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

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CWS (12-13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
KC (15-11)	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	10	0

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



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

VS.



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

[tomahawk kid]

Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo

The fan base in KC has been decimated. I'd imagine there are Royals fans who will never get over the mental anguish from seeing the great Royals teams of the late 70's to the '85 season Championship Team through the laughingstock joke teams put on the field in the 90's through early 2000's.

Hell, when they traded away Johnny D. I washed my hands of the Royals because they truly had become the definition of a loser team with a slack ass loser management structure.

If they continue to play ball, pay their players and field a real team I'll come back to Royals stadium for the first time in over ten years.

I mean really, how can anyone go from watching George Brett in his prime, jacking three homers in the ALCS against Toronto and then watch more than a decade of shite!? I think they tried to kill the MLB market in KC and from reading some of the other threads some of you guys have bought into the "continuous rebuild" mentality which will never do anything but guarantee the end of a once proud franchise.

Your last paragraph is the definition of being a "fan".

You take the good with the bad, and they're always your team no matter how bad it gets.

Doesn't mean you can't b!tch, complain or get angry - but you don't abandon.

You hold on through the shitty times for times like this - and then you can say, "I was here all along."

Bandwagon fans suck, and are generally considered the lowest form of life in sports.

[WilliamTheIrish]

I like the DH. I like the NL too.

But anything that keeps LaRussa from overmanaging a 2:20 minute game into 5:40 minute snoozerama is a great thing.

[ChiefaRoo]

Originally Posted by tomahawk kid

Your last paragraph is the definition of being a "fan".

You take the good with the bad, and they're always your team no matter how bad it gets.

Doesn't mean you can't b!tch, complain or get angry - but you don't abandon.

You hold on through the shitty times for times like this - and then you can say, "I was here all along."

Bandwagon fans suck, and are generally considered the lowest form of life in sports.

That's the kind of thinking that leads to lowered expectations from the fans and a bad product from the ownership. In the end it's all business. Supporting the team financially even when they didn't care by putting a garbage product on the diamond was just dumb. Next thing you'll be saying is KC should trade Greinke before he signs with a good club and KC gets nothing. If you think like that then what's the point of caring to begin with?

[SPATCH]

Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo

That's the kind of thinking that leads to lowered expectations from the fans and a bad product from the ownership. In the end it's all business. Supporting the team financially even when they didn't care by putting a garbage product on the diamond was just dumb. Next thing you'll be saying is KC should trade Greinke before he signs with a good club and KC gets nothing. If you think like that then what's the point of caring to begin with?

that's pussy shit....

u pick a team and you stick with them... it's that simple... and i will hear nothing else

[ChiefaRoo]

Originally Posted by the_spatula

that's pussy shit....

u pick a team and you stick with them... it's that simple... and i will hear nothing else

simplistic.

[Mr. Krab]

Why do people keep bumping these old Royals threads at the same time that a current game thread is going?