2009 MLB Regular Season Thread - Page 24

sterlingice · 05-08-2009, 10:08 PM

MLBN loves to abuse their rights to drop us into Vin Scully Dodger games. Not that I'm complaining at all

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USFLTecmo · 05-08-2009, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Amazing catch by Granderson. They just showed it on MLBN

Ryan Braun with a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 8th to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 lead for the Brewers vs the Cubs.

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Braun's contract may be the best investment the Brewers have made in a very long time.

I also like what I see from Hoffman so far.

JS19 · 05-08-2009, 10:29 PM

what's Braun's contract looking like? I know the Cardinals got a steal with Pujols, I think his was something like 7 yrs/100M. The Mets have David Wright at 6 yrs/55M, and I still don't understand Longoria's at 9 yrs/44M.

DeToxRox · 05-08-2009, 11:38 PM

So can people finally admit Curtis Granderson is better then Grady Sizemore? That's all I ask.

USFLTecmo · 05-08-2009, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by JS19

what's Braun's contract looking like? I know the Cardinals got a steal with Pujols, I think his was something like 7 yrs/100M. The Mets have David Wright at 6 yrs/55M, and I still don't understand Longoria's at 9 yrs/44M.

Braun's at 8 years, $45 million, and this is year 2. It buys out three years of his potential free agency and all of his early arbitration years.

Crapshoot · 05-09-2009, 01:52 AM

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So can people finally admit Curtis Granderson is better then Grady Sizemore? That's all I ask.

Based of one amazing catch? NO. Granderson is a great player, but he can't hit lefties - in his career, he has hit .226/.287/.394 against them.

Overall, Granderson has a .279/.348/.495 slash; Sizemore is at .277/.368/.489. Those 20 extra points of OBP are fairly meaningful.

None of this takes away from the fact that he's a very very good player; Sizemore's just a little better.

Chief Rum · 05-09-2009, 04:54 AM

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Anyhoo... back to baseball! Royals start on a 5 game west coast road trip with 3 in Anaheim followed by 2 in Oakland. Meche, Greinke, and Davies for the Angels series.

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Good start for the Angels tonight. Palmer keeps pitching well. Go figure.

Regardless, ever since I saw this schedule, tomorrow's the game I have been waiting for. Greinke versus Saunders. Should be a good one.

samifan24 · 05-09-2009, 08:40 AM

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So can people finally admit Curtis Granderson is better then Grady Sizemore? That's all I ask.

No way. I doubt you'll find many people that agree with you on this, either.

sterlingice · 05-09-2009, 12:36 PM

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Good start for the Angels tonight. Palmer keeps pitching well. Go figure.

Regardless, ever since I saw this schedule, tomorrow's the game I have been waiting for. Greinke versus Saunders. Should be a good one.

Yeah, it's amazing how good we can make mediocre pitchers look a lot of the time. We had a good run over the last week or two with the offense but this looked a lot more like the first month of the season.

I don't know how on God's green earth that was a HR and not an error. Meche deserved much better, at least to his stats. The Angels had something like a .500 BABIP and just dinked and dunked the Royals to death with seeing eye ground balls. And then got a 2-run inside the park home run on Jose Guillen not being able to catch a fly.

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sterlingice · 05-09-2009, 12:47 PM

Ah, the Onion

Royals Unable To Find Themselves In Standings | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

"KANSAS CITY, MO—Players and executives with the 16-11 Royals filed a grievance with MLB officials Tuesday after they could not find themselves anywhere in the league's official standings. "We looked in all the usual places: third place, fourth place, even fifth place, and we didn't see our name anywhere," said Royals GM Dayton Moore, who added that he even peeked at the AL West standings to see if perhaps the team had been moved to a different division. "I could have sworn we'd been playing really well this year. Why would Commissioner Selig try to hide us? Did we do something wrong? Let me see that paper again." Moore explained that he and everyone in the front office were "very curious" to see Kansas City's other baseball team, which is currently in first place."

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Crapshoot · 05-09-2009, 01:24 PM

I LOL'ed at that.

Chief Rum · 05-09-2009, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Yeah, it's amazing how good we can make mediocre pitchers look a lot of the time. We had a good run over the last week or two with the offense but this looked a lot more like the first month of the season.

