Tragicomedy
Member
Come on and chickity-check yo self before you wreck yo self
Chickity-check yo self before you wreck yo self
Yeah, come on and check yo self before you wreck yo self
Cause shotgun bullets are bad for your health
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MLB 2015 Regular Season |OT| Pickin' Up the Pace of Play
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Come on and chickity-check yo self before you wreck yo self
Chickity-check yo self before you wreck yo self
Yeah, come on and check yo self before you wreck yo self
Cause shotgun bullets are bad for your health
sf2fanatic
Member
Lol!!
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Lucas Harrel is getting knocked around the KBO. 5.88 era. 23K, 19BB 25IP
Frozenprince
Banned
Shades of 86:
Beautiful
Confrontation
Member
Someone needs to wreck Ventura. Put that boy in line.
CheDominik
Member
Philip "perfect game" Humber isn't doing much better in Korea. Too bad the White Sox couldn't sucker someone to trade for him when he had that good run like they did with Loaiza.
edit: Btw. I watched the Cubs game for an hour yesterday and listening to their booth makes me miss Bob Brenly so much. He and Kasper were just great together, but now it's pretty hard to watch.
Tragicomedy
Member
"Boy." Really?
This literally reads like a line from Django Unchained. Can't be having these boys getting all uppity out there and hurting the purity of the game!!!
Confrontation
Member
Kid?
Tragicomedy
Member
whippersnapper
chicagocubsfan
Member
NL Central is really interesting. Seems like all the teams are going to beat up on each other.
Tragicomedy
Member
He is 2-1 with a 4.09 ERA as the Royals' "ace." I think it's a reasonable approach for the other team to get under his skin until he proves he can relax and stay in the game.
As good as the Royals are this year in terms of hitting, defense, and bullpen work, our starting pitcher rotation isn't that hot. We could really use a guy like Big Game James right now. The team is built to win now, so I'll be shocked if they don't try to pick up an additional starter before the deadline. Probably just wishful thinking on my part...
Surely it will be now, with Lucroy and Gomez shelved!
BFIB
Member
Whoa, both shelved? I saw on my newsfeed that Lucroy was "day to day", but I did not know about Gomez.
What happened?
sf2fanatic
Member
I see he got paid over the years. He eating Wilfork style
Legend.
BFIB
Member
Tragicomedy
Member
Career Earnings: $95,780,000. Ninety five million American dollars!!!
To be fair, the Mets still pay Bobby Bonilla $1.2 million per year. They are very good stewards with their money.
Career Earnings: $95,780,000. Ninety five million American dollars!!!
To be fair, the Mets still pay Bobby Bonilla $1.2 million per year. They are very good stewards with their money.
And that doesn't even include what he earned for doing Kung Fu Hustle.
sf2fanatic
Member
Yup he's been eating. Does his new contract have any good incentives?
Also I'll take Allen Iverson Reebok contract. $50mil when turning 55? Something like that.
BFIB
Member
Career Earnings: $95,780,000. Ninety five million American dollars!!!
To be fair, the Mets still pay Bobby Bonilla $1.2 million per year. They are very good stewards with their money.
He is going to have a heart attack on the mound, and probably still get the win.
graffix13
Member
Yeah our rotation is a question mark. Vargas and Guthrie are just....ugh. I'm with you though, I'm looking (wishing) at picking up an arm before the deadline.
Remember that time you paid Gil Meche $55 million?Career Earnings: $95,780,000. Ninety five million American dollars!!!
To be fair, the Mets still pay Bobby Bonilla $1.2 million per year. They are very good stewards with their money.
Link?
CosmicQueso
Member
Everything Bartolo from the Washington Post
The swing and miss rate on the 4 seamer this year is out of control at over 30%
The swing and miss rate on the 4 seamer this year is out of control at over 30%
Tragicomedy
Member
I believe it came with two dozen buy one, get one free coupons for Chipotle burritos.
Let's call it what it is...our rotation is bad. Maybe average? The two you named give me zero confidence on the mound. I just hope they hold the other team to 3-4 runs to give our bats and bullpen a chance. Volquez is a wildcard, but his career stats aren't good at all. We really need some pitching help. The team is built around reaching the 7th inning within striking range. After that, I'll take our chances against anyone, but you have to get six quality innings from someone.
Really? You're comparing an average starter that we vastly overpaid to a dude the Mets are paying $30 million to sit on his ass at home? Haha, nice try!
The Royals never attracted top tier talent, so we have usually needed to overpay to get merely decent pitchers on our staff. I'm shocked that aces weren't flocking to KC when we were in the cellar every year.
Duane Cunningham
Member
I have to say that I'm perfectly happy with Volquez so far, though.
