Dick Allen

I just wonder what happened where Sale thought it warranted going to the KC clubhouse. It appears Ventura has an interpreter for his interviews, so I would guess his english is limited. Makes me even wonder if whenEaton was chirping at him, he even knew what he was saying. He obviously knows a few choice words, but it would take more than a few f-bombs to get you so incensed you needed to go over there. I wonder if he tried something in the scrum.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 01:54 PM) More disappointed in the stupid decisions made by Sale the last 10 months or so, dating back to the cheating accusation in Detroit And Robin had a closed door meeting with him where the beat writers heard some shouting. I don't think Sale is the sharpest knife in the drawer, but going to the other clubhouse is really nothing. He isn't getting in. The only problem I see is if somehow the message that Sale is waiting for him gets to Ventura and goes and kicks his 185 pound ass. But there are better odds LaRoche can go a week without striking out than that happening.

I think Q's first pitch should be a knockdown. Make things interesting.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 12:46 PM) Exactly the point. It doesn't need to carry over. So you don't use any information you may receive from one thread in another? If I say Jose Quintana sucks, and then say I have always thought Jose Quintana is great, you would never use that against me? . The information revealed on this thread wasn't available the last conversation.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 12:47 PM) Hitting Cain intentionally the first series of the seaon. This all goes back to last year and him getting after Cain and Ventura when he played for the A's. There's clearly more than meets the eye going on in terms of the backstory with those three...and the Samardzija also getting after Christian Colon from the dugout last night Maybe the pitch to Cain "slipped" like the 100 mph fastball Herrera threw behind Lawrie's head.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 12:17 PM) I would need to see it again, but did he start his motion after the batter was set, or while the batter was in the middle of a pre-pitch routine? There's a difference, in my opinion. It's not as simple as the batter is in the box and should be ready to hit at any moment. There needs to be a little bit of an understanding that the batter gets a second to get ready for a pitch, and we all know it when we see it. The batter definitely wasn't set. It looked like one of those step off throws to first a lefty makes although obviously he didn't step off, it looked like he short armed it, and it was about an 85 mph right down the middle. I think it was Carlos Santana, and he couldn't swing. He just took off his pads. If Ventura quick pitched Eaton, I have no problem with it. There is time to get ready in the box.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 12:12 PM) The original post was "Kris Bryant is playing CF today". No one mentioned how Robin Ventura would be viewed if he'd made that call until you did. If "how would Robin Ventura be viewed if he did this" is going to be brought up every single time a manager anywhere in baseball makes a poor decision or a good decision, then this page will quickly become unreadable. You're only getting a little bit of the overall conversation which was a carry over from another thread.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 12:05 PM) Please feel free to send me links on those. There's always a challenge in game threads when people are saying "f*** you" to another poster to judge whether it's in jest or not, but I would very much agree that there's no need for using that word as an insult. It was about a week ago or so. I'm not in to getting people banned, but I was a bit surprised it was allowed to continue.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 11:58 AM) Where did this happen? Because if people call someone a R_______ that's something I'd actually want reported. I noted the posts going after Greg last night in the game thread but only because I checked the last couple pages after I woke up to see what had happened, and you can see that we weren't happy about that. It was in a game thread and there were several.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 12:00 PM) Actually there is an entire thread that was posted just today about this kind of stuff. These type of posts serve no purpose other than to antagonize the majority of the site that doesn't agree with you, and you know this. Quit looking to point the finger at someone else and just stop it. And to make the point of how monumental this post is, this is me, backing up Balta. Are you saying it is OK to blast Robin because the majority of the site incorrectly blames him for everything? Just look at what was posted. I did nothing wrong.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 11:53 AM) Because I actually have the authority at the site to do so, and regardless of whether or not I disagree, "does this seriously need to be put in every thread" is a fair reply at this point. Not every topic needs to be a discussion/defense of Robin Ventura. It's getting tiresome. I think blaming Robin for everything is a bit tiresome. Haven't seen you reply to the f*** you Robin crowd yet, even when they were using the r word several times. So I believe your position is a bit biased.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 11:18 AM) Does this seriously need to be in every single thread? I made an appropriate response to his reponse. I don't know why you need to critique my posts.

Duke quick pitched someone last week.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 11:28 PM) Because he played it at UC-San Diego and feels much more comfortable with the angles playing straight away, rather than a corner...hooks and slices apparently drive him crazy. He's the one who approached Maddon about it, not the other way around. If Bryant were a White Sox, and he told Robin he wanted to play CF instead of LF, and he was then in CF, Robin would get skewered.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 10:04 AM) And to top it off, Adam Eaton while he was with AZ never played against KC. And if it is the minor leagues, the only 2 years they were in the same league, Teaford pitched 7 games one year, and Eaton played 10 the other. It's just minor league fodder trying to get some attention.

Eaton joined the Sox in 2014. Teaford last played for the Royals in 2013, and that was 1 game. Scratch that source.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 09:15 AM) To be fair, Samardzija has been an idiot since opening day. He hit Gordon on purpose that started a big inning, and then he hit Cain too. Apparently he was jawing from the bench last night before the Eaton thing. Hopefully it's over now. Samardzija is getting suspended. It's got to end now. Chirping from the dugout shouldn't be a big deal. Pretty much every team does it from time to time. If a hitter gets hit by a pitch there are a lot of guys chirping. If they are listening to the opposition dugout, it will get them eventually.

How come Fraser didn't have a 0.00 ERA with the Sox?He got to work with Coop. Must be the Royals way

Putnam is next up

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 09:42 PM) Well, hopefully Gordon will replace Gillaspie, win the MVP and John Danks the Cy Young. Wanna bet? Ventura Manager of the Year? Trifecta... More names not worthy of wearing a KC uniform

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 09:35 PM) That's two key at-bats of failure from Avisail. Not ready for prime time. Gillaspie's not going to be getting playing time on a playoff-contender unless he hits out of his a-- for 4 months like he did last season...repeatable? Probably not. Neither is Royals -worthy

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 09:36 PM) Hating on the decision to bring the closer in on a tie. If you want to save him for a lead the next chance he would have is tomorrow

Robertson in

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 09:20 PM) They may not win it tonight, but I like the passion I see from this team. Duke, Sale, Shark, Melky, Micha, they all showed some fire tonight. I know that's very meathead, but whatever, it's fun to see. I know it is not PC but sometimes you need some meat head

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 09:19 PM) WTF They threw out Sale??? He was being lifted anyway.