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The Odd Blog Week In Review (Week 6)
Already six weeks in. Wow. Time flies. Well, actually, time can’t fly, but I’m not going to bore you with the details of that. How about this?
Royals lose six in a row, Greinke gets number seven.
Wins. Zack Greinke got his seventh win. Maybe I should have clarified that.
After a six game winning streak, the Royals have been absolutely pathetic, and achieved a six game losing skid. negating the aforementioned winning streak. The bright spot was that on Friday night Zack Greinke pitched well enough to break the skid and win his seventh game of the season, tops in the majors along with Toronto’s Roy Halladay. Of course, the night wasn’t too bright with a tornado threat and a very long rain delay.
Then the next day, Kyle Davies ended our one-game streak. Today it’s Luke Hochevar, who is currently pitching a no-hitter at the end of the first inning. Unfortunately, the Royals are also being no-hit. So, I’ll leave this game alone.
Manny (or Banny) Ramirez dons the cover of Sports Illustrated
SI has put, if I’m not mistaken, four covers out this year concerning baseball, one of which has been, in my opinion, about the good of the game. Here’s a list
The A-Roid Cover = Bad
The Baseball Preview Issue Yankees on the cover = Bad
The Zack Greinke Cover Great story + Royals on the cover = Good
The Banny Ramirez Cover = Bad
See? Let’s get some good stuff on the cover.
For now, that’s it. Next week, there will be no week in review. It’s the Odd Blog Quarter In Review, since we will be 1/4 into the season. Now, I go back to the Royals – O’s game
“Error! On Who? Callaspo! Arrrgghhh! Oh, wait, they threw him out stealing. Never mind…”
The Odd Blog Week In Review (Week 4)
May day! Mayday! What mayday? Great week for the Royals. Three of four from the AL East leader… or former AL East leader (there you go, Julia), and then there was this:
Lots of KC publicity in this issue, the Chiefs had an article, too. But at the same time, I’m still wondering why they didn’t put the NBA playoffs on the cover. As usual, I’m not complaining.
First of all, congratulations, a little late, to Albert Pujols on his 1,000th RBI. Also, be sure to vote for Zack Greinke in the Pepsi clutch performer of the month award: 5-0, 0.50 ERA, 44 Ks. That sounds clutch to me.
Zack Greinke no-earned-run streak ends
Yes, it’s over. It was very exciting, but when Greinke gave up two runs Wednesday vs. Toronto, it was all over. I’ve been posting a lot about Greinke. Hitters get there just desserts next week! Now, the only question is whether they’ll be good or bad. But…
Royals offense explodes for 19 runs in two games
…it’ll probably be good, if this keeps up. The only problem is that 11 of these runs occured when Greinke was pitching. We need to save some for Sidney Ponson, who happens to be at the other end of the spectrum in wins. Even so, I’m not complaining. (That’s getting to be my favorite phrase.)
Well, I must leave now. The reason I did this on Friday is that tomorrow I’m heading up to Worlds of Fun, the local theme park in KC. Of course, new roller coaster opening + band festival + rain forcasted = mass chaos. It’ll be interesting.
The Odd Blog Week In Review (Week 3)
Zack Greinke’s streak ends at 38
Last night, the Detroit Tigers did something no else has done this season: scored a run against Zack Greinke. But when his shutout streak ended, he didn’t throw his glove in the dirt or get angry with his catcher for dropping the ball that could have prevented the run. He just walked back to the mound grinning. Why? “That was almost the best play of my entire life,” he said, “but I
didn’t quite get it. That’s what makes it exciting pitching out there
– doing stuff like that actually. And after that happened, I just got
a big boost of energy.” (The full story is here.)
It’s not all that bad. I can still keep track of another streak- Zack Greinke hasn’t allowed an earned run in 43 straight innings. The run was scored on a throwing error by Mike Aviles, so it was unearned. That also means that Greinke still has a 0.00 ERA. And while were on the subject of ERAs, let’s take a look at the Royals’ current rotation’s ERA.
Gil Meche: 2.63
Greinke: 0.00
Kyle Davies: 2.89
Sidney Ponson: 7.04
Brian Bannister: 0.00
The combined ERA for the rotation: 2.51. That’s one of the best in the league. Let’s compare, shall we?
The New York Yankees (you knew I’d pick them first) has a rotation with a combined: 9.80 ERA.
The LA Angels: 4.88
The Boston Red Sox: 4.73
and the league-leading Toronto Blue Jays: 4.08
Anybody notice how the Royals are at least one and a half points better?
*All stats subject to change… drastically… as the season goes on.
No game recaps for my week in review, just highlights.
Albert Pujols gets very close to 1,000 career RBIs
With 21 already this year, the Cardinals’ first baseman has 998. Just two away. Good luck, Pujols!
Yankees/Sox
This is so much fun to watch… and laugh at the losing side. Of course, it’s a lot worse if you lose on an 11th inning walk off homer.
