Royals @ White Sox 4/25

[dlphg9]

Go team

[KCUnited]

What's the ump review about?

[GloryDayz]

Lose one kid.. Show the veterans how to do it..

[Chiefspants]

A starting pitching rematch from the 2014 ALCS.

May we have the a similar offensive explosion like we did that day.

[CoMoChief]

jesus...6 pitch inning.

[lewdog]

Love that this is a prayer thread.

ROFL

[Munson]

Hell of a catch by Gordon!

[Chiefspants]

Hell of a catch by Gordon!

Gordo's still got it on D, that's for sure. He has quite the history at Guaranteed Cellular Field, too.

[lewdog]

He made that look easy. Not an easy catch.

[C3HIEF3S]

Hud has a point. Vargas has already thrown damn-near as many balls in the top 1/3rd of the zone than he did all of his start against the Giants.

Wednesday vs. SF:
https://s16.postimg.org/jp6nrxnqd/chart_2.png

1st inning tonight:
https://s7.postimg.org/gwmepj3uj/chart_3.png

[Deberg_1990]

4 Hosmer groundouts tonight?

[eDave]

Announcers gushing over the Hoz AB.

[siberian khatru]

At least he got loft

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Hosmer didn't ground out!

[Jerok]

Announcers gushing over the Hoz AB.

Acting like hes a new prospect instead of a WS Champ All Star MVP

[eDave]

Acting like hes a new prospect instead of a WS Champ All Star MVP

We need Brockmire.

[Chiefspants]

Good PA for Gordo.

If there's any silver lining for him this year, it's that his K rate is the lowest of his career. K's were his biggest problem last year. Perhaps it's a sign of okay things to come?

Not holding my breath, though.

[eDave]

Weaksauce.

[C3HIEF3S]

Predictable, Vargas doesn't have shit so far tonight. Every strike he's throwing is down the pipe.

[Munson]

Moose liner + Whit speed = tie game!

[lewdog]

Nice fucking read going on contact and running hard.

[gblowfish]

I wish Ryan would quit jinxing Vargas...

[eDave]

:banghead:

Steels 3rd

[lewdog]

Gonna need to score more than 2 tonight.

FUCK!!!!!!!!

[petegz28]

turn away for 2 seconds and we are losing again?? WTF?

[Dartgod]

Gonna need to score more than 2 tonight.

FUCK!!!!!!!!

Something we haven't done in over a week. :banghead:

[siberian khatru]

There's the ol' 4-3

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Hosmer didn't ground out!

Hosmer grounded out.

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Remember when Perez was good for a week?

[GloryDayz]

Nice Gordo. Welcome to the majors!

[bsroyals54]

Perez went from a formidable batter to face, to fucking Swingy McGee again... WHAT THE FUCK??????

[suzzer99]

Come on Royals - I know you can tie this thing up to lose in a walkoff.

[GloryDayz]

Perez went from a formidable batter to face, to fucking Swingy McGee again... WHAT THE FUCK??????

Sore neck.

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Come on Royals - I know you can tie this thing up to lose in a walkoff.

ROFL :deevee:

[gblowfish]

They need to sit Moss. He's worthless.

[Ron Swanson]

That Moss signing was fantastic.

[bsroyals54]

They need to sit Moss. He's worthless.

While you're at it, sit Hosmer and Gordon too. They are equally useless.

[Ron Swanson]

While you're at it, sit Hosmer and Gordon too. They are equally useless.

At least they can play good defense. Moss is literally worthless if he can't hit.

[GloryDayz]

Royals hitting is pure ass!

http://www.aux.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ischiosis4jpg.jpg

[petegz28]

This Moss guy fucking sucks ass

[petegz28]

2 on and no outs...this is where they score another run or two and put us down for the night......

Amazing what happens when you get more than 1 hit in an inning

[GloryDayz]

Hey look, another team that can hit a ball. Unpossible!

[bsroyals54]

4 runs, its over, night folks

[siberian khatru]

That'll do it

[Buzz]

dam it!

[Dartgod]

I'm out.

[siberian khatru]

When they get home crowds at the K are going to be suboptimal

[GloryDayz]

Our hitting coach must be a complete fucking retard or speaks a foreign language, these guys aren't pros at the plate.

[GloryDayz]

When they get home crowds at the K are going to be suboptimal

As it should be, these guys don't appear to even care that they totally suck.

[siberian khatru]

How do you keep going down 1-2-3 every inning, every game? It's mind-boggling how bad the offense is. You think it's gotta stop sometime, but it just keeps going and going.

