**Sunday April 14th Royals@Mets GDT**

[PHOG]

First game as the AL Central division leaders! Let's not look back.

Start time 12:40 CDT



KC: Cole Ragans (0-1, 2.60 ERA)
NYM: José Buttó (0-0, 1.50 ERA)

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

LFG!

[BWillie]

Ragans 7 scoreless today

You heard it here first

[cmh6476]

New steak starts today

[smithandrew051]

I want Royals win

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Check this shit out!

https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings/_/sort/pointdifferential/dir/desc/group/league

https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings/_/sort/pointdifferential/dir/desc/group/overall

[cmh6476]

I used to kick ass with rbi baseball doc Gooden was the sh1t.

[PHOG]

Guess we're in a rain delay.

[Pablo]

Get outta here rain

[PHOG]

On the Mets network, it says first pitch at 2:25, I'm assuming that's ET.

[PHOG]

First pitch coming up, after this SHORT commercial break.

[smithandrew051]

There was no rain delay. Mets are just pussies.

[PHOG]

Might have to sit on that change-up.

[Pablo]

Good first outing there Ragans

[PHOG]

Mets squander a lead off single, on to the 2nd.

[ptlyon]

New steak starts today

Mmmm... Steak....

[PHOG]

Looks like a pitchers duel is developing.

[cmh6476]

Mmmm... Steak....

streak too!

[dlphg9]

Cole Ragans is so fucking good. It's incredible.

[dlphg9]

Nice play Renfroe, you fucking idiot.

[dlphg9]

Pick up your shit, fucking dirty ass Met fucks.

[dlphg9]

Hell of a play by Melendez.

[ChiefsCountry]

Salvy took a knee to the nuts

[Pablo]

That was badass all around. Great defensive efforts

[PHOG]

Great throw Melendez and way to hold on Salvy! That had to hurt.

[New World Order]

What kind of sauce is our starting pitching on?

[dlphg9]

Fucking Renfroe is useless.

[PHOG]

Maybe we should plant a fastball right in Marte's nuts. See how he likes it.

[ChiefsCountry]

Live look in at Salvy
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[dlphg9]

Oh fucking bullshit call

[dlphg9]

Hell yeah Bobby. I was pissed when he swung at that 3-0 ball 4 pitch.

[TLO]

Bad luck hitting

[PHOG]

Nice AB BWJ, two out double, but more importantly, increases the pitch count to get this bum outta here.

[PHOG]

Bad luck hitting

well damn.

[New World Order]

Lets eek this one out boys

[smithandrew051]

Got out of trouble again.

Let’s score some runs.

[TLO]

Mets let us off easy there.

[ChiefsCountry]

Bullpen's are in now. And like Denny always says, you never know what is going to happen when you open the bullpen gates.

[PHOG]

Nothing doing for the Rs half, now to the bottom of the 7th.

[dlphg9]

Nice to see the Mets get all the close calls and Royals get none.

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Mets didn't deserve runs there with some weak ass hits...

[big nasty kcnut]

Let's go Royals!

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Our hitting coach sucks today

[threebag]

Mets trying to put runs on the board the last 3 innings. Still 0 - 0 in the bottom of the eighth. Hopefully the Royals do something top of the ninth. Hope Salvy isn’t injured bad, hopefully just a sore thigh and groin.

[PHOG]

So the ump wants to start squeezing our guy huh?

[Pablo]

Welp this isn't ideal

[PHOG]

And now he can't throw a strike. :shake:

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Ump sucks

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Barf

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Poor Ragans gets fucked again.

[CasselGotPeedOn]

And now he can't throw a strike. :shake:

Lolwut? He could never throw a strike.

[TLO]

Shit ass Stratton.

[TLO]

Fuck the Mets.

[PHOG]

Lolwut? He could never throw a strike.

Well, he had 2 identical pitches, 1 called a ball, 1 called a strike. The ump, and Stratton both suck.

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Shit ass Stratton.

wasn't getting any calls though... I wish the Ump would just be consistent.

[siberian khatru]

Time for some 2024 Royals magic

[PHOG]

Well, that's too bad, he basically walked in the runs (with the help of an infield single)

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Shitty Ump gives them border line strikes...but not the Royals pitchers.

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Oh Maikel…. An 0fer for the series. Yuck.

[Pablo]

There is life!

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Vinnie!

