Royals ****Official Royals Vs. White Sox OPENING DAY Gamthread 4/6**** - Page 7

SPchief · 04-06-2015, 01:12 AM

Ok folks, the wait is finally over. Time to defend the pennant and it all starts now. Newly rich Yordano takes the bump, Moose is batting 2nd, and #Yosted is no longer a bad thing (He gets the benefit of the doubt for at least a week on lineup and sac bunt usage)

#LetsthrowdefendingALchampsFire

Lets do this shit!

Hootie · 04-06-2015, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I do.

I'd get on board with this thought if they hadn't already given him about 7,183 votes of confidence already over the course of several years, and he did nothing with them.

you know that I've always been pretty obsessed about batting order ... but this particular decision actually excites me

we need Moose to be a beast this year

give him a month in the 2 hole to see if he has truly bought into using left field or laying down a bunt against the shift and let's see what happens

duncan_idaho · 04-06-2015, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

you know that I've always been pretty obsessed about batting order ... but this particular decision actually excites me

we need Moose to be a beast this year

give him a month in the 2 hole to see if he has truly bought into using left field or laying down a bunt against the shift and let's see what happens

I don't think they need him to be a beast. They need .240 with 20 HR and good defense, and that's perfectly acceptable.

Gordon, Rios, Hosmer, Escobar, Perez, Cain all more important, IMO.

Hootie · 04-06-2015, 12:49 PM

hell, I'd rather put Gordon back in the 1 hole now that we actually have some capable hitters in the lineup

Gordon
Rios
Cain
Hosmer
Morales
Moose
Perez
Infante
Escobar

would be fine with me

Hootie · 04-06-2015, 12:51 PM

I think Moose and Hosmer take a step this year. I really do.

.780 OPS out of Moose; .820 OPS out of Hosmer

Hootie · 04-06-2015, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Strongside

I always watch them here: http://www.strikeout.co/

does this work well?

freaking game will be blacked out on MLB.TV for me today since I live in Illinois and I'm a cord cutter ...

need a decent stream; don't feel like going to a bar

duncan_idaho · 04-06-2015, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

I think Moose and Hosmer take a step this year. I really do.

.780 OPS out of Moose; .820 OPS out of Hosmer

I hope you're right on Moustakas but will have to see it. Been burned by optimism for him too many times.

I actually think Hosmer can do better than that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

does this work well?

freaking game will be blacked out on MLB.TV for me today since I live in Illinois and I'm a cord cutter ...

need a decent stream; don't feel like going to a bar

It works great if you know how to deal with all the popups and are patient.

General rules for strikeout.co:

1) Use a secondary browser in private mode (it's an eastern european site). I.E. not one you use to pay bills or check any online accounts.
2) When closing popups, look for the blue Xs. They are sometimes hidden/very small. Those are the ones you have to close to actually get rid of the pop-ups.
3) Be patient. You might have to try a few of the flash links to get a feed that works, especially on Opening Day.

Strongside · 04-06-2015, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

I think Moose and Hosmer take a step this year. I really do.

.780 OPS out of Moose; .820 OPS out of Hosmer

That's reasonable, I think.

**TribalElder** · 04-06-2015, 01:45 PM

Hope they beat the shit out of chitown

Also stay away rain

Mother****erJones · 04-06-2015, 01:45 PM

Ya maybe the 2 hole gives Moose more of a role and responsibility and will help him.

Archie F. Swin · 04-06-2015, 01:50 PM

we should probably merge this with the Scotch thread

CaliforniaChief · 04-06-2015, 01:53 PM

Hey fellas! SO awesome to be back in a Royals game thread with all of you. Looking forward to an exciting season. Very happy for all of you at the game, and am staring at the clock in my cave waiting for the game to come on.

GO ROYALS!!!

**Anyong Bluth** · 04-06-2015, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

does this work well?

freaking game will be blacked out on MLB.TV for me today since I live in Illinois and I'm a cord cutter ...

need a decent stream; don't feel like going to a bar

Depending on how you watch, setup vpn or fake gps location to get around blackout.

I do this for the At Bat app on my phone.

I planned on using this and then just mirroring it to my tv. But, for some reason, my new Samsung uhd tv has an MLB app / channel, and it doesn't have a blackout restriction when I selected the Royals broadcast ?

It's a really rudimentary At Bat channel built into their smart tv service offerings, but it's letting me select any game and which team's broadcast I want and coming in in full HD, so I'm not sure why it doesn't blackout the game, but I'll happily take it. Hopefully, they don't update and fix this anytime soon.

If you have android and At Bat get Globus VPN and Fake GPS through Google Play - they are both free, and you can get around blackout restrictions.

I also got rid of cable now that I can access pretty much everything via XBox, Roku, etc.

-King- · 04-06-2015, 02:19 PM

Nice.

stonedstooge · 04-06-2015, 02:19 PM

OUR TIME! to bat

KCUnited · 04-06-2015, 02:19 PM

FSKC still in Spring Training form by being late for the actual first pitch.

Nice top half of the inning.

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