I don't know how on God's green earth that was a HR and not an error. Meche deserved much better, at least to his stats. The Angels had something like a .500 BABIP and just dinked and dunked the Royals to death with seeing eye ground balls. And then got a 2-run inside the park home run on Jose Guillen not being able to catch a fly.

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If it makes you feel any better, that mediocre pitcher also outdueled Sabathia at Yankee Stadium last week.

ISiddiqui · 05-09-2009, 02:28 PM

Mets up 8-1 against the Pirates as they go for their 6th straight win. Good week for the Mets, sweeping the Braves and Phills in two 2 game series.

Atocep · 05-09-2009, 02:39 PM

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Mets up 8-1 against the Pirates as they go for their 6th straight win. Good week for the Mets, sweeping the Braves and Phills in two 2 game series.

I don't think the mets got a bloop hit the entire month of april, but they're making up for it today.

Mizzou B-ball fan · 05-09-2009, 07:37 PM

Already got the DVR set up for the Greinke start in 30 minutes just in case Mrs. Mizzou is looking for some one on one time tonight. Hopefully some of the people that haven't been able to watch him yet can get a glimpse of him tonight. It's incredible to watch.

sterlingice · 05-09-2009, 08:39 PM

Looking at Gameday, the strike zone today is really small. A lot of the stuff that's in the strike zone is being called a ball.

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Lathum · 05-09-2009, 10:00 PM

Chone Figgins with an amazing play to keep the 1-0 lead for Saunders

Chief Rum · 05-10-2009, 01:41 AM

Well, I was working so I didn't see it, but I guess that game was one for the baseball purists.

Saunders outduels Greinke in a 1-0 game, and both pitchers go the distance. How great is that? Is it 1975?

sterlingice · 05-10-2009, 09:37 AM

I was listening to it on MLB Audio and watching on Gameday. Frustrating to "watch" from our perspective but a good game. We just have too many holes in the lineup right now.

Tough break for Greinke. He gives up one run on a sac fly. His ERA rises all the way from 0.40 to 0.51 with the 8 inning "complete game", his 4th of the season. And still gets the loss because we can't push across a thing.

Secretly, I hope this purges our bandwagon a little now. A couple of blogs and boards I follow have just been inundated with foul mouthed little morons over the past couple of weeks. These are the type of people who type giant "@#$^%^#$%^#$%^#$%^#$" posts when someone strikes out in the 3rd inning. Or my favorite are the ones who think every player on the team sucks because they don't know baseball enough to know that it's a game of failure, which is why the successes are that much more great. One thing you could definitely say about Royals fans during the last 10 years was that they certainly were knowledgeable because anyone with any other reason than a love of baseball had long since gotten off that bus.

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Lathum · 05-10-2009, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Well, I was working so I didn't see it, but I guess that game was one for the baseball purists.

Saunders outduels Greinke in a 1-0 game, and both pitchers go the distance. How great is that? Is it 1975?

It was a fantastic game.

Mizzou B-ball fan · 05-10-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Well, I was working so I didn't see it, but I guess that game was one for the baseball purists.

Saunders outduels Greinke in a 1-0 game, and both pitchers go the distance. How great is that? Is it 1975?

Loved it, except for the part about the Royals being on the wrong end of that score.

Hilarious to say this, but Greinke wasn't nearly as pinpoint last night as he has been. The breaking balls were up and weren't going for strikes. With that said, it's hard to complain about that performance.

I think anyone who complains about the Royals lineup after last night is just as ridiculous. They had chances last night and just couldn't convert. Tip your hat to the pitcher and move on to tomorrow.

JS19 · 05-10-2009, 02:19 PM

I really can't stand "the wave". Watching the Mets/Pirates game, it's a 3-2 game, man on 1st with 1 out in the 7th, and the fans are doing the wave.

ISiddiqui · 05-10-2009, 04:05 PM

Woot! 7 in a row for the Mets and now in 1st place!

sterlingice · 05-10-2009, 05:06 PM

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I really can't stand "the wave". Watching the Mets/Pirates game, it's a 3-2 game, man on 1st with 1 out in the 7th, and the fans are doing the wave.

