Thoughts while listening to last night's game...
Teahen is tantalizingly mediocre, and that's all he's ever going to be -- until he gets traded, at which point he will have one fantastic season and then revert back to mediocrity. It's inevitable, and it's too bad. Meanwhile, Dejesus is a legitimate stud.
Davies is an OK No. 5.
Banny and Hochevar are decent No. 4s.
Meche is a pretty good No. 3.
Greinke is a good No. 2.
We still need to upgrade the staff a little.
What will the career arcs of Gordon and Butler look like? We're a little worried that the curve won't be as steep as we previously thought.
How 'bout that Ramirez?
Dotel is still viable.
Soria in -- tie game -- after pitching yesterday. Hillman wants this game bad. Good for him.
No walk-off wins so far this year for the Royals says faceless new guy with Denny.
Good managing tonight.
C'mon Alex. Let's hit a lefty for once.
Alex sucks against lefties. And we're still VERY Sick and Tired of the Called third strikes.
Gathright at bat is like a one-armed man with a pitching wedge in a long-drive contest.
C'mon Butler. Shit. Welcome to the Big Leagues Billy. You suck. (This is what it would sound like in New York.)
How cool is Kool and the Gang?
Now we're surfing XM music channels to avoid the ugly outcome. Just listened to "Passage to Bangkok." Classic. Now Green Day. Sieg Heil to the President Gas Man! Kill all the fags that don't agree.
Now Frederic Fuckin Chopin. Love the XM.
And back to the gaem...and the Royals are now behind.
We feel stupid and contagious.
Hey, it's the Foo Fighters.
Hey, they tied it. Somebody tell us how it happened.
Oh, boy. That Larry the Cable Guy....
Light our candles in a daze cause we found God.
Did you really think about it before you made the rules?
Teahen with a leadoff walk in the 12th. That's a winner, right? (Denny concurs.)
BILLY BUNTED BACK TO THE PITCHER. Are you kidding?
This game has been horribly managed.
Lewis Black is funny.
Bob Dylan must have Asperger's.
Hey, Aviles. And now Gordon, who apparently had a big double earlier. (How come he never does shit while we're listening?
We'd be remiss (we are remiss) if we didn't mention that German is having a good game.
Bases loaded...and Grudz grounds into a DP. Game over. Back to Laugh Attack.
We have wasted far too many hours of our lives on games like this.
OK. We're off on the slow road to Calgary. We won't officially start this slow solar version of Cannoball Run until Sunday or Monday, but we've got bags to pack, planes to catch, and bills to pay. We'll check in from the road.
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Davies was battling all night, got out of trouble pretty much every inning. I’m thinking to myself….please please please have somebody else ready to come in for the 6th, he’s got nothing left…a Ramirez brother, Tejeda, Mahay, I don’t care who....we have a nice lead just bring in somebody else, he's had 9 batters on base and thrown (around) 90 pitches in 5innings and got a few breaks with double plays, he’s gotten hit really hard this outing, the dam can only hold so long.
And of course Davies gives up 2 and gets pulled in the middle of the 6th. I'm not saying it's why we lost, but it didn't help. It's troubling to think that Joe Schmoe (me) can see this but our manager and pitching coach decided that we need one more inning from him, isn't this the reason we have a bullpen?
Billy Butler's bunt was awesome. I was dumbstruck, and I wasn't the only one. They scanned the crowd after the play and a guy had the straight up Edvard Munch look, complete with hands on head, jaw wide open. An "I can't believe that we are this stupid" look.
You might have been listening to Nirvana at the time but the 2nd base ump blew a call that would have most likely changed the outcome, prior to the 2 run sac fly there should have been a runners interference call that would have been out number 2, which means Pierzynski's fly out should have been out number 3. Alexei Ramirez and German brushed into each other and caused the ball to leave German's glove on a groundout, German was charged with an error, and the replay also shows Ramirez visibly shaking his hand in pain BECAUSE HE F-ING RAN INTO GERMAN. I would of George Bretted out of the dugout on that call, but Hillman had a nice little trot and calm discussion, "are you sure they didn't touch?", "No I don't believe they did.", "Ok sir, thank you for your time." I think that Ozzie Guillen would have reacted differently.
This was definitely a “need to vent” game for me. Hillman is starting to make me upset.
Sounds like you were following a little closer than me. I didn't write anything down, but I also had the feeling at the time that Davies should have been pulled sooner. I want to give Trey the benefit of the doubt, but he really makes some horseshit moves. Let Butler go over to Japan and learn how to bunt. That's probablly where he'll end up anyway. Vent away!
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