Am I missing something here?? "Bad" rotation? KC is 2nd in the AL in ERA at 3.08, only behind HOU (3.00)
I'd LOVE to have your pitching, the chumps on my squad averaging nearly an ERA of 5 ;_;
Tragicomedy
Member
Me, too. Other than completely whiffing on his punch last night.
I'm just looking at his historical stats and think we'll see a consistent 4+ ERA guy over the course of the season.I hear you, but I'm watching the games and it's not so simple. The Royals have an amazing defense. I do mean amazing. The left side of the infield and the entire outfield rob 2-3 base hits per game, no joke. The team has an embarrassment of speed and cover everywhere. Salvador Perez is by far the hardest catcher in the all of baseball to steal on, and it's not even close. The fielding limits hits and our catcher makes stealing a nightmare.
All that to say, the ERA number doesn't reflect stellar pitching. If you look at the advanced stats, like Fielding Independent Pitching, the team has one dude in the top 70 (Volquez). I would gladly swap you 1 to 1 for any of the 2-4 slot guys in the rotation. Your ace is far better than ours, too.
Dude nice post (no sarcasm)!! I'm looking at Fangraphs, KC and SEA's xFIP are close (3.6x vs 3.8x), however our ERA's are like 1.5 runs apart!! *pukes
Also our babip against is .315 (which should come down I HOPE), and your babip is .255... so yeah, wow, your defense is doing WORK down there. Props!!
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
When I first got into baseball in the 90s, there were a ton of fat baseball players. Then they all got huge and ripped (i.e. steroids). Now I guess the fat player is making a comeback?
DoktorEvil
Banned
Bring back Mo Vaughn.
Career Earnings: $95,780,000. Ninety five million American dollars!!!
To be fair, the Mets still pay Bobby Bonilla $1.2 million per year. They are very good stewards with their money.
Fuck you Madoff.
I'm glad they are forced to be money strapped. They have to put a better product out on the field now instead of leading people to mediocrity.
chicagocubsfan
Member
I want to see fat Anthony Rizzo as he will be able to get hit by a pitch 75% of the time.
Dan Vogelbach(in the Cubs system) is pretty beefy as well.
KC leading the league in ejections isn't helping their team.
Get a grip, Ventura. Supposedly he gets fired up to motivate himself, but I hope he doesn't expect to chirp at players and expect nothing to come from it.
Sir Alemeth
Member
Guess I missed all the action last night.
Wow what the hell happened to KC?? They used to be such a likable team...
Wow what the hell happened to KC?? They used to be such a likable team...
Wasn't it Sabathia who said he intentionally gained back some weight because they felt it would help with his seasonal endurance and lessen the chance for injury.
If you're expected to be a workhorse in the rotation, you gotta eat like one.
DoktorEvil
Banned
Winning the pennant last year gave them balls. I like it.
KC is going to hopefully remain a legit contender for the next couple of years.
Also to be fair, 16 HBP this early in the season isn't a coincidence.
Duane Cunningham
Member
Yeah, that tends to put people in a fighting mood.
Tragicomedy
Member
The defense is such a pleasure to watch. Last season, we had 4 of the top 20 guys in the league in terms of defensive WAR. That's...wild. Even more crazy is that Lorenzo Cain, arguably the best defensive center fielder in the game, is probably not even the best center fielder on our team. I know that doesn't even make sense, but it's true. When the team would replace Aoki late in games last year, there was a reason they'd put Dyson at center and shift Cain over to right. Dyson doesn't hit remotely as well as Cain, so his opportunities are few and far between, but he is a defensive god.
For the record, Cain not getting a Gold Glove last year was ludicrous. Ludicrous. BUT, in a twisted way, it sort of makes sense when there is a better defensive option riding the bench on the same team.
Why didn't Seattle run the ball?
I honestly can't tell if these posts are serious at this point. I have to assume not, but you never know. If you've watched the team at all this year, you know exactly what's going down. Other teams are hitting their batters at a crazy rate. Lawrie did a dirty slide and hurt their SS. Lots of shit talking on both sides. The Royals know they are good now and refuse to back down from anything. They have a hot head pitcher who needs to relax a bit. It's not rocket science...
Sir Alemeth
Member
It was more of a rhetorical question really. But yeah, lots of passion in the game so far...I like it.
Tragicomedy
Member
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I want to see fat Anthony Rizzo as he will be able to get hit by a pitch 75% of the time.
Dan Vogelbach(in the Cubs system) is pretty beefy as well.
Speaking of fat baseball players:
Michelle Obama Introduces Exercise Program To Combat Obesity In Professional Baseball Players (Obviously, the Onion)