
Even better :)

[Strongside]

Good eye, Bill. Good eye.

[KevB]

Lester pitches inside very effectively. You don't see that with many pitchers these days.

[RollChiefsRoll]

Not the way this team is going. Hell, this is fun. Even down 6-0, we've got the kind of crowd/energy that can keep a team engaged.

Absolutely. Haven't seen the K look like this on a Tuesday night in a looooong time.

[Strongside]

Dammit. Swung at 3 balls there.

[stonedstooge]

Cut the lead in half boys

[RollChiefsRoll]

Lawd that was nasty.

[Captain Obvious]

MLB gametracker showed all of the pitches to Billy as being balls. Accurate?

[Unsmooth-Moment]

Bullpen keep us at 6 given up. Let the boys catch up in the next 4 innings

[alnorth]

Detroit is down 2, going to the 9th.

At worst we'll at least maintain our slim lead.

[KevB]

Back in it, c'mon bullpen, keep them at 6.

[KCCHIEFS27]

Billy Butler looks like he wants to cry tonight after each of his plate appearances.

[Great Expectations]

The Tigers are missing Austin Jackson.

[Unsmooth-Moment]

Detroit is down 2, going to the 9th.

At worst we'll at least maintain our slim lead.
I want more!

[Strongside]

I want moar!

FYP

[RollChiefsRoll]

Bruce "The Craftsman" Chen

[stonedstooge]

Nice play MOOOOOSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Strongside]

This ump is perfect for Chen. He can work the paint.

[Coach]

Good D Mouse.

[Bruiser]

GORDON PBJ PBJ PBJ

[RollChiefsRoll]

Keep it ROLLING

[stonedstooge]

KICK HIM IN THE NUTS AGAIN

[TLO]

I take this back. That's game.

Welp, we aren't touching Lester tonight. Go Buccos!

Lester owns the Royals so hard that Guthrie is probably the best pitcher to face him because he's most likely to get blown up. Just chalk it up as a loss and move on to tomorrow.

All I hope for out of this series is a split. A split would give us a win in the season series as well.

This

well fellas, the 8 game winning streak has been fun and put us into first place. Let's hope we can shake this one off and come out tomorrow looking good.

Lester is a stud and we ALWAYS struggle against him. Anyone and everyone could see this coming. Winning streak ends tonight.

That's okay, though. Chalk it up, go back out tomorrow and get back to work. Detroit is in shambles right now and pretty confident the Bucs will sweep them, so shouldn't have to worry about losing ground in the division race.

Need to take one of the next two and at least get the split, although 3 of 4 would be outstanding. But a 5-2 homestand against the A's and Giants is nothing to sneeze at.

It's all over but the crying

Plus the Tigers are losing, big deal, move on.

:)

[Strongside]

Work your evil, Hammer.

[stonedstooge]

SHIT

[RollChiefsRoll]

Boner killer.

[TLO]

Well crap.

[ChiTown]

It's Billy Willingham!

[TLO]

Hopefully Lester is outta there next inning. Or the 8th at the latest I guess.

[stonedstooge]

Don't need to help him ump

[jimidollar]

Well that sucked. Good night.

[ChiTown]

Hopefully Lester is outta there next inning. Or the 8th at the latest I guess.

He'll come out for the 7th

[KCCHIEFS27]

that second strike on moose was ridiculous

[stonedstooge]

Got 1 back the bastards

[RollChiefsRoll]

Is that guy going to get tossed from the game now? Because he should be elected mayor or something.

[chiefsfan987]

getting dicey in pittsburgh....

[Great Expectations]

Well crap.

I wish you were right.

[C3HIEF3S]

Pirates win.

[chiefsfan987]

pirates win

[Mama Hip Rockets]

The Royals shall remain in first place.

[chiefsfan987]

now we could really use a Seattle loss. Their schedule is creampuff the rest of the way too and they're right on our heels if we can't pull this game out of the fire late.

[TribalElder]

This shit paste stole sungwoo's mojo

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Busm4aPCUAAYZKx.jpg

He better make amends with the BBQ gods of KC and get this thing back on track

#zardasucks

[stonedstooge]

QUIT SWINGING AT THAT SHIT LOCAIN

[Coach]

Lay off the goddamn slider!

[RollChiefsRoll]

JAWNATHAN LESTAH

[KChiefs1]

Another positive from this game...rest for Herrera, Davis & Holland.

[stonedstooge]

AOKI QUIT THAT SHIT

[KevB]

That's the 2nd time he's done that with two strikes the last couple of weeks. WTF is he doing? Is that not an out in Japan? Someone explain the rules to him.

