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

[Sure-Oz]

Working 17 hours a day sucks, i really wish i started my dvr this morning to see this gem!

[Hootie]

MLB.TV has DVR so you can literally jump to all of his innings without having to watch the (usual) shitty at bats!

(they weren't so bad tonight...lots of good walks)

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Originally Posted by alnorth

Do you think Greinke can become the 13th Major League pitching Triple Crown winner?

absolutely.

[mikey23545]

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.

Wow. Classic fairweather fan.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by mikey23545

Wow. Classic fairweather fan.

Well, atleast it wasn't the "strike" excuse

Go Royals!

[Kyle DeLexus]

Amazing game, great atmosphere. Can't wait for Greinke's next start at the K.

[KC_Connection]

Who else drafted Greinke in fantasy baseball?

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by alnorth

This probably wont surprise anyone, but right now Zack Greinke has both the AL and Major League Triple crown. Lots of guys have won a triple crown in their league, but the Major League triple crown is pretty rare. (12 times in MLB history, before Johan Santana in 2006, you have to go back to Dwight Gooden in 1985)

Do you think Greinke can become the 13th Major League pitching Triple Crown winner?

WINS

1. Zack Greinke , Royals 6
T2. Chad Billingsley , Dodgers 5
T2. Roy Halladay , Blue Jays 5
4. 8 more tied with 4

If he keeps pitching like this, he'll have a great chance at winning the strikeouts and ERA. The wins are always the most difficult to predict, however, because run support is often a random thing. And it especially hurts that he pitches for a team with a weak offense in the Royals. Halladay should end up with 20 wins barring injury, so that will be the most difficult category for Zack to reach, IMO.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

For the sake of argument, can you imagine Greinke's line if we were an NL team? At the very least, his strikeout numbers would be even higher because he'd be facing an 8-man lineup.

The NL is such an inferior league (sorry Cardinals fans, but it's the truth).

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

The NL is such an inferior league (sorry Cardinals fans, but it's the truth).

I wouldn't say it is inferior, it is just different.

If anything, the DH spot dumbs down the game...

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by Hootie

I wouldn't say it is inferior, it is just different.

If anything, the DH spot dumbs down the game...

The DH was created for 2 reasons:

1) To prolong the career of the "twilight" players who could still hit but were too slow, fat, or lazy to play defense....

2) To help the Union, players Reps and the players add money to their pockets.

mmaddog
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[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Hootie

I wouldn't say it is inferior, it is just different.

If anything, the DH spot dumbs down the game...

Oh, it's inferior. The NL West, in particular, is a huge joke. What is takes to be competitive in that division (and that entire league) is much less than what it takes in the AL.

Of course, I'm a bit jaded considering I'm a Jays fan...but the point still stands.

[Denver Dave]

Originally Posted by mmaddog

The DH was created for 2 reasons:

1) To prolong the career of the "twilight" players who could still hit but were too slow, fat, or lazy to play defense....

2) To help the Union, players Reps and the players add money to their pockets.

mmaddog
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I want to add one more reason. The American League owners voted in favor of DH to spike fan interest, boost offense and sell tickets.

In the early 70s, the National League was coming off a decade where they had Mays, Aaron, Clemente, Koufax, Gibson, Rose, Morgan, Stargell, McCovey, Marichal, Bench. They had the marquee players in the game.

On the other hand, the Yankees dynasty faded with Mantle retiring and the Orioles and Athletics weren't enough to get people jazzed about the Junior Circuit.

[chiefqueen]

Originally Posted by Kyle DeLexus

Amazing game, great atmosphere. Can't wait for Greinke's next start at the K.

His next start at the K will either be 5/14 or 5/15 depending on what Trey does with the off day 5/11 (does he flip-flop Zach & Gil).

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

Greinke:
G - 6
W - 6
CG - 3
SO - 2
IP - 45
ERA - 0.40
Ks - 54
BB - 8
H - 24
WHIP - 0.71
K/9 - 10.8
K/BB - 6.75

Gat Damn. That K/9 is ****ing impressive.