Game one, disappointing. Bannister is/was awful for the second straight time. Royals can't compete with pitchers like him and Davies in the rotation. Billy hit another homer. He missed another DP, which is good. Positives from the 6-4 loss? Bull pen wasn't too bad. Offense erased Banny's early deficit. The Pods walk, steal and score on a single with two outs was very nice.
Get it together. Get Zack some runs. Take game two against the Braves!!!
This series did it. I can't take this team anymore. They are awful. I have to stay away from this sewer of a baseball team until after the LONG LONG losing streak. Bases loaded no outs and you don't get any runs? Billy Butler is pathetic batting with runners on base. Bat his fat ass lead off. He doesn't produce runs. DDJ is sorry when people are on base. That strike call wasn't good, though. Aviles is what he is. A hacker. I really wish I could be positive but this team is just bad at the fundamentals and they lack the edge that competitive teams have. The Braves are the opposite of the Royals. A winning team with a winning attitude. Oh well, I feel good that I at least tried to have a positive blog about the most frustrating team in baseball. They may not be the worst record wise, but it is a long season.
Adios RPB, maybe I'll be back. I may just come back after the double digit losing streak to say hello!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Inter League--Astros
Game one was all positive. 15 runs. 7 run inning. Two comebacks. Nice to see the offense explode. DDJ is hot. Billy is hot. The team looked good yesterday. Positive performance. Our little scoreboard- Billy 36 Yuni 31. Betancourt is having a great season at the plate. Think about recent Royals teams. What would they have given to get 280 5 31 at this point in the season? Lighten up on the guy. He deserves credit for the season he is producing at the dish.
3 out of 4 in interleague. Got Oswalt tonight. He is beatable. Go Royals. Sweep the Astros!
No sweep. 4-2 loss. Too bad, too. Chen pitched OK. The offense wasn't as good as last night, obviously, but they should have put more than 2 up. Fewer positives but the pen was good, again. Farnsworth, Wood, and Soria shut them down. Damage done, series still very winnable. Lets salvage the series with a nice win, boys.
Meat Loafed them. 2 out of three and that aint bad. Good win. Lerew was OK, just like Chen has been. Pods with a homer, nice. Billy heating up? 2 doubles to bring his total to 22. Good series win. Royals off to Atlanta. Lets keep it rolling boys!!
3 out of 4 in interleague. Got Oswalt tonight. He is beatable. Go Royals. Sweep the Astros!
No sweep. 4-2 loss. Too bad, too. Chen pitched OK. The offense wasn't as good as last night, obviously, but they should have put more than 2 up. Fewer positives but the pen was good, again. Farnsworth, Wood, and Soria shut them down. Damage done, series still very winnable. Lets salvage the series with a nice win, boys.
Meat Loafed them. 2 out of three and that aint bad. Good win. Lerew was OK, just like Chen has been. Pods with a homer, nice. Billy heating up? 2 doubles to bring his total to 22. Good series win. Royals off to Atlanta. Lets keep it rolling boys!!
Friday, June 11, 2010
Inter League--Reds
Wow, that was quite a first game with the Reds. Down 4-0. Take the lead 5-4. Give up the lead. Get the lead back and win 6-5. Good, very good win. Yuni came through again. Double and two run homer. Yuni is hitting well. Again the hatred for the guy is beyond my understanding. I remember watching Tony Pena try to play that position. He couldn't hit his weight. Yuni is hitting well. He is full of lapses in the field, but you don't drive in runs with your glove. I've yet to see that done. Now the Royals made a poor choice by not cutting off a throw early in the game that allowed a runner to get to second. That runner promptly scored. Yuni missed that play. No way DDJ was going to gun the runner at the plate. Cut that off and save the base. Oh well. That is the breaks. I yelled at the TV, it was a poor fundamental play. The Royals need to tie up all of those loose ends if they are EVER going to be competitive. I was watching Wood give up the lead and thinking the Royals could have won if they were more like the Reds fundamentally. Well the bull pen with Farnsworth, Wood, Tejeda, Texeria, Hughes, Marte and Soria held off the Reds in that wiffle ball park. They did give up one run but they pitched well. The game remained tight until the 11th. Billy walked and got to second with another walk. Billy comes around third on a single to center. It looked like he was going to get gunned by about a yard. Well, those fundamentally sound Reds cut the ball off and he scored the winning run. Go Royals. Series is very winnable. Their bull pen is tired and we should score runs. Go for it Royals get three in Cincinnati!!
