Game time: 8:10 pm

Scheduled starters: David Wells (9-6, 4.70) v. Zack Greinke (3-14, 6.02)


The game will be on NESN


KC weather: 2 pm CDT (3 pm EDT) observation at MCI: 1,800 feet broken, 2,300 overcast, visibility 10 miles, temperature 73F, DP 65F, wind out of the east at 12 mph.



Forecast: There's a chance of showers and thundershowers this afternoon through early evening. It will remain cool, with temperatures in the low 70's or high 60's at game time. Wind will remain east at less than 15 mph.

And east wind will blow in from right.


Anni

Anni, I love your weather forecasts...Thanks!

**MOJO** - Wrestling Stars of the 1980's Day 2

D-D-T! D-D-T! D-D-T!



One of the greatest heels of all time, Jake "the Snake" Roberts terrified his opponents with his pet python Damien. He was known for letting the snake wrap up his opponents following their defeat at the hands of his signature DDT. He may never have held a title, but he is still remembered as one of the more popular wrestlers of all time (even if he did have the atrocious "blindfold match" against "the Model" Rick Martel on his resume).

And much like today's starter David Wells, it is a well known fact that Jake the Snake and booze aren't exactly strangers. Which is why if you want some Jake the Snake mojo, look no further than the promo he delivered at the "Heroes of Wrestling" show in October of 1999 prior to his bout first Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart (transcription courtesy of R D Reynolds of Wrestlecrap).

"In a casino, you should gamble. Let me tell you something, Anvil, you don't want to play cards with me, because I'll cheat. Ok, I cheat. You want to play 21, I got 22. You want to play black jack? I got two of those too. You want to play aces and eights? Well, I got some of those too. Bottom line is this. You do not gamble with me....*unintelligible*...when you walk into a casino, when you want to gamble, the main thing you must do, is this, you must accept losing. I don't accept losing, and neither does Damien. Damien, my friend! My friend Damien is right here. *mumbles incoherently* You don't want to see this, do you? Let me show you something. I tell you what Anvil, go ahead and roll the dice. Mr. Cameraman, get your ass back up here. *getting angry* HELL-OOOO, I'm talkin' to you. Get that camera back up here. Thats what you should worry about Anvil. The bottom line is this, when the DDT comes, then the snake comes out. Worry about the DDT. DDT, DDT, DDT (begins yelling) DDT! DDT! DDT! *finally one of the 500 or so people in the audience chants along* THINK ABOUT IT!"

It's no perfect game, but to paraphrase James Cromwell: "That'll do, Snake. That'll do."

The lowest average in our Lineup is .284, that is amazing, i dont think the white sox have 1 guy batting .284. I love this lineup. BTW whats the record for that anyway, was there ever a team where everybody batted .300, i dont think so.

Tonight I call upon Trot Nixon to take on the spirit of Jake the Snake and show his badassery in his first start back. Make him not afraid to choke a bitch and not afraid to hit the ball out of the ballpark in his first at-bat.

*note: Anni, I think Manny and Trot's fielding positions are screwed up*

I just noticed that! That's how it came across from SportsNetwork! I changed it, but if Manny ends up in right tonight....

I just checked the Yahoo lineup, and that one has Manny in left.

Anni

Any word on Hansen/Remlinger?

As we head down the stretch and the dog days of summer begin to fade into fall....

Let me be the first to say...

Anything short of a sweep in this series would be a friggin disaster!!!!

It's time to masacre the bottom feeders of the league instead of playing down to their level, and put some distance on the MFY's. Sprint to the finish and lean into the tape for a change.

The division title is in our sights.

Just do it.

For the record, The SportsNetwork just sent out a lineup correction!

2-0 Jays in the Bronx. The night has started well ...

And Leiter has a good pitch count tonight, so maybe they'll keep him in one batter to long and BAM!- Towers is mowing them down - fast game so far.

Am I crazy or has ER put on a few pounds this year? By my recollection he should look like Mo V by end of next year. Please somebody tell me I'm crazy.

I cannot speak to your sanity, but yes, Edgar looks quite large.

Rent looks big , he's played old all year, he's only just turned 30 but over ten years at shortstop, maybe he's wearing down.
I posted Leiters pitch count was good, good for him it's on its way up now.

Watching on the Royals channel is beyond depressing. The announcers are lifeless (including "Royals Hall of Famer Paul Splittorff") and the ballyard is comatose.

I'm sorry, did you say something? I fell asleep listening to these guys.

Aural valium.

The Royals play-by-play guy sounds like Seattle's Dave Niehaus. Crap. Why do they have this rule on DirecTV which means you have to listen to the home team broadcasts if both teams are on satellite?

So far Zack "Cy" Greinke is bringing back fond memories of the great Dan "Cy" Reichert.

Let's do this early- a PERFECT GAME!

Looks like the Royals announcers may have put the hitters to sleep, too...

Grienke is throwing a no hitter...wow.

Clearly Greinke has turned the corner against our anemic offense. He will undoubtedly throw a perfect game/no-hitter. Everyone stop watching, this game is over.

How good has the Royals defense been? Perhaps we can get a baserunner on an error.

I don't know which is happening quicker--Greinke putting the Sox to sleep or these announcers putting me to sleep...

Through two innings, now thats impressive! Wow!

No problem -Ortiz can drop that bunt down third anytime he wants.

MFYs have em loaded with no outs.

Obviously you missed the point of the post.

Yanks only get one - Sheff hits into DP

The season is over. Anyone who wants to sell me tickets below face value let me know....

Grienke is an all-star who is throwing a no-no....

What's up with us always starting slow in the first game of a road series? Let's go you guys are putting me to sleep!

You might be crazy if you're remembering the future.




That's funny. My wife, who was just killing with her comments about FSN West announcers Rex Hudler and Steve Physioc during the Sox/Angels game on Sunday, pretty much said the same thing when she checked back in in the 7th or 8th inning and saw that it was still 0-0.

"Maybe the players can hear the announcers."

Git-r-done???


(I hate myself)

No no, no more. It wasn't gonna last....

Yeah this kid is great. For about 2 innings.

Give Leiter credit , he sucks but he can throw a lot of pitches - 118 after 7- his best game since, since well I cant remember but I think he had another good game

Hopefully Mueller and Damon now have got the Sox off and running.

Renterina?

That fat old short stop.

Edgar, way to go!

Towers has only thrown 57

Yeah but he has only pitched 6 innings, so if he has a 61 pitch inning in the 7th then he will be tied with leiter

That's amazing- not your ability to add

The second time thru the order has made a big difference.

does manny see a strike in this AB?

EDIT: Yes.

Snap




As crappy as our pitching is we don't have Al Leiter, it's not even the fact that he's bad (which he is) but I can't stand watching guys who nibble, and he is the zen master of nibbling

My spider sense tells me that this is about to be a 6-0 game...

yanks trying to score again

Towers about to blow it at the Toilet...

Time for a tune-up, I guess.