**** The Official Royals vs. Twins Game day Thread****

[big nasty kcnut]

Let's do this!


Kansas City
Royals
23-21
KC -Volquez (4-4 , 3.79 ERA)

7:10 PM CT 6:10 MT

Line: KC -112

Minnesota
Twins
11-33

MIN-Santana (1-2 , 3.13 ERA)

[ChiTown]

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by wazu

Morales batting .187

The eye test says he is unlucky and the stats back it up as well. He has a .208 BABIP. His strikeout percentage is up slightly over the last three seasons by about 3% and his line drive percentage is down a bit and fly balls up a bit, but not nearly enough to account for the poor BA.

Of all players in the AL with at least 150 PA, of which there are 78, Morales has the very worst BABIP. In short, he has been extremely unlucky.

[wazu]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

In that scenario, I still think the Giants had a better shot to win.

We had exhausted our borgs. Holland may have been able to go for another inning, but he was the shakiest of the three borgs in the latter part of that year, and once Holland was pulled, our pen was very pedestrian.

In contrast, Bum was prepared to go as long as necessary. In addition, the Giants still had Romo and a deeper bullpen. Even if Yost was more aggressive, there's still a fair chance we're walking away with a loss.

Didn't remember us being as burned as you describe. Seemed like MadBum woulda been more burned. It's water under the bridge for me now, so will just take your word for it. 2015 cured all pain!

[wazu]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

The eye test says he is unlucky and the stats back it up as well. He has a .208 BABIP. His strikeout percentage is up slightly over the last three seasons by about 3% and his line drive percentage is down a bit and fly balls up a bit, but not nearly enough to account for the poor BA.

Of all players in the AL with at least 150 PA, of which there are 78, Morales has the very worst BABIP. In short, he has been extremely unlucky.

Cool. Hopefully it turns soon.

[suzzer99]

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by baitism

Royals success is about 80% Dayton Moore and 20% Ned. DM did a ****ing phenomenal job putting this team together. He really should have two WS rings.

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[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

The eye test says he is unlucky and the stats back it up as well. He has a .208 BABIP. His strikeout percentage is up slightly over the last three seasons by about 3% and his line drive percentage is down a bit and fly balls up a bit, but not nearly enough to account for the poor BA.

Of all players in the AL with at least 150 PA, of which there are 78, Morales has the very worst BABIP. In short, he has been extremely unlucky.

In addition to being unlucky, he's also been taking some of the absolute worst swings I have ever see from a ML player. He looks like a Monkey ****ing a football batting left handed.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Another series win.

How about we don't screw up a sweep like we did Sunday vs the ChiSux.




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[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Not sure how much longer he gets.

2016. That's how long he gets. We're talking about an integral part of the WS winning team. I'd be shocked if Ned benched him.

[KChiefs1]

Reeling them in.



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[suzzer99]

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by wazu

Didn't remember us being as burned as you describe. Seemed like MadBum woulda been more burned. It's water under the bridge for me now, so will just take your word for it. 2015 cured all pain!

I have a lot of fun thinking about that series now (after denying its existence for an entire year).

Overall I would have put the odds at 55-45 in the Giants favor. I guess we could have sent out Frasor or Finnegan, but I felt the Giants exposed Finny in the last part of that series. Ned said he likely would have gone to Shields/Duffy in an extra inning game, but neither inspired confidence in their performances down the stretch.

[KChiefs1]

Hope they can get the game in tomorrow.



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[BWillie]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Whit can play for Omar when Moose/Gordon are back.

Our best 2B
1A) Merrifield
1B) Colon
3) Cuthbert (and he can't really play it)
4) Omar Infante

[C3HIEF3S]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

The eye test says he is unlucky and the stats back it up as well. He has a .208 BABIP. His strikeout percentage is up slightly over the last three seasons by about 3% and his line drive percentage is down a bit and fly balls up a bit, but not nearly enough to account for the poor BA.

Of all players in the AL with at least 150 PA, of which there are 78, Morales has the very worst BABIP. In short, he has been extremely unlucky.

Yeah but how many of those balls that he put in play so far have been weak dribblers right into to the shift? I think this may be one of those cases that BABIP doesn't quite tell you everything. Reminds me of Moose a few years ago.