****Official Royals @ Orioles Gamethread 9/11****

[SPchief]

9/11 Big day for remembrance. Big day to think back on that horrible day. Not to get all political, but this day will be in our history forever.



Now moving on, also a big series to think back on how we whooped that ass in the playoffs last year. Duffy on the hill to start the series and National tv tomorrow and SNB Sunday night. Lets do this shit

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Lorenzo !

[C3HIEF3S]

Kaboom!!

[SPchief]

LoCain! Remember him O's bitches?

[Al Bundy]

Maybe the Royals batters will learn to let that pitch at their eyes go by without swinging at it.

[C3HIEF3S]

Cooking myself dinner with Royals baseball and a Boulevard beer. Lets snap out of this funk, boys!

[petegz28]

here's an idea....STOP SWINGING AT PITCHES ABOVE YOUR CHEST!

[petegz28]

Maybe the Royals batters will learn to let that pitch at their eyes go by without swinging at it.

Hos swung at 2 in a row....

[petegz28]

and duffy can't throw a strike....

[SPchief]

WTF ump?

[petegz28]

wow duffy gonna waste no time fucking this up tonight, heh?

[suzzer99]

I am so fucking sick of these tiny strike zones. Do umps just hate us now for some reason?

[petegz28]

WTF ump?

not 1 of those was in the zone

[Al Bundy]

So.. Duffy is going to be forced to put them right over the middle to get a strike called??

[suzzer99]

You sure ump? I mean it wasn't right down the middle. Probably a fucking ball.

[petegz28]

I am so ****ing sick of these tiny strike zones. Do umps just hate us now for some reason?

none of them touched the grid....

[bsroyals54]

none of them touched the grid....

ODD TAKE FROM YOU

[suzzer99]

54 foul offs until the inevitable walk or seeing-eye.

[suzzer99]

none of them touched the grid....

Those get called on us all day.

[petegz28]

ODD TAKE FROM YOU

why? they were all below the knees....

duffy gonna get us back on the "allow multiple runs in the 1st inning" track

[suzzer99]

54 foul offs until the inevitable walk or seeing-eye.

QFT

[bsroyals54]

COME ON DUFFY GET A DP HERE BUD

[petegz28]

so much for being up 1-0...2 runners 0 hits....that's awesome....and ball 1 to batter #3

[suzzer99]

Just yank him and put in Guts or Young now. We don't have time for this shit.

[petegz28]

jones about to go yard....

[suzzer99]

I love Duffy, but he's a mental midget.

[SPchief]

why? they were all below the knees....

duffy gonna get us back on the "allow multiple runs in the 1st inning" track

3 of the first 4 were strikes at the knee.

[suzzer99]

And here come the foul-offs.

[petegz28]

moar foul balls....

[petegz28]

3 of the first 4 were strikes at the knee.

fox trax had them all below the grid

[petegz28]

gonna walk them loaded here then blow the game or just blow it here?

[bsroyals54]

sit down you idiot, ADAM JONES SUCKS, ID TAKE LOCAIN ANY DAY

[petegz28]

brief reprieve...and ball 1 to the 4th straight batter

[petegz28]

our pen is rested so....

[suzzer99]

No hitter still intact.

[petegz28]

i wanna say he'll get out of it but......just can't

[bsroyals54]

183 strikeouts on the year so far. HOLY. SHIT.

[suzzer99]

our pen is rested so....

Yeah and there's like 15 of them.

[suzzer99]

Way to go Duff - I had faith in you the whole time!

[petegz28]

i wanna say he'll get out of it but......just can't

glad i didn't say it....

good job getting out of it

[SPchief]

Good job Duff

[Mr. Laz]

Duffy avoids a disaster in the 1st

[petegz28]

moar runs....

[kstater]

Reads thread before checking score. 1-0 royal's. Doomed

[bsroyals54]

Wasn't even worried, want to know why? Because the Royals are the Orioles kryptonite, it cannot be explained, or maybe it can. All of their pitchers throw fastballs primarily, so we crush their pitching. Our pitching silences their Eric Hosmer swings. They just cannot get it done vs us. That being said, the same was with the White Sox, but they actually won the last series

[C3HIEF3S]

This one ain't over yet!!