I've always hated the wave as a baseball cheer. It's a football cheer for round stadiums with no opening in the outfield. It just looks dumb in baseball

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sterlingice · 05-10-2009, 05:47 PM

Oof. Rough series for the Royals. A pair of one run losses after the "inside the park home run" loss Friday night. Time to get the hell out of Anaheim

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Ksyrup · 05-11-2009, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by samifan24

No way. I doubt you'll find many people that agree with you on this, either.

Neither Granderson or Sizemore is as good as we wanted to believe they were (or could be) a few years ago. Sizemore has been AWFUL this year, and his numbers are starting to flatline/decline as he reaches what is supposed to be his peak performance years. Granderson's probably not what he looked like in 2007, but Sizemore may not ever live up to what he showed in 2006, either. What's most troubling is that both of their averages have declined for several straight years. It'll be interesting to see what Sixemore does the rest of this year, because he's been a huge disappointment so far.

Mizzou B-ball fan · 05-11-2009, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Oof. Rough series for the Royals. A pair of one run losses after the "inside the park home run" loss Friday night. Time to get the hell out of Anaheim

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Perhaps you didn't see, but it got a bit worse. Soria went on the 15-day DL yesterday. The good news is that it's retroactive, meaning he can come off as soon as a week from now. Cruz should fill in fine in the meanwhile. More good news is that this move finally gave the opportunity to bring up Hochaver. Hochaver will start tonight and Ponson is headed for the bullpen. Hopefully Hochaver will keep pitching well and make sure that Ponson stays in the bullpen.

Amazing to see a pitcher who can hit a spot with a 95 MPH pitch turn around and fail to complete a simple throw to second base to start a double play that would have won the game for the Royals yesterday. Both the second baseman and shortstop were there and he didn't hit either one of them.

samifan24 · 05-11-2009, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Neither Granderson or Sizemore is as good as we wanted to believe they were (or could be) a few years ago. Sizemore has been AWFUL this year, and his numbers are starting to flatline/decline as he reaches what is supposed to be his peak performance years. Granderson's probably not what he looked like in 2007, but Sizemore may not ever live up to what he showed in 2006, either. What's most troubling is that both of their averages have declined for several straight years. It'll be interesting to see what Sixemore does the rest of this year, because he's been a huge disappointment so far.

Sizemore has been a disappointment, yes, but I'm not ready to say his career is in a steady decline. He does everything well except manage his strikeout numbers. He's a perennial All-Star at a premium position and every team in the league would take him, warts and all.

Butter · 05-11-2009, 08:29 AM

Hate to break up this Royals lovefest, but the Reds finally started hitting, and were one run away from sweeping the division leading Cards over the weekend. I think the NL Central is going to be the division to watch all year... 4 good teams, but nobody great (unless the Cubs can put it together at some point).

sterlingice · 05-11-2009, 08:36 AM

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Perhaps you didn't see, but it got a bit worse. Soria went on the 15-day DL yesterday. The good news is that it's retroactive, meaning he can come off as soon as a week from now. Cruz should fill in fine in the meanwhile. More good news is that this move finally gave the opportunity to bring up Hochaver. Hochaver will start tonight and Ponson is headed for the bullpen. Hopefully Hochaver will keep pitching well and make sure that Ponson stays in the bullpen.

Amazing to see a pitcher who can hit a spot with a 95 MPH pitch turn around and fail to complete a simple throw to second base to start a double play that would have won the game for the Royals yesterday. Both the second baseman and shortstop were there and he didn't hit either one of them.

Yeah, I saw. And rotator cuff problems can be squirrely so that's a real cause for concern.

As for Hochevar, in the big picture, if he has 2 more weeks to go on his arby clock, I’d rather have him down. During that 2 week stretch, Banny and Ponson can try to “out-duel” each other about who gets set down when his alarm goes off as they have been. Dating back 3 starts each, to when both looked in danger of losing their jobs, they have easily pitched well enough to win 4, if not 5, of the 6 starts. He’s not some magic cure all panacea. He’s going to be, at best, our number 3- not some magic Greinke-esque pitcher.

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Mizzou B-ball fan · 05-11-2009, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

Hate to break up this Royals lovefest, but the Reds finally started hitting, and were one run away from sweeping the division leading Cards over the weekend. I think the NL Central is going to be the division to watch all year... 4 good teams, but nobody great (unless the Cubs can put it together at some point).

