****OFFICIAL Royals at Blue Jays GDT 08/02****

[RealSNR]

Time to take a catheter and shove it up their Dickey!

Game start: 12:07 central

KC: Volquez (10-5, 3.21)
TOR: Dickey (5-10, 4.27)

Go Royals!


Royals
Escobar
Zobrist
Cain
Hosmer
Morales
Perez
Rios
Cuthbert
Infante

Blue Jays
Tulowitzki
Donaldson
Bautista
Encarnacion
Colabello
Martin
Pillar
Goins
Revere

[tk13]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

But if Mike Moustakas getting hit listccident is grounds for drilling Donaldson the next day and the Jays should've just understood and been okay with that, what are the Royals doing leaving the dugout when Sanchez hits Escobar after Tulowitzki gets hit?

There's absolutely a double standard here. When your guys hit one of theirs, intent is what controls. When their guys hit one of yours, well to hell with intent, one of our guys got it. When Ventura catches a comeback and starts yelling at the baserunner as he goes down the line, it's just being a firey kid. When Donaldson flips his bat, he's a drama queen.

And yet the team most frequently in the middle of these affairs is the Royals. I'm sure it's everyone else's fault.

Actually I thought Ventura needed to chill out. Heck most of his teammates did too. That's a weak argument.

People don't like that the Royals aren't a doormat anymore. That's the long and short of it.

You are the hypocrite with a double standard. I could get into a laundry list of examples of your NL central squabbles. I don't think the Royals have been a bunch of choir boys, but they're standing up for themselves like most good teams do. I don't have a problem with it. I don't have a problem with them getting back at Samardzija, getting back at Lawrie for his dirty side, or for getting the Blue Jays for stealing signs and knocking one of our guys out with a HBP.

They don't have to just sit there and take crap from everyone else. It's not a coincidence that almost every issue this year has ties to the A's. They don't have to stand there and take it and let everyone beat up on them. No matter how much holier than thou crap you try to pour on it. You're just being a hypocrite, because your team would do the same thing in a second.
Posted via Mobile Device

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Pablo

11-6 on the year vs. the JV league.

And? Cards with a winning record against the 'Varsity' and a .667 against the big dog of the lot.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

And? Cards with a winning record against the 'Varsity' and a .667 against the big dog of the lot.

Just thought since PB threw out league records - you'd actually like to see, ya know, league records.

Thanks for filling me in on the series details. Much appreciated.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

They were absolutely the instigators in the A's and Sox drama but it's just not worth hashing that out again. At some point I'll have to convince you all that Lawrie wasn't doing a flying jumpkick when his cleat hit Escobar mid-calf but whatever.

I mean there's an argument with the White Sox series, but this? Holy shit.

Cain has been in the middle of plenty of temper tantrums this year. And really, gonna just forget about Herrera's garbage in the 'make an ass of himself' derby? Or are you gonna justify that one as well? Probably the latter.

Not justifying. It was stupid. It was also essentially one gesture as opposed to a multi act performance.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

They were absolutely the instigators in the A's and Sox drama but it's just not worth hashing that out again. At some point I'll have to convince you all that Lawrie wasn't doing a flying jumpkick when his cleat hit Escobar mid-calf but whatever.

Cain has been in the middle of plenty of temper tantrums this year. And really, gonna just forget about Herrera's garbage in the 'make an ass of himself' derby? Or are you gonna justify that one as well? Probably the latter.

Again - just brick after brick after brick. Any singular incident in a vacuum isn't much but the Royals are in the middle of more of them than any team in baseball.

Man you are showing your ass in this thread. White Sox drama started opening day when Samardzija plunked Cain. Lawrie hard slide, he took one and it was pretty much over until Kazmir plunked a batter and it was on once again.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Man you are showing your ass in this thread. White Sox drama started opening day when Samardzija plunked Cain. Lawrie hard slide, he took one and it was pretty much over until Kazmir plunked a batter and it was on once again.

We're just homers for thinking that was a dirty slide. Brett Lawrie is a saint.

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

They were absolutely the instigators in the A's and Sox drama but it's just not worth hashing that out again. At some point I'll have to convince you all that Lawrie wasn't doing a flying jumpkick when his cleat hit Escobar mid-calf but whatever.

Cain has been in the middle of plenty of temper tantrums this year. And really, gonna just forget about Herrera's garbage in the 'make an ass of himself' derby? Or are you gonna justify that one as well? Probably the latter.

Again - just brick after brick after brick. Any singular incident in a vacuum isn't much but the Royals are in the middle of more of them than any team in baseball.

I'm still waiting for you to explain how this has been going on ALL SEASON, when besides the Angels, A's and Sox in April and then Sunday against the Jays, I can't recall any incidents. Please enlighten me.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I wouldn't have had an issue at all with Wolf tossing Donaldson - that doesn't have a damn thing to do with yet another incident of the Royals leaving the dugout and being red asses. They used Donaldson's histrionics to deflect attention and excuse themselves on twitter afterward but then when Ventura goes off calling a 6-time All Star and legitimate stud like Bautista a 'nobody', their justifications start to ring a little hollow, do they not?

Call it youth or swagger or whatever, but it can't be ignored. Royals fans call it an edge, most others....do not. And for Royals fans to have embraced that black hat role then turn around and tell someone like Donaldson who had legitimate reasons to be pissed to just nut it up and walk to first is absolutely hypocritical.