Bannister going against Cueto. Royals will get a whole barrel of runs. They will need them. Royals 9-8 That would be three games in a row that they won by one run. Lets see shall we.
Nope! 11-5 loss. Wow, the Reds bull pen was just as decimated but the Royals left Bannister out there to give up 11. Not the positive part of the game. The ability to climb out of a four run hole is a positive. That was a great inning. It was all they did. I'm guessing they are preparing for Zack's start tomorrow. 8 innings without a run will be exactly what happens tomorrow. Oh well Betancourt will surpass Billy in RBI's here shortly. That has to be concerning. We are all pinning the future hopes with Billy in the middle of the lineup. Maybe Yuni should bat fourth. He and Guillen are more productive. That frustrates me about Billy. Sure he is hitting 320, awesome. He has 5 homers and 30 RBI's. He also has grounded into an incredible 17 double plays. HMM, a few more homers and a few less "hard hit" ground balls and then his line would more resemble a clean up hitter. Right now he looks like a slap hitter in the stats. Come on Billy. You can still hit 300 AND produce a few more runs.
Zack going to get any support?Will he pitch worth a damn?
Yes, they will get runs. Yes Zack will pitch worth a damn. Billy finally hit a home run and drove some in some runs. I love the kid the Royals just need him to be more Steve Balboni and less Willie Wilson. He will get it done. I'm still going to watch the race between Billy and Yuni with RBI's. It shouldn't be close, but if it is then the Royals are getting a great year from the SS correct?
Royals win the series with the first place Reds. They rested the bull pen today. They get the Astros at home. Here we go Royals. Lets sweep the Astros and set up the dog days as the quest for 500! Yost gets this team to 500 the job has to be his. They are better since he took over. Trey, remember him, was just not very good. This team is managed and I will be anxious to see how the summer goes. I really need the Royals to be interesting, otherwise I will have to actually work around the house. Go Royals!!
Bannister going against Cueto. Royals will get a whole barrel of runs. They will need them. Royals 9-8 That would be three games in a row that they won by one run. Lets see shall we.
Nope! 11-5 loss. Wow, the Reds bull pen was just as decimated but the Royals left Bannister out there to give up 11. Not the positive part of the game. The ability to climb out of a four run hole is a positive. That was a great inning. It was all they did. I'm guessing they are preparing for Zack's start tomorrow. 8 innings without a run will be exactly what happens tomorrow. Oh well Betancourt will surpass Billy in RBI's here shortly. That has to be concerning. We are all pinning the future hopes with Billy in the middle of the lineup. Maybe Yuni should bat fourth. He and Guillen are more productive. That frustrates me about Billy. Sure he is hitting 320, awesome. He has 5 homers and 30 RBI's. He also has grounded into an incredible 17 double plays. HMM, a few more homers and a few less "hard hit" ground balls and then his line would more resemble a clean up hitter. Right now he looks like a slap hitter in the stats. Come on Billy. You can still hit 300 AND produce a few more runs.
Zack going to get any support?Will he pitch worth a damn?
Yes, they will get runs. Yes Zack will pitch worth a damn. Billy finally hit a home run and drove some in some runs. I love the kid the Royals just need him to be more Steve Balboni and less Willie Wilson. He will get it done. I'm still going to watch the race between Billy and Yuni with RBI's. It shouldn't be close, but if it is then the Royals are getting a great year from the SS correct?
Royals win the series with the first place Reds. They rested the bull pen today. They get the Astros at home. Here we go Royals. Lets sweep the Astros and set up the dog days as the quest for 500! Yost gets this team to 500 the job has to be his. They are better since he took over. Trey, remember him, was just not very good. This team is managed and I will be anxious to see how the summer goes. I really need the Royals to be interesting, otherwise I will have to actually work around the house. Go Royals!!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Never left, but back.
Royals Positive Blog (RPG) had to take a few games off for a breather. The team is bobbing at 500 under Yost. We will have to see what happens.
Twins series. Zack goes against Slowey tonight. This will be a telling trip and this game will be indicative of what to expect on the trip. I have to believe that Zack will pitch well and the offense will show up. Going to predict a big win tonight. 6-7 runs.
RPG, baby.
Well the 7 did show up--for the Twins. RPG can just feel a long losing streak coming. It is hard to be positive when you see the type of game I saw tonight. Oh well here goes. Zack is off. His delivery is just not the same. His velocity is down, too. The positive is he can and will get it back. Guillen continues to school Butler on how to be a productive hitter. 250 average, 40 RBI's. Billy isn't a good RBI guy yet. He will be. 16 GIDP's at this point is just terrible. It will get better. I'm trying to be positive, I really am.
