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Will likely be another first tonight....Guthrie hasn't had a complete game yet this season. T-Flow up to .192. Wise at .194.

9 baserunners stranded by KC. Well, we're now OFFICIALLY the worst defense in the AL, based on errors/games played AND fielding percentage. We would be first in errors (despite playing 2-3 fewer games) were it not for the KC scorekeeper being generous to his hitter and DeAza. And who's first in D? The Detroit Tigers.

Should be three errors tonight if you count DeAza giving the Royals another base by misplaying a ball in the corner.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 4, 2013 -> 06:48 PM) Corpseball baby! What a heartless effort, these guys must have 9PM dinner reservations. Maybe the Plaza is busy tonight... 16 fly outs for the Royals. He's pretty fortunate they're just getting under his high fastballs. Gee, yet another error by the White Sox. Somehow it just sailed over Ramirez's glove. Yet another lapse in concentration. That almost never happened to Uribe...his hands were incredible. Not Alexei's range, but he never messed up plays like that.

Physioc is almost starting to openly cheer for Axelrod. They really admire the job he's doing with no offense behind him tonight. He's like a bulldog, doesn't give in or quit.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 4, 2013 -> 06:37 PM) Caufield are u coming to KC at all this year for Sox-Royals? I was thinking about going Monday possibly. Supposed to be nice here finally. Not sure about flying from Shanghai to KC for that one, lol. I'll be in the US from the middle of June through first week of August, then to Indonesia for a new job. Fernandez has only given up one hit to the Phillies tonight.

Michael Jordan 1994-95 > Trayce Thompson Just kidding. Although it's far from clear Trayce is going to make it to the majors now.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 4, 2013 -> 06:30 PM) Watching on mlb.com replay, could/should Rios have caught Cain's triple? Doubt it. Kept slicing away from him.

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/i...-213915901.html Didn't realize Downey, Jr., was basically broke in 2008, but it makes sense. Now he'll have more money than the fictional Tony Stark, haha. Especially, that he recorded an album. Had no idea. Tony Stark has done it again! Iron Man 3, Disney’s $200 million superhero sequel, kicked off its North American run with $68.3 million on Friday, and it’s headed for one of the best opening weekends of all time. Iron Man 3′s opening day (which includes $15.6 million earned at Thursday night shows starting at 9 p.m.) marks the eighth biggest opening day ever at the domestic box office, slightly ahead of The Hunger Games‘ $67.3 million Friday, which yielded a $152.5 million weekend. Thanks to broader audience appeal, Iron Man 3 is expected to hold up slightly better than Hunger Games over the rest of the weekend. Where will Iron Man 3 finish? Well, if it performs similarly to The Avengers, which earned $80.8 million on Friday and a record-breaking $207.4 million over the full debut weekend, then Iron Man 3 is headed for a $175 million debut, which would beat Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2‘s $169.5 million haul as the second-best domestic start of all time. If it doesn’t manage such a strong internal multiplier, Iron Man 3 may finish with around $160 million — still an incredible start. EW predicted a $172 million opening on Thursday. One thing is for sure: Iron Man 3, which has already broken records overseas, will easily trounce the domestic opening weekends of its predecessors, Iron Man ($98.6 million) and Iron Man 2 ($128.1 million). Check back tomorrow to see just how marvelous the Marvel film’s debut really was. Here’s hwo the rest of the chart looked: www.ew.com/movies Have seen most estimates revised down to the $163-166 range. Last week, some were even predicting low 180's. But this one's made a TON already overseas, largely on the strength or coattails of Avengers, positive reviews and the connection many made with the first Iron Man movie (and adjustments made especially for the Chinese market with this film).

QUOTE (Jake @ May 4, 2013 -> 06:22 PM) I want nothing to do with a roster like the Astros I'm also glad we restricted our spending with last year's FA market More their minor league system....but honestly, I'd rather watch C. Carter in LF with DeAza in CF than seeing Wise/Danks/Tekotte, etc.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 4, 2013 -> 06:22 PM) Why can't we hit this damn guy? Most frustrating thing ever He owned us last year. Now he's on a string where the Royals have won 16 consecutive games he's started. Bad combination. It's like facing Jose Contreras in late 2005/early 2006...for those four months, he was the best pitcher in baseball. Now Guthrie's not QUITE that good, but against the White Sox he might as well be.

