****Official Royals Vs. Whitesox 9/17 Gamethread****

[SPchief]

ALnorth didn't start one, and well, **** Bruiser.

I'll take one for the team. Sale Vs Ventura. I actually think we win this. We'll scratch a couple runs across and hopefully work Sale's count to get him out in the 6th

[Coach]

Now's a good time to start getting warmed up, fat ass!

[Dinny Bossa Nova]

What's the score? What inning is it?

All I can get on the radio down here is the Cardinals' game. Sucks to be in radio-free MO.

Dinny

[tyler360]

**** Belly.

[Coach]

Ventura should be in the starting rotation in the playoffs. Anyone else who disagree with that is an idiot.

[tk13]

I'd start Ventura too. His stuff is too good to waste.

But I can at least see the appeal of putting him in the bullpen. You put Ventura/Finnegan/Herrera/Davis/Holland out there, you could end games by the 5th inning.

[WhawhaWhat]

5-1 Royals after 5

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Dinny Blues

What's the score? What inning is it?

All I can get on the radio down here is the Cardinals' game. Sucks to be in radio-free MO.

Dinny

5-1, Royals, going to the top of the 6th.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by tk13

I'd start Ventura too. His stuff is too good to waste.

But I can at least see the appeal of putting him in the bullpen. You put Ventura/Finnegan/Herrera/Davis/Holland out there, you could end games by the 5th inning.

I'd rather take my chances with him being the starter, and put Guthrie in the pen.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by Coach

I'd rather take my chances with him being the starter, and put Guthrie in the pen.

I'd do that too. But if you're being real, Guthrie is not going to pitch unless one of the other starters gets completely hammered.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by tk13

I'd start Ventura too. His stuff is too good to waste.

But I can at least see the appeal of putting him in the bullpen. You put Ventura/Finnegan/Herrera/Davis/Holland out there, you could end games by the 5th inning.

I get it too. But it also means Guthrie would be in the rotation, and that just makes no sense whatsoever. He's a DISTANT number 5 in our 5 man rotation.

[Don Corlemahomes]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

Don't care. It would be monumentally reeruned to argue otherwise. After tonight, he'll have his 10th straight quality start.

Just preparing you for the inevitable. I have always wanted to keep him as a starter, but the reliever idea was intriguing. Or hearing it over and over again with slight variations has ingrained it as a valid idea into my mind

[Three7s]

Originally Posted by Coach

I'd rather take my chances with him being the starter, and put Guthrie in the pen.

Since the Royals have never been in the playoffs in my lifetime, I'm not really sure how teams set up their pitching staff when in the playoffs. Do they go 3-man or 4-man? If it's 3-man, you have to have Shields in there, obviously, but after that, it's hard to say.

I'd go with Shields, Vargas, and Ventura as the starters, but only because Duffy has been injured recently. Duffy can bring the same thing as Ventura could out of the pen. Go to Guthrie if it's a blowout in your favor or if you're out of arms in a long game.

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[KevB]

Sure, why not. We're the Royals.

[lewdog]

Are they looking at his hand?????