For the record, a Royals fan will never complain about a fan who brags about a three game sweep of the Cardinals. In fact, it's mandatory that all fans do so to allow Royals fans to enjoy it as well.

Congrats!

lordscarlet · 05-11-2009, 09:17 AM

After a 5-17 April, the Nationals are 5-3.

Their rankings right now: OBP #5, SLG #8, AVG #7, OPS #7

Zimmerman, now on a 28 game hitting streak is 5th in the NL in AVG. Dunn is 3rd in MLB in HR.

The ERAs for the SP have come down a bit, but the bullpen is still struggling. Daniel Cabrera needs to be gone. Bring up Ballister, Bergmann or one of the other young guys. He is 0-3 with 22 BB and 10 Ks.

Ksyrup · 05-11-2009, 09:22 AM

Daniel Cabrera is a poor man's Oliver Perez. No business being in the majors, yet teams can't help but think that with his stuff, he's one more pitching coach away from turning the corner.

Jas_lov · 05-11-2009, 06:25 PM

Did the Red Sox provide Steroids training?

"I'm in spring training, and I got an 8:30-9:00 meeting in the morning. I walk into that office, and this happened while I was with the Boston Red Sox before this last regime, I'm sitting in the meeting. There's a doctor up there and he's talking about steroids, and everyone was like 'here we go, we're gonna sit here and get the whole thing -- they're bad for you.' No. He spins it and says 'you know what, if you take steroids and sit on the couch all winter long, you can actually get stronger than someone who works out clean, if you're going to take steroids, one cycle won't hurt you, abusing steroids it will.' He sat there for one hour and told us how to properly use steroids while I'm with the Boston Red Sox, sitting there with the rest of the organization, and after this I said 'what the heck was that?' And everybody on the team was like 'what was that?' And the response we got was 'well, we know guys are taking it, so we want to make sure they're taking it the right way'... Where did that come from? That didn't come from the Players Association." -Lou Merloni

NBC Sports - Did the Red Sox provide steroids training?

First Manny and now this. First of all, I thought Red Sox didn't use steroids. And I wonder if Bud will look into this after he looks into those lies made up by Selena Roberts.

JS19 · 05-11-2009, 06:33 PM

Nice pitching matchup with Santana and Lowe. Game is on ESPN. No Delgado or Chipper in the lineups, takes away from it a bit, but should still be a good one. Starting the 2nd inning but it appears to be an extremely tight strike zone.

Atocep · 05-11-2009, 07:15 PM

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Did the Red Sox provide Steroids training?

"I'm in spring training, and I got an 8:30-9:00 meeting in the morning. I walk into that office, and this happened while I was with the Boston Red Sox before this last regime, I'm sitting in the meeting. There's a doctor up there and he's talking about steroids, and everyone was like 'here we go, we're gonna sit here and get the whole thing -- they're bad for you.' No. He spins it and says 'you know what, if you take steroids and sit on the couch all winter long, you can actually get stronger than someone who works out clean, if you're going to take steroids, one cycle won't hurt you, abusing steroids it will.' He sat there for one hour and told us how to properly use steroids while I'm with the Boston Red Sox, sitting there with the rest of the organization, and after this I said 'what the heck was that?' And everybody on the team was like 'what was that?' And the response we got was 'well, we know guys are taking it, so we want to make sure they're taking it the right way'... Where did that come from? That didn't come from the Players Association." -Lou Merloni

NBC Sports - Did the Red Sox provide steroids training?

First Manny and now this. First of all, I thought Red Sox didn't use steroids. And I wonder if Bud will look into this after he looks into those lies made up by Selena Roberts.

First, Merloni started backtracking from those statements as soon as he made them. Second, is this really news? Players used steroids in the 90s and the early part of this decade. If they're going to use and you have no way of preventing it, why not make sure they're educated?

sterlingice · 05-11-2009, 07:36 PM

Does Citi Field have a funky, deep right field?

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sterlingice · 05-11-2009, 07:43 PM

Anyone just see Hershiser just make the heads explode of Steve Phillips and, I think it was, Dan Schulman?

