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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Shore » Thu Jun 04, 2015 12:54:27

The park's a huge problem for offense.

But they've outscored us at home and on the road, so fuck 'em.

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby cartersDad26 » Thu Jun 04, 2015 13:11:15

Our very own Jurassic5 getting the Deadspin love

http://deadspin.com/korean-baseball-pla ... 1575416814

keep those epic bat flips coming!

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby ReadingPhilly » Thu Jun 04, 2015 13:27:58

astros getting rid of tal's hill. fence will be 409' next year instead of 436'.

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby pacino » Thu Jun 04, 2015 13:29:10

good, what a joke
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Wolfgang622 » Thu Jun 04, 2015 13:55:03

pacino wrote:good, what a joke


Really.
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Wheels Tupay » Thu Jun 04, 2015 14:13:06

mozartpc27 wrote:
pacino wrote:good, what a joke


Really.
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Bucky » Thu Jun 04, 2015 16:37:01

SI has links to videos of every catch ever made on Tal's hill. Here's the first. Only time I've ever heard this broadcaster (and I use the term loosely) get legitimately excited.


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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby CalvinBall » Thu Jun 04, 2015 16:40:37

HOW BOUT THAT

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Ace Rothstein » Thu Jun 04, 2015 18:15:11

I remember Burrell's 1st MLB game he smoked a triple to that hill off Wagner that capped off coming back from 7-0 to win 9-7

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Bucky » Thu Jun 04, 2015 18:34:22

yep, i was going to post "without that hill, burrell would have zero major league triples". But then I checked and he ended up with 16 for his career, so I scuttled my comment. :(

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby smitty » Thu Jun 04, 2015 18:50:16

I invented a game called "slow-ass baseball players". Everyone takes a turn guessing a player they think hit hardly any triples. The person who gets the guy with the fewest wins the round. Gus Triandos is a good guess. You can play it with stolen bases too.
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby ReadingPhilly » Thu Jun 04, 2015 19:22:52

Hector Villanueva.

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby slugsrbad » Thu Jun 04, 2015 19:34:37

Is there a minimum plate appearances rule?
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Ace Rothstein » Thu Jun 04, 2015 19:40:06

give me johnny estrada, he was/is the slowest phillies position player i've seen

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby smitty » Thu Jun 04, 2015 20:00:47

slugsrbad wrote:Is there a minimum plate appearances rule?


It's up to you. I'm not a stickler for rules. I made this up before the Internet. Used my Baseball Encyclopedia. And we kinda self policed. Used guys we knew played a pretty long time.

What makes sense?
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby Bucky » Thu Jun 04, 2015 20:01:01

larry andersen

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby smitty » Thu Jun 04, 2015 20:05:29

Ace Rothstein wrote:give me johnny estrada, he was/is the slowest phillies position player i've seen


Definitely a winner. Zero triples in more than 2000 ABs.
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby smitty » Thu Jun 04, 2015 20:07:46

ReadingPhilly wrote:Hector Villanueva.


Only 473 ABs. Two triples.

Fat catchers are pretty dominant in this game though.
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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby cartersDad26 » Thu Jun 04, 2015 20:39:06

Sal Fasano?

Edit: zero in 1024 career PA

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Re: Defending AL Champs KC Royals: 2015 MLB Random

Postby cartersDad26 » Thu Jun 04, 2015 21:02:11

Random thought - has there ever been a left handed throwing 3B or SS?

Luckily B-R has us covered and then some.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/10835

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