True. Blue. Tradition. (Fake KC Royals Baseball)

[mtroyals]

In real life? Colorado.

[plotty]

ror1fan said:

mtroyals said:

Dang, Plotty. That's a tough break.

I'm actually pretty happy with the Sweeney/Lopez deal.

Where is Lopez now?

Lopez was a free agent, and asked for $1.25 million for year--he wanted a 2-year deal. I wanted a dude that would stay longer, so I signed Loaiza. I want to say that he did end up back in Colorado. And as for Sweeney.....he still might be a FA.

[plotty]

Walk-off Winner
Gordon Solo Blast Boost KC to 2-0.

Alex Gordon blasted a solo walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Kansas City a 7-6 win over Toronto.

Kansas City built a 6-1 lead before Toronto rallied for five runs in the eighth and ninth inning.




Tor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 12 2
KC 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 7 14 0

Toronto Blue Jays 0-2

Batter - Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Rios RF 3 0 2 0 2 0
Overbay DH 4 1 1 0 1 1
Thomas 1B 5 1 2 0 0 2
Glaus 3B 4 1 2 1 1 0
Wells CF 4 0 1 1 1 0
Johnson PR-CF 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lind LF 3 1 1 1 2 0
Abercrombie PR-LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hill 2B 4 0 0 1 0 1
Zahn C 4 1 2 2 0 2
McDonald SS 4 0 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 6 12 6 8 6

Batting
2B: Rios (1), Overbay (1)
HR: Zahn (1), Lind (1)
RBI: Zahn 2 (2), Hill (1), Glaus (2), Lind (1), Wells (3)
SF: Zahn, Hill
E: Burnett (1), Hill (1)
SB: Rios (1), Abercrombie (1)
CS: McDonald (1)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Burnett 5 9 4 4 3 4
Accardo 1 2/3 3 2 2 1 1
Frasor (L, 0-1) 2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals 8.67 14 7 7 4 5



Kansas City Royals 2-0

Batter - Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Cabrera SS 5 2 2 0 0 0
Kwon LF 3 0 1 0 2 1
Eldred 1B 4 1 1 1 1 0
Teahen RF 5 1 1 0 0 1
Gordon 3B 4 2 2 1 0 0
Butler DH 4 0 3 2 0 1
Duffy CF 3 0 1 0 0 1
Iguchi 2B 3 1 3 2 1 0
Roland C 4 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 7 14 6 4 5
Batting
2B: Iguchi (1), Butler (2), Cabrera (1)
HR: Gordon (2)
RBI: Gordon (3), Eldred (3), Iguchi 2 (4), Butler 2 (2)
SAC: Gordon, Duffy
GIDP: Roland 2, Eldred
SB: Gordon (1)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Jennings 4 2/3 5 1 1 5 3
Greinke 2 1/3 2 1 1 1 2
Soria 1 2 1 1 0 1
Dotel (BS,1)(W, 1-0) 1 3 3 3 2 0
Totals 9 12 6 6 8 6

[plotty]

Jays Salvage Final Game
Chacin, Small Ball Aid Toronto in Final Game.

Gustavo Chacin quited the hot Kansas City bats just enough, and three Blue Jays drove in two runs a piece to aid in a 7-4 victory.

Chacin scattered six hits and allowed four runs in five and two-thirds innings.

The triumvirate of pitchers Scott Downs, Jason Frasor and BJ Ryan pitched the final 3 and one-third innings of shutout relief. They only allowed four hits.

Frank Thomas, Vernon Wells and Adam Lind provided the offensive spark for Toronto, driving in two runs each.

Royal Brian Bannister took the loss in his first start. He allowed five runs in 4 and two-third innings.

Leading the Royal offense was DH Billy Butler. Butler crushed a homerun off of Chacin in the sixth inning. Alex Gordon drove in the other run to chase Chacin.

The Royals travel to Minnesota for a three-game series. The first game matchup will be Odalis Perez for the Royals, while the Twins will counter with Boof Bonser.

