Don't Get Shot in Kansas City, A Royals Dynasty

[dusthimself]

Decided to go with the boys in blue... they've struggled like Hell this season, see if I can't do better. wink wink.

Kansas City Royals

And the first thing i do is check free agency (i have UR 6.4 on my ps2) and immediately i notice the big bad man, himelf... Roger Clemen. Sign him? Don't have the money...

Lineup

2B - Tony Womack

RF - Coco Crisp

DH - Mike Sweeney

SS - Emil Brown

1B - Doug Mientkiewicz

LF - Dustan Mohr

3B - Tony Graffanino

CF - David DeJesus

C - John Buck

Bench

CF - Kerry Robinson

SS - Pokey Reese

SS - Andres Blanco

C - Paul Bako

Starting Rotation

Scott Elarton

Joe Mays

Zack Greinke

Mike Wood

Mark Redman

Bullpen

RHP - Denny Bautista

RHP - Luke Hudson

RHP - Elmer Dessens

LHP - Andy Sisco

RHP - Julian Tavarez

RHP - Mike MacDougal (closer)

Disabled List

SS - Angel Berroa

----- Fractured Hand (3 Weeks)

3B - Mark Teahan

----- Fractured Finger (2 Weeks)

2B - Mark Grudzielanek

----- Fractured Toe (3 Weeks)

Batting Leaders

AVG - .393 - Doug Mientkiewicz

HR - 2 - John Buck

RBI - 5 - Emil Brown

Run - 4 - Coco Crisp & Emil Brown

SB - 1 - David DeJesus & Coco Crisp

Pitching Leaders

IP - 17.1 - Scott Elarton

ERA (SP) - 0.00 - Mike Wood

W - 1 - Five Tied

SV - 3 - Mike MacDougal

K - 12 - Scott Elarton

Dishonorable Mentions

ER - 2 - Emil Brown

CS - 1 - Three Tied

SO - 7 - David DeJesus

ERA - 11.57 - Elmer Dessens

[Roy31]

Wheres Grienke? o_0

Lol you have a big task at hand...

[dusthimself]

[align=center]Season Opener in Motor City

Monday, April 4th, 2006

0-0 0-0

Scott Elarton vs. Kenny Rogers[/align]

KC: [7][15][0]

DT: [1][3][1]

WP: Scott Elarton 1-0 (9IP, 3Hs, 1R, 5Ks, 1HR, 1.00)

LP: Kenny Rogers 0-1 (6.2IP, 12Hs, 7R, 6ER, 2Ks, 2HR, 8.10)

SV:

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Reggie Sanders Makes A Difficult Catch[/align]

Player of the Game: Emil Brown

Went 3-5 with 3 RBIs & 2 Runs

Scoring Plays

Top of the First:

-E. Brown doubles to deep left, M. Grudzielanek & M. Sweeney score, R. Sanders to third

-D. Mientkiewicz sac flies to center, R. Sanders scores

-A. Berrora singles to center, E. Brown scores

Top of the Second:

-D. DeJesus singles to shallow left, M. Teahan scores

Top of the Forth:

-M. Grudzielanek homers to deep right

Bottom of the Sixth:

-B. Inge homers to deep left

Top of the Seventh:

-E. Brown homers to deep right

Game Notes

-Angel Berroa is injured in the top of the eighth with fractured hand. T. Graffanino take over

Royals Hitting:

2B: E. Brown (1)

HR: M. Grudzielanek (1), E. Brown (1)

RBI: D. DeJesus (1), M. Grudzielanek (1), E. Brown 3 (3), D. Mientkiewicz (1), A. Berroa (1)

SF: D. Mientkiewicz

[dusthimself]

Injury Report:

In the home opener, Angel Berroa took a bad slide going into second base in the top of the eighth inning, fracturing his hand. He is scheduled to miss more then three weeks of action and being placed immediately on the DL. He was 4-4 in the game.

20 year old Andres Blanco is called up from AAA to fill the void. Tony Graffanino will take over at short stop.

Thats now three starting Royals with extremely long last names.

[dusthimself]

[align=center]Game Two Against Rival Tigers

Wednesday, April 6th, 2006

1-0 0-1

Joe Mays vs. Jeremy Bonderman[/align]

KC: [1][7][1]

DT: [3][8][0]

WP: Jeremy Bonderman 1-0 (8IP, 6Hs, 1ER, 2Ks, 1HR, 1.13)

LP: Joe Mays 0-1 (7IP, 8Hs, 3ER, 4Ks, 3.86)

SV: Todd Jones, 1 (1IP, 1H)

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Player of the Game: Mike Sweeney

Homered in the ninth to score the only Royals run.

