*** Official Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (4/18) ***

[Hootie]

HOOTIE 2.0 (ORIGINALLY OUR TIME) 1ST EVER ROYALS GAME THREAD!

YORDANO "ACE" VENTURA VS. JESSE HAHN

FIRST PITCH @ 6:10 PM CST (KC -127 O/U 7.5)

Starting lineups:

1. Paulo Orlando, RF
2. Mike Moustakas, 3B
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Kendrys Morales, DH
6. Alex Gordon, LF
7. Salvador Perez, C
8. Omar Infante, 2B
9. Christian Colon, SS

1. Sam Fuld(L) CF
2. Stephen Vogt(L) C
3. Ben Zobrist(S) LF
4. Billy Butler(R) DH
5. Ike Davis(L) 1B
6. Josh Reddick(L) RF
7. Brett Lawrie(R) 3B
8. Eric Sogard(L) 2B
9. Marcus Semien(R) SS


(I can't figure out how Alnorth does his threads so you'll have to settle for the white trash Hootie 2.0 version of a GDT tonight)

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Let's get up in this game and we can do it later and claim it wasn't intentional like he is doing with his slide.

But that isn't THE STATEMENT

if you wait and play games you aren't saying 'Don't **** with us'

which is what we need to do

[bsroyals54]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

We will see. Look at it this way. Lawrie would rather have gotten hit in that at bat. This way he is still going to be paranoid the next time he comes up. Also he did get a pitch near his head.

Stop thinking like me damnit!

[Kidd Lex]

Also nice finally having Lew fully engaged in the game thread - how much sexy time did you have to deliver to get the lady friend asleep long enough to let you chill?

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

But that isn't THE STATEMENT

if you wait and play games you aren't saying 'Don't **** with us'

which is what we need to do

He got a warning pitch. He's been a headcase his entire career. Keep his head messed up until we take the lead. No sense putting him on in a 0-0 game with Ace rolling. Let's worry about winning and then getting even if we feel up to it.

[mr. tegu]

[C3HIEF3S]

lol a's

[bsroyals54]

Good job Infante. Glad to have you as our 2B.

[kstater]

[C3HIEF3S]

It's hard to imagine one of our players ever doing something that ****ing stupid.

[kysirsoze]

Typical Omar.

[mr. tegu]

Infante has looked good the past five games or so.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by The God Hypothesis

Also nice finally having Lew fully engaged in the game thread - how much sexy time did you have to deliver to get the lady friend asleep long enough to let you chill?

Sexy time?!?!

I'm married brah!

But no, it's just been busy with getting this car shipped down, transitioning it over to me, both of us working full-time, wife's family came down, took a day off and went to see a friend down by Tombstone. Just busy life man!

I'm hoping things might slow down here shortly though and I can get to my baseball!

[bsroyals54]

gotta get this one in

[Hootie]

good to see Infante show up in my GDT ... perfect

[bsroyals54]

Glad to see Orlando has the discipline of a veteran hitter, (which he is)