Tor 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 7 10 0
KC 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 10 3

Toronto Blue Jays 1-2

Batter - Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Rios RF 5 1 2 1 0 0
Overbay DH 5 0 0 0 0 2
Thomas 1B 4 1 2 2 1 1
Glaus 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0
Wells CF 4 0 1 2 1 0
Lind LF 4 1 2 1 1 0
Hill 2B 4 1 2 0 0 1
Zahn C 3 2 0 0 1 0
McDonald SS 4 0 0 0 0 1
37 7 10 6 5 5

Batting
2B: Glaus (1), Rios (2)
RBI: Thomas 2 (2), Lind (2), Wells 2 (5), Rios (1)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Chacin (W, 1-0) 5 2/3 6 4 0 2 5
Downs 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 1
Frason 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan (S, 1) 1 3 0 0 0 0
9 10 4 0 3 6



Kansas City Royals 2-1 [/b]

Batter - Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Cabrera SS 4 0 0 0 1 1
Kwon LF 4 1 2 0 0 1
Eldred 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1
Gordon 3B 3 1 1 1 1 1
Butler DH 4 1 1 3 0 2
Teahen RF 4 0 0 0 0 0
Duffy CF 4 0 1 0 0 1
German 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0
Huckaby C 1 0 0 0 1 0
Gathright PR 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roland C 2 0 2 0 0 0
34 4 10 4 3 7

Batting
2B: Kwon (1)
HR: Butler (1)
RBI: Gordon (4), Butler 3 (5)
GIDP: Cabrera
E: Eldred (1), Duffy (1), Cabrera (1)
SB: Gordon (2)
CS: Gathright (1)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister (L, 0-1) 4 2/3 4 5 0 4 3
Myers 1 2/3 3 2 1 0 0
Peralta 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 2
Riske 1 1 0 0 1 0
9 10 7 1 5 5

[plotty]

Bullpen Collapse in Minnesota
07 Trend Carries Over into 08.

GM Mathias Platcheck felt that their bullpen improved over the off-season. He might need to rethink that opinion.

Closer Octavio Dotel blew another save, and earned the loss in a 8-7 extra inning affair. But don't totally pin the blame on him.

Stater Odalis Perez might have pitched his way out of Kansas City. Perez imploded in his first start on the 08 campaign, allowing 6 runs on 8 hits in two and two-thirds innings pitched.

The frontline of the bullpen tried to salvage any hope, and they got career efforts from Zach Greinke and Joakim Soria. The pair pitched five and a third inning of shutout baseball.

This allowed the Royal bats to climb back in the game. And they would by posting 2 runs in the third, 3 in the fourth and 2 more runs in the fifth to give the Royals a 7-6 lead.

But the Twins would tie it up in the bottom of the ninth, and won it in the 10th.

Orlando Cabrera had four hits for Kansas City.


KC 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 0
Min 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 13 0

Kansas City Royals 2-2

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Cabrera SS 5 0 4 1 0 0
Kwon LF 5 0 0 1 0 1
Eldred 1B 5 1 2 1 0 2
Gordon 3B 5 2 2 0 0 0
Butler DH 4 1 2 1 0 0
Gload PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0
Teahen RF 3 1 1 1 0 0
Gathright CF 3 1 1 0 0 1
Iguchi 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0
Roland C 3 1 2 2 1 1
Totals 38 7 14 7 1 5

Batting
2B: Gordon (2), Roland (1), Butler (3)
HR: Eldred (2)
RBI: Roland 2 (2), Teahen (1), Eldred (4), Kwon (1), Butler (6), Cabrera (1)
SF: Teahen
SAC: Gathright
GIDP: Gordon, Kwon
SB: Gordon (3), Gathright (1)
CS: Cabrera (1)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Perez 2 2/3 8 6 6 1 3
Greinke 3 2/3 0 0 0 1 2
Soria 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 3
Dotel (BS,2)(L,1-1) 1 1/3 3 2 2 3 0
Riske 1/3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.666666667 13 8 8 5 8



Minnesota Twins 3-1

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Castillio 2B 5 2 2 0 1 1
Redmond DH 6 1 1 1 0 0
Morneau 1B 4 1 2 0 1 0
Hunter CF 3 1 1 1 2 1
Rabe LF 5 1 2 3 0 0
Punto 3B 4 1 1 0 1 2
Bartlett SS 5 1 3 3 0 2
Mauer C 5 0 1 0 0 2
Ford PR 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cuddyer RF 5 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 13 8 5 8

Batting
2B: Castillio (1), Bartlett 2 (3), Redmond (3)
3B: Batrlett (1)
RBI: Batrlett 3 (3), Rabe 3 (3), Hunter (1), Redmond (1)
SB: Castillio (1)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Bonser 3 1/3 6 5 5 0 2
Crain 2/3 3 1 1 0 1
Perkins 2 1/3 3 1 1 0 2
Reyes 2 2/3 2 0 0 1 0
Neshek (W, 1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 10 14 7 7 1 6

[plotty]

The Two "O's To Go
Perez, Dotel Sent to Dodgers.

