Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (8/6)

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SEA (56-52)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	1
KC (42-66)	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	X	8	9	0

Mike Sweeney hits his 100th Home Run in Kauffman Stadium



Loss, (3-6) Jason Vargas 7IP 8R 7ER 3BB 0K 1HR
Chris Jakubauskas 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.



Win, (1-6) Bruce Chen 6.2IP 2R 2ER 1BB 4K 1HR
Jamey Wright 1.1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Doug Waechter 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Home Runs

SEA

Mike Sweeney, (4) - Top 4th solo homer to left

KC

Billy Butler, (13) - Bottom 1st 2-run homer to deep left

Starting Lineups

SEA

1. Ichiro Suzuki, RF
2. Russell Branyan, 1B
3. Jose Lopez, 2B
4. Mike Sweeney, DH
5. Adrian Beltre, 3B
6. Franklin Gutierrez, CF
7. Jack Wilson, SS
8. Rob Johnson, C
9. Michael Saunders, LF

KC

1. David DeJesus, LF
2. Willie Bloomquist, 2B
3. Billy Butler, DH
4. Brayan Pena, C
5. Alberto Callaspo, 3B
6. Mark Teahen, 1B
7. Mitch Maier, CF
8. Yuniesky Betancourt, SS
9. Josh Anderson, RF

[Sure-Oz]

Trey's soundbite just said that cruz is going on the dl (its a bs DL stint imo) said that 'we want to get him ready for the stretch run"

What, guaranteeing 100 losses?

[Sure-Oz]

So why is gordon on the bench tonight after a 3 hit and a HR game....great move trey, keep him in the lineup

[Sure-Oz]

Josh Andersons debut and Pena at cleanup yes!!!

[DeezNutz]

As if this season isn't bad enough, what's worse is that we're going into next year with essentially the same roster.

Oh, and Trey. And Dayton. And Glass.

Go Cards?

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

As if this season isn't bad enough, what's worse is that we're going into next year with essentially the same roster.

Oh, and Trey. And Dayton. And Glass.

Go Cards?

I bet the T-Bones could take the royals to the woodshed

[SPchief]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

As if this season isn't bad enough, what's worse is that we're going into next year with essentially the same roster.

Oh, and Trey. And Dayton. And Glass.

Go Cards?

Isn't it kinda early to predict that we're going into next year with the same roster?

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by SPchief

Isn't it kinda early to predict that we're going into next year with the same roster?

Nope.

Unless Dayton is spewing nothing but bullshit when he says that payroll is going to be the same as this year.

There aren't going to be major changes at around $70M. No one is taking Guillen's contract off our hands.

There will be a few changes, but they'll be minor ones at best.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Nope.

Unless Dayton is spewing nothing but bullshit when he says that payroll is going to be the same as this year.

There aren't going to be major changes at around $70M. No one is taking Guillen's contract off our hands.

There will be a few changes, but they'll be minor ones at best.

They were talking about this bs and mike macfarlane said the original plan for a gm would be about 5 years to see how good he is, and we are on our way to possibly 8 years

**** THAT

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

They were talking about this bs and mike macfarlane said the original plan for a gm would be about 5 years to see how good he is, and we are on our way to possibly 8 years

**** THAT

I don't need to see any more. He ****ing sucks. SUCKS.

For all our bitching about Hillman, Dayton is about 125% worse b/c what he does has far more influence on the team/organization.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

I don't need to see any more. He ****ing sucks. SUCKS.

For all our bitching about Hillman, Dayton is about 125% worse b/c what he does has far more influence on the team/organization.

Let's just hope our bright manager didn't blow out the arm of our $55 million dollar man. It's DM's fault Trey was hired with zero MLB experience

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Let's just hope our bright manager didn't blow out the arm of our $55 million dollar man. It's DM's fault Trey was hired with zero MLB experience

Yep.

And ultimately, it's DM who is responsible for ensuring that the players are being protected. If they're not, he needs to take the necessary steps, and if this means firing Hillman, so be it.

Seriously, DM is beyond ****ing incompetent.

[Sure-Oz]

DM won't admit he made mistakes it seems either....he really is pissing me off. In reality at best next year should be hillmans final year. I think he should be gone after the year anyway. DM probably should be fired if there aren't major changes by the end of next year.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

DM won't admit he made mistakes it seems either....he really is pissing me off. In reality at best next year should be hillmans final year. I think he should be gone after the year anyway. DM probably should be fired if there aren't major changes by the end of next year.

All of this assumes we have an owner who gives a ****. And, well, yeah...

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

All of this assumes we have an owner who gives a ****. And, well, yeah...

He did give a shit for a about a year or so now to give DM the moola and then he shit the bed with it....

Now DM has 'payroll' issues....****ing figures...i remember DM was going to be a badass and wouldnt come here if he was restricted. Truth is, he's nowhere close to being a genious and now he wont get a GM job after this one. You come to be a GM of the royals you better be smarter than the yankees and sox gm that has a dogshit load of money to work with.