SB Nation User Blog: loyal2theroyals

"Willie Bloomquist left the game for a family emergency? Someone must have choked on...

loyal2theroyals — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:35:41 -0000

"Willie Bloomquist left the game for a family emergency? Someone must have choked on the grit....s."

Loyal2s Dad

New Rule: You don't post Ks for your pitcher when he gives up more homers than strike outs. Please,...

loyal2theroyals — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:37:09 -0000

New Rule: You don't post Ks for your pitcher when he gives up more homers than strike outs. Please, for God's sake take it down BEFORE it gets to the 9th inning. We don't need an homage to his brilliant cookie tossing performance.

Pat Venditte: Switch Pitcher

loyal2theroyals — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:12:48 -0000

Pat Venditte: Switch Pitcher

This kid is a switch pitcher in the Yankee farm system. That's so...crazy. I don't even have words for it.

Totals as of May 6, 2005-2009 (I'm a sucker for this)

loyal2theroyals — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:29:04 -0000

Totals as of May 6, 2005-2009 (I'm a sucker for this)

2009: 17-11 (607), 1st, 4th best in Majors!
2008: 14-18 (438), 4th, back 2.5
2007: 10-22 (313), 5th, back 10
2006: 7-21 (250), 5th, back 13
2005: 7-22 (241), 5th, back 15

BOD: Boyfriend of the Day, May 6th, 2009 PLUS a special BOD Poll!

loyal2theroyals — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:25:47 -0000

This is a special edition BOD in that I have a bit of a problem. My totals are very skewed! I have players such as Callaspo and Crisp that have been freaking BOSS all season but are lagging in points. I want to make sure that players that are doing well day to day get a little love. So What I'm going to do is give you a chance to vote on players you think have contributed over the past 1/6th (roughly) of the season. So leave a comment with that players name in the subject, and if you want to vote, reply to THAT comment with something like +1 or second or third or what have you. Try not to let the May games affect you but if they do, so be it!

The player with the most points will get...oh, 10 BOD points, second place will get 7 BOD points, and third place will get 5 BOD points. If there are other players who have multiple votes but not enough for placing, I will award them 1-3 BOD points, depending on the number of votes for them.

This new segment? We're gonna call it the BOD Monthly Socialism Experiment. Because I feel a little like Stalin right now, minus the 'stache and the killing of millions. Either that or I feel like Bowser when he gets all badass in the last five turns of a Mario Party game.

Boyfriend of the Day

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Pop out the bubbly, cuz Ponson managed to get a win! He went 7.1 innings, allowing only one run. True he had 1 K and 1 walk but...well, last night was a miracle, folks.

Smitten Kitten

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Mark "I love my maaaam" Teahen is getting the nod here for a nice solo shot and going 3 for 5 with 3 RBIs. Mmm, toasty.

Honorable Mentions

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Erm. Yeah. Call this a continuation of the BOD Socialism Experiment. But...that full moon really does work, doesn't it? As someone said last night, who would have thought that the Royals would win a game with Pontoon, HoRam, AND The Farnsy all going. We witnessed a miracle last night, folks, and it was magical. Hold on to that feeling.

BOD Total Update!

Greinke: 17

Buck: 9

Soria: 9

Butler: 7

Guillen: 6

Teahen: 6

Aviles: 5

Bannister: 5

Meche: 5

Wright: 5

Callaspo: 4

Jacobs: 4

Olivo: 4

Crisp: 3.5

Davies: 3.5

Cruz: 3

Ponson: 3

DeJesus: 2

Bloomquist: 1

Farnsworth: 1

Ramirez: 1

Gordon: 0

Mahay: 0

Maier: 0

Pena: 0

Tejeda: 0

BOD: Boyfriend of the day, April 22nd, 24th, 27th, 29th, 30th

loyal2theroyals — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:58:25 -0000

Whoo doggy. WIth the help of some fellow RR readers, I have finally worked up the courage to play catch up. Just realize that some of these games will not get a SK, and that's fine. Too much love is a bad thing at times.

Now all I have left to do is update that damn list of points! I really need to learn how to use excel to make my life easier!

April 22nd

Boyfriend of the Day

Brian Bannister, who went 6 scoreless innings. Will we have a return of Greinke and the Brain this year???

April 24th

Boyfriend of the Day

Uhm, Greinke? Who else? If the Royals rotation were in the cast of Scrubs, they would be the brain trust and Greinke would be The Janitor. Just sayin'.

April 27th

Boyfriend of the Day

Guillen who went 3-4 with 2 home runs :)

Smitten Kitten

Brian Bannister for 7 innings and only one earned run.

April 29th

Boyfriend of the Day

As much as it hurts me to say this, Grienke is not the winner for the game. He's given me too much this season for this to be a BOD-worthy game. Tsk tsk, Mr. Greinke! It's instead going to Butler, who went 4-5 with 2 home runs!

Smitten Kitten

But I WILL give Greinke a little love. SK is good enough I believe.

April 30th

Naturally I can't get a win on my birthday (the 1st), naturally. But I'll take a win sandwhich I suppose.