[RollChiefsRoll]

Just LOL at the booth guys showing how douchey they are. "Well, we like sitting out here in the bleachers with the blue-collar folks, but we'd much rather be in the Diamond Club eating salmon and duck."

[Coach]

Man, Omar has been absolute trash lately.....

[stonedstooge]

Uh-oh

[penbrook]

Man, Omar has been absolute trash lately.....

How was that his fault?

[KevB]

Somebody wake up Omar. He looked like the kid in little league who's looking at a balloon up the sky, then someone hits a ball right at him.

[stonedstooge]

Welp, that may have done it

[RollChiefsRoll]

Well scheibe.

[KevB]

Somebody wake up Omar. He looked like the kid in little league who's looking at a balloon up the sky, then someone hits a ball right at him.

Then LoCain looks like the little leaguer who wants to show off his arm and air mails it over the backstop. Good times.

[KevB]

Welp, that may have done it

Yep, but still in first. Get 'em tomorrow fellas.

[stonedstooge]

Need to empty the bench next inning Ned

[ILChief]

Can't win em all

[Coach]

Here's a tip. Next time Donaldson is up, don't pitch anything to him where he can hit it.

[RollChiefsRoll]

So this is all bruiser's fault, right?

[Jerok]

Get all your runs out, A's. Lol. We're still in first thanks to Detriot sucking Kate Upton's.

[cosmo20002]

OK....new streak starts tomorrow

[KChiefs1]

Rest for the bullpen & still in first.

[stonedstooge]

Not a bad spot to drop a game. Beakers know all about those "good" losses

[KChiefs1]

Get all your runs out, A's. Lol. We're still in first thanks to Detriot sucking Kate Upton's.

Ahhhh sucking on Kate Upton's.....I'll be right back.

[RollChiefsRoll]

18 hits. Jesucristo.

[ChiefsCountry]

Figured with Lester we would lose. Oh well good thing about baseball is you get to redeem yourself the next night.

[Willie Lanier]

Here's a tip. Next time Donaldson is up, don't pitch anything to him where he can hit it.

:hmmm:
I vote for this

[Coach]

Just isn't our day. Oh well, there's still 44 more games to go.

[ROYC75]

Holy Cow!

Just got back, I might as well get ready for bed!:shake:

Looks like the wheels came off tonight, good think Tigers lost!

[stonedstooge]

Been a long time since the pitching staff and defense let us down

[ROYC75]

Figured with Lester we would lose. Oh well good thing about baseball is you get to redeem yourself the next night.

This, plus we have taken it to them this year, revenge was on the menu tonight!

[ROYC75]

Get all your runs out, A's. Lol. We're still in first thanks to Detriot sucking Kate Upton's.

Damn, I would drop a game for some of that! :eek:

[ROYC75]

So this is all bruiser's fault, right?

No.:shake:

[ROYC75]

Oh well . 43-18 .... Can't win them all !

[Coach]

Nice catch Aoki.

[stonedstooge]

Nice catch by the clumsy one in right

[teedubya]

Fuckin' A's.

[stonedstooge]

Welp, still a chance to take 3 of 4

[Deberg_1990]

Well, at least Willingham flashed

[Raiderhater]

Damn, I would drop a game for some of that! :eek:

No kidding

[teedubya]

The Royals are 0-1 with Willingham on the team! Dammit Dayton!

[Hootie]

don't get too down, everyone

this was the game in the series I considered us to be heavy underdogs in

we didn't waste anyone in the bullpen, either

Not fun to lose but if we're going to lose one this series, this was the one

[Great Expectations]

don't get too down, everyone

this was the game in the series I considered us to be heavy underdogs in


Whew! I feel better already. It was genius to identify the game where we start our worst pitcher against their best as the one where we'd be heavy underdogs.

[Hootie]

Whew! I feel better already. It was genius to identify the game where we start our worst pitcher against their best as the one where we'd be heavy underdogs.

do you need a hug? you can take anger management classes online these days, ya know?

[Great Expectations]

do you need a hug? you can take anger management classes online these days, ya know?

Thank you for more advice; I wish everyone was as smart and considerate.

[Hootie]

I just do what I can to improve the overall morale around here. You're welcome.

[CaliforniaChief]

Let's bounce back tomorrow, boys. 11-3 or 1-0, it's just a loss.

[Eureka]

Oaktown fan here and all I can say is if the Royals keep winning baseball as a whole will benefit.

[Chiefspants]

Let's bounce back tomorrow, boys. 11-3 or 1-0, it's just a loss.

Honestly I hate the 1-0 losses much more. Sometimes it just isn't your day.