Ventura going at Bautista was a response to two things: Bautista calling out Ned Yost (who for all his shortcomings, is loved by his players) and Bautista being the center of the Royals' sign-stealing complaints (which is an issue that has followed him around for a long time, too).

Ventura is a red-ass who needs to mature. Just don't act like he started that whole Twitter exchange out of nowhere.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

They were absolutely the instigators in the A's and Sox drama but it's just not worth hashing that out again. At some point I'll have to convince you all that Lawrie wasn't doing a flying jumpkick when his cleat hit Escobar mid-calf but whatever.

Cain has been in the middle of plenty of temper tantrums this year. And really, gonna just forget about Herrera's garbage in the 'make an ass of himself' derby? Or are you gonna justify that one as well? Probably the latter.

Again - just brick after brick after brick. Any singular incident in a vacuum isn't much but the Royals are in the middle of more of them than any team in baseball.

Lawrie's slide was late, dirty, and unnecessary. You won't convince anyone here of anything different. And you won't convince those of us who played baseball at advanced levels that slide and the placement of his foot was necessary. It wasn't.

Cain has been drilled a lot. He doesn't like that, and he - like most players - looks at the pitcher and might say something to him as he walks to first. What are you talking about regarding temper tantrums, though? Cain hasn't done anything that even closely resembles a temper tantrum (he's never even done anything close to what Donaldson did on Sunday).

The whole thing with the White Sox never goes ANYWHERE if Jeff Samardzija doesn't bull rush his way through everybody trying get to Cain.

The benches might not even empty if Samardzija isn't yelling shit from the dugout at Christian Colon of all ****ing people the previous inning (after Colon lined out and was waiting for someone to bring him his glove).

Yeah, that was ALL the Royals.

[RedDread]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

They were absolutely the instigators in the A's and Sox drama.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Ventura going at Bautista was a response to two things: Bautista calling out Ned Yost (who for all his shortcomings, is loved by his players) and Bautista being the center of the Royals' sign-stealing complaints (which is an issue that has followed him around for a long time, too).

Ventura is a red-ass who needs to mature. Just don't act like he started that whole Twitter exchange out of nowhere.



Lawrie's slide was late, dirty, and unnecessary. You won't convince anyone here of anything different. And you won't convince those of us who played baseball at advanced levels that slide and the placement of his foot was necessary. It wasn't.

Cain has been drilled a lot. He doesn't like that, and he - like most players - looks at the pitcher and might say something to him as he walks to first. What are you talking about regarding temper tantrums, though? Cain hasn't done anything that even closely resembles a temper tantrum (he's never even done anything close to what Donaldson did on Sunday).

The whole thing with the White Sox never goes ANYWHERE if Jeff Samardzija doesn't bull rush his way through everybody trying get to Cain.

The benches might not even empty if Samardzija isn't yelling shit from the dugout at Christian Colon of all ****ing people the previous inning (after Colon lined out and was waiting for someone to bring him his glove).

Yeah, that was ALL the Royals.

He read an ESPN article where someone was very concerned about the Royals thuggish demeanor and that was all he needed to see.

[ReynardMuldrake]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

They were absolutely the instigators in the A's and Sox drama but it's just not worth hashing that out again. At some point I'll have to convince you all that Lawrie wasn't doing a flying jumpkick when his cleat hit Escobar mid-calf but whatever.

Cain has been in the middle of plenty of temper tantrums this year. And really, gonna just forget about Herrera's garbage in the 'make an ass of himself' derby? Or are you gonna justify that one as well? Probably the latter.

Again - just brick after brick after brick. Any singular incident in a vacuum isn't much but the Royals are in the middle of more of them than any team in baseball.

Have you SEEN any of these games you're referring to or just read about them on message boards?

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

Royals success, upping Royals thread participation from new fans and Cards fans alike.

It's like the 2015 version of The Sandlot up in h'ya.


"It's [I]you"[/]!!!!

"No, no... It's [I]you[I/]!!!!

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Just thought since PB threw out league records - you'd actually like to see, ya know, league records.

Thanks for filling me in on the series details. Much appreciated.

Royals 11-6 +27 runs
BFIB 11-9 -1 runs


They do owe Dusty Coleman a gift card to somewhere for keeping them from being 10-10. We would shatter that shitty League.

[RedDread]

I saw some highlights where the Reds and Pirates got into it. Clearly the Pirates are thugs and instigators and need to be stopped. They've been doing this all year and it's disgraceful and disrespects the game.

Source = ESPN

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by tk13

This is the most Cardinals thing ever. Best fans in baseball! Coming in here making all kinds of generalizations that are completely out of context and acting like they're above it all, when their team is just as likely as anyone to retaliate against someone. What a load of crap.

It absolutely is. It's like being TBFIBB TM gives the mother****ers amnesia.

I remember whitey crying about the metrodome and that Twins turned on the big fans that helped the ball fly out of that dump. That they piped in noise there.

The crying over Penitentiary Face Leonard when he went "one flap down" on his HR's in the NLCS.

Tom Lawless (he's a legend) watching his 4th inning HR go out of the park from the plate, then flipping the bat 25 feet in the air and by the time he crossed the plate, it was almost Christmas. He hit 2 career HR's.

Eat shit, Cards fans.