Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (5/4)
 

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<td>Final</td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 2 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 4 </td><td> 5 </td><td> 6 </td><td> 7 </td><td> 8 </td><td> 9 </td><td> R </td><td> </td><td> E </td></tr>
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<tr> <td>KC (15-11)</td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 1 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> X </td><td> 3 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Zack Greinke throws the 6th complete game, and the 2nd shutout of his MLB career. (3CG, 2SHO this season)

Zack Greinke is the 3rd pitcher in MLB history to have an ERA under 0.50 after 6 starts

http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/v/mlb/te.../80x60/chw.gif

Loss, (2-2) Bartolo Colon 5IP 3R 2ER 3BB 7K
Clayton Richard 3IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K

VS.

http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/v/mlb/te.../80x60/kan.gif

Win, (6-0) Zack Greinke 9IP 0R 0ER 0BB 10K

Starting Lineups

CWS

1. Chris Getz, 2B
2. Jayson Nix, 3B/RF
3. Carlos Quentin, LF
4. Jim Thome, DH
5. Paul Konerko, 1B
6. A.J. Pierzynsky, C
7. Alexei Ramirez, SS
8. Scott Podsednik, RF/CF
9. Brent Lillibridge, CF
9. Wilson Betemit, ph/3B

KC

1. Coco Crisp, CF
2. David DeJesus, LF
3. Mark Teahen, 3B
4. Jose Guillen, RF
4. Mitch Maier, pr/RF
5. Billy Butler, 1B
6. Mike Jacobs, DH
7. Alberto Callaspo, 2B
8. Miguel Olivo, C
9. Mike Aviles, SS

Again, this is pretty early, but I've been putting this up early for all of Greinke's starts, so what the hell.

We must score some runs tonight, because Zack Greinke simply can not be permitted to get his first loss to the White Sox. Any other team but them.

Party day at the K

$5 tix today. Come on out.....

I am calling it now. Grienke Plunks a whitesox and gets thrown out

Betting line:

Royals opened at -165. Currently -180.

Skip Bayless doesn't know what hes talkin about.

Hot damn. For baseball between teams with a similar record, thats incredible. As much as I like Greinke, I'm not betting the Royals with that line.

Yep. That's a huge line.

Says a lot about the national perception with Greinke on the hill.

screw the money line.... what is the spread

Too early to predict a no-no?

I dont think they do spreads in baseball, its all money lines in this sport.

never bet baseball before...

so, If I bet $100... how much would I win, if the Royals win?

Royals currently at -1.5 according to betcris.com

There is a spread for everything hoss.

You gotta bet $165 to win $100 is what that is saying since it's a negative line
-165

If it was a positive line like so
+165
then you would win $165 for betting $100

yeah it's kind of confusing.

Bet $180 to win $100. If thats the line for KC, I assume for Chicago it would be something like bet $100 to win $170 or whatever. Thats pretty freaking huge in baseball, given how often good teams lose and bad teams win, where a really great team would still lose 40% of their games. A normal baseball money line is between +/- 120

It OPENED at -165, its now at -180, which is hilarious. I'm not betting that line for any team in baseball, unless it was something like the AL All-Star team vs one of our old 100-loss Royal teams, and even then the expected value would be about break even.

This is a sucker bet for people who have fallen in love with Greinke, Colon and the White Sox have a better chance to win than this.

the word is the money line is that big because there hasn't been much action on the royals lately. Betters are still toeing the water it seems

hmm, I must have been missing something the last few years, its been a while since I checked baseball money lines because I see some similar lines for a few games out there. So, maybe this game doesnt stick out like a sore thumb like I was implying, but its still pretty lopsided.

The site I'm looking at now has KC at -190 and CWS at +170, the only game with a bigger favorite is Tampa Bay over Baltimore, but even then you have one team a lot better than the other with Kazmir VS a guy who is really struggling. Colon and the White Sox are getting no respect in our game.

HOU 135
WSH -150

MIL -135
PIT 125

CLE -103
TOR -107

BOS -102
NYY -108

BAL 200
TB -230

MIN 122
DET -132

CIN 142
FLA -157

NYM 114
ATL -124

SF 170
CHC -190

CWS 170
KC -190

PHI 122
STL -132

COL -117
SD 107

LAA -112
OAK 102

ARI 129
LAD -139

TEX 135
SEA -150

Ok, this feels weird but I'm going to put it out there. I'm officially leaving the "I'm waiting for this to fall apart" bandwagon. This is a good baseball team and they're going to win at least 85 games this year. The starting pitching is too good for that not to happen. The offense is picking up, and we're doing this without good hitting from Butler, Gordon, and Jacobs.

I'm tired of Royals fans' mentality (which I have proudly carried for years) that we are a loser franchise. The corner has been turned and we're going to compete now. This in no way should discourage Pete from his "Game Over" posts because I respect that but I do not respect the jinx anymore.

Oh yeah, and I can't freaking WAIT until Saturday night. Got front row seats, upper deck for the game against the Angels. Zack's scheduled to pitch, and I'm pumped to not only go but also run Zack smack against the Mousketeers.