Scoring Plays

Bottom of the Fifth:

-C. Granderson singles to center, C. Shelton & C. Guillen score, B. Inge to second

Bottom of the Sixth:

-C. Shelton grounds out to SS, I. Rodriguez scores

Top of the Ninth:

-M. Sweeney homers to deep center

Game Notes

Royals Hitting:

HR: M. Sweeney (1)

RBI: M. Sweeney (1)

[dusthimself]

Transaction News:

Pokey Reese has signed with the Kansas City Royals and will take over in short stop for Tony Graffanino.

[dusthimself]

[align=center]Rained Out

Thursday, April 7th, 2006

1-1 1-1

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KC: [X][X][X]

DT: [X][X][X]

WP:

LP:

SV:

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Player of the Game: ----------

Scoring Plays

N/A

Game Notes

-Rescheduled to April 15th.

Royals Hitting:

N/A

[dusthimself]

[align=center]Dani California

Friday, April 8th, 2006

1-1 1-2

Jeremy Affedlt vs. Kelvim Escobar[/align]

KC: [1][5][1]

AN: [2][8][0]

WP: Francisco Rodriguez 1-0 (1IP)

LP: Jeremy Affeldt 0-1 (8.1IP, 7Hs, 2ER, 2Ks, 1HR, 2.16)

SV:

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Player of the Game: John Buck

Homered in the ninth to score the only Royals run.

Scoring Plays

Bottom of the Forth:

-V. Guerrero homers to deep right center

Top of the Ninth:

-J. Buck homers to deep right

Bottom of the Ninth:

-B. Wood hits into fielder's choice, D. Erstad scores

Game Notes

-E. Alfonzo (Ana) is injured fouling a ball off his foot, B. Wood substitutes.

-Angels manager is ejected in the top of the sixth for arguing a call.

-M. Teahen injured with a fractured finger in the top of the eigth.

Royals Hitting:

HR: J. Buck (1)

RBI: J. Buck (1)

[Applejak]

I like it. Short and sweet.

Good luck - I think you'l need it!

[dusthimself]

Injury Report:

Mark Teahan has been injured with some fractured finger or something and will be placed on the 15 day disabled list, expect him to miss only two weeks.... ugh...

Transactions:

Jeremy Affeldt, SP -traded for- Dustin Mohr, 1B of Boston

Reggie Sanders, RF & Matt Stairs, RF -traded for- Coco Crisp, CF & Julian Taveraz, RP

Zack Greinke called up from AAA Omaha

[dusthimself]

[align=center]The Rocket in Anaheim?

Saturday, April 9th, 2006

1-2 2-2

Mike Wood vs. Roger Clemens[/align]

KC: [1][5][1]

AN: [0][6][0]

WP: Mike Wood 1-0 (8IP, 5H, 6Ks)

LP: Roger Clemends 0-1 (9IP, 5Hs, 1ER, 3Ks, 1HR, 1.00)

SV: Mike McDougal, 1 (1IP, 1H, 1K)

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David DeJesus Uses Rocket's Fire to Launch a Missile[/align]

Player of the Game: David DeJesus

Homered in the first to score the only Royals run.

Scoring Plays

Top of the First:

-D. DeJesus homers to deep right

Game Notes

Royals Hitting:

HR: D. DeJesus (1)

RBI: D. DeJesus (2)

[Expos4Ever]

you are no longer playing DT(Detroit I assume) any more buddy

[Astroholic]

Mike Wood with a gem. Good job dusthimself.

[kgbaseball]

Looks good. I like the pitching mathup pictures. Maybe one screenshot of the action though? :chin:

[dusthimself]

Thanks for all the feedback, love getting it.

[align=center]It's Californication

Sunday, April 10th, 2006

2-2 2-3

Mark Redman vs. Bartolo Colon[/align]

KC: [4][13][1]

AN: [2][6][1]

WP: Mark Redman 1-0 (8IP, 5H, 1ER, 10Ks, 1.13)

LP: Bartolo Colon 0-1 (9IP, 13Hs, 4R, 3ER, 4Ks, 1HR, 1.42)

SV: Mike McDougal, 2 (1IP, 1H, 1ER, 1HR, 3.86)

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Coco Crisp Homers in the Fifth[/align]

Player of the Game: Coco Crisp

Homered in the fifth to put the Royals up on top, and went 3-5 with 2 RBIs and a run scored.

Scoring Plays

Top of the Forth:

-D. Mientkiewicz sacrificed flied to center, M. Grudzielanek scored.