NFL Draft? Here’s my mock draft
I only have one selection so far…
With the first overall pick, the Detroit Lions select… me! It’s not called a mock draft for nothing. I think maybe next somebody might choose the president. Or maybe Zack Greinke, at quarterback. I see here that the commissioner is giving twitter updates. That’s a first.
That’s all for now. Next time I write, I’m hoping Zack Greinke has got it to 52 innings w/o an earned run.
The Odd Blog Week In Review (Week 2)
As amazing as this sounds, the Royals are in first place. Not the White Sox, not the Twins, not the Tigers, and not the Indians. The Royals. Just incredible. And Toronto is in first in the AL East, the Seattle in the NL West, and the Padres in the NL West. And the Pirates are ahead of Atlanta 10-0 as I’m writing this. Obviously, not the year everyone’s been predicting, but I’ll take it.
Royals 6, Yankees 4
It would have been bad if the Royals had been swept in their first home series. But thanks to poor playing conditions that apparently don’t exist at the amazing, Mount Olympus-esque stadium the Yankees play at, the Royals averted the sweep.
Royals 4, Indians 2
I touched on this in my last post, but Zack Greinke is really good. He has the lowest ERA in the league, 0.00. That’s not too bad. Tonight he goes against the second place pitcher in ERA, Kevin Millwood, who has an ERA of 0.64.
Royals 9, Indians 3
If the Royals could just hit like this every night, we’d be undefeated. Of course, a grand slam from John Buck helps a lot. There seem to be a lot of grand slams going around; there was another one last night. Not only that, but the guy who hit it finished the cycle AND brought his team back to win.
Indians 5, Royals 4
The Royals lost this one thanks to their amazing imploding pitcher, Kyle Farnsworth. You come to expect this from a Yankee, though. One high note: the hockey playoffs started tonight, so another year of great NHL action is about to end. (Go Columbus!)
Thursday: An off day
It was a great day for baseball, too. I think it felt like that because someone down the street was grilling some hot dogs.
Friday: The NEW Yankee Stadium
I hear it’s replacing the Grand Canyon as one of the 7 wonders of the world. It took up half the headlines on MLB.com. Even the new Mets stadium didn’t do that, and the Royals stadium, obviously much nicer, barely got one! It’s nice, yes, but not as nice as the White House or something like that. Or the Grand Canyon. That gives me an idea; let’s play a baseball game in the Grand Canyon! Or we can just throw the Yankees in there and watch them fall into the river.
Royals 12, Rangers 3
It was 12-0. Then I turned on the radio to listen to the game, and Texas promptly scored back-to-back homers. I then turned the radio off. Gil Meche, Zack Greinke, and Kyle Davies are all undefeated. That’s my kind of rotation.
Pittsburgh just won. They’re above .500 as well. I’m going to go find out what got into them.
2…2…2…1?
Very disappointed with the Royals last night. They should have scored another run and been consistent. Oh, well, you can’t win ‘em all.
The Odd Blog Week in Review
An exciting week for Kansas City as we were in first place! It may have only been for one day, but first place is first place. And if you’re in first place after scoring six runs in your first three games, that either means that the division is terrible, or your pitching is superb…I’m hoping it’s both.
White Sox 4, Royals 2
It wasn’t a good opening day for KC as the guy we are paying nine million dollars to gave up the game winning home run. See the problem with the Yankees?
Royals 2, White Sox 0
Another strong pitching performance here, and the Royals won this time. I hope Zack Grienke pitches like this all year: 0 runs on 3 hits for Sox, and the series is tied up
Royals 2, White Sox 1
This time a new acquisition won it for us, as Coco Crisp went deep for the game winner. I got a little nervous at the end, but Joakim Soria is one of the top 3 closers in the game, and he was able to shut the Sox down for the game and series win.
Yankees 4, Royals 1
We didn’t achieve the magic number in this game, but we won a moral victory with our new stadium. Maybe. Sorry about moving the Yankees from the bottom, Julia. By the way, what is Toronto doing on top in the East?
Major League Baseball was hit by a tragedy on Thursday when it was discovered that LA Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart. I’m not that good at writing about deaths, but my thoughts and prayers are certainly with his family and the Angels as they go through this difficult time. I hope this opens more eyes about the dangers of drinking and driving, not just to the driver but to other people on the road.
Your computer needs to restart for updates
Updates!? What Updates!? I don’t see any “Updates”!…
Anyone have an axe?
Anyway…
My 10 minutes overdue AL East preview:
- Boston Red Sox
- New York Yankees
- Tampa Bay Rays
- Toronto Blue Jays
- Baltimore Orioles
This was purely statistical, it didn’t factor in leadership, unity, or the freakin’ huge salaries like the yankees and red sox give! Sorry about that. Small market fans tend to get bitter. At least I do.
I’d probably rank the Rays over the Yankees. I don’t know if either is going to get the Wild Card. At this point, nobody does.
By the way, I believe my computer updated the security system. It obviously didn’t make the Internet any faster. If you are sending an axe to me, I have one question: Where did you get my address?
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