Billy Butler bristled on bench in San Diego

[Nzoner]

There's no I in team fatass

I've been really hot," Butler said. "I've been known to stay on hot streaks for an extended amount of time. Unfortunately, the way to cool a hot hitter off is to not give him at-bats. Hopefully that's not what happens. There's nothing I can do about that."

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Sad but true. I still hold out hope that reports DM tried to trade this fat blob malcontent this offseason were true. It would show he does care about having cancers removed.

That's a hell of a cancer too, even being a Cards fan I couldn't stand Butler, my cousin is a Royals fan and loathes him, I think I'll go to a game with him to heckle tubby. I remember a game of yours I watched on tv last year where the fat **** took about two steps up the baseline by the time the infielders made the play, that guy is a disgrace to the game. Oh and his pouty faces make you want to kick puppies.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

He probably heard from good sources what was going on. It's possible his agent had calls from interested teams asking about extending Billy's contract. At least I want to believe DM was truly shopping this albatross.

I can see that.

It really is a shame. Billy IS a gifted hitter with potential coming out of his ears, but he's just seemed to plateau for whatever reason. There's no reason he shouldn't be a 25+HR and 40+2B guy every single year. He has that kind of talent. For whatever reason, be it between his ears or outside issues, he can't live up to it. But in the interest of fairness, none of our hitters outside of Hosmer, Escobar( ), and maybe Perez are living up to it this season, either.

[KCrockaholic]

Billy was being lazy. Zero surprise.

[gblowfish]

Originally Posted by Bowser

I can see that.

It really is a shame. Billy IS a gifted hitter with potential coming out of his ears, but he's just seemed to plateau for whatever reason. There's no reason he shouldn't be a 25+HR and 40+2B guy every single year. He has that kind of talent. For whatever reason, be it between his ears or outside issues, he can't live up to it. But in the interest of fairness, none of our hitters outside of Hosmer, Escobar( ), and maybe Perez are living up to it this season, either.

He's fat, and has warning track power. That's why he sucks.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

He's fat, and has warning track power. That's why he sucks.

Agree with all this. Alot of the criticism we rain down on him is the Royals fault though. These issues with his power have been known for years. Its the Royals fault for trying to make him some "centerpiece of offense" and putting him into the 4 hole. Id be alot more tolerant of him if he was batting 6th or 7th, and we had a real star batting 4th.

[chief husker]

Oh look. Frazod lost weight.