The Royals

[Cartierfor3]

Does it bug anyone else Cain got 3 HR in one game and we lost? Because it still bugs me.

no.  it's a good lesson for children.

what if we lost a game where he had 3 triples? that would bug you i bet

[Cartierfor3]

Hosmer has 33 more TB, 5 more walks, 3 more HR, and 20 more hits than Morales, but only 3 more RBI.

RBI is a dumb stat.

[Cartierfor3]

In 2014 on June 1st we were 26-30. We made the World Series that season.

[star seed 7]

In 2014 on June 1st we were 26-30. We made the World Series that season.

And lost

[Cartierfor3]

In 2014 on June 1st we were 26-30. We made the World Series that season.

And lost

i handled it with class and dignity.

[Rage Against the McKee]

In 2014 on June 1st we were 26-30. We made the World Series that season.

And lost

i handled it with class and dignity.

The bar has been raised since then, CF3. The expectation is championships in Kansas City.

[Cartierfor3]

An American League Championship is a Championship. In fact it might be the hardest one to get.

[sys]

what if we lost a game where he had 3 triples? that would bug you i bet

hasn't happened because it would never happen.

[sys]

I like this Peter Moylan character.  I hope he keeps being a stud.

yes I like the idea of a guy with an illegal pitch from down under to confuse American/Dominican/Venezuelan/Etc bats.

feels great to have the depth again.  sounds like big chris youngsie is also recovering well and will soon be a stud again too.  i'd just piggyback him onto to the duffy mini-starts, but it'll be interesting to see what they do with him.

[mocat]

what if we lost a game where he had 3 triples? that would bug you i bet

hasn't happened because it would never happen.

losing a game in which one of your players hits three triples is rare, but it has happened to Kansas City (not the Royals)

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196708290KC1

[sys]

that box score looks like it's impossible or maybe i'm reading it wrong.  how did campaneris go 3-6 with 3 triples and also steal 3rd?

[sys]

i guess he could have hit into a fielder's choice, advanced to second somehow and then stole 3rd.


at any rate, it (3 triples a steal and a loss) could never happen in modern baseball.

[sys]

or reached on an error.

[mocat]

that box score looks like it's impossible or maybe i'm reading it wrong.  how did campaneris go 3-6 with 3 triples and also steal 3rd?

each of his 3 triples was off a different pitcher, and the SB was off of a fourth pitcher. cleveland may have canceled out KC's triples barrage by throwing a different pitcher each inning. what a game it would have been to watch.

campaneris could have gotten on base any number of ways. the fielder's choice is most likely, imo

[mocat]

i guess he could have hit into a fielder's choice, advanced to second somehow and then stole 3rd.


at any rate, it (3 triples a steal and a loss) could never happen in modern baseball.

the mets lost this game by 6 points. if the Flynn guy could have figured out how to steal a base, the mets would have won.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198008050MON

[sys]

if the Flynn guy could have figured out how to steal a base, the mets would have won.

that's right.

[pissclams]

does merrifield have a nickname yet?  whitsy?

[pissclams]

volquez pitching a no-hitter 
 

[pissclams]

sal dong

[wetwillie]

I feel like I'm watching on google fiber this is a joke

[pissclams]

damn.  there goes volquez's no-no. 
i really want to see one again soon, sabs's '91 no-no was way too long ago for a franchise as big time as ours.

[wetwillie]

Paulo fields baseballs like they are a live grenade

[pissclams]

yes, he does.  ol' whitsy swinging the pine with another double

[Powercat Posse]

Paulo fields baseballs like they are a live grenade

Yeah that was one of those "earned, unearned runs".   Paulo didn't get charged with an error, but Arcia would have been out by a ways at 2nd if Paulo doesn't bobble the ball.

[cfbandyman]

Looks like they Roys got this well in hand. Cleveland is beating Chicago 4-1. Unless the Twins threaten they need to leave Volquez in for like 7 innings and let the bullpen rest.