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Big Fo · 05-11-2009, 08:12 PM

Nice hit from Diaz to take advantage of the Reyes error and make it 3-1.

ooh now 5-1. Love hearing the boos in New York.

JS19 · 05-11-2009, 08:18 PM

2 unearned runs from Santana, and he's due to get the loss. He's managed a 4-1 record, looks to be 4-2 by nights end, with horrible run support. It's a shame, I think the Mets have scored 13 runs in his 7 starts.

Lathum · 05-11-2009, 08:20 PM

fuckin Reyes

Big Fo · 05-11-2009, 09:11 PM

C'mon Carlyle, get a third out. Steve Phillips is killing me.

Crapshoot · 05-12-2009, 12:06 AM

The Giants scored 11 runs tonight. That's more than we scored in a 7 game stretch earlier this year.

DaddyTorgo · 05-12-2009, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Jas_lov

Did the Red Sox provide Steroids training?

"I'm in spring training, and I got an 8:30-9:00 meeting in the morning. I walk into that office, and this happened while I was with the Boston Red Sox before this last regime, I'm sitting in the meeting. There's a doctor up there and he's talking about steroids, and everyone was like 'here we go, we're gonna sit here and get the whole thing -- they're bad for you.' No. He spins it and says 'you know what, if you take steroids and sit on the couch all winter long, you can actually get stronger than someone who works out clean, if you're going to take steroids, one cycle won't hurt you, abusing steroids it will.' He sat there for one hour and told us how to properly use steroids while I'm with the Boston Red Sox, sitting there with the rest of the organization, and after this I said 'what the heck was that?' And everybody on the team was like 'what was that?' And the response we got was 'well, we know guys are taking it, so we want to make sure they're taking it the right way'... Where did that come from? That didn't come from the Players Association." -Lou Merloni

NBC Sports - Did the Red Sox provide steroids training?

First Manny and now this. First of all, I thought Red Sox didn't use steroids. And I wonder if Bud will look into this after he looks into those lies made up by Selena Roberts.

you're funny

lordscarlet · 05-12-2009, 06:46 AM

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The Giants scored 11 runs tonight. That's more than we scored in a 7 game stretch earlier this year.

Ugh.

There goes the Nationals' winning stretch. Zimmerman continues to shine, though. Last night he was 4 for 5 with 2 HR and is hitting .363. His streak is at 29 games and, without looking at stats, I believe he has brought down his tendency to overthrow 3B.

The team is continuing to score, but, as happens too often, 7 runs is not enough to pull out a victory.

Logan · 05-12-2009, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Does Citi Field have a funky, deep right field?

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Yes. It actually has a deep everything, especially with the wall being about 16 feet high almost the full way around. But right field has an additional piece cut out that makes the wall slanted which can add some tough bounces. Also, the stands hang over the field in that area by a few feet. You can get a decent sense of it in this pic, although the shadow makes it tougher:

http://www.loge13.com/img/Citi_right...eck_040509.png

Ksyrup · 05-12-2009, 07:57 AM

Did I read the boxscore right that the Braves had 16 hits, and the only extra base hit out of those was 1 double by McCann? That's got to be hard to do.

sterlingice · 05-12-2009, 09:55 PM

I love backup QB syndrome. Hochevar was not a magical savior- he's given up 4 and isn't even out of the 2nd. He'll have better days but he's not some magical cure all.

Royals offense is going to have to show up tonight. 5 LOB thru 2 innings so they're getting on but can't knock anyone in.

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ISiddiqui · 05-12-2009, 10:08 PM

Very nice to see the Mets climb back (even though it was the Braves' bullpen) and win on a walk off walk.

Crapshoot · 05-12-2009, 10:39 PM

Nats fans - both Zimmerman's look good, but Jordan needs something other than the fastball - when the Giants are teeing off on you, you need to work on your pitches. That being said, his stuff does look filthy.

