*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins Game Thread (6/10) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (34-23)	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	7	8	1
MIN (33-26)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	3

Torii Hunter and Manager Paul Molitor were both ejected from the game in the 8th inning for arguing a strike



Win, (5-4) Edinson Volquez 7IP 1R 1ER 3BB 6K
Luke Hochevar 1IP 1R 1ER 0BB 2K 1HR
Jason Frasor 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

VS.



Loss, (4-4) Kyle Gibson 6IP 5R 4ER 2BB 6K 1HR
J.R. Graham 3IP 2R 0ER 0BB 1K

Home Runs

KC

Alex Gordon, (7) - Top 1st 3-run homer to right

MIN

Trevor Plouffe, (9) - Bottom 8th solo shot to right

AL Central

Final: CHC 12, DET 3
Final: SEA 9, CLE 3
Final: HOU 1, CWS 4

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Mike Moustakas, 3B
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Kendrys Morales, DH
6. Alex Gordon, LF
7. Alex Rios, RF
8. Salvador Perez, C
9. Omar Infante, 2B

MIN

1. Brian Dozier, 2B
2. Joe Mauer, 1B
3. Trevor Plouffe, 3B
4. Torii Hunter, RF
4. Chris Herrmann, RF
5. Kurt Suzuki, C
6. Kennys Vargas, DH
7. Shane Robinson, LF
8. Aaron Hicks, CF
9. Jorge Polanco, SS

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Completely serious, when you compare it to basketball, football, hockey, soccer it becomes pretty clear. David Wells was an elite pitcher lolol. Jack Cust was a major league baseball player. You do not HAVE to be athletic. Some guys can roll out of bed and throw hard. Some guys have amazing hand eye coordination but are fat slow blobs like Billy butler. I dont know why this is so surprising to you.

This is a bad post. The skills required to be a good baseball player are much more elite and difficult to master than those of any of those other sports. Golf is probably a step above baseball in difficulty.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

no

bwillie is one of those typical uncoordinated kids that never played baseball, watches it on TV, and thinks, "gee, I could do that!" Probably like when people watch golf.

I played baseball. I was a good athlete, and I saw great athletes that were terrible at baseball and vice versa. I had no plate discipline. Could not figure it out. I have no idea how people walk. Every pitch looked like a strike to me, no matter what I did. That had nothing to do with my athleticism or lack thereof. Plus, anybody can acquire the needed strength to play baseball. Most people can never be as strong as an NFL safety, though.

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Its ****ing bullshit. Draft Kings IS gambling, just in a different form. Yet legal in most states, yet poker, blackjack, craps whatever tickles your fancy is not

Thank the 2006 lame duck congress for tacking on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act to a port security bill that apparently had to pass. Oh yeah with exceptions for fantasy football, horse racing and lotteries.

Government is so awesome sometimes.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

This is a bad post. The skills required to be a good baseball player are much more elite and difficult to master than those of any of those other sports. Golf is probably a step above baseball in difficulty.

You are totally missing my point. Baseball and golf are probably HARDER to be good at than basketball or football, but they dont require great athleticism to be good at. Its really difficult to be a world reknowned chess player, just because its hard to do doesnt mean you have to be athletic to do it

[ReynardMuldrake]

Originally Posted by petegz28

tonight's win was a breakout win on the chart....which is a nice thing

Huh, so winning is good, and losing is bad? Is that how it works?

[Hootie]

having elite hand eye coordination IS athleticism

...do you not realize that?

[milkman]

Michael Jordan

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by BWillie

I played baseball. I was a good athlete, and I saw great athletes that were terrible at baseball and vice versa. I had no plate discipline. Could not figure it out. I have no idea how people walk. Every pitch looked like a strike to me, no matter what I did. That had nothing to do with my athleticism or lack thereof. Plus, anybody can acquire the needed strength to play baseball. Most people can never be as strong as an NFL safety, though.

Yes it did. Body control, timing, handling objects, and the training of the body to have automatic and quick responses are all athletic skills.

[C3HIEF3S]

**** golf . You want a hard mother****ing sport? Play some ****ing golf. My god, hardest sport there is to play.
To those who are good at it, respect.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by BWillie

You are totally missing my point. Baseball and golf are probably HARDER to be good at than basketball or football, but they dont require great athleticism to be good at. Its really difficult to be a world reknowned chess player, just because its hard to do doesnt mean you have to be athletic to do it

Chess is not an athletic endeavor. Baseball most certainly is one.

[Great Expectations]

Bwillie was probably good at track, but has hands of stone.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Great Expectations

Bwillie was probably good at track, but has hands of stone.

Exactly right.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Completely serious, when you compare it to basketball, football, hockey, soccer it becomes pretty clear. David Wells was an elite pitcher lolol. Jack Cust was a major league baseball player. You do not HAVE to be athletic. Some guys can roll out of bed and throw hard. Some guys have amazing hand eye coordination but are fat slow blobs like Billy butler. I dont know why this is so surprising to you.

Billy Butler is a "fat slow blob" pretty much only in the world of professional sports. Not compared to most people. Hitting, throwing, even his fielding, are all athletic and he's better than 99% of the world.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by kc rush

Billy Ripkin crying about the ASG balloting on MLB Network. Says maybe you could make an argument for 3 Royals starters (Sal, Esky, Kendrys) or even none starting.

That douche should stop writing obscenities on his baseball cards.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

Billy Butler is a "fat slow blob" pretty much only in the world of professional sports. Not compared to most people. Hitting, throwing, even his fielding, are all athletic and he's better than 99% of the world.

Much of fielding is acquired skill, not all. Its a skill so to speak to be able to see the ball off the bat, or to be able to scoopnone out of the dirt. I hardly see how that has anything to do with being athletic or not. Like I said, being athletic is certainly helpful in baseball, that is obvious, but it is definitely not required.

And if you think Billy Butler is more athletic than 99% of all males I dont know what to tell you, except laugh. Hes probably more athletic than like half of all people and that is realllllly pushing it.