Gameday Thread: KC Royals vs. Angels (4/12/2015)

[nando714]

He's been horrible out there today. Misplayed 2 hits off the wall and allowed extra bases.

He misplayed one last night as well

[disarcina]

9 to 2......

 

not sure if it's the Royals pitching, speed and defense today or the Halos lack of those things today......

[Jim]

As an Angel fan you just gotta love April

[disarcina]

the left side with Freese at third and Joyce in left a bit suspect with the glove..........oh well.

 

a least we have Aybar at short.

[mancini79]

He misplayed one last night as well

 

Missed that one. But I did see him react WAY LATE to a ball hit in his direction. I thought the ball was hit foul because he didn't move.

[hen3ry]

CJ Cron finally gets on base for the first time this season.

 

And he used the same strategy I used in little league - leave the bat on your shoulder and take your base.  

[mancini79]

CJ Cron finally gets on base for the first time this season.

 

And he used the same strategy I used in little league - leave the bat on your shoulder and take your base.  

 

KC were just setting up for an easy DP

[hen3ry]

KC were just setting up for an easy DP

That's usually how my strategy ended too

[disarcina]

Royals had that big inning after that double play ball to Freese that became an E-5.......I assume it was an E-5 (VIctor and Gubi are fine but I wish they would immediately report what the scoring is on a play like that -- Scully always announces the scoring when its first announced -- I notice Victor doesn't seem to come back to it ......I assume it was an E-5 but Victor never told us -- he mentioned the RBI not being credited to the hitter and later indicated the batter was given an RBI but never announced the scoring on the play -- I think it was an E-5 and with one out you CANNOT assume a double-play (even if it's a hard hit tailor made GIDP ball) so the scorer thought the run would have scored on a force play at second and gave it an E-5 with an RBI for the batter -- of course that was 5 or 6 runs ago for KC).

 

Having mentioned something I don't like with respect to Victor's call of the game (and I like Rojas -- think he's pretty good) let me state something I do like -- he called out CJ Cron and one other Halos hitter today as to not having a clue at the plate against Ventura and suggested Cron and the other hitter should just wait on the fastball and take everything else until there's two strikes.........I liked Rojas mentioning that -- no HOMER type call here.

[disarcina]

It's the 8th inning and it feels like we're back in Tempe for the 8th and 9th innings.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

The Royals Spiethed us this weekend.

[hen3ry]

Using Butera as a late inning sub at first base?  At this point why not use him at his natural position instead - mop-up relief pitcher.

[disarcina]

9 to 2 game -- wonder if KC will bring on a new pitcher for the 9th -- how about a guy who missed all of the last (two?) seasons and who made their 25 man roster -- Ryan Madson.

 

Can't you just see Madsen getting the final out of a 3 game KC sweep........OUCH.

 

also -- another OUCH -- not that I am anti-Ducks but all the talk by Victor and Gubi about the Ducks Stanley Cup playoff cup chase starting at the Honda Center this week sort of is rubbing salt into a still every raw wound............I would have preferred even a (Jonathan) QUICK exit to the playoffs than no play offs at all (thanks to losses to folks like Edmonton and a 3-15 OT record).

[mancini79]

9 to 2 game -- wonder if KC will bring on a new pitcher for the 9th -- how about a guy who missed all of the last (two?) seasons and who made their 25 man roster -- Ryan Madson.

 

Can't you just see Madsen getting the final out of a 3 game KC sweep........OUCH.

 

also -- another OUCH -- not that I am anti-Ducks but all the talk by Victor and Gubi about the Ducks Stanley Cup playoff cup chase starting at the Honda Center this week sort of is rubbing salt into a still every raw wound............I would have preferred even a (Jonathan) QUICK exit to the playoffs than no play offs at all (thanks to losses to folks like Edmonton and a 3-15 OT record).

 

Sorry about the Kings. Would have liked them to at least make the playoffs.

[BleedRed]

This is spring training replay, right?

[disarcina]

mancini79 -- thanks.......Kings did it to themselves and that's what hurts most of all.  When you either force or are forced into more OT games than any other team in the league and then go 3-15 in shoot outs.....it's no wonder they're taking a seat on the couch for the Stanley Cup playoffs........

 

five years ago if some one would have bet you that in 2015 the only post-season games being played at Staples were the LA Clippers playoff games.........well, I think every one of us would have taken that wager..........

[disarcina]

am sure many of you saw that Clint Eastwood directed film "Trouble with the Curve" from a few years back......pretty thin plot.

 

well, the prospect hitter in that film could well be CJ Cron.......

[hen3ry]

So, just wondering, not that it really matters, but did they bat out of order in the 9th?  Gamecast suggests that Navarro (hitting in Trout's spot in the lineup) should have led off the 9th.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Yay the game is over. I can quit torturing myself.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

mancini79 -- thanks.......Kings did it to themselves and that's what hurts most of all. When you either force or are forced into more OT games than any other team in the league and then go 3-15 in shoot outs.....it's no wonder they're taking a seat on the couch for the Stanley Cup playoffs........

five years ago if some one would have bet you that in 2015 the only post-season games being played at Staples were the LA Clippers playoff games.........well, I think every one of us would have taken that wager..........

That story today about them locking Suter out of the locker room is wild.

[Ohtaniland]

 

[SoWhat]

There's not a team I dislike more than the Royals. **** them

[Stradling]

There's not a team I dislike more than the Royals. **** them

Really? Why? Because they are good and get the most out of their talent? I hate the Red Sox and Dodgers MUCH more than a team like KC. So they beat us, it happens, I don't really dislike the team at all. When you suck that long you should have a bunch of good young talent. Most of their team is home grown players that have all come up and played like a team. I don't want to go up and down their roster to figure out how many of their starters are home grown, but my guess would be at least 6 of the 9 position players, if you don't count Escobar at short. I respect the team, although the pitcher today was a punk. I was at the game so I didn't really get to see what happened like if I were watching it on TV.

[nando714]

The Royals are the best team in baseball. I really dont see them slowing down any time soon

[Season Over]

Even the good Angel teams have been atrocious in April, what the hell does this team do in Spring Training??