[ChiTown]

How do you keep going down 1-2-3 every inning, every game? It's mind-boggling how bad the offense is. You think it's gotta stop sometime, but it just keeps going and going.

And really, it's getting worse

[GloryDayz]

And look at that, they find a way to get on base with hustle. Unlike our "Yawn, whatever, let's look too cool for school" players when they whiff at balls out of the zone.

Again, these guys are total shit at the plate, and they appear to be willing to wait for it to come to them instead of going and getting their hitting mojo. The Ned effect.

[siberian khatru]

And really, it's getting worse

It's such a helpless, soul-crushing feeling.

[Red Dawg]

The hitting is dead. It's gone like poof?

[lewdog]

O
V
E
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[KCUnited]

Matt Casselson has killed us all tonight.

[GloryDayz]

Don't worry guys, if the hitting doesn't happen to mosie around your way, you only have to do this until October 1st, then it's off to the beach..

Wow.. This would be embarrassing for most people, but not a player on Ned's team, in the case of Ned players, it A-OK..

[siberian khatru]

It was always a race to see who would regress to the mean first, the pitching or the hitting.

[Buzz]

Sad, why am I even watching this, oh wait, not anymore.

[C3HIEF3S]

Prayers sent.

[tk13]

It was always a race to see who would regress to the mean first, the pitching or the hitting.

The hitting better hurry up or we're going to be in deep trouble.

[lewdog]

What the saying?

"You can't lose the division in April but you can sure fuck yourself!!!"

[ChiTown]

Wow, just fucking gawd awful

#blowitupalready

[Dartgod]

https://replicationindex.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/train-wreck-1.jpg?w=604&h=270&crop=1

[petegz28]

what a suck fest....I will always be a die hard, Royals fan but seriously...fuck this team and every single person on it

[siberian khatru]

Moylan's ERA goes from 0.00 to 5.19

[petegz28]

Sox have scored more runs in 1 inning than we have in 1 week

[Munson]

https://i.imgur.com/oOXDJDU.jpg

[bsroyals54]

Travis Wood is the worst reliever in MLB

[gblowfish]

I blame Ryan and Uncle Hud. Jinxing pricks.

[siberian khatru]

Sox have scored more runs in 1 inning than we have in 1 week

@codybtapp
The White Sox has 25% of the Royals entire run total this season in this game....

[Al Bundy]

Pretty weak "effort" tonight from the Royals.

[petegz28]

1 fucking hit all night long....you would think the players would have a little more pride ....

[Titty Meat]

Going all in for 1 season is pretty stupid

[Deberg_1990]

Hosmer ground out!!

[lewdog]

Going all in for 1 season is pretty stupid

You're still a fucking idiot.

[Al Bundy]

NO FUCKING RYAN!!!! Hosmer is a ground ball machine...

[GloryDayz]

Now it's Gordo's turn to embarrass the city.

[bsroyals54]

Alex Gordon .458 OPS hahahahahahahha!!!!!! its comical at this point

[GloryDayz]

yay, that'll be Ned's post-game highlight.

[ROYC75]

This is why I did not renew my baseball package...... we went cheap!

Our run production was not good when we won it all, not bad, average to say the least.

Dayton, pay attention.

[ILChief]

Hard to believe this team was in back to back world series a couple of years ago with the same nucleus

[GloryDayz]

Again, no need for a player meeting, we don't have any at the moment. This whole group is just here to draw a sweet paycheck.

[gblowfish]

Hosmer's just playing out the string until Boras can land him some big ass contract next year. He won't start to hit until he has to stir up some interest in signing him as a free agent somewhere.

[GloryDayz]

LOL, and add for the 10-game home stand... I'll bet the ticket sales department peeps just cringed.

[gblowfish]

And...Ned rolls out the white flag....

[bsroyals54]

At least we can take comfort that Hosmer is getting sucked out of around $20,000 out of his contract per ground ball to 2B.

[TLO]

This is pathetic

[lewdog]

Hosmer's just playing out the string until Boras can land him some big ass contract next year. He won't start to hit until he has to stir up some interest in signing him as a free agent somewhere.

Someone will still over-pay but not near the extent they might if he keeps this up. No way teams aren't noticing his play to some degree.

[GloryDayz]

And...Ned rolls out the white flag....

Or did he? Perhaps he's trying to let the veterans know that, well, they're not very good, not dynamic, and seem to not give even a little bit of a shit.

[GloryDayz]

Safe like a MoFo! A real player who's playing like a pro.

[GloryDayz]

Well that was sweet. I goota give them that.

[Dartgod]

I'm not even watching anymore, but did the Sox really challenge a call at first in a game that they are up by 11 runs?

