KowboyKoop 0 Posted June 25, 2006 Author Share Posted June 25, 2006 06/25/06--Milwaukee 0, Kansas City 6Winning Pitcher: Redman (5-4, 5.35)Losing Pitcher: Helling (0-2, 8.64)Box Score: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...milmlb_kcamlb_1Game Recap: Great win for the Royals today..to win our third straight series, all against NL Central teams. Got 7 shutout innings from Redman today as he won his 5th straight game and the offense was very balanced and very effective, as only Teahen and DEAD TO ME (SS) were hitless. 13 hits and 7 walks for the other seven guys, including Mientkiewicz going 3 for 3 with a walk, a sacrifice fly, 3 RBIs overall and a double. Peralta and especially Gobble were great from the pen and overall the Royals have really started to play better in winning 8 of their last 11, so that's nice to see.Question. The Royals are now 7-5 against the National League this year...what would our record be if we were in the National League. Based on recent events, I'd have to think it'd be noticably better....perhaps we'd be 30-46 or 32-44 or something like that....maybe even better. We play Cincy and St. Louis on the road the next two series though, so that Interleague record could drop to .500 or below, but hopefully we can steal a series on the road again. Link to post Share on other sites
MDXS 0 Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Question. The Royals are now 7-5 against the National League this year...what would our record be if we were in the National League. Based on recent events, I'd have to think it'd be noticably better....perhaps we'd be 30-46 or 32-44 or something like that....maybe even better.Good question. There's a discussion of the difference between the leagues over at SoSH and it's been suggested that moving an AL team over the the NL would add ten wins to the team over the course of a season. So a 52-110 Royals team would only lose 100 in the National League. I would guess that improvements wouldn't be uniform for all teams and that a team like the Royals would actually benefit more than those 10 games, but I can't really back that up with anything. It's a good dicussion and the Royals get some love on the second page....not much, but some. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted June 25, 2006 Author Share Posted June 25, 2006 Good question. There's a discussion of the difference between the leagues over at SoSH and it's been suggested that moving an AL team over the the NL would add ten wins to the team over the course of a season. So a 52-110 Royals team would only lose 100 in the National League. I would guess that improvements wouldn't be uniform for all teams and that a team like the Royals would actually benefit more than those 10 games, but I can't really back that up with anything. It's a good dicussion and the Royals get some love on the second page....not much, but some.I'd say 10 wins a year would be a pretty good number to start at, but the AL Central is arguably the toughest division (pretty close with the AL East anyways as of now) and the NL Central may be the weakest right now in the NL...I mean...the Cards are good..but the Reds as the second best team in that division?? Ehh...I don't know..I might be inclined to think that if the Royals were in the NL Central instead of the AL Central there might be an even bigger difference...but really it's too tough to say. We'll see what our record ends up being this year, because if we keep playing like we are right now the rest of the way (which is a longshot, but still, there's hope) then we may even be able to avoid 100 losses. That's unlikely, but it'd be nice to just improve as the year goes on..b/c when Gordon and Butler and others get here....the offense is gonna be enormously better...along with getting a lot healthier with DeJesus and MacDougal and Grienke and adding more time for Gathright and German..and no more Berroa hopefully....future is definitely brighter in KC than most people think....hopefully it's starting to produce some results soon. Link to post Share on other sites
krup24 0 Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Royals pwn the Pirates Link to post Share on other sites