Man, this one hurts. Fucking Mets.

[MAHOMO 4 LIFE!]

Fuck!! We had that one too, bullpen is an issue

[DJay23]

Gross.

[Pablo]

That wasn't my fave thing to watch

[PHOG]

Stratton you POS!

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Just really hope Salvy’s black and blue balls aren’t too fucked up. Dude’s been killing it so far, and would hate to see him on the shelf while things have been going so well.

[TLO]

Just not our day

[RealSNR]

Fuck the Mets.


Step right up and rape the Mets!

[big nasty kcnut]

Any news on salvy?

[suzzer99]

Literally day to day.

[PHOG]

Any news on salvy?


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> say left groin and hip injury for Salvador Perez. Will be evaluated more tomorrow. No other info given at this point.</p>&mdash; Joel Goldberg (@goldbergkc) <a href="https://twitter.com/goldbergkc/status/1779601925236724183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[cmh6476]

Good news is a series against the worst team in the league coming up

[TwistedChief]

LFGM!

Big series win!

[Demonpenz]

Got to win games when pitching is good

[TwistedChief]

LFGM!

Big series win!

Sorry, guys. I was born and bred a Mets fan and fell into the Chiefs in the early 90s after that. I was there in person to support the Royals - primarily through my love of the Chiefs - through their WS run against the Giants but then the next year experienced the heartache and defeat firsthand once again on the other side.

It's embarrassing being a Mets fan right now and if you think I'm genuinely proud of our payroll beating your payroll, well... None of that is reality.

I think it's awesome how the Royals have played this season and I hope they're really able to give the city something to be excited about.

[Why Not?]

Sorry, guys. I was born and bred a Mets fan and fell into the Chiefs in the early 90s after that. I was there in person to support the Royals - primarily through my love of the Chiefs - through their WS run against the Giants but then the next year experienced the heartache and defeat firsthand once again on the other side.

It's embarrassing being a Mets fan right now and if you think I'm genuinely proud of our payroll beating your payroll, well... None of that is reality.

I think it's awesome how the Royals have played this season and I hope they're really able to give the city something to be excited about.

Fair enough. As a kid, growing up in Hawaii, I loved the Mets because of Sid Fernandez. '86 was awesome! As I grew up and he left, I shed them and became somewhat of a "free agent" until I landed on the Royals in 2004 (that's right, I fell in love with the Royals when they sucked!). But I still have some soft spot for the Mets. Make no mistake, I felt no pang of anything other than pure joy in 2015 but I'd like to see the Mets do well again one day....just not against us or the Dbacks.

[WhawhaWhat]

Fair enough. As a kid, growing up in Hawaii, I loved the Mets because of Sid Fernandez. '86 was awesome! As I grew up and he left, I shed them and became somewhat of a "free agent" until I landed on the Royals in 2004 (that's right, I fell in love with the Royals when they sucked!). But I still have some soft spot for the Mets. Make no mistake, I felt no pang of anything other than pure joy in 2015 but I'd like to see the Mets do well again one day....just not against us or the Dbacks.

Was it Juan Gonzalez?

[Pablo]

Fair enough. As a kid, growing up in Hawaii, I loved the Mets because of Sid Fernandez. '86 was awesome! As I grew up and he left, I shed them and became somewhat of a "free agent" until I landed on the Royals in 2004 (that's right, I fell in love with the Royals when they sucked!). But I still have some soft spot for the Mets. Make no mistake, I felt no pang of anything other than pure joy in 2015 but I'd like to see the Mets do well again one day....just not against us or the Dbacks.

Were you a royals fan and became a chiefs fan then?

[Why Not?]

Were you a royals fan and became a chiefs fan then?

Nah, same time. I was kind of a "free agent" when I left Hawaii (never had an NFL team as a kid) . Lived in Texas for awhile but never did get into the Cowboys (thank God). Arizona for a while (2x but first was in the later 90's) but never did get into the Cardinals either. Moved to KC in late '04 and started following both teams. The fan bases and community got me hooked. Attended my first game for both in '05. The first Royals game I ever went to, our leadoff hitter (David DeJesus) was called out leading off the first inning for batting out of order. That sealed it for me then. They were so shitty and dumb that it made me like them more for some reason. Chiefs were okay then but about to enter some dark ages for sure.

[Pablo]

Cool thanks for the background