"Sox go on three rather feeble ground balls." LOL. Even the Royals' announcers are feeling sorry for Sox fans.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 4, 2013 -> 06:16 PM) How many season tix did the Sox sell? If Sox are 10 or more out when school lets out, will our crowds consist pretty much only of season tix holders? Maybe 1-2 times a summer families will go? Good thing they lowered ticket prices. Too bad we didnt finish off Detroit last year when we had the chances, many chances. If nothing else, it would have made standing pat or "status quo" an impossible position to defend by the F.O. With the higher ticket sales, they probably could have kept AJ (that would have been a questionable decision) or spent more on a better player than Keppinger. BUT, in a way...it might have made the inevitable LESS obvious, too, and bought a couple more years of trying to "reload on the fly." This roster needs a major renovation and injection of youth and talent. ANYTHING would be more interesting...even if they were running out the Astros' line-up, I would be more likely to care except for a few players like Viciedo, Konerko and Gillaspie. I guess Flowers...you keep wanting to give up on him and then he'll hit another huge homer and it will buy him more time (assuming that we're competing for something...otherwise, he gets the whole season, one way or the other).

QUOTE (flavum @ May 4, 2013 -> 06:10 PM) After seeing that he sucks in left, it's the manager's job to keep him in CF. I mean, that's his position. If he's going to be an everyday player, he should have one position. This isn't 1B/DH. CF is too important not to keep it consistent. It's like Tim Tebow insisting he's only a QB when he can do more damage at fullback, H-Back or tight end. You have to get the most benefit out of the players on your roster. That's the head coach's or manager's job.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 4, 2013 -> 06:12 PM) The Tigers are on their way to mid to high 90's wins. The Sox goal, and the rest of the division's goal should be 89 wins and ignore standings. The Royals are the only team in a good position to compete for the WC, if EVERYTHING goes right and they add some pieces at the trade deadline. They almost have to, if they don't want their fans to become discouraged after promoting "the future" for so long, well, the future's now for that organization.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 4, 2013 -> 06:11 PM) He hasn't been stellar there either. Wise is good in CF. But Wise is also in his mid 30's and on his final rope on a major league roster. But whatever, it doesn't really matter at this point. Every possible line-up option is blah.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 4, 2013 -> 06:09 PM) Sean Coyle's had a fantastic season so far for Salem. Who's our best starting pitcher after Beck at Winston-Salem and Kanny? Haven't been following the Intimidators much this year.

Detroit 6-0 over Houston and threatening to go 5 1/2 games up. Fernandez (Marlins) bedazzling the Phillies as he and Harvey continue to impress.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 4, 2013 -> 06:06 PM) Rios' average is free falling, yikes I knew it was lunacy to start talking about picking up his option year for 2015. That said, not a whole lot of protection in this current line-up and nobody's getting on ahead of him either. Perfect placement there by Konerko. Not a rocket, but it just dropped in perfectly between the outfielders.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 4, 2013 -> 06:04 PM) If a player tells you he would be more comfortable in LF, most managers would do the same thing. It's okay as long as we don't sit Viciedo to play Danks/Tekotte/Wise in CF when Dayan comes back. We need all the offensive firepower we can get in the line-up.

Strange decision to pitch around Frenchie to get to Perez, but maybe Dylan preferred to face him. If he saw Perez hitting against us all last year, he would have thought differently.

Great, Beck has given up two homers and 4 hits in 2 innings. Sheesh.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 4, 2013 -> 05:55 PM) I just get the feeling he's going to end up with another organization before the start of next season. And yet another player who has run his value into the ground in terms of a trade. If Ventura plays Ramirez every inning this season, we better trade him before the end of July...or his last two months will be so bad, we'll never be able to move him in the offseason.

The best thing you can say about Axelrod is "the dude has guts." Quote from a teammate to the Royals' crew.

DeAza misplayed another ball in the corner. Geez. You'd think he wouldn't hurt the team as much in LF, but it's actually worse with him there than in CF. Team batting averages now, .274 vs. .229. Yikes.