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Given how my stomach was knotted every game in this series with the Royals at USCF, I cannot imagine what I am going to do for the last ten games of the year. I doubt the division will be won by then (and it might still be a 3 team race then). And we play the Royals 3 at home, then Yanks 3 at home and then 4 on the road vs the Royals YIKES I might as well stock up on some medication now. Can we win the next 20 games and wint his division before the last 10 games? Please please please

Sorry folks, but I rathe rhave White up here than Ginter. Can someone tell me why Porzio is not in the bull pen? Too many lefties because of Wunsch, Marte and Scho? Is that why Porzio is not up in the BP? I rather have Porzio than Ginter. Porzio looked good to me in the game he started.

I have never b****ed about Colon. You have to love a guy who can consistently pitch 120 pitches in a game for you and not give up more than 2 to 3 runs always. His contribution to our bullpen is not tangibly measured, but trust me, after seeing how delicate our bullpen is, every rest the bullpen gets when Bartolo pitches is huge. With an off day tomorrow, we should have all our guns for the first game against the As Also, Wright misses his start with the off day tomorrow, so he can pitch in the pen too on Friday if needed

Jeff Nelson has been lights out for the Ms.....what a pathetic dumb move by the Ms Benitez sucks Wow, I am shocked The Ms management got revenge on Nelson for opening his mouth, but that is crap. Players should be allowed to say what they feel.

Relaford strikes out looking DAMASO f***ING MARTE

Relaford takes a ball high 1-1 Relaford fouls it back 1-2 now

0-1 on Relaford (we better hold Febles on 1st)

Harvey down 1-2 to Marte f***...and Harvey gets a base hit on a great pitchers pitch way low

Ibanez pops up 1 to go.....finish them off here Marte

This was not Manuel's fault....Colon's back stiffened up 3-2 count on Ibanez

It is not his fault Our dumbass manager used him for freaking 50 pitches in game one Thank God Bart was on fire today and shielded our BP We need Koch to get back ....and this is why.....we cannot work with two folsk int he BP who are reliable

I knew it in my gut when Beltran walked to the plate this would happen This is f***ing bull s*** I wish Bart had stayed on ....oh well, mow them down Marte COME ON

Randa gets on base with a hit to 3rd ....good dive by Crede but not enough On comes Beltran....why can't we shut these guys out man? 1st and 2nd, one out Beltran with 3 run home run HOLY f*** Bring Marte on

Guiel gets a bse hit and is on 1st

DeFelice lines out to valenti...val made a nice jump to get to it One down...two to go

lee grounds out Flash to close the door in the 9th 4-0 good guys Bring on the As

Shutting the Royals down today is huge for the next series too....this might cool the Royal bats and screw their swings.....hurting them in the next series

You let him "get back" by using him in setup. Prove he can get an inning in without giving up a run, or two. You don't throw him in there to test the water against KC, who you are chasing, in a save opp, that'd be ridiculous and Jerry would be run out of town if he blew it. see mynext post after that one

Royals with an error on an easy double play...Berroa threw it away after bobbling it on 2nd....should have been a simple DP Worse for the Royals, Berroa is down injured....not sure for what but looks like something on the elbow if he goes to the DL, that will kill the Royals On a similar note, I just noticed the pitcher from game 2 Snyder has been put on the DL

Not today though....this game is huge But sometime against the Rangers or Angels we need to put Kochin situations to redeem himself and get some confidence Crede walks

At some point we need to put Koch in a game and see if he can come back If he does not come back I do not like our chances in the post season We need him badly We have to get him back on track....he is the difference between a 1st round loss or no

Good point...but then we need to put Graff at 1st Val moves Kong to 3rd with grounder up the middle Good swing

Valentin should have bunted here 1-2 count here

Crowd on a Wed afternoon ~25K Very impressive Lets keep filling the park all the way to a division win The crowd will be huge against the As ....we need to find a way to win that series at home

The day off tomorrow helps our bullpen get back on track too for the As series Kong with a lead off double in the 8th cool