[petegz28]

Wasn't even worried, want to know why? Because the Royals are the Orioles kryptonite, it cannot be explained, or maybe it can. All of their pitchers throw fastballs primarily, so we crush their pitching. Our pitching silences their Eric Hosmer swings. They just cannot get it done vs us. That being said, the same was with the White Sox, but they actually won the last series

now if wecould learn not to swing at pitches that are eye level.....

[bsroyals54]

Kendrys ATTA BOI! 40TH DOUBLE!

MASSIVE UPGRADE over BILLY FATLER

[mdchiefsfan]

I'm going to the game tomorrow. Hopefully the birds have a good showing; I can't recall the last time they did. Baseball tomorrow and football Sunday. Gonna be a great weekend. Best of luck to you guys in October.

[petegz28]

now, don't fuck this off like we have been..

[petegz28]

he is eating us up with that high pitch...

[petegz28]

don't hustle moose....

[Mr. Laz]

Moose almost crawls down the 1st base line

[petegz28]

jays up 5-0 bottom 1

[petegz28]

okay, rios....no dp.....wtf am i thinking..king fly ball is gonna dp

[bsroyals54]

2015 Billy Butler: .257 AVG / 11 HR / 53 RBI / .717 OPS

2015 Kendrys Morales: .292 AVG / 17 HR / 101 RBI / .826 OPS

[Mr. Laz]

shut up Rios, it was a strike


it was definitely close enough to swing at

[petegz28]

rios gonna rios

[Mr. Laz]

2015 Billy Butler: .257 AVG / 11 HR / 53 RBI / .717 OPS

2015 Kendrys Morales: .292 AVG / 17 HR / 101 RBI / .826 OPS

Butler - 10 million per
Morales - 9 million per


:D

[petegz28]

good job....wasn't sure they'd send kendrys cause jirch but yeah 2-0

[bsroyals54]

Orioles ROFL

[Mr. Laz]

Salvy was dead


lucked out

[SPchief]

LMAO Salvy on the basebath

[petegz28]

Salvy was dead


lucked out

that's one i would have been okay with

[bsroyals54]

Why does he fucking stop.............. when hes nearing a base... jesus.. that bugs me

[petegz28]

i see the jays broke out the corked bats tonight

[Mr. Laz]

ROFL

ROFL

ROFL

[SPchief]

LMAO LMAO LMAO

[petegz28]

another player dogging it ..

[bsroyals54]

How do they have the least errors in the league? seems very lucky

[petegz28]

duffy already at 38 pitches...and another 3-2 count

[petegz28]

good thing is he got a 1-2-3 inning....
bad thing is he's thrown 3 innings worth of pitches in 2 innings

[petegz28]

oh shit i just saw that Price is pitching for the jays...with a 5-0 lead??? yeah, good night new york..try again tomorrow

[Smed1065]

Forgot the game was on earlier tonight. Reading thru the thread waiting on my slingbox to warm up and read thru game thread, thought we would be behind 4-1.

Guess people just warming up for Sunday.......

[lewdog]

Just arriving. Love you all. Let's get a win!

[petegz28]

swung at another high pitch....

[petegz28]

c'mon kendrys!!!

[SPchief]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Duffy&#39;s pitch count is high and may knock him out of the game early.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a></p>&mdash; Lee Judge (@leejudge8) <a href="https://twitter.com/leejudge8/status/642487676042522624">September 11, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Fantastic reporting by Lee Judge

[petegz28]

oof..that was the pitch

[Al Bundy]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Duffy&#39;s pitch count is high and may knock him out of the game early.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a></p>&mdash; Lee Judge (@leejudge8) <a href="https://twitter.com/leejudge8/status/642487676042522624">September 11, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Fantastic reporting by Lee Judge

#HotTake

[lewdog]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Duffy&#39;s pitch count is high and may knock him out of the game early.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a></p>&mdash; Lee Judge (@leejudge8) <a href="https://twitter.com/leejudge8/status/642487676042522624">September 11, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Fantastic reporting by Lee Judge

Wow, just amazing insight there. Just stunning.

[petegz28]

thanks ump....that was strike 3...whew

[CoMoChief]

#HotTake

dynamite drop-in Monty. That broadcasting school is really paying off.

[petegz28]

guess what??? we swung at another high pitch....

gordon
cain
hosmer
morales

have all made outs swinging at a pitch up above the zone

[petegz28]

well...you knew that was coming

[Al Bundy]

Shit.