05-08-2009, 10:08 PM	#1151
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	MLBN loves to abuse their rights to drop us into Vin Scully Dodger games. Not that I'm complaining at all SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

05-09-2009, 12:47 PM	#1160
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Ah, the Onion Royals Unable To Find Themselves In Standings \| The Onion - America's Finest News Source "KANSAS CITY, MO—Players and executives with the 16-11 Royals filed a grievance with MLB officials Tuesday after they could not find themselves anywhere in the league's official standings. "We looked in all the usual places: third place, fourth place, even fifth place, and we didn't see our name anywhere," said Royals GM Dayton Moore, who added that he even peeked at the AL West standings to see if perhaps the team had been moved to a different division. "I could have sworn we'd been playing really well this year. Why would Commissioner Selig try to hide us? Did we do something wrong? Let me see that paper again." Moore explained that he and everyone in the front office were "very curious" to see Kansas City's other baseball team, which is currently in first place." SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

05-09-2009, 02:28 PM	#1163
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Mets up 8-1 against the Pirates as they go for their 6th straight win. Good week for the Mets, sweeping the Braves and Phills in two 2 game series. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

05-09-2009, 08:39 PM	#1166
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Looking at Gameday, the strike zone today is really small. A lot of the stuff that's in the strike zone is being called a ball. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

05-10-2009, 01:41 AM	#1168
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	Well, I was working so I didn't see it, but I guess that game was one for the baseball purists. Saunders outduels Greinke in a 1-0 game, and both pitchers go the distance. How great is that? Is it 1975? __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

05-08-2009, 10:29 PM	#1153
JS19 College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NY	what's Braun's contract looking like? I know the Cardinals got a steal with Pujols, I think his was something like 7 yrs/100M. The Mets have David Wright at 6 yrs/55M, and I still don't understand Longoria's at 9 yrs/44M.

05-08-2009, 11:38 PM	#1154
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	So can people finally admit Curtis Granderson is better then Grady Sizemore? That's all I ask.

05-09-2009, 01:24 PM	#1161
Crapshoot Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003	I LOL'ed at that.

05-09-2009, 07:37 PM	#1165
Mizzou B-ball fan General Manager Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO	Already got the DVR set up for the Greinke start in 30 minutes just in case Mrs. Mizzou is looking for some one on one time tonight. Hopefully some of the people that haven't been able to watch him yet can get a glimpse of him tonight. It's incredible to watch.

05-09-2009, 10:00 PM	#1167
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Chone Figgins with an amazing play to keep the 1-0 lead for Saunders

05-10-2009, 09:37 AM	#1169
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I was listening to it on MLB Audio and watching on Gameday. Frustrating to "watch" from our perspective but a good game. We just have too many holes in the lineup right now. Tough break for Greinke. He gives up one run on a sac fly. His ERA rises all the way from 0.40 to 0.51 with the 8 inning "complete game", his 4th of the season. And still gets the loss because we can't push across a thing. Secretly, I hope this purges our bandwagon a little now. A couple of blogs and boards I follow have just been inundated with foul mouthed little morons over the past couple of weeks. These are the type of people who type giant "@#$^%^#$%^#$%^#$%^#$" posts when someone strikes out in the 3rd inning. Or my favorite are the ones who think every player on the team sucks because they don't know baseball enough to know that it's a game of failure, which is why the successes are that much more great. One thing you could definitely say about Royals fans during the last 10 years was that they certainly were knowledgeable because anyone with any other reason than a love of baseball had long since gotten off that bus. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

05-10-2009, 02:19 PM	#1172
JS19 College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NY	I really can't stand "the wave". Watching the Mets/Pirates game, it's a 3-2 game, man on 1st with 1 out in the 7th, and the fans are doing the wave.

05-10-2009, 04:05 PM	#1173
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Woot! 7 in a row for the Mets and now in 1st place! __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

05-10-2009, 05:47 PM	#1175
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Oof. Rough series for the Royals. A pair of one run losses after the "inside the park home run" loss Friday night. Time to get the hell out of Anaheim SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

05-11-2009, 08:29 AM	#1179
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Hate to break up this Royals lovefest, but the Reds finally started hitting, and were one run away from sweeping the division leading Cards over the weekend. I think the NL Central is going to be the division to watch all year... 4 good teams, but nobody great (unless the Cubs can put it together at some point). __________________ My listening habits