Lets drop a 10 spot on Pavano tonight. Go Royals. (RPG)
Hear that? That is the season screaming to a halt for the Royals. In the spirit of the positive nature of this blog the Royals will now venture on an epic, record breaking losing streak. The team I watched play tonight cannot win on MLB fields. They are bad, folks. Carl Pavano is batting practice, but not for our boys. They are bad. The best thing from tonight was, what? Billy hit into another double play! Might as well set as many records as possible. 17 double plays, not even close to halfway through the season. He could break 60 if he works at it. At the very least he will ground into three times as many double plays as he hits home runs. RPG, RPG. That's the screaming you hear. Buckle up Royals fans, the 22 game losing streak in upon us. The positive part is there are only 20 games left to lose.
Awful team. Awful.
Chen salvages the last game of the series. He pitched well. He is the ace as of now. Zack is but he isn't pitching as well as Chen right now. Positives: Guillen triple and his 40th RBI. I don't really care for the man but the player is productive. Betemit two long ones. Very nice to see. Maybe Willie Bloomquist can find somewhere else to play. Maier went deep. He needs to do well. I like him. He took that ball off the face in Cleveland and I've liked the toughness he shows. If Mitch plays well Swinging Rick Ankiel can stay on the DL. That is a terrible player right there. Mitch and Wilson going yard. Soria leaked a little but did OK. One out of three. 22 gamer avoided for now. Cincinnati will be very interesting. That is a good team.
Twins series. Zack goes against Slowey tonight. This will be a telling trip and this game will be indicative of what to expect on the trip. I have to believe that Zack will pitch well and the offense will show up. Going to predict a big win tonight. 6-7 runs.
RPG, baby.
Well the 7 did show up--for the Twins. RPG can just feel a long losing streak coming. It is hard to be positive when you see the type of game I saw tonight. Oh well here goes. Zack is off. His delivery is just not the same. His velocity is down, too. The positive is he can and will get it back. Guillen continues to school Butler on how to be a productive hitter. 250 average, 40 RBI's. Billy isn't a good RBI guy yet. He will be. 16 GIDP's at this point is just terrible. It will get better. I'm trying to be positive, I really am.
Lets drop a 10 spot on Pavano tonight. Go Royals. (RPG)
Hear that? That is the season screaming to a halt for the Royals. In the spirit of the positive nature of this blog the Royals will now venture on an epic, record breaking losing streak. The team I watched play tonight cannot win on MLB fields. They are bad, folks. Carl Pavano is batting practice, but not for our boys. They are bad. The best thing from tonight was, what? Billy hit into another double play! Might as well set as many records as possible. 17 double plays, not even close to halfway through the season. He could break 60 if he works at it. At the very least he will ground into three times as many double plays as he hits home runs. RPG, RPG. That's the screaming you hear. Buckle up Royals fans, the 22 game losing streak in upon us. The positive part is there are only 20 games left to lose.
Awful team. Awful.
Chen salvages the last game of the series. He pitched well. He is the ace as of now. Zack is but he isn't pitching as well as Chen right now. Positives: Guillen triple and his 40th RBI. I don't really care for the man but the player is productive. Betemit two long ones. Very nice to see. Maybe Willie Bloomquist can find somewhere else to play. Maier went deep. He needs to do well. I like him. He took that ball off the face in Cleveland and I've liked the toughness he shows. If Mitch plays well Swinging Rick Ankiel can stay on the DL. That is a terrible player right there. Mitch and Wilson going yard. Soria leaked a little but did OK. One out of three. 22 gamer avoided for now. Cincinnati will be very interesting. That is a good team.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Blasted by Angels
Royals followed the positive win against the Angels last night by losing the game in the top of the first tonight. Wow. Positives are few and far between. Need to show more life. Marte has potential but Hunter crushed him. DDJ is hitting well. Butler finally hit a ball hard in the series. Lets split the series and get Zack a win. Good match up tomorrow. Go Royals.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Royals beat the Angels!
Yes, the Royals stopped a skid by beating the Angels. Bannister pitched well. The bull pen was fantastic. I'm liking Wood more and more. Guillen hits another homer. He has 12 long ones. I hope he goes on a tear for the next week or two. He needs another hot streak because the cold spells are getting longer and longer.
Great to win. Better to beat the Angels. Rev it up and take the next two!
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