[petegz28]

and gave it up to the #9 guy at that

[lewdog]

guess what??? we swung at another high pitch....

gordon
cain
hosmer
morales

have all made outs swinging at a pitch up above the zone

Guess what, the Royals aren't know for patience at the plate.

You miss 100% of the swing you don't take!

[petegz28]

Guess what, the Royals aren't know for patience at the plate.

You miss 100% of the swing you don't take!

hard to argue with that logic

[lewdog]

hard to argue with that logic

I really think that's the Royals hitting logic.

[petegz28]

well other than the hr it was a good inning

we need to score 6 or 7 tonight to win

[Mr. Laz]

We have like 22 games or so left to get our shit together?


going to be a short PS if we don't

[petegz28]

gee another out on another high pitch....that's 5 batters now...4 to go

[kstater]

We have like 22 games or so left to get our shit together?


going to be a short PS if we don'tThe. Royals. Have. The. Best. Record. In. The. American. League.

[petegz28]

weak rios is weak

[SPchief]

The. Royals. Have. The. Best. Record. In. The. American. League.

But we had a losing streak! Of 4 games!

[lewdog]

But we had a losing streak! Of 4 games!

One and done like the Chiefs????..............


Oh wait.

[Bearcat]

JFC. LMAO

[petegz28]

moar foul balls...

[cosmo20002]

guess what??? we swung at another high pitch....

gordon
cain
hosmer
morales

have all made outs swinging at a pitch up above the zone

Not saying you're wrong, but damn...you really expect perfection, don't you?

CAN YOU BELIEVE A BASEBALL PLAYER SWUNG AT A PITCH THAT WASN'T A PERFECT STRIKE?

[petegz28]

2 strikes and the foul balls start....

[petegz28]

Not saying you're wrong, but damn...you really expect perfection, don't you?

CAN YOU BELIEVE A BASEBALL PLAYER SWUNG AT A PITCH THAT WASN'T A PERFECT STRIKE?

a player?

[lewdog]

2 strikes and the foul balls start....

What relievers will we see tonight?

[SPchief]

Is pete really ranting about guys fouling balls off?

[lewdog]

Is pete really ranting about guys fouling balls off?

Yes....why is Duffy purposely pitching to their bats?!?!?!

[bsroyals54]

Scope looks scared :D

[petegz28]

definitely going to need at least 6 runs tonight

[bsroyals54]

definitely going to need at least 6 runs tonight

Yes, the Orioles are always a threat on offense vs the Royals

[petegz28]

What relievers will we see tonight?

they are all rested so who knows...duffy won't make it past 5...

[petegz28]

Yes, the Orioles are always a threat on offense vs the Royals

in that yard???

2 strikes incoming rbi...

[petegz28]

jfc duffy really?

[Al Bundy]

Well. crap.

[petegz28]

Yes, the Orioles are always a threat on offense vs the Royals

like i said..6 runs...maybe 5

[bsroyals54]

like i said..6 runs...maybe 5

hahahahahahahaha

[petegz28]

let's score some runs please

[cosmo20002]

Is pete really ranting about guys fouling balls off?

Some of our players are also swinging at pitches that are a little bit high. :cuss:

[petegz28]

looks at 2 down the middle...
chases 1 in the dirt...lucky he wasn't rung up

[petegz28]

Is pete really ranting about guys fouling balls off?

it's been a thing lately

[Mr. Laz]

The. Royals. Have. The. Best. Record. In. The. American. League.

we aren't playing as well now as we were earlier.

[petegz28]

we aren't playing as well now as we were earlier.

3-6 so far this month

[jimidollar]

BenZo is awesome at leadoff just like Escobar.

[petegz28]

maybe duffy can have a scoreless inning this inning?

[petegz28]

god damn duffy...

get someone throwing

[tk13]

Just not hitting his spots at all the last couple innings.

[petegz28]

Just not hitting his spots at all the last couple innings.

and we're in the bottom of the 5th

[Al Bundy]

Damn... this is a high pitch count game.

[petegz28]

this won't end well..

[tk13]

Just watch. Almost every pitch to the last 4-5 batters has been higher than Salvy's glove. He's leaving a lot of stuff up to be hammered. His fastball's good enough to get him out of it.