Thats not a spread thats a run line. There is no spread in baseball there's only the -1.5 run line. I'd guess that the payout on the run line would be even or damn close if the line is at -180

the spread at bets.com went up to royals plus 2 runs

Want to get this in:

Pete: Shut up.

the spread on some of the other sites seem to be going up. 3 runs by the royals to 4 runs i haven't seen a spread like this since the spread in the NY Atlanta game. spread

SOX made several moves on Friday:


http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news...=.jsp&c_id=cws

Podsednik will be forever a favorite for hitting that game winning WS HR off of Lidge in 05.

Its good to have hopes and dreams. But reality sets in and its only beginning of May, traditonally the Royals have never had good Aprils and usually are out of it by June. This season thats not the case but the division is still wide open and the Royals aren't the greatest hitting team, I also dont think the pitching will be as good as it has been, especially after Meche and Greinke

Of course Greinke is going to start giving up some runs, but who is to say that the bottom 3 once Hoch gets in there can't perform at a servicable level?

Damn. I should have got in when it was only at 1.5 what happens if the Royals only win by 4? A push in baseball?

Contrary to yesterday's news:

Dye, Fields could miss opener in KC

Outfielder not ready to return; third baseman hit on wrist.


Jayson Nix will most likely start in place of Fields.

Dye's own words:

He could be out for the series.

I very, very much want to go tonight. Unfortunately, I have too much self control.

Dude, I've been a Royals fan my whole life. I know the history very well. I'm telling you that I think it's turning and I'm not going to spend the whole season waiting for the other shoe to drop. Hopes and dreams are believing in a team that has Luke Hudson as its ace. This team competes on paper with any team in the division and has so far shown itself to play very competitively in divisional games.

man just think if Alex Van Popple was as good as advertised

I plan on going to the game on Saturday but I don't have tickets yet. I was thinking of trying to buy them from someone in the parking lot. What section are you in?

**** you. /pete

this thread is overated /pete

Pete expressing his desire, like Stewie Griffin did to Brian, to shave Coco's coin purse.

I'm going to CP casino and get some of that action...oh wait. :sulk:

1. Crisp - CF
2. DeJesus - LF
3. Teahen - 3B
4. Guillen - RF
5. Butler - 1B
6. Jacobs - DH
7. Callaspo - 2B
8. Olivo - C
9. Aviles - SS
SP - Zack Greinke

I'm off to the ballpark...GO ROYALS!!

We pulled Bloomquist? I'd rather him be in RF and have Guillen DH'ing instead of Jacobs.

Anyways... I haven't been more excited for a Royals game in a long time than I am for this one.

I question Callaspo at 7. Callaspo is a double machine. Why put him behind Butler and Jacobs, who have a .345 and .299 OBP respectively?

Howdy guys...let's leave no doubt about this one. Let's bury these losers with all the venom we can muster and make a statement to the rest of the league that we are for real.

Predictions on tonight's attendance? I'm calling 32,500 for a 8-1 win.

Screw you, Ozzie Guillen.

MLB.tv.... engage!

1st inning
 

Top 1st

Getz strikes out (swinging)
Nix grounds out to third
Quentin pops out to shortstop

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 1st

Crisp grounds out to first
DeJesus fouls out to left
Teahen strikes out (looking)

0 runs, 0 hits

Game on!

gotta love how greinke jumps in front of the hitters

Just barely got a piece of that one

Sit down!!!

HE STRUCK YOUR ASS OUT

2 Down!!!

ESPN doing a look-in on the game with the Yanks/Red Sox rain delay.

1-2-3

Wow, that's major rep there

Now they're on commercial. We'll see if they come back after the break. Probably only going to show Zack pitch.

man, once you get this low, you gotta really work to reduce that ERA further. 3 outs only got Greinke to 0.49

Royals back on ESPN!

Oustanding concentration and effort there by Quentin on that catch.

Has anyone seen Willie Bloomquist? I think Colon ate him in the pregame meal.

bullshit call there

That ump was really into that "strike."

If you're talking about the one that was a foot wide right of the plate... then yes. I did think strike 3 was indeed a strike though.

2nd inning
 

Top 2nd

Thome flies out to center
Konerko strikes out (swinging)
Pierzynsky strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 2nd

Guillen singles to center
Butler strikes out (looking)
Jacobs singles to right, Guillen to second
Callaspo singles to right, Jacobs to second, Guillen to third, Jacobs to third, Guillen scores on an Error by RF
Olivo strikes out (swinging)
Aviles strikes out (looking)

1 run, 3 hits, 1 error

was it inside?
Posted via Mobile Device

it was low

no

Strike 3 really was strike 3, IMO.

sick

Agreed.

Damn Greinke made Konerko look silly on that slider.

DAMN FILTHY

You can grab some bench, POS. I hate the White Sox.

6 up 6 down and 3 K's

10-pitch inning with 2ks. Thats tough to do.

Such BS, all I'm getting is FLA/CIN and lookins at the rain.

leave it out jose

same

There you go Guillen

Any body else having sound troubles with FSNKC? Ironically it started during the Hearing Center commercial.