ATTA A BOY EDDY

Inning over. What a great first appearance for Volquez

LMAO at Denny's "unpaid umpires" remark

Ned stole an inning for the bullpen, and Abreu won't hit with men on base. Brilliant.

Unreal start for Volquez. Looking like we straight up stole him.

I'd let him pitch the 9th, too

Cut it out.........

He's only at 95.

I'm actually pretty indifferent about it, though

Nah Hochevar gets the 9th via Skype

Insurance run wouldn't hurt my feelings at all

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Great first start from Volquez

If we score again I'd be ok w/ that.

That was actually pretty good.

What a jump for Rios

Holland time

Holland time

Holland time

Holland time

1 - down. BIG out

Time for Holland

One pitch

K - sit down Grizzly Adams

Nasty

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

WINNAH. COAST TO COAST BABY

GOOD NIGHT.

Winnah! **** of Sox

GET THE **** OUT OF HERE, WHITE SOX

SWEEP YOU DIRTY COCKSUCKING SOX!!!!

Royals. They're so hot right now. Royals.

Anybody seen sweet daddy hate recently?

Nice...

Good deal boys, lets keep up in Orange County.

Where's that one who sucks the penis Mother ****er Jones?

Dunno why Goldberg runs away from the gatorade bath when his wardrobe is probably paid for by FOX

Shit, that's who I was thinking about

How sweep it is!

Well.

Bye.

You can put it on the boarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd....

YES!

I hate that windbag. Awesome!

Probably because it's 50 degrees outside and he has a post-game show right after his on-field interview(s) :shrug:

Wow. It's great that we swept them, but the way we did it is even better. There is no doubt in either club's mind as to who has the better team. The better team kicked their asses.

He should man up.

His goatee provides warmth.

BTW 20k out there today. On a Thursday. With a day game. In April

Nice way to start the season with a sweep!

Good game and sweep, kiddos. Keep it going against the Angels. :thumb:

Wow 3-0 baby!

Nice win and a sweep to start!

Guys looking good again.

Go **** yourself.

12 straight wins against the AL.

You CAN sweep them off the board...
YES!

He's probably hungover in The Sux's Inn

heh heh

didnt all the "experts" think the White Sox were gonna be much improved this year lol

I'm really curious to see how they fare this weekend. I'm confident we can win the series, but it won't be easy. Plus, we really pissed them off in October. :D

ROFL Awesome ROFL

So, is the board warming up to volquez?

There were only a couple haters

Nowhere to be seen.

I still would have liked having The Magic Man back, but hey, dude pitched really good today. He looks legit

The same guy that's suspended 80 games?

Is he? I don't keep up with any of the other teams much other then the Royals. I still liked him

Man I looked that up. What a bummer

I approve of this message.

Food inspectors returned to Kauffman Stadium Thursday after dozens of critical health code violations were reported Opening Day.

Concessions at the stadium got a lot of negative attention when disturbing violations came to light during the World Series. While those issues were corrected, additional problems were uncovered this week.

The Kansas City Health Department had inspectors out in force Monday, checking conditions at 21 concession stands. At 15 of those stands, inspectors found critical violations, which means they discovered a problem that could lead to illness, but it’s not imminent.

“Any time we have violations, whether critical or non-critical, we always are concerned,” said Joe Williamson of the Kansas City Health Department’s Code Enforcement unit. “We take appropriate steps to make sure establishments correct those and get those done before any food is served to the public.”

While most of those violations were corrected before inspectors left the stadium Monday, six concession stands were given new inspections Thursday.

The latest violations included workers not cleaning their hands, food not being kept at safe temperatures, hand sanitizer sitting next to ready-to-eat food, improperly stored utensils and workers reusing gloves intended for single use.

None of the violations were as serious as some reported by a food service employee last fall, which included cockroaches and moldy hot dogs.

Fans said they wouldn’t let the news of the latest violations change their plans for stadium snacks.

“I kind of always suspected the hot dogs not to be perfect, so I probably will still have one, probably just a little bit of beer,” said Rachel Leistad.

“I think they’ve fixed it by now,” said Dustin Matthews. “I’m sure they’re good.”

“I do pay attention to what they’re doing, If they’re touching their face, if they’re washing their hands a lot, it’s something you have to pay attention to, because you kind of see what does happen,” said Melissa Keels.

She said she would still have a hot dog at the stadium.

“Probably four,” she laughed.

Inspectors said proper hand washing is one of the critical things they look for and they urge the public to report any violations they see to the city's 311 service website.

Aramark, the company contracted to operate the concession stands, issued a statement that it is working closely with the Health Department to fix any issues.

Great start for the Royals!

Aramark sucks. Period.

Awesome considering his spring training.

Well playing at the k will help but the guy has been so inconsistent throughout his career...at times the guy looks like an ace....other times hes complete shit.

we saw today exactly what Volquez can be if he stays ahead of guys in counts

dude has nasty stuff, always has had it

now he has a favorable ballpark and the best defense in baseball behind him ... his ceiling is as high as anyone on the Royals staff if his command is there

The jury is still out for me on volquez, around June I should have a verdict on him.

And this has always been the issue... BUT in his defense, last year he made some significant strides and there is no reason to think that won't carry over.

I feel comfortable that Eiland can keep him on the right track.

So do I. There'll be some ups and downs of course but I'm confident he'll be more than fine as our #2 or 3 guy

Anyone know why Salvy caught today? I thought for sure he'd get a day off.