wsox8 10 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 GO AL CENTRAL! Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 Ho hum..Ho hum..another win for the Royals over the NL Centrall..yet with a twist..it was on the road. Funny all those Royal bashers seem to absent the past couple weeks. The Royals are really playing some 'ball....despite their retarded manager.06/27/06 -- Cincinnati 7, Kansas City 8Winning Pitcher: Affeldt (3-5, 6.99)Losing Pitcher: Coffey (3-2, 2.61)Box Score: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...kcamlb_cinmlb_1Game Recap: Royals down 5-1 after three innings....we had them right where we want them. Royals came back to take a 7-5 lead with a great offensive effort (most notably by DEAD TO ME (LF)) and then after the Reds tied it..Matt Stairs hit a huge two out pinch hit two run home run to take the lead..and Burgos got the save. Royals really been playing some good baseball lately....our record for June is 12-12 (pretty good for a team with a sub .250 winning percentage not too long ago) and our last ten games we are 8-2....all against the NL Central..so hopefully we can carry this on to the AL and keep improving our record. At least we've gotten to the .333 winning percentage now..hopefully we'll keep playing well. Link to post Share on other sites
TMoneyBags 0 Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 you wanna check that score again? Sure it wasn't 9-8. Still, nice win. AL Central continued our dominance yesterday going 5 for 5, just like my boy Joe Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 you wanna check that score again? Sure it wasn't 9-8. Still, nice win. AL Central continued our dominance yesterday going 5 for 5, just like my boy JoeDetails...I'm not gonna change it...mistakes in artwork increase their value.AL Central is smacking the sh*t out of the NL this year.....I just wonder how my Royals will fare once we get back to the AL.... Link to post Share on other sites
dEv~ 19 Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 At least we've gotten to the .333 winning percentage now..hopefully we'll keep playing well.nice, my pirates were doing ok there for awhile, but losing 12 straight (tying a franchise record) puts them at the .333 mark also (26-52). At least it's not so lonely at the bottom. Sweeping us musta got your guys on a role and the bleeding isn't gonna stop for mine with the White Sox followed by the Tigers coming to town. Link to post Share on other sites
wsox8 10 Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Details...I'm not gonna change it...mistakes in artwork increase their value.AL Central is smacking the sh*t out of the NL this year.....I just wonder how my Royals will fare once we get back to the AL.... .300 ball? Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 .300 ball?Going from .800 ball to .300 ball..that'd be a pretty harsh drop. We'll see.... Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Let's go KC! Link to post Share on other sites
ncperrotta069 0 Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 hey koop hows that indians world series pick looking? Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 hey koop hows that indians world series pick looking?I still think the Indians are going to make a run. Their pitching is stabilizing a bit and their offense is just too good to not get hot. I'm keeping the faith......as for the Royals....looks like a good win tonight for the boys in blue. Bases loaded for the Cards in the bottom of the 9th, tie game, only one out...who do we bring in to save our asses?!?!?St. Louis....meet Burgos. Ambiorix Burgos. Back to back strikeouts to shut them down...awesome. He's been inconsistent a lot more than I'd like, but when he is on and can control his stuff somewhat..he's nasty...as seen tonight. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 07/01/06--Kansas City Royals 26-52) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (43-35); 6:10 CTStarting Pitchers: Mark Redman (5-4, 5.35) vs. Sidney Ponson (4-3, 4.95)Starting Lineups:Royals LF David DeJesus (36 G, .294 BA, .389 OBP, 3 HR, 12 RBI, .859 OPS)2B Mark Grudzielanek (70 G, .279 BA, .316 OBP, 3 HR, 23 RBI, .690 OPS)1B Doug Mientkiewicz (74 G, .270 BA, .348 OBP, 4 HR, 34 RBI, .749 OPS)RF Reggie Sanders (59 G, .249 BA, .302 OBP, 9 HR, 38 RBI, .745 OPS)3B Mark Teahen (47 G, .252 BA, .298 OBP, 5 HR, 20 RBI, .707 OPS)SS DEAD TO ME (73 G, .243 BA, .264 OBP, 4 HR, 27 RBI, .602 OPS)C