Bottom of the Forth:

-O. Cabrera singles to left, J. Rivera scored

Top of the Fifth:

-C. Crisp homers to deep right

Top of the Sixth:

-E. Brown sacrifice flies to left, D. Mohr scores

Top of the Seventh:

-C. Crisp singles to left, D. DeJesus scores

Bottom of the Ninth:

-B. Wood homers to deep left center

Game Notes

Royals Hitting:

2B: D. Mohr (1)

HR: C. Crisp (1)

RBI: C. Crisp 2 (2), D. Mientkiewicz (2), E. Brown (4)

SF: D. Mientkiewicz (2), E. Brown (1)

[Dom2662]

i like it. good so far

[dusthimself]

[align=center]The Big Home Opener

Monday, April 11th, 2006

3-3 3-2

Joel Pineiro (0-0, 3.00, 6Ks) vs. Scott Elarton (1-0, 1.00, 5Ks)[/align]

Ten Innings

SE: [6][8][1]

KC: [2][9][2]

WP: Joe Mateo 1-0 (1.1IP, 1H, 1Ks, 4.26)

LP: Julian Tavarez 0-1 (.2IP, 0Hs, 1R, 0ER, 0.00)

SV: Mike McDougal, 2 (1IP, 1H, 1ER, 1HR, 3.86)

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Dustan Mohr Hits a Two Run Homer for the Tie[/align]

Player of the Game: Dustan Mohr

Homered in the bottom of the ninth to give the Royals a tie game, and sent it to a devestating tenth inning.

Scoring Plays

Top of the Fifth:

-R. Ibanez homers to right

Top of the Sixth:

-Y. Betancourt homers to left center

Bottom of the Ninth:

-D. Mohr homers to deep left center, E. Brown scores

Top of the Tenth:

-K. Jojima doubles to center, J. Lopez, Y. Betancourt, & Ichiro score

-A. Beltre sacrifice flies to deep right, K. Jojima scores

Game Notes

Royals Hitting:

HR: D. Mohr (1)

RBI: D. Mohr 2 (2)

[dusthimself]

[align=center]The Revenge of the Kings

Wednesday, April 13th, 2006

4-3 3-3

Greg Meche vs. Joe Mays[/align]

SE: [1][10][0]

KC: [2][8][2]

Notes:

i did play this, but because i'm a ******* idiot i editted over it all with the thursday game.

[dusthimself]

Injury Report

Just nine days away from Mark Teahan's scheduled return, and Mark Grudzielanek is injured making an unsuccessful diving catch at second base, fracturing his toe. He is expected to miss 22 days, and is immediately placed on the 15 day DL. Angel Berroa, with six days left on the DL, is still expected to miss two more weeks of action.

Transaction News

Tony Womack signs a 2 year, 1.7 million dollar contract with the Kansas City Royals.

[dusthimself]

[align=center]I Hate Ichiro

Thursday, April 14th, 2006

4-4 4-3

Felix Hernandez (0-1, 9.00, 5Ks) vs. Zack Greinke (First Start)[/align]

SE: [3][5][0]

KC: [4][13][2]

WP: Julian Tavarez 1-1 (1.2IP, 1Ks, 0.00)

LP: Eddie Guardado 0-1 (.2IP, 2Hs, 2ER, 1HR, 6.75)

SV:

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John Buck Hits a Walk-Off Two-Run Homer To Win the Fifth Game for the Royals[/align]

Player of the Game: John Buck

Hit the two-run walk-off homerun in the bottom of the ninth to win the game for the Royals.

Scoring Plays

Bottom of the Forth:

-D. Mohr singles to right, C. Crisp scores, E. Brown to second

Bottom of the Sixth:

-E. Brown sacrifice flies to center, C. Crisp scores

Top of the Seventh:

R. Sexson singles to right, Ichiro scores, K Johjima to second

Top of the Eigth:

-Ichrio triples to center, J. Reed & C. Everett score

Bottom of the Ninth:

-J. Buck homers to deep right, D. DeJesus scores

Game Notes

-Zack Greinke's no hitter ends in the top of the seventh with an Ichiro single

-John Buck's homerun in the ninth was a walk-off homerun

Royals Hitting:

Forgot to check!!!

[dusthimself]

Did You Know?

The first eight games for the Kansas City Royals has been a rocky but exciting one, going 5-3 against the Mariners, rivals Angels & Tigers.

Kansas City has outscored their opponents 22 - 18.

KC has also committed 10 errors in the last 7 games.

Mark Grudzielanek is the latest to an already surprising list of injuries, including Mark Teahan and Angel Berroa.

The new guys acquired this season so far are; Pokey Reese, Dustan Mohr, Coco Crisp, Julian Tavarez, & Tony Womack.

The guys who have left KC so far are; Jeremy Affeldt, Reggie Sanders, and Matt Stairs.

Home game attendence is really really low.

Other News

Well I'm going out of town for a short while, might do a little of this on my time off, who knows. It's summer so i'll be dissapearing a lot.

Anyways, leave as many comments as you want, like how the Royals are struggling to stay winners even with three starters shelved in the first week and a half of the season, or how awesome John Buck is for winning that last game against the Mariners. ;)