Final Score in Kansas City: Angels 3, Royals 6 ... Joel Piñeiro had to be perfect and when he was not the defense is supposed to be, but the groundball specialist allowed quite a few liners and a few flyballs, one of which was ill-timed with men on base and led to earned runs that really should be demoted from Torii Hunter's gold glove scorecard. The 4-Run 6th inning was damning to Piñeiro's cause, but the Angels blew many chances to get back in as well as take over this game.
Erick Aybar lost a step and a half on defense, Torii could not get a read or play in the gaps if you paid him (which the Angels in fact do, and quite dearly) and Mike Napoli kept the bat on his shoulder all night long (cue Lionel Richie: all night... all night long... once you get started you can't take a swing... hey don't laugh chixdiggit).
But the fates were also against the squad with Hideki Matsui missing a monster HR by literally a quarter inch. That would have changed the entire game had it been coupled with Torii Hunter taking two steps back on routine deep fly instead of an inexplicable three steps in. One thing Angels fans were not subjected to in the game: Any ramblings about Kansas City barbecue, as the king of kliché, announcer Steve Physioc, has been ousted and the current announcing squad embraces discussing the game in front of them.
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Why’s Pinerio not on the list?
he did keep some meatballs up there for Royal hitters as well.
phoenix15 - June 1, 2010
Can't K looking with runners on 2/3 and 2 outs.
Juancho gets honorable mention for the pop-out in that same inning.
red floyd - June 1, 2010
But
he is the guy giving up a leadoff triple and 2 singles.
phoenix15 - June 1, 2010
Thank the good Lord we had Q defensively at first
Man did THAT turn out to be a strategic line-up move!
Raaddad - June 1, 2010
and his contribution with the bat was also phenomenal.
phoenix15 - June 1, 2010
But the Soth said about his Qness...
K3YEROUT - June 1, 2010
Hey Rev...a couple of typos...
First sentence, "…one of which was ill-timed with men on base and led to earned runs that rally (really) should demoted form (from) Torii Hunter’s gold glove scorecard.
2nd sentence of 3rd paragraph, "That would have changed the entire game had I (it) been coupled with Torii Hunter taking two steps back on routine deep fly instead of an inexplicable three steps in.
sothball - June 1, 2010
Rev, I hope you don't mind a little...
…constructive criticism.
“…one of which was ill-timed with men on base and led to earned runs that rally should be demoted form Torii Hunter’s gold glove scorecard….”
This could use a little cleanup. At least “rally” and “form”
LittleCupcakes - June 1, 2010
Rev has asked on the game recaps to let him know about any typos.
So, it’s all helpful.
sothball - June 1, 2010
yes please
I prefer help with copyediting on any of my posts. Thanks.
Rev Halofan - June 1, 2010
Oops! Sorry Sothball.
Tie goes to the runner:)
LittleCupcakes - June 1, 2010
We saw the same thing at roughly the same time. No problem.
sothball - June 1, 2010
Missed most of the game...
…Mrs. Sothball told me about Torii’s gaffe, followed the next inning by the near HR by Matsui, which was followed by a pop-up by Rivera and another out by Napoli (?). Another wasted opportunity. Another close but not quite. I seem to hear that a lot from her this season (that is, limited to baseball for those of you with impure thoughts).
sothball - June 1, 2010
Yep. Nipples K'ed looking.
red floyd - June 2, 2010
At least Torii could have
kept that “hit” to a double, damn him…
And how did he not score off of Gozilla’s blast off the top rail?
Raaddad - June 1, 2010
He was paying too much attention to the outfielder, so he got a late jump
~MMP~ - June 1, 2010
"Godzilla..."
(Btw, what happened to “Stan?” Did we really let DOV win that argument?: “No” / “Yes” / “No.” / etc.)
Raaddad - June 1, 2010
Probably cause I haven't been posting very much lately.
I still refer to him as Stan 100% of the time..
b0rd3rline - June 1, 2010
What a miserable game....
Hopefully we can wint he next two, take 3 out of 4 and get out of there. 1 game at a time baby! No more Q-Laid though…please!!
angelskid2210 - June 1, 2010
Damn i wish i knew if i won now and not next morning
The angels will never be able to win again if they dont pitch better and have timely hitting. DUH
Screw the Royals you ruined the first game i ever went to and you ruined this one for me too. I HATE YOU
DAD OF VLAD - June 1, 2010
The correct answer was "No"--they did not team up for 5 or more doubles
It was close
Raaddad - June 1, 2010
"Any ramblings about Kansas City barbecue, as the king of kliché, announcer Steve Physioc, has been ousted and the current announcing squad embraces discussing the game in front of them."
Except for that 5 minute rambling about the various BBQ places they had last night.
PhiSlamma - June 1, 2010
i missed that
one casual talk instead of mentioning it for no reason at 20 random intervals in each game was Phyzz’s maddening style
Rev Halofan - June 2, 2010
A's lost so its not that bad A's need to get swept
aldo H - June 1, 2010
Torii-ble game ...
I did not see the game, but watching the highlights I was left wondering why Torii didn’t score on Matsui’s near homer and why that ball went over his head when it was 20 feet away from the warning track. Everyone above explained it well and now Torii is obviously the BOTG.
Turn the page.
Downing Rules - June 1, 2010
Would we have won the game if Qillits started in center
instead of Quinlan at 1st … I think so.
Mikey went with his wrong pet fringe aaa caliber player today, and it bit him in the Qanus
Quinlan's Goofy Swing - June 1, 2010
Sosh is smoking Qrack.
Funke5ive - June 1, 2010
Dear Scotnak
It appears that you subtracted my winnings from my total instead of adding. I had about 3.5 mil before the bet. thanks.
vladtheimpaler - June 2, 2010
Everything is done automatically.
I doubt it subtracted it.
The excel file was pulled on 12:46am the next day. So that means if you made your bet for the NEXT game before 12:46am then it would have already taken your points from your ‘total score’
scottnak - June 3, 2010
Thanks scotnak
all I’m saying is that after the game before, where I won, I went to 3.4 mil.
I went from 3.4 for mil to 2.4 mil after I won the next game after that (the 3-6 angel loss). All I can ask is that can u please check. Thanks in advance. Whatever happens after this post I will just leave it at that. no worries.
vladtheimpaler - June 3, 2010
Did you place your next day's bet between 12:01AM and 12:46AM?
If so, it already factored that vote into the excel spreadsheet.
Downing Rules - June 3, 2010
I understand.
Do you understand what I was trying to get at?
Do you tend to make a bet immediately after midnight? If so, then this is what happened:
Game over → You picked correctly, and earned 1.5M (since you have the 1.5 in the “winnings” column it picked up your bet correctly for sure)→ Time is Midnight, Next game bets are open → You make your bet for the Next game → 12:46am I pull the excel sheet → The excel sheet’s “Total column” now shows your ‘current points’ AT THAT time. Meaning (before this game + winnings of this game – bet for the next game)
Now, if the bold isn’t true, then there’s a problem. However, this has happened often (where you make a bet before I come and pull the excel sheet) and this tends to be the issue.
scottnak - June 3, 2010
Dear Rev
In case Scotnak doesn’t see this, can you pass it on? (above post)
Thanks.
May a thousand virgins await you at heavens gate. Praise Allah.
V. Impaler
vladtheimpaler - June 3, 2010
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