[petegz28]

it's like a curse..2 srikes then 50 foul balls followed by s hit or walk

[petegz28]

i don't know that i leave him in here....not against jones

[bsroyals54]

SIT DOWN SLUT

[tk13]

There we go, now that was a good pitch. Didn't leave it up.

[Bearcat]

we aren't playing as well now as we were earlier.

They played .500 ball in their last 30 regular season games last season... as opposed to .600 in their last 30 this season, for a difference of -.0017 from 'earlier'.

Of course, neither of those matter, since that's not how sports work.

[Molitoth]

Jones will bunt into a homer in this park.

[bsroyals54]

Beautiful changeup

[petegz28]

2 strikes and the foul balls ensue......

[petegz28]

i don't know that i leave him in here....not against jones

well wtf do i know?

pass the ketchup

[Al Bundy]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A day after I caught a foul in the pressbox, noted &quot;tough guy&quot; Joel Goldberg ran away in fear when one came his way.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/status/642499675115941888">September 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
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McCullough is just trolling guys left and right.

[bsroyals54]

ADAM JONES STINKS!

[kstater]

LoCain!

[Al Bundy]

Lo... bye

[tk13]

There's a Camden special.

[jimidollar]

Wow!

[big nasty kcnut]

That was locain bomb goodbye baseball!

[Molitoth]

It would be interesting to see our lineup in this park often

[suzzer99]

Let me guess, the Baltimore 1st baseman is higher than Hosmer on the defensive metrics?

[tk13]

Cue the circus music.

[C3HIEF3S]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bears repeating: Before 2015, Lorenzo Cain had hit 17 home runs. He has hit 16 in 2015.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/status/642501682459484160">September 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[C3HIEF3S]

we aren't playing as well now as we were earlier.

Season over? Or DFA?

[suzzer99]

These umps and their atom-sized strike zones can lick my manscaped taint.

[petegz28]

Wow ump

[petegz28]

This is bad

[suzzer99]

Good night to bring in HDH early - maybe pitch Kelvin for 2.

[suzzer99]

You think ump that maybe that fucking ball down the middle was a fucking strike? #@($&@#$&*(#$&$&$ I!Y&4

[suzzer99]

It's too early in the night and I'm too drunk already for this shit.

[petegz28]

2 strikes..here come the foul balls

[jimidollar]

Luke the puke tonight.

[Al Bundy]

Blue tightened up the strike zone a bit in that inning.

[petegz28]

Way to give the game away hoch...wow. 2 run lead and you walk them loaded with 0 outs

[petegz28]

If it's 4-4 at the end of this we're lucky

[petegz28]

Twins up 1-0

[Al Bundy]

GREAT JOB ZOBRIST

[C3HIEF3S]

Get it all out now, boys.

[jimidollar]

This fucking sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[suzzer99]

Moose could have easily gotten the out at home.

[kcchiefsus]

This team fucking sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FYP

[suzzer99]

Lol Toronto. What's their average about 9 runs a game since the ASB?

[jimidollar]

It's nice to see that we're pissing away Cain's effort tonight.

[suzzer99]

No way they overturn.

[petegz28]

We will lose now

[SPchief]

Holy shit, one went our way

[suzzer99]

Well at least they're thinking about it for a bit.

[kstater]

We will lose now

LMAO

[suzzer99]

Holy shit, one went our way

Heh, sometimes I like being a minute behind.

[suzzer99]

DP then bring in HDH. LET'S DO THIS!

[petegz28]

I'm listening on radio..could we have made the out at home?

[SPchief]

I'm listening on radio..could we have made the out at home?

Not a chance.

[tk13]

Madson's pitches are really moving tonight.

[C3HIEF3S]

That was nasty. One more now!

[petegz28]

Throwing strikes is a real challenge tonight it seems

[SPchief]

Wait, you're listening on the radio and was arguing with me about Duffy being squeezed in the first when you couldn't even see it? Go join PB on Fangraphs

[kstater]

Throwing strikes is a real challenge tonight it seems

9 strikeouts out of 17 outs.

[Mr. Laz]

Zobrist never dropped the ball, it never hit the ground. What difference does it make if it was "moving" around. This isn't football.

I guess i wasn't away of any possession rule in baseball like that. :shrug:

[SPchief]

9 strikeouts out of 17 outs.

But what about the foul balls?

[ChiefsCountry]

No problems.

[Al Bundy]

Nice job.

[Bearcat]

Pissing it away.