Mathias Platcheck listened in to Sports Radio 810 Royals Nation. They all echoed one thought: Octavio and Odalis must go.

They both did in one swoop.

Dotel and Perez were traded after the Royals 8-7 loss to Minnesota to the Los Angeles Dodgers for lefty starter Randy Wolf and reliever Joe Nelson. Nelson had been a apart of the Royals in 2006.

"Randy Wolf gives us a solid option as a third or a fourth starter," said Platchek.

Perez returns to the Dodgers where he established himself as a quality pitcher. He registered 15 wins in his first year in Dodger blue in 2002.

[ror1fan]

Questions for the GM
who'll close?
What do you have in the mioners?

[plotty]

ror1fan said:

Questions for the GM
who'll close?
What do you have in the mioners?

Thanks for the questions--- hopefully my answers will address them as completely as possible.

Our closer for the time being will be Joakim Soria. He has done an exceptional job in a relief role, and we have groomed him for the job. I think through four appearances he hasn't allowed a hit and has struck out five.

Our minors system has some very strong rookie arms, and some veteran leadership. Leading the way is Scott Elarton. However, he will just stay in Triple A. His main job is to groom and help develop our two rookie phenoms in Billy Buckner and Tyler Lumsden. Luke Hochever is still in Double A Wichita working out some control issues. I imagine he will be up by the All-Star break in Omaha. Buckner and Lumsden still need some seasoning.

[plotty]

Minnesota Pounds KC
Garza, Mental Mistakes Cost Royals.

Jason Bartlett, unknown for his lack of power, set off a steroid investigation by clubbing two home runs, and Matt Garza allowed just one run in six plus innings to defeat Kansas City 7-2.

Also homering for Minnesota was Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel.

Morneau's home run was a three-run blast off of reliever Joel Peralta. Kubel's home was off of Matt Capps.

"Our bull pen is not very good right now," said bench coach Ricky Ray, "we cannot allow teams to beat us like they have the past few nights. Things need to change." Ray was serving as the interim manager and will continue to do so.

The Royals received a home run from Alex Gordon and and RBI single from CF Chris Duffy.

The final game in the three game series is set for tomorrow. Kansas City sends their ace Gil Meche to battle Minnesota Cy Young candidate Johan Santana.

Notes: Newly acquired Randy Wolf and Joe Nelson will not report to the Royals until they return to KC from Minnesota.


KC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 12 0
Min 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 X 7 7 0

Kansas City Royals 2-3

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Cabrera SS 5 0 1 0 0 0
Kwon LF 4 0 2 0 0 0
Eldred 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1
Gordon 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1
Butler DH 4 1 2 0 0 0
Teahen RF 4 0 0 0 0 1
Duffy CF 4 0 1 1 0 0
Iguchi 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0
Huckaby C 2 0 0 0 0 1
Gload PH 1 0 1 0 0 0
Roland C 1 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 12 2 1 4

Batting
HR: Gordon (3)
RBI: Gordon (5), Duffy (3)
GIDP: Gordon 2
E: Kwon (1)
CS: Duffy (1)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson (L, 0-1) 4 1/3 3 3 3 4 0
Myers 2 1 0 0 0 3
Peralta 2/3 1 3 2 1 0
Capps 1 2 1 1 1 1
Totals 8 7 7 6 6 4



Minnesota Twins 4-1

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Castillio 2B 4 1 1 0 1 0
Mauer C 3 1 0 0 2 0
Morneau 1B 4 1 1 3 0 1
Hunter CF 3 0 0 0 1 0
Cuddyer RF 4 1 1 0 0 0
Bartlett SS 4 2 2 3 0 1
Punto 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0
Redmond DH 3 0 0 0 1 0
Kubel LF 4 1 1 1 0 2
Totals 32 7 7 7 6 4

Batting
2B: Castillio (2)
HR: Morneau (2), Bartlett 2 (2), Kubel (1)
RBI: Morneau 3 (6), Bartlett 3 (6), Kubel (1)
PB: Mauer (1)
SB: Mauer (1), Castillio (2), Punto (1), Hunter (1)


Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Garza (W, 1-0) 6 2/3 8 1 1 1 3
Neshek (S, 1) 2 1/3 4 1 0 0 1
Totals 9 12 2 1 1 4

[ror1fan]

Was the Manager fired or on sick leave? If he is gone how are the interviews going for new manager?