Paul Bako (33 G, .244 BA, .300 OBP, 0 HR, 7 RBI, .568 OPS)CF *Joey Gathright (8 G, .389 BA, .522 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1.022 OPS)P Mark Redman (0 G, .000 BA, .000 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .000 OPS)* Kansas City numbers onlyCardinals SS David Eckstein (74 G, .320 BA, .379 OBP, 1 HR, 18 RBI, .755 OPS) LF Scott Spiezio (56 G, .279 BA, .373 OBP, 3 HR, 22 RBI, .808 OPS)1B Albert Pujols (61 G, .304 BA, .432 OBP, 26 HR, 67 RBI, 1.138 OPS)3B Scott Rolen (67 G, .347 BA, .414 OBP, 10 HR, 50 RBI, .988 OPS)RF Juan Encarnacion (75 G, .283 BA, .308 OBP, 10 HR, 44 RBI, .776 OPS)2B Hector Luna (57 G, .322 BA, .370 OBP, 3 HR, 14 RBI, .820 OPS)C Yadier Molina (62 G, .210 BA, .261 OBP, 2 HR, 27 RBI, .555 OPS)CF So Taguchi (70 G, .285 BA, .344 OBP, 2 HR, 26 RBI, .709 OPS)P Sidney Ponson (10 G, .273 BA, .429 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .701 OPS) Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 Tied 7-7 going into the bottom of the 10th. Have had two runs lost at home plate..so that sucks, but we could have this game won anyways, if not for our super-retarded manager. Bases loaded with two outs in the 8th inning, we have just taken a 7-6 lead...and DEAD TO ME (SS) comes to the plate. With Stairs, who hits righties VERY well on the bench AND Graffanino on the bench, who can play SS, does he make the extremely obvious move of letting Stairs hit? Hell no...our retard manager lets the guy with the sub .600 OPS hit with the game on the line. F*cking retarded. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 UNREAL.The Cards loaded the bases against Luke Hudson in the 10th..and the Royals got out of it..including Eckstein trying a squeeze bunt with two strikes and fouling/striking out....holy sh*t what a game this has been. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!HOLY SH*T!!!What a f*cking game...Royals win 8-7 after escaping that incredible jam (bases loaded in 10th, noone out....) and Mark Teahen with the game-winning Homerun off of Izzy....wow. No game recap or anything tonight...I'm exhausted..this is surreal how we just won this game. What an amazing win..we didn't play that well..we lost two runs at the plate, our manager did whatever possible to force us to lose...but we found a way. Not used to that here in KC....pretty special win for us tonight. We are becoming a pretty decent team right now...don't know how long it will last....but I'm enjoying it now. Link to post Share on other sites
kers2 0 Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Congrats to Mark Redman, 2006 American League All-Star:looks up at the bacon flying over my head: Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Author Share Posted July 3, 2006 Mark Redman is a poor choice..it likely should be Emil Brown...even though I dislike him, he has been hot lately.However, in Redman's defense, he was injured for all of spring training and came back and pitched in KC without much work and thus, his first few starts were expectedly pretty bad due to not having a spring training..and then when he finally became 100% he has been pretty decent (example, in June he was 5-0 with a 3.68 ERA..pretty solid). So while he is not a great pick, I will say that he's been a lot better for us than his overall numbers indicate. Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Author Share Posted July 3, 2006 07/03/06--Minnesota Twins (45-35) vs. Kansas City Royals (27-53); 7:10 CTStarting Pitchers: Johan Santana (9-4, 2.59) vs. Scott Elarton (3-9, 5.13)Starting Lineups:Twins 2B Luis Castillo (70 G, .268 BA, .327 OBP, 2 HR, 29 RBI, .668 OPS)3B Nick Punto (58 G, .289 BA, .385 OBP, 0 HR, 11 RBI, .761 OPS)C Joe Mauer (71 G, .392 BA, .458 OBP, 5 HR, 40 RBI, .995 OPS)RF Michael Cuddyer (68 G, .274 BA, .372 OBP, 11 HR, 48 RBI, .891 OPS)1B Justin Morneau (75 G, .291 BA, .344 OBP, 21 HR, 68 RBI, .916 OPS)CF Torii Hunter (79 G, .266 BA, .345 OBP, 13 HR, 48 RBI, .789 OPS)LF Shannon Stewart (37 G, .318 BA, .374 OBP, 2 HR, 20 RBI, .773 OPS)DH Jason Kubel (37 G, .311 BA, .341 OBP, 6 HR, 23 RBI, .841 OPS)SS Jason Bartlett (17 G, .328 BA, .426 OBP, 0 HR, 6 RBI, .840 OPS)Royals CF David DeJesus (38 G, .320 BA, .405 OBP, 3 HR, 13 RBI, .888 OPS)2B Mark Grudzielanek (72 G, .279 BA, .314 OBP, 3 HR, 25 RBI, .695 OPS)RF Reggie Sanders (61 G, .248 BA, .305 