[gblowfish]

Or did he? Perhaps he's trying to let the veterans know that, well, they're not very good, not dynamic, and seem to not give even a little bit of a shit.
He should bench Hosmer and Gordon for a couple days. Maybe get their attention. They're just awful right now.

[lewdog]

I'm not even watching anymore, but did the Sox really challenge a call at first in a game that they are up by 11 runs?

Yes.

And I hope we would too against the Sux if the tables were turned.

[GloryDayz]

I'm not even watching anymore, but did the Sox really challenge a call at first in a game that they are up by 11 runs?

And they were right.

[gblowfish]

I hope she beats Bobby mercilessly until the Royals get off this losing streak.

[GloryDayz]

Yes.

And I hope we would too against the Sux if the tables were turned.

I'm sure the tables will be turned at some point. Then when we do, they'll do this:

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1828620!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/index_300/royals-coach-attacked.jpg

[GloryDayz]

Why do we do spring training, clearly it's a waste of time?

[GloryDayz]

Wow, Moss is complete shit. That dude needs to be cut tonight.

[gblowfish]

Welp. I think on that, I'll go nite nite.
Nothing like standing there and looking at strike three for your third whiff of the night while down by 11 runs. Pathetic.

[bsroyals54]

Look at these dazzling slash lines!

E. Hosmer: .194 .256 .250

A. Gordon .178 .259 .219

B. Moss .125 .232 .250

A. Escobar .182 .217 .242

But we can keep saying it can't possibly get worse right?

[siberian khatru]

Moss was in full don't-give-a-shit mode

[GloryDayz]

Look at these dazzling slash lines!

E. Hosmer: .194 .256 .250

A. Gordon .178 .259 .219

B. Moss .125 .232 .250

A. Escobar .182 .217 .242

But we can keep saying it can't possibly get worse right?

Not to worry, Ned's told us that if we wait long enough the bats will just come to us.

Gordon will blow a bubble, smile, then just order a steak.

[GloryDayz]

Moss was in full don't-give-a-shit mode

He's no Billy Butler, that's for sure!

[bsroyals54]

Hows Ned going to weasel his way out of this interview after the game

[GloryDayz]

Hows Ned going to weasel his way out of this interview after the game

He doesn't care. He just provides "the calm voice of reason" then just laughs. He's as cold as our bats.

[GloryDayz]

Here comes the Royals PR machine to deaden the blow.

[Al Bundy]

He doesn't care. He just provides "the calm voice of reason" then just laughs. He's as cold as our bats.

I will say this in "defense" of Yost, I don't really think it is his fault that Alex Gordon's career has come to a grinding halt, that Moustakas, Moss, Cain, Perez and Escobar can't hit major league pitching nor his fault that Eric Hosmer has turned himself in to a ground ball pull only hitter. PS Travis Wood doesn't want to be anywhere near this team right now, either.

[GloryDayz]

I will say this in "defense" of Yost, I don't really think it is his fault that Alex Gordon's career has come to a grinding halt, that Moustakas, Moss, Cain, Perez and Escobar can't hit major league pitching nor his fault that Eric Hosmer has turned himself in to a ground ball pull only hitter. PS Travis Wood doesn't want to be anywhere near this team right now, either.

Nothing is ever Ned's fault.

[DJJasonp]

Is this rock bottom??? Someone should lose their job over this start


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[tk13]

This has zip to do with Yost. These guys aren't kids anymore. They are all veterans with multiple playoff appearances. And a good number of them are in contract years. They don't need a coach to tell them that.

Ned needs to just keep mixing up the lineup until these guys hit. That's all he can do. Especially when half the team is literally putting up a .500 OPS. There are no winning options.

[Al Bundy]

Nothing is ever Ned's fault.
I've crushed Ned here, but this is on the players right now. Hosmer and Gordon need to be on the bench, but who do we replace them with?

[GloryDayz]

I've crushed Ned here, but this is on the players right now. Hosmer and Gordon need to be on the bench, but who do we replace them with?

I agree 100%, but Ned will just dismiss it and pray the hit bus happens by the team.

[Al Bundy]

I agree 100%, but Ned will just dismiss it and pray the hit bus happens by the team.

ROFL I mis-read that "The team gets hit by a bus."

[GloryDayz]

There ya go...

Ned: "We'll wait for it to turn....", "They're trying too hard..."

Yeah Ned, other than Wood, nobody looked frustrated, they looked fucking bored to be honest.

[GloryDayz]

ROFL I mis-read that "The team gets hit by a bus."

They would swing at it and miss when it's on the other block.

[Prison Bitch]

How bad do the Angels feel now?