whew...thanks mookie

Atta boy, kid!

Naw, he was dancing in the clubhouse.

First time all night the lead off hitter was retired.

Wow!

Nice change up by Strohm. It'd be nice if he could develop that pitch.

Strohm is our flynn

If there is a team that can pull off a 20 game winning streak, it's the Royals

ROFL

WTF with our defense tonight?

I love me some Fargo....

Is his 88 mph slurve and 76 mph hook the same pitch at different speeds?

Some of the hair on the ball caught the plate there!

This team is just nuts.

It's Fenway and there's a lot of time left in this game, but wining this series would be pretty huge.

Royals just stomped the Sox in the sixth my goodness

Strahm almost never puts the ball in the middle of the plate. All around the edges, but for strikes.

Straaaaahm

A 1-2-3 inning. What do you know.

Big time.

1-2-3! Woot Woot!! :clap:

So good to see this!

I really would prefer to see a few more runs before Wang and or CY enter. Even though they've been good lately, for the most part

I was all about the future back in late June.

Good grief, it's going to take a lot for me to doubt this organization's decisions and their best players in the future.

They look every bit like a World Series team again.

So, when Wade gets back, I would relegate Soria to an earlier inning guy and slide Strahm into the 7th inning role

0.73 ERA
Hot damn...

Strahm becomes fireman, takes over Lukes role

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If Wade comes back and is fine rest of way and is WADE F***ING DAVIS and Royals make the playoffs

SHD
Strahm
Herrera
Davis

Or SHD could be short for Sit the Hell Down....

Heh, Joe-Kim Soria.

Let's go 1-2-3 this 1/2. It would be nice to face their top with no one on next inning

Was that when they received their Division Champs shirts last year?

Pretty sure it was from their win today. Not bad. Tied with 15 other teams for August 28th champs!!!

Donaldson is a terror though.

Why is he getting squeezed?

These east coast announcers can blow me...

time for strike 6

I know, 2 pitches in a row.

Except when it's the 9th inning of a playoff game.

It sure as heck wasn't when they won the pennant. And stop quoting that douche.

WTF ump??

come on ump

Might happen. Either way, it's going to make our bullpen brutal when Wade's back. If you have Moylan, Flynn and Soria to take you out in the 4-6 innings, that's pretty tough. I'm pretty sure the Cubs, Red Sox, or a couple other teams would take any of those three as their main setup man.

Ha ha ha

Strahm may have reached his limit

ugh..hate walking with a 6 run lead....no free passes to these guys

Definately not calling the low strikes. :shake:

Tough to blame Strahm when it was in the strike zone.

That walk is partly a product of Salvy not being even average at framing pitches.

Well, he did strike him out, but the ump is a ****ing douche and didn't call it that way.

Strahm's approaching 40 pitches... over about an hour of actual time. He might be out for a couple days after tonight.

Hope the Red Sox go 13-0 against the Blue Jays and Orioles.

Yeah, I think we talked about this before. The Red Sox don't have hardly any home games in September. Whoever came up with their schedule shafted them.

Salvy saves his voodoo for the playoffs. Like in the 9th inning of Game 6 against the Jays.

Strahm looks to be this year's 2014 Finnegan, except he's actually good and not falsely perceived as such.

It worked out fine but not sure I like stretching Strahm out that far

This. So very this. I don't mind the Red Sox. I can't stand the Orioles or Blue Jays

he's been inconsistent all night.

And really, mostly due to the following people(in no particular order)

La Canfora

Bricks

Jose Bautista

Question for anyone who knows: how long does it take after a switch to the pen for an arm to not be "stretched out"? Strahm, for example, was throwing starter's innings until the end of June. So, is his arm still considered "stretched out", or no?

Back to back MVPs, it looks like. Thanks Billy Beane.

At this point I doubt they'd press the issue due to innings pitched. They haven't been pitching him back-to-back nights to save his arm. There was a KC Star article the other day saying they absolutely plan to give Strahm a shot at the rotation next year though.

Reddit Royals fan is speculating that they may want Strahm as an option to spot start down the stretch.

Depends on what he is doing on the side.

Some guys in that situation may be given shorter side sessions to keep them stretched.

At this point, 40 pitches shouldn't be a big deal.

Really think he has nice separation on that changeup. It needs a little more fade to become a true swing and miss offering, but that's something you can develop over time.

Hopefully Strahm avoids celebrating his initial success like Finnegan did... And does something other than eat pizza and drink beer in the offseason.


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And start openly criticizing the team that took him the World Series.

*** (In the event the 2016 Royals make it that far).

Moylan. Hmmmm

I'm guessing Yost is trying to steal the game without needing to use either Soria or Herrera.

Sure hope we can win this game without using either and they can be fresh tomorrow for a Gee start...

Chick has six suitcases. Dude has one airline carry on. And all they're gonna do is boink in the hotel. Why does she need six suitcases???

Bert is a monster at third...

All Papi needs is six more dingers to get these guys back in it...

Big papi in his hoodie

Heh....show that over and over again you east coast assholes....

Yeah, it's not that he can't go 40, it's do you want to extend him that long now and with a six-run lead when you're keeping a close eye on his IP already.

Wonder what the odds are now of the Sox winning this game is now.

Cutty has had some inconsistent throws here as of late

We caught a break with no Pedroia tonight

Fuel Detergent Number Two looks heavily medicated....

Yep, he's really been struggling. Pretty strange, considering how steady he has been all season.

I'm sure it won't be long until these ESPN jackholes blame the loss on that...

0.3% right now.

Sucks to suck, Boston. Too bad.

Enjoy missing the playoffs, assholes.