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[mtroyals]

Did Moreno have Stoneman committed?

[plotty]

mtroyals said:

Did Moreno have Stoneman committed?

He sure did, 5 years for about 1 million per. I am still shaking my head in pure awe how I pulled that deal off. I think a selling point was that Duffy was in his first year as well. But, frankly, he was sucking it up. This move opened the door for Joey Gathright to get more playing time. And we all know about Mr. Elarton's history in Kansas City.


Royals Net Road Win
Bullpen Holds Serve in 10-9 Win.

Billy Butler homered and drove in four runs, and Mark Teahen, batting eighth, also homered to lead Kansas City to a 10-9 win over the AL West leading Oakland A's.

The Royals battered Oakland pitching to the tune of 19 hits. Orlando Cabrera, Brad Eldred, Butler and newly acquired Juan Rivera each had three hits for the Royals, 8-6.

Randy Wolf, who was acquired to stabilize a rocky rotation, was roughed up for four earned runs on five hits in two and a third innings. A host of pitchers picked up the slack, with David Riske garnering the win. Joakim Soria pitching the final two innings to notch his second consecutive save.

Eric Chavez, Brad Wilkerson, Marco Scutaro and Mark Kotsay each drove in two runs each for Oakland, 10-4.

Notes: Jason Jennings will come off the disabled list and will make the start for Kansas City tomorrow. Oakland will counter with Joe Kennedy.

KC 0 0 3 1 2 0 3 1 10 19 0
A's 0 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 9 12 0

Kansas City Royals 8-6

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Cabrera SS 5 0 3 0 0 0
Kwon LF 5 1 2 1 0 0
Gordon 3B 5 2 2 0 0 1
Eldred 1B 5 2 3 1 0 0
Butler DH 5 2 3 4 0 0
Rivera RF 5 1 3 2 0 1
Roland C 5 0 1 1 0 1
Teahen RF 4 1 1 1 1 1
Iguchi 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1
Gathright PR 0 1 0 0 0 0
German 2B 1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 44 10 19 10 1 6

Batting
2B: Gordon 2 (7), Eldred (8), Rivera (3), Butler (7)
HR: Teahen (2), Butler (3)
RBI: Roland (7), Teahen (7), Eldred (17), Kwon (8), Rivera 2 (8), Butler 4 (18)
GIDP: Teahen
SB: Gathright (4)
CS: Cabrera (3)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Wolf 2 1/3 5 4 4 2 4
Buckner 2/3 1 1 1 3 1
Greinke 2/3 2 2 2 0 1
Nelson 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2
Peralta 1 0 0 0 1 2
Myers 2/3 3 2 2 1 0
Riske (W, 1-2) 1/3 1 0 0 0 1
Soria (S, 2) 2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 9 12 9 9 7 13



Oakland A's 10-4

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Kotsay CF 2 0 1 2 3 0
Kendall DH 5 0 0 0 0 4
Brown C 3 1 2 0 1 0
Stewart PR-C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swisher 1B 5 0 0 0 0 3
Chavez 3B 5 3 3 2 0 1
Wilkerson LF 3 3 2 2 2 1
Cust RF 5 0 0 0 0 2
Walker 2B 5 1 2 1 0 2
Scutaro SS 3 1 2 2 1 0
Totals 36 9 12 9 7 13

Batting
2B: Brown (1)
3B: Kotsay (2)
HR: Chavez (3), Wilkerson (1)
RBI: Walker (11), Chavez 2 (6), Scutaro 2 (10), Wilkerson 2 (2), Kotsay 2 (8)
SAC: Brown
SB: Wilkerson 2 (2), Kotsay (1)
CS: Wilkerson (1)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Lewis 5 10 6 6 1 2
Calero 1 1/3 4 3 0 0 2
Duchscherer (L, 0-1) 1 2/3 4 1 1 0 1
Casilla 1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 9 19 10 7 1 6

[dejesus9]

Teahen hitting eighth? Wowsa.

[plotty]

dejesus9 said:

Teahen hitting eighth? Wowsa.

Yeah, I was a bit perturbed with the lack of production he's been giving. I almost pulled a trigger on a trade with him involved. Then I realized that he doesn't have much value.

[plotty]

Kennedy Quiets Royals
Kansas City Just Garners Two Runs in Loss.

Joe Kennedy stymied the hot Kansas City Royal bats, and Marco Scutaro drove in a pair of runs to aid in a 4-2 Oakland win.

