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Old 08-21-2013, 09:00 AM  
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How Getz, Butler & Yost cost us our first chance in decades
Okay, okay, it was a long shot to begin with but we were making a serious run at making that long shot.

Enter the 3 Amigos: Chris Getz, Billy Butler, Ned Yost...

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It was a Saturday night in Detroit. The Royals had just swept the 1st place Tigers in a double-header the previous day. It was set for the Royals to take at least 3 out 5 from the 1st place team and at worst gain a game on them

It was a very playoff like atmosphere. Detroit took the early lead but Kansas City kept battling back to tie the game. Then it comes down to the last 6 outs of the game with the Royals trailing.

In the top of the 8th the Royals had scratched runs to tie the game at 5. With runners on 2nd and 3rd with 0 outs, David Lough pops out to the infield. Okay, Lough has been an over-achieving 4th outfielder, it's disappointing but acceptable and somewhat expected.

That brings us Eric Hosmer in the same situation with 1 out. The Tigers wisely walk him to load the bases and get to Billy Butler. Yes, that is correct, in a tie game the Tigers loaded the bases intentionally with 1 out to face what is supposed to be the best hitter on the Royals' roster.

Royals fans are thinking "the go ahead run is sealed, Butler will come through with the Sac Fly at least, right?", or were they??? Billy Butler, the DH, the All-Star, the man whose job is to do nothing but hit the ball....lines out to the 3rd baseman making it 2 outs with bases loaded, putting the odd squarely in the favor of Detroit and making them look like geniuses for walking Hosmer. Gordon grounds out, Royals don't score the go ahead run.

Onto the top of the 9th. With 2 outs and the go ahead runner on 3rd and the odds already favoring the defense, Chris Getz, at his direction or otherwise, puts down a bunt. YES! YES! A ****ING BUNT WITH 2 OUTS! Needless to say the runner on 3rd never scored and the Royals head to the bottom of the 9th tied at 5 to face the best hitter in baseball.

Enter Ned Yost. In a 3-1 count, Aaron Crow is somehow not told to pitch around Cabrrera. Instead he grooves a 3-1 fastball only to watch the game end as the ball went over the outfield wall. Royals lose, 6-5.

Game over. Season Over.

While there were no guarantees we would have won that game using more common sense, we would have had a much better chance at doing so.


I know there is plenty of blame to go around but later in life as I look back on this season I will look back to those 2 innings and those series of plays as to what finally broke the back of the Royals miracle run at the playoffs.
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Old 08-21-2013, 12:08 PM   #76
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Butler's OPS? 46th in the league.
.. and number 1 on the Royals if youre counting people with more than 50 ABs. This is the real problem.
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Old 08-21-2013, 12:11 PM   #77
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.. and number 1 on the Royals if youre counting people with more than 50 ABs. This is the real problem.
I never said he was "the problem". That's just some of you reaching. I am saying at the moment he stood to be the one to put this team into a great position to really compete he didn't come through.

You guys act like Butler is some hard to find commodity when in reality he isn't. I don't disprove of him being on this team but I wouldn't care if he were traded either.
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Old 08-21-2013, 12:12 PM   #78
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Butler's OPS? 46th in the league.
Out of 255 everyday players.

That places him at the 82nd percentile. He outperforms 81.96 percent of all other major league starters.

Terrible. Who wants that guy?
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Old 08-21-2013, 12:13 PM   #79
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I never said he was "the problem". That's just some of you reaching. I am saying at the moment he stood to be the one to put this team into a great position to really compete he didn't come through.

You guys act like Butler is some hard to find commodity when in reality he isn't. I don't disprove of him being on this team but I wouldn't care if he were traded either.
Your and idiot if you really believe this.

Guys who can consistently OPS .830, like Butler, ARE hard to find.
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Out of 255 everyday players.

That places him at the 82nd percentile. He outperforms 81.96 percent of all other major league starters.

Terrible. Who wants that guy?
A lot of that has to do with walks which several of were intentional and I would speculate were also earlier in he season before everyone figured out he will swing at junk and is a DP machine.
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Your and idiot if you really believe this.

Guys who can consistently OPS .830, like Butler, ARE hard to find.
He is 155th in SLG. I will shave off some of that and say 140th(ish) since the stats include just about everyone
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Gotta love baseball. Squares up a linedrive and he sucks, but a blooper dropped would make him super clutch
Lol. He hit a soft flare that the 3b caught while playing in. Line drive my ass.


Gordon also deserves blame, he's been a huge letdown this year
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Your and idiot if you really believe this.

Guys who can consistently OPS .830, like Butler, ARE hard to find.
Stfu. He's a 1.5 war player making $8m. He's a value killer this season, quit trying to defend his loser season. Fatass didn't come even close to justifying his pay.
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A lot of that has to do with walks which several of were intentional and I would speculate were also earlier in he season before everyone figured out he will swing at junk and is a DP machine.
Your speculation is flat wrong.

Practically every one of Billy Butler's ratios has improved in the second half of the season (as crunch time has increased).

His K rate is down. His BB:K rate is up (His walk rate has actually decreased, so he has drastically cut his K rate). His average is up. His slugging is up.

He's seeing more pitches to hit and doing more with them.
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Don't worry peeps. We will get a 5-1 lead tonight then billy will crush a solo shot and we all will swoon at his greatness
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