Boyfriend of the Day

John Buck! 2 triples, kinda epic if you ask me!

Smitten Kitten

Erm, I was told to give this to the infield for the 6 turned double plays...so I'm gonna go with that. Teahen, Aviles, Butler, and Callaspo!

Keep an eye out for the May 6th edition of BOD, wherein I will be throwing up totals that you've been so anxiously awaiting!

BOD: Boyfriend of the Day, May 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th

loyal2theroyals — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:57:27 -0000

Okay, so I'm getting this out of the way now. And we're going to get April up and then I'm going to do tonight's game. Because God only knows how much I need a distraction from stupid men right now.

May 2nd

Boyfriend of the Day

We are, surprisingly, going with Olivo here! 2 or 4 with a triple and 3 RBI.

Smitten Kitten

Soria, for closing down the game and getting himself the win.

May 3rd

This was the first game in a while that I actually got to pay attention to, so I have anidea of what I'm doing here.

Boyfriend of the Day

I'm going with Jose Guillen on this one. 2 for 3 with 4 RBI, a 3 run shot as well as an RBI double.

Smitten Kitten

We will go with a tie between Meche and Callaspo here, full SK points for both. I just didn't feel like this was the same quality of start that we've come to expect out of Meche, and Callaspo did a lot along with Guillen to help ensure the game fell in our favor.

May 4th

It's obvious who this one is going to but we'll play along anyways!

Boyfriend of the Day

Zack Greinke threw a 9 inning complete shut out. His third of the season. In front of what I felt was one of the most excited crowds to fill Kauffman in a long, long time. I have a feeling that Greinke games are gonna be this way for a while, and I'm not even going to complain despite how much I hate the clostrophobic feeling inside the stadium that results.

Smitten Kitten

David DeJesus gave Greinke all the run support he needed. Yup, just one run. Why? Because Greinke is good enough to only need one run. And I don't even want to hear you guys whining that he didn't do enough. My game, my rules :)

May 5th

Last night was rough, and to be honest I wasn't even sure what to do last night because of everything. But after looking at the box score...

Boyfriend of the Day

I'm going to give this one to Jacobs, who hit a 3 run homer to tie the game up. Without that prowess to make up for the pitching suckitude and the hitting suckitude of other players, our winning streak would have ended last night. (We will curb discussion of Pontoon until later, kay?)

Smitten Kitten

Jamie Wright pitched 3 solid innings of baseball, taking the game and making sure that it stayed tied just long enough for the offense to get it together. You go, Glenn Coco!

BOD: Boyfriend of the Day, April 18, 2009

loyal2theroyals — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:10:48 -0000

Major bummer that I don't have two of these. I was hoping for a double post, which is why this is so tardy. Add in homework, driving, and meetings and well...yes :) But we're discussing a gem of a game that I am particularly proud of and think would be akin to the DDJ walk off homer from last year in terms of its importance to the direction of our team and where this franchise will be heading in the next few months/years.

Boyfriend of the Day

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You have to give it to the pitcher, Zack Greinke. His first shut out complete game that went 9 innings against one of the toughest offensive line ups in the bigs. I actually had this conversation with a friend this morning about whether or not Texas was that big of a deal 'We won two, but why does it matter, I thought Texas wasn't that good!'

Well, no, they aren't when you look at the whole package. But the fact that Greinke could hold their monster offense at bay while Milwood, the (former) 2nd best pitcher in the AL could barely hold back OUR offense? I think that speaks volumes for the ability of Zack Greinke. And he fully deserves the 3 points he's receiving for Saturday night.

Smitten Kitten

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The birthday boy, Billy Butler got the first run of the game knocked in. I know, you're probably saying 'but Laura! What about Olivo's solo shot?' Well, that's why I'm giving him an honorable mention. That's just how I roll :)

The Rankings

Greinke:9

Buck: 6

Soria: 5

Davies: 3.5

Crisp: 3.5

Aviles: 3

Cruz: 3

Mech: 3

Butler: 2

Teahen: 2

Bloomquist: 1

Wright: 1

Olivo: 1

Jacobs: 1

Royals as of April 19th, 2005-2009

loyal2theroyals — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:14:55 -0000

Royals as of April 19th, 2005-2009

7-4/.636 (2009) 1st in division
9-8/.529 (2008) 2nd in division
4-9/.308 (2005) 5th in division
4-11/.267 (2007) 5th in division
2-11/.154 (2006) 5th in division

BOD: Boyfriend of the Day, April 17, 2009

loyal2theroyals — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:33:44 -0000

I hate decisions. Bah!

Boyfriend of the Day

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Gil Meche went 6 scoreless innings with 6 Ks. When you're going against the Rangers' line up that is nothing to snuff. Pretty good to get him his first BOD of the season! May it be the first of many. :D

Smitten Kitten

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Mark went 5 for 6, a triple shy of the cycle. I think he really deserved some credit for last night. If he can continue to stay comfortable at the plate, I think he'll get us through this hip injury of Alex Gordon.

Honorable Mention

Crisp, Aviles, and Jacobs for all getting multiple RBI in the game last night. Bam!