[SPchief]

If it's 4-4 at the end of this we're lucky

Never change pete

[Mr. Laz]

Nice fucking job by Madson

[siberian khatru]

Studly display by Madson

[SPchief]

Good thing no one claimed game over

[jimidollar]

Good job Mad dog!

[bsroyals54]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

[petegz28]

Wait, you're listening on the radio and was arguing with me about Duffy being squeezed in the first when you couldn't even see it? Go join PB on Fangraphs
No I was watching then

[petegz28]

9 strikeouts out of 17 outs.
Was talking about the tight zone

[GloryDayz]

Good work to get out of that with only one run crossing the plate.

[C3HIEF3S]

Rios!!!!!!

[kstater]

Pissing this game away.

[ChiefsCountry]

Rios says fuck the haters.

[suzzer99]

That was awesome.

[Al Bundy]

Get it right back Rios.

[GloryDayz]

Yay

[Bearcat]

This fucking sucks. Losers.

[bsroyals54]

bout time FUCKFACE

[C3HIEF3S]

We lose!

[big nasty kcnut]

Rios bomb!

[petegz28]

Rios? Hr? RIOS??? ALEX RIOS?

[suzzer99]

All that shit Baltimore did last inning: 1 run

1 swing from Rios: 1 run

Home runs are goot

[lewdog]

Pete said we needed 5 to win.

[siberian khatru]

If we can't win a game with Rios homering ...

[bsroyals54]

Worlds fastest version of "God Bless America"

Not complaining

[petegz28]

Pete said we needed 5 to win.
Actually I said 6 maybe 5....

[ChiefsCountry]

George's favorite commercial has been replaced. No more Carry on My Wayward Son, its now Troy Aikman.

[bsroyals54]

Oh yea, we have Chris Young.

[lewdog]

Chris Young at this time?!?!?!

[petegz28]

Young? Interesting

[bsroyals54]

No problems with Chris Young here, great pitcher.

[petegz28]

Another walk

[petegz28]

A fly ball pitcher to Adam Jones in this iark?

[C3HIEF3S]

This is a bold move we have here.

[petegz28]

No problems with Chris Young here, great pitcher.
You also said we wouldn't need 5 or 6 runs

[lewdog]

This is a bold move we have here.

Bold might not be the word I am using.

[bsroyals54]

Adam Jones .... Stinks.

[petegz28]

Whew......

[big nasty kcnut]

how about a nope adam jones sit your ass down!

[petegz28]

Young facing these guys in this park probably wouldn't have been my choice

[petegz28]

Another full count the the hr leader

[siberian khatru]

I'm just glad Davis stayed in the park.

[Pitt Gorilla]

WTF was Zobrist waiting on?

[Al Bundy]

Zobrist with a HORRIBLE throw...

[ChiefsCountry]

Omar makes that play /bsdipshit

[bsroyals54]

Salvy wasn't even close to home plate when he caught that shit. Why allow them to slide around? Stupid.

[tk13]

Zobrist hesitated for a second and it burned him.

[SPchief]

:evil:Omar makes that throw.

[bsroyals54]

Omar makes that play /bsdipshit

You saying he wouldn't? Dumbass?

[jimidollar]

Bullpen is pissing me off tonight!

[suzzer99]

Yeah bad execution all around after Rio throw.

[petegz28]

I think my initial call of 6-7 runs is what it will take

[Al Bundy]

Zobrist was the culprit there..

[tk13]

Omar makes that play /bsdipshit

Actually I bet he would've, or at least had a better shot. He's got pretty quick hands.

[bsroyals54]

Slightly worse defense doesn't matter

- Hootie

[KChiefs1]

Infante > Zobrist defensively.

[petegz28]

How many of their runs got on base via a walk?

[bsroyals54]

They still need a run, how many 1 run games did we win in the ALCS vs the shitty Orioles... 3?

[SPchief]

How many of their runs got on base via a walk?

Less than the number of runs we've scored

[suzzer99]

Kelvin is looking really really good lately.

[lewdog]

Kelvin is looking really really good lately.

pervert

[tk13]

Toronto's hit double digits again. Up 11-5 over the Yankees with 5 HRs.

[ChiefsCountry]

I agree with Ryan there, Gary Thorn is the man when it comes to hockey.

[bsroyals54]

Nab a bag Cain, have a monster game.