05-11-2009, 09:17 AM	#1182
lordscarlet Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington, DC	After a 5-17 April, the Nationals are 5-3. Their rankings right now: OBP #5, SLG #8, AVG #7, OPS #7 Zimmerman, now on a 28 game hitting streak is 5th in the NL in AVG. Dunn is 3rd in MLB in HR. The ERAs for the SP have come down a bit, but the bullpen is still struggling. Daniel Cabrera needs to be gone. Bring up Ballister, Bergmann or one of the other young guys. He is 0-3 with 22 BB and 10 Ks. __________________ Sixteen Colors ANSI/ASCII Art Archive "...the better half of the Moores..." -cthomer5000

05-11-2009, 09:22 AM	#1183
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Daniel Cabrera is a poor man's Oliver Perez. No business being in the majors, yet teams can't help but think that with his stuff, he's one more pitching coach away from turning the corner. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

05-11-2009, 06:25 PM	#1184
Jas_lov College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Did the Red Sox provide Steroids training? "I'm in spring training, and I got an 8:30-9:00 meeting in the morning. I walk into that office, and this happened while I was with the Boston Red Sox before this last regime, I'm sitting in the meeting. There's a doctor up there and he's talking about steroids, and everyone was like 'here we go, we're gonna sit here and get the whole thing -- they're bad for you.' No. He spins it and says 'you know what, if you take steroids and sit on the couch all winter long, you can actually get stronger than someone who works out clean, if you're going to take steroids, one cycle won't hurt you, abusing steroids it will.' He sat there for one hour and told us how to properly use steroids while I'm with the Boston Red Sox, sitting there with the rest of the organization, and after this I said 'what the heck was that?' And everybody on the team was like 'what was that?' And the response we got was 'well, we know guys are taking it, so we want to make sure they're taking it the right way'... Where did that come from? That didn't come from the Players Association." -Lou Merloni NBC Sports - Did the Red Sox provide steroids training? First Manny and now this. First of all, I thought Red Sox didn't use steroids. And I wonder if Bud will look into this after he looks into those lies made up by Selena Roberts.

05-11-2009, 06:33 PM	#1185
JS19 College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NY	Nice pitching matchup with Santana and Lowe. Game is on ESPN. No Delgado or Chipper in the lineups, takes away from it a bit, but should still be a good one. Starting the 2nd inning but it appears to be an extremely tight strike zone.

05-11-2009, 07:36 PM	#1187
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Does Citi Field have a funky, deep right field? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

05-11-2009, 07:43 PM	#1188
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Anyone just see Hershiser just make the heads explode of Steve Phillips and, I think it was, Dan Schulman? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

05-11-2009, 08:12 PM	#1189
Big Fo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2005	Nice hit from Diaz to take advantage of the Reyes error and make it 3-1. ooh now 5-1. Love hearing the boos in New York.

05-11-2009, 08:18 PM	#1190
JS19 College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NY	2 unearned runs from Santana, and he's due to get the loss. He's managed a 4-1 record, looks to be 4-2 by nights end, with horrible run support. It's a shame, I think the Mets have scored 13 runs in his 7 starts.

05-11-2009, 08:20 PM	#1191
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	fuckin Reyes

05-11-2009, 09:11 PM	#1192
Big Fo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2005	C'mon Carlyle, get a third out. Steve Phillips is killing me.

05-12-2009, 12:06 AM	#1193
Crapshoot Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003	The Giants scored 11 runs tonight. That's more than we scored in a 7 game stretch earlier this year.

05-12-2009, 07:57 AM	#1197
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Did I read the boxscore right that the Braves had 16 hits, and the only extra base hit out of those was 1 double by McCann? That's got to be hard to do. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

05-12-2009, 09:55 PM	#1198
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I love backup QB syndrome. Hochevar was not a magical savior- he's given up 4 and isn't even out of the 2nd. He'll have better days but he's not some magical cure all. Royals offense is going to have to show up tonight. 5 LOB thru 2 innings so they're getting on but can't knock anyone in. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

05-12-2009, 10:08 PM	#1199
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Very nice to see the Mets climb back (even though it was the Braves' bullpen) and win on a walk off walk. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

05-12-2009, 10:39 PM	#1200
Crapshoot Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003	Nats fans - both Zimmerman's look good, but Jordan needs something other than the fastball - when the Giants are teeing off on you, you need to work on your pitches. That being said, his stuff does look filthy.

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