Nick Swisher and Eric Chavez also drove in runs for the A's, 11-4.

Jason Jennings, in his first start off the disabled list, gave Kansas City a solid start. He allowed just one run on five hits in five and two-thirds innings. He struck out seven but walked four.

Juan Rivera and Billy Butler drove in the runs for the Royals, who fall to 8-7 on the season.

Series Finale: Kansas City will look to their ace, Gil Meche to salvage a series win. Oakland will counter with Dan Haren.

KC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
A's 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 X 4 8 0

Kansas City Royals 8-7

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Cabrera SS 4 0 1 0 0 2
Kwon LF 4 0 0 0 0 1
Gordon 3B 4 2 2 0 0 2
Eldred 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0
Butler DH 3 0 0 1 0 1
Rivera CF 4 0 2 1 0 0
Teahen RF 3 0 0 0 0 0
Iguchi 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1
Huckaby C 3 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 32 2 7 2 0 8

Batting
2B: Gordon (8)
RBI: Rivera (9), Butler (19)
SF: Butler
E: Iguchi (3)
SB: Gordon (7)
CS: Cabrera (4)

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Jennings 5 2/3 5 1 1 4 7
Nelson 1/3 0 0 0 0 0
Myers (L, 0-1) 2/3 1 1 1 0 1
Riske 1/3 0 0 0 0 0
Peralta 0 1 1 1 0 0
Bannister 1/3 1 1 1 1 0
Greinke 2/3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8 8 4 4 5 8



Oakland A's 11-4

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Kotsay CF 4 1 1 0 1 0
Stewart LF 4 0 1 0 0 3
Swisher 1B 3 1 1 1 1 0
Chavez 3B 3 0 0 1 1 1
Snelling RF 3 1 1 0 1 1
Walker 2B 3 1 0 0 1 0
Kendall C 4 0 1 0 0 1
Scutaro SS 4 0 3 2 0 0
Piazza C 4 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 32 4 8 4 5 8

Batting
2B: Scutaro (3), Kotsay (2)
HR: Swisher (4)
RBI: Swisher (7), Chavez (7), Scutaro 2 (12)
SB: Scutaro (2), Kendall (3)
CS: Scutaro (1)



Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy 5 4 1 1 0 5
Flores (W, 2-0) 2 1 0 0 0 3
Duchscherer 1 1 0 0 0 0
Street (S, 8) 1 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 9 7 2 1 0 8

[KC Royals Nation]

Well, at least the real Royals offense wasn't alone today in their woeful struggles.

[plotty]

admin said:

Well, at least the real Royals offense wasn't alone today in their woeful struggles.

Oh, it gets better.....NOT.

Royals Slammed by A's
6-Run Sixth Sinks KC.

Home runs by Mark Kotsay, Jason Kendall and Nick Swisher powered the Oakland A's to a 7-2 win over Kansas City.

The biggest of home runs was hit by Kotsay, who connected for a three-run shot off of Royal pitcher Gil Meche. Meche allowed four runs in five and two-thirds innings.

Winning pitcher Dan Haren continued the silencing of the hot Royal bats, pitching eight innings and allowing just one run.

The Royals received a boost from backup catcher Ken Huckaby, who went two-for-three with a double and a RBI. Ross Gload also notched two hits and a RBI for the Royals, who fall to .500 at 8-8. Oakland continues to tear up the American League with a blistering 12-4 mark.

Next Series at Detroit
Friday, April 25: Loaiza (KC, 2-1) vs Bonderman (1-0)
Saturday, April 26: Colon (0-3) vs Verlander (2-1)
Sunday, April 27: Wolf (1-0) vs Miller (1-2)

KC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 8 0
A's 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 X 7 10 0

Kansas City Royals 8-8

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Gathright LF 4 0 1 0 0 0
Cabrera SS 4 0 0 0 0 1
Gordon 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0
Eldred RF 4 0 0 0 0 1
Butler 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0
Rivera CF 4 0 1 0 0 0
Gload DH 4 1 2 1 0 0
German 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1
Huckaby C 3 0 2 1 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2 0 3

Batting
2B: Butler (8)
RBI: Huckaby (1), Gload (1)
SAC: German
E: Eldred (2)



Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Meche (L, 1-1) 5 2/3 6 4 4 2 5
Nelson 0 1 2 2 1 0
Myers 0 1 1 1 0 0
Peralta 1/3 0 0 0 0 0
Riske 1 1 0 0 0 1
Bannister 1 1 0 0 2 1
Totals 8 10 7 7 5 7