OBP, 9 HR, 40 RBI, .743 OPS)LF Emil Brown (72 G, .288 BA, .350 OBP, 6 HR, 38 RBI, .793 OPS)1B Tony Graffanino (55 G, .254 BA, .316 OBP, 4 HR, 27 RBI, .706 OPS)3B Mark Teahen (49 G, .260 BA, .308 OBP, 6 HR, 25 RBI, .746 OPS)SS DEAD TO ME (74 G, .239 BA, .262 OBP, 4 HR, 27 RBI, .593 OPS)C John Buck (58 G, .251 BA, .318 OBP, 7 HR, 23 RBI, .748 OPS)DH Esteban German (53 G, .336 BA, .432 OBP, 1 HR, 11 RBI, .848 OPS)(That's right, Emil Brown has played his way off of my "DEAD TO ME" list...for now. His defense has been better (from horrid to mediocre) and he's had a hot bat lately. I still don't think he should be on our team...but he hasn't done anything extraordinarly stupid lately...so I'll tolerate him for a little while). Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted July 4, 2006 Author Share Posted July 4, 2006 07/04/06--Minnesota Twins (46-35) vs. Kansas City Royals (27-54); 7:10 CTStarting Pitchers: Boof Bonser (WHAT THE F*CK!?!)(2-1, 4.68) vs. Jimmy Gobble (3-2, 3.67)Boof Bonser..lol. Awesome....quote from Buddy Bell.."Boof Bonser? That's his name?? Huh...I don't think I've known anyone named Boof...I don't even think I've ever even accidentally said the word 'Boof.'Starting Lineups:Twins CF Lew Ford (64 G, .215 BA, .291 OBP, 2 HR, 11 RBI, .585 OPS)2B Nick Punto (59 G, .281 BA, .380 OBP, 0 HR, 11 RBI, .746 OPS)C Mike Redmond (23 G, .378 BA, .387 OBP, 0 HR, 13 RBI, .832 OPS)RF Michael Cuddyer (69 G, .274 BA, .370 OBP, 11 HR, 48 RBI, .889 OPS)1B Justin Morneau (76 G, .298 BA, .349 OBP, 22 HR, 71 RBI, .934 OPS)DH Torii Hunter (80 G, .264 BA, .344 OBP, 13 HR, 48 RBI, .783 OPS)LF Shannon Stewart (38 G, .318 BA, .377 OBP, 2 HR, 20 RBI, .781 OPS)3B Terry Tiffee (15 G, .265 BA, .342 OBP, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .783 OPS)SS Jason Bartlett (18 G, .306 BA, .403 OBP, 0 HR, 6 RBI, .790 OPS)Royals LF David DeJesus (38 G, .320 BA, .410 OBP, 3 HR, 13 RBI, .900 OPS)2B Mark Grudzielanek (73 G, .282 BA, .319 OBP, 3 HR, 25 RBI, .705 OPS)1B Doug Mientkiewicz (77 G, .274 BA, .359 OBP, 4 HR, 35 RBI, .761 OPS)RF Emil Brown (73 G, .286 BA, .352 OBP, 6 HR, 38 RBI, .791 OPS)DH Matt Stairs (55 G, .255 BA, .335 OBP, 7 HR, 30 RBI, .791 OPS)3B Mark Teahen (50 G, .262 BA, .312 OBP, 6 HR, 26 RBI, .748 OPS)SS DEAD TO ME (75 G, .239 BA, .262 OBP, 4 HR, 30 RBI, .595 OPS)C John Buck (59 G, .246 BA, .312 OBP, 7 HR, 24 RBI, .733 OPS)CF Joey Gathright #(10 G, .259 BA, .375 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .708 OPS)# - numbers with Kansas City only Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 07/04/06--Twins 2, Royals 7Winning Pitcher: Gobble (3-1, 3.66)Losing Pitcher: (2-2, 5.30)Box Score: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/boxscor...minmlb_kcamlb_1Game Recap: Really solid win for the Royals tonight, who continue to be a significantly better team and flat out a tough team to beat lately. Five solid innings for Gobble who finally gets a shot in the rotation, good balanced offense, sparked by the white hot David DeJesus (batting .490 over the past 11 games) who was 2 for 3 with two walks and a home run. Four shutout innings from Peralta and Dessens from the bullpen...good win. Should have won last night's game but had a real ugly inning to give it away, it's good to see that we can put that behind us and move on...whereas earlier in the year that loss might have sparked a losing streak. Good game. Link to post Share on other sites
kers2 0 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 When did they get Gathright Koop? And for whom? Link to post Share on other sites
KowboyKoop 0 Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 When did they get Gathright Koop? And for whom?About two weeks ago. Traded AAA pitcher J.P. Howell for him. Howell is a decent prospect...just average stuff really...could be a #4 or #5 guy in a year or so...it's a bit of a risky trade I think...if Gathright can learn to get on base more than it will be a good one as his speed is devastating....but he hasn't hit so far in his short career...though he hasn't really gotten regular playing time ever I don't think..so we'll see. At the very least he makes our outfield infinitely better with him roaming CF and forcing Emil Brown to not be in the field as much. Link to post Share on other sites
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