Who are the free agents that are unsigned?

[plotty]

ror1fan said:

Was the Manager fired or on sick leave? If he is gone how are the interviews going for new manager?

Who are the free agents that are unsigned?

Buddy Bell took what I would call a "permanent leave of absence". He left on his own terms---quietly, with zero publicity. He wanted to be with his family. Ricky Ray has taken over the managerial role now.

Free agents on the market that are unsigned include some very high profile names: Gary Sheffield, Grudz, Melvin Mora, Steve Finley, Rick Helling, Craig Counsell, Brian Giles, David Wells, Phil Nevin, Mark DeRosa, Kaz Matsui, Reggie Sanders and Mike Sweeney. All these guys are on the market mainly because they're asking for way too much money (all are fictitious Scott Borass clients lol). For example, Sheffield wants 3.6 million per season (15 mil, 4 seasons)....and my budget is completely strapped right now. I took out a loan to make it through 07, and paid it off to begin 08. Now as a team we're operating on 5.9 million.

[plotty]

Twinkies Sweep Royals
Santana Does Enough to Hand KC 4th Straight Loss.


Twins ace Johan Santana brings his stuff against Kansas City.

Joe Mauer likes playing the role of "KC's Worst Nightmare".

Mauer drove a stake in the Royals' hearts by delivering a game winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to boost Minnesota to a 4-3 win.

"We had a chance, but just could not score enough runs," said manager Ricky Ray, who officially took over the managerial position for the Royals for Buddy Bell.

The Twins also received enough of a "stand-off" from pitcher Johan Santana. Santana and Royal starter Gil Meche did their best in holding both offenses down. Both allowed just three runs.

Royal Mark Teahen hit the game's only home run, a solo shot to right field off of Santana in the fifth inning. Alex Gordon drove in the other two runs with sharp singles in the fourth and seventh innings.

The Royals head home for a seven game homestand. First they will play three with the Boston Red Sox and four with the New York Yankees.

For game one Esteban Loaiza will get the start for the Royals. The Red Sox will go with knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.

KC 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 11
Min 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 8

Kansas City Royals 2-4

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Cabrera SS 4 0 1 0 0 0
German 2B 4 2 2 0 0 0
Eldred DH 4 0 1 0 0 1
Gordon 3B 4 0 3 2 0 0
Butler 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1
Gload PH-1B 1 0 0 0 0 0
Teahen RF 4 1 2 1 0 1
Roland C 3 0 1 0 0 0
Iguchi PR 0 0 0 0 0 0
Huckaby C 1 0 1 0 0 0
Duffy CF 4 0 0 0 0 1
Gathright LF 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 11 3 0 4

Batting
2B: Roland (2), Eldred (1)
HR: Teahen (1)
RBI: Gordon 2 (7), Teahen (2)
SAC: Gathright (2)
SB: Gordon (4)
CS: Gordon (1), Cabrera (2)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Meche 6 2/3 5 3 3 3 6
Riske (L, 0-1) 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 2
Soria 1/3 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 8.333333333 8 4 4 3 9



Minnesota Twins 5-1 [/u]

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Castillio 2B 3 2 1 0 1 0
Mauer C 4 1 4 2 0 0
Ford PR 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kim C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morneau 1B 2 0 0 0 2 1
Hunter CF 4 0 0 0 0 3
Cuddyer RF 4 0 0 0 0 1
Bartlett SS 4 1 2 1 0 0
Punto 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2
Redmond DH 4 0 1 1 0 1
Rabe LF 3 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 32 4 8 4 3 9

Batting
2B: Mauer (1), Castillio (3), Bartlett (3), Redmond (4)
RBI: Mauer 2 (3), Bartlett (7), Redmond (2)
GIDP: Morneau
SB: Castillio (3), Ford (1)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Santana 6 9 3 2 0 1
Rincon (W, 1-0) 3 2 0 0 0 3
Totals 9 11 3 2 0 4

[ror1fan]

2-4 this is turning into another great April.

[plotty]

Royals Return Home to Win
Loazia Stabilizes KC Rotation, Earns Win.

