Cleveland Indians @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (4/29)

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE (10-13)	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	9	14	0
KC (13-10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Win, (1-2) Ubaldo Jimenez 7IP 0R 0ER 2BB 4K
Nick Hagadone 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Cody Allen 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.



Loss, (2-2) Wade Davis 4⅔IP 8R 8ER 3BB 3K 2HR
Luke Hochevar 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Aaron Crow 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Kelvin Herrera 1IP 1R 1ER 0BB 1K 1HR
Tim Collins 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Home Runs

CLE

Jason Kipnis, (1) - Top 1st solo shot to center
Ryan Raburn, (1) - Top 5th 3-run homer to left
Ryan Raburn, (2) - Top 8th solo shot to right

KC

none

AL Central

Final: MIN 3, DET 4

Starting Lineups

CLE

1. Michael Brantley, LF
2. Jason Kipnis, 2B
3. Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
3. Mike Aviles, SS
4. Nick Swisher, 1B
5. Mark Reynolds, DH
6. Carlos Santana, C
6. Yan Gomes, C
7. Ryan Raburn, RF
8. Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B
9. Drew Stubbs, CF

KC

1. Alex Gordon, LF
2. Alcides Escobar, SS
3. Billy Butler, DH
3. Miguel Tejada, ph/DH
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Lorenzo Cain, CF
6. Mike Moustakas, 3B
7. Jeff Francoeur, RF
8. Salvador Perez, C
8. George Kottaras, ph/C
9. Chris Getz, 2B
9. Elliot Johnson, ph/2B

[RedDread]

Originally Posted by alnorth

I will never, ever understand this obsession with blaming the manager instead of the pitcher.

This isn't F'ing playstation, you don't get someone warming up at the slightest whiff of trouble, and you can't pull someone on a dime, they need at least 1 or 2 batters to get warm.

If that was the first sign of trouble. Not in this inning, not in the game.

D Stubbs bunt grounded out to first.
M Brantley doubled to deep right.
J Kipnis walked.
A Cabrera doubled to deep right, M Brantley scored, J Kipnis to third.

Right ****ing there is where you warm someone up.

[Deberg_1990]

Haha...ump forgot the strike count ?

[Three7s]

Now, to watch the Royals get shut out.

Oh joy.

[Shogun]

Honestly I know I might get a lot of hate for saying this, but If Hoch keeps looking pretty decent I wouldn't mind letting him take the 5 spot for an outing or two. Not that that will ever happen. But we all know hes the same mental midget as usual who has the occasional lightning start that reels you in and sets you up for failure.


nvm

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by RedDread

If that was the first sign of trouble. Not in this inning, not in the game.

D Stubbs bunt grounded out to first.
M Brantley doubled to deep right.
J Kipnis walked.
A Cabrera doubled to deep right, M Brantley scored, J Kipnis to third.

Right ****ing there is where you warm someone up.

You conveniently forgot the next guy, who made the 2nd out.

[chiefsfan987]

Originally Posted by alnorth

I will never, ever understand this obsession with blaming the manager instead of the pitcher.

This isn't F'ing playstation, you don't get someone warming up at the slightest whiff of trouble, and you can't pull someone on a dime, they need at least 1 or 2 batters to get warm.

We should cheat. Have a signal come from the dugout for "you suck" so fake an injury so someone can come in from the pen and get as many pitches as they need to get warmed up.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Shogun

Honestly I know I might get a lot of hate for saying this, but If Hoch keeps looking pretty decent I wouldn't mind letting him take the 5 spot for an outing or two. Not that that will ever happen. But we all know hes the same mental midget as usual who has the occasional lightning start that reels you in and sets you up for failure.


nvm

Mods , please ban

[MeatRock]

God****ingdamn this team is so inconsistent at the plate. It's maddening

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Shogun

Honestly I know I might get a lot of hate for saying this, but If Hoch keeps looking pretty decent I wouldn't mind letting him take the 5 spot for an outing or two. Not that that will ever happen. But we all know hes the same mental midget as usual who has the occasional lightning start that reels you in and sets you up for failure.


nvm

Have you also considered the fact that you may have contacted AIDS and this virus is now effecting your brain?

[RedDread]

Originally Posted by alnorth

You conveniently forgot the next guy, who made the 2nd out.

Yep and if we have a guy warming you know what he does? He keeps warming.

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by alnorth

You conveniently forgot the next guy, who made the 2nd out.

So.. Ned is blameless when it was clear to EVERYONE that Davis didn't have it early on?

[Cephalic Trauma]

Originally Posted by RedDread

If that was the first sign of trouble. Not in this inning, not in the game.

D Stubbs bunt grounded out to first.
M Brantley doubled to deep right.
J Kipnis walked.
A Cabrera doubled to deep right, M Brantley scored, J Kipnis to third.

Right ****ing there is where you warm someone up.

This.

[KCUnited]

This is why you don't do that You Can't See Me shit when you're winning the 2nd game of a 4 game set with Smith and Davis going in the 2nd half.

[Shogun]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Have you also considered the fact that you may have contacted AIDS and this virus is now effecting your brain?

HOCHEVAR IS AWESOME HE IS CLEARLY TURNED THE CORNER

i said nvm

[alnorth]

The LEAST important head coach/manager/guy who blows the whistle during practice, of all the major sports, is baseball. By far, not even close, baseball. (exception: unless he's shredding your pitcher's arms, see: Muser)

People harp on the manager for little-bitty penny-ante crap all the time like lineups, or not perfectly forseeing when to pull a guy with the fan's 20/20 hindsight. The heat builds, they fire the manager, and the guy who is ACTUALLY important, the GM, gets to skate through 3 or 4 manager firings before people finally wake up and look at him.