Oakland A's 12-4

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Kotsay CF 4 1 2 3 1 1
Stewart LF 4 1 1 0 0 1
Swisher 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0
Chavez 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1
Snelling RF 3 1 1 1 0 1
Walker 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1
Kendall C 3 1 1 2 1 1
Scutaro SS 3 1 1 0 1 0
Piazza DH 3 1 0 0 1 1
Totals 31 7 10 7 5 7

Batting
2B: Stewart (7)
HR: Swisher (5), Kotsay (2), Kendall (2)
RBI: Swisher (8), Kotsay 3 (11), Kendall 2 (8), Snelling (7)
SF: Snelling
GIDP: Chavez, Snelling



Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Haren (W, 3-0) 8 7 2 1 0 3
Calero 1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 9 8 2 1 0 3

[ror1fan]

Blogger guy #1 Lenny D.

Something needs to be done that last game was horrendus I felt like throwing up while watching it during the 6th inning I turned the game off and watched Spongebob!!!!

[KC Royals Nation]

Royals G.M. Plotcheck On Hot Seat
Owner Jorge Brensteiner Says Gordon Batting Third Has Him Second Guessing G.M. Hiring

What strange lineup will Mathias Plotcheck propose today? Nobody really knows. All they do know is that this team, the Kansas City Royals, whom everyone expects to get a pennant this season and contend for the World Championship, have drastically underachieved in the first month of the season.

Owner Jorge Brensteiner sounded unconvinced the current G.M. was the man for the job.

"These guys have guts. That's right, guts. Guts by the bucketload. It's astonishing to see them underachieving by this great a margin.

It ultimately falls back to the work of the G.M."

Brensteiner was also heard as saying, "Bat Gordon fourth or you're done". Plotcheck, utterly baffled and clearly angry by Brensteiner's words, had a couple retorts of his own.

"This is my ballclub, and I will manage the way I want to manage!"

Still no word if Brensteiner, or his top assistant Jack Dempsey, has been watching way too much The Bronx Is Burning on ESPN.

[plotty]

Ray Responds Resoundly to Owner

Royals Manager Ricky Ray stood up for his second in power, GM Mathias Platcheck today after the Royals 7-2 loss to the AL West Leading Oakland A's.

"What in the [crap] does Mr. Brensteiner think placing blame on the GM," said Ray, "if he wants to point fingers, point them at me. I'm the one that signs the damn lineup card."

"If he also wants to criticize these men for not playing to snuff, then he needs to look at our stats, especially our offense. We have four of the best hitting players in baseball," said Ray.

Ray has led the Royals to a surprising 8-8 start, which is good enough for third place. They are 4 1/2 games behind the AL Central leading Minnesota Twins.

[plotty]

Royals Bats Rise to Occasion
Eldred Five RBI Boosts KC to 7-3 Win.

Brad Eldred homered and drove in five runs to spearhead a 15 hit attack by Kansas City, as they topped Detroit 7-3. Eldred hit a two-run home run in the eiegth off of reliever Macay McBride, then broke the game open with a three-run double off of McBride in the ninth.

Alex Gordon and Billy Butler, in a pinch hitting role, also drove in runs for Kansas City, 9-8.

Again, Kansas City used a load of pitchers, but this time, they were able to slow down the opposing offense. Picking up the win for the Royals was Zach Greinke. He pitched a scoreless eighth inning.

Jeremy Bonderman allowed just one run in his six innings of work for Detroit, striking out eight. But his relievers, Bobby Seay and Macay Mcbride, let the flood gates open. McBride was the most guilty, allowing six runs in his two worked innings.

Detroit received a two run double by Placido Polanco and a solo home run from Ivan Rodriguez.