Bos 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 1
KC 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 X 5 9 0

Boston Red Sox 4-3 [/u]

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Crisp CF 4 0 1 0 0 0
Drew RF 3 0 0 0 1 2
Ortiz 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1
Ramirez LF 2 1 1 2 2 0
Pena DH 4 0 0 0 0 1
Lugo SS 4 0 1 0 0
Lowell 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2
Varitek C 2 0 0 0 1 0
Cora 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2 4 6

Batting
HR: Ramirez (3)
RBI: Ramirez 2 (8)
SAC: Varitek
E: Lugo (3)
SB: Lugo (3), Crisp (2)


Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield (L, 0-1) 4 6 3 3 7 4
Breslow 1 2 2 0 1 0
Romero 3 1 0 0 1 3
Totals 8 9 5 3 9 7



Kansas City Royals 3-4 [/u]

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Cabrera SS 4 1 2 1 1 0
Kwon LF 4 1 1 1 1 0
Eldred 1B 3 1 2 1 2 1
Butler DH 4 0 1 0 1 0
Gordon 3B 3 0 0 1 2 3
Duffy CF 3 0 1 0 1 1
Roland C 4 1 2 1 0 1
Gathright RF 2 0 0 0 0 1
Iguchi 2B 3 1 0 0 1 0
Totals 30 5 9 5 9 7

Batting
2B: Eldred (2), Cabrera (2)
RBI: Gordon (8), Roland (4), Eldred (5), Kwon (2), Cabrera (2)
SAC: Gathright 2
SB: Duffy (1)
CS: Duffy (2)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza (W, 1-0) 6 1/3 4 2 2 3 5
Myers 1 0 0 0 0 1
Nelson 2/3 0 0 0 1 0
Soria 1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 9 5 2 2 4 6

[plotty]

So you guys know, I have played on past a few games. I am in the middle of the Yankee series. These next few posts will just be box scores of the games. I wanted to just post box scores because I have a serious problem I need the board of controls to look at: my inflated ERA. The last post will be my stats through 11 games. You will see is especially in the first two games of the Yankee series. I look to my assistant GM's for guidance: who to trade? who to send down? I sent down Nuke Hudson for his friggin craptacular performance and called up none other than Scott Elarton. I also brought up Billy Buckner.

2008 Game 8: KC 12, Boston 11
Bos 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 11 16
KC 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 12 23

Boston Red Sox 4-4

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Crisp CF 6 2 3 2 0 0
Drew RF 6 2 2 5 0 1
Ortiz 1B 4 1 1 1 1 1
Ramirez LF 5 0 1 0 0 2
Pena DH 5 1 1 0 0 1
Lugo SS 4 1 2 3 1 0
Lowell 3B 4 1 4 0 1 0
Varitek C 3 1 1 0 0 0
Youkilis PH 0 1 0 0 1 0
Mirabelli C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buck PH 1 0 0 0 0 0
Cora 2B 3 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 41 11 16 11 4 6

Batting
2B: Varitek (2), Ortiz (4), Lowell 2 (3), Ramirez (2), Crisp 2 (2)
HR: Lugo (1), Drew (2)
RBI: Ortiz (6), Lugo 3 (4), Crisp 2 (4), Drew 5 (6)
SAC: Cora 2
SB: Lugo 4

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Schilling 6 10 3 3 2 1
Stewart 1 5 3 3 0 0
Delcarmen 2/3 8 6 6 1 0
Pineiro 1/3 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 8 23 12 12 3 2



Kansas City Royals 4-4

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Cabrera SS 5 2 4 1 1 0
Kwon LF 5 2 1 2 1 2
Butler DH 5 2 2 1 0 0
Eldred 1B 5 2 4 1 0 0
Gordon 3B 4 1 3 4 1 0
Teahen LF 5 1 2 1 0 0
Duffy CF 5 1 2 0 0 0
Iguchi 2B 3 0 2 1 0 0
German PH-2B 1 1 1 0 0 0
Huckaby C 3 0 1 0 0 0
Roland PH-C 1 0 1 1 0 0
Totals 42 12 23 12 3 2

Batting
2B: Gordon (3), Eldred 3 (5)
3B: Gordon (1)
HR: Kwon (1)
RBI: Gordon 4 (12), Roland (5), Teahen (3), Eldred (6), Kwon 2 (4),
Iguchi (5), Butler (7), Cabrera (3)
SAC: Huckaby, Iguchi
GIDP: Huckaby
E: Gordon (1), Iguchi (2)
SB: Gordon (5), Cabrera (1)
CS: Gordon (2)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister 1 2/3 8 4 4 1 1
Greinke 3 1 0 0 2 1
Peralta 2 1/3 0 0 0 0 4
Capps 1/3 4 5 5 1 0
Nelson (W, 1-0) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0
Soria 0 3 2 2 0 0
Myers 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9 16 11 11 4 6