KC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 7 15 0
Det 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 0

Kansas City Royals 9-8

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Cabrera SS 4 2 2 0 1 1
Kwon LF 4 0 0 0 0 3
Butler PH-LF 1 1 1 1 0 0
Gordon 3B 4 1 1 1 1 1
Eldred 1B 5 1 3 5 0 1
Rivera CF 5 0 2 0 0 1
Gload DH 3 0 1 0 0 0
Gathright PR-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0
Teahen RF 4 0 1 0 0 1
Roland C 4 1 2 0 0 0
Iguchi 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 15 7 2 8

Batting
2B: Eldred (9)
HR: Eldred (5)
RBI: Gordon (18), Eldred 5 (22), Butler (20)
GIDP: Gload, Kwon
SB: Gordon (8)
CS: Gathright (2)

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



Detroit Tigers 5-12

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Granderson CF 3 1 1 0 1 1
Polanco 2B 4 0 1 2 0 1
Perez DH 4 0 0 0 0 1
Monroe LF 4 0 0 0 0 1
Norton 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2
Ordonez RF 3 0 0 0 0 1
Rodriguez C 2 1 2 1 1 0
Inge 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0
Guillen SS 2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals 29 3 4 3 3 8

Batting
2B: Polanco (2)
HR: Rodriguez (3)
RBI: Rodriguez (8), Polanco 2 (9)





Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Bonderman 6 6 1 1 1 7
Seay 1 2 0 0 0 0
McBride (L, 0-2) 2 7 6 2 1 1
Totals 9 15 7 3 2 8

[ror1fan]

Ricky Ray must go along with his bad attitude you never bash the owner does he think he'll keep his job anylonger by bashing the owner lets get a new manager.

Royals Rewind(())RoyalsReplay
Lenny D

[plotty]

Monroe, Tigers Slam Royals
Outfielders Grand Slam Ruins Colon Royal Debut.

Criag Monroe, struggling with a sub-.200 batting average, busted out in a big way with a grand slam to lead Detroit to a 5-1 win over Kansas City.

The Tigers also receiver a strong pitching outing from fireballers Justin Verlander and Joel Zumaya. Verlander notched the win, pitching six and two-thirds innings of shutout baseball. He only allowed three hits while striking out seven. He walked two.

Zumaya allowed the only Kansas City run on a solo home run in the ninth from Brad Eldred.

Bartolo Colon had a decent start in his Royals debut, but was hampered by a lack of offense. he allowed three runs on seven hits in five and two-thirds innings.

News and Notes: The feud between owner Jorge Brensteiner and manager Ricky Ray has eased. Both exchanged public apologies in a news conference earlier today. "I have 100% confidence in Ricky's managerial skills," said Brensteiner.

The final game of the series comes tomorrow. The Royals will go with Randy Wolf, and the Tigers will go with Andrew Miller.

KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
Det 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 X 5 11 0

Kansas City Royals 9-9

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Cabrera SS 3 0 1 0 1 1
Kwon LF 3 0 0 0 0 1
Eldred DH 3 1 1 1 1 1
Butler 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0
Rivera CF 4 0 1 0 0 0
Teahen RF 4 0 1 0 0 1
Roland C 3 0 0 0 0 0
Iguchi 2B 3 0 1 0 0 2
German 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1
Gordon PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1 3 7

Batting
HR: Eldred (6)
RBI: Eldred (23)
SAC: Kwon
GIDP: Gordon
SB: Cabrera (4)


Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Colon (L, 0-4) 5 2/3 7 3 3 2 4
Nelson 1/3 0 0 0 0 1
Peralta 1 1 0 0 0 1
Myers 1/3 1 2 2 0 0
Bannister 0 2 0 0 0 0
Greinke 2/3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8 11 5 5 2 6



Detroit Tigers 6-12

Batter-Pos AB R H RBI BB SO
Granderson CF 2 1 1 0 1 0
Polanco 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0
Guillen SS 3 2 2 0 1 0
Rodriguez C 4 0 1 0 0 2
Monroe LF 4 1 2 4 0 0
Norton 1B 3 0 1 1 0 1
Ordonez RF 4 0 1 0 0 2
Inge 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1
Perez DH 3 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 11 5 2 6

Batting
2B: Ordonez (2)
HR: Monroe (1)
RBI: Norton (8), Monroe 4 (10)
HBP: Norton, Granderson
GIDP: Polanco, Monroe
CS: Rodriguez, (2), Guillen (2), Perez (1)


Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander (W, 3-1) 6 2/3 3 0 0 2 7
Zumaya (S, 1) 2 1/3 2 1 1 1 0
Totals 9 5 1 1 3 7

[mtroyals]

"I have 100% confidence in Ricky's managerial skills," said Brensteiner.

Any word on how much confidence Ricky Ray has in Brensteiner's ownership skills?

[KC Royals Nation]

plotty, if you don't mind, I'm going to bury this until you post again.

I'm considering starting a similar dynasty myself, but probably won't post it at this website. It would basically be copying plotty's idea, but this looks like much fun.