OFFICIAL BOSTON RED SOX @ KANSAS CITY ROYALS GAME THREAD

Game 1 - Wright vs Kennedy

Red Sox
1. Mookie Betts (R) RF
2. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B
3. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
4. David Ortiz (L) DH
5. Travis Shaw (L) 1B
6. Josh Rutledge (R) 3B
7. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF
8. Chris Young (R) LF
9. Ryan Hanigan (R) C

Royals
1. Alcides Escobar (R) SS
2. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF
3. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B
4. Kendrys Morales (S) DH
5. Alex Gordon (L) LF
6. Cheslor Cuthbert (R) 3B
7. Christian Colon (R) 2B
8. Drew Butera (R) C
9. Jarrod Dyson (L) RF

First pitch at 2:15 ET

R O Y A L S

tbqh with you Joe I'm not that excited to lose both games having scored a combined 20 runs

Royals

my body is ready

THE KEKLER'S WILD RIDE BOYS

IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR THE WILD RIDE

IS HE GOING TO BOUNCE BACK AND KEKLE LIKE HE'S KEKLED BEFORE?

OR IS HE GOING TO CONTINUE BEING KEKED BY THE BATTERS?

dat ass

doubleheaders are so comfy

I can't watch the second game godammit it's on too late and gotta get up for work, how soon after the first does it start

>muh negro league
>muh black representation

but not its actually cool they went to the museum, based young guns that are mature

game 2 is in 6 bongs

7:15 KC time

yeah I'm fucked kek, at least I can watch this one though

you guys watching it on espn? They've mentioned knuckleballs a few times, can a kind ameribro explain it to me pls?

>game is scheduled for 2:05
>play le epic meme promo instead while we wait for it to actually start

JUST SCHEDULE IT AT THE ACTUAL TIME YOU WANT TO START YOU KEKS

a knuckle ball doesn't spin so it does all kinds of weird shit in the air and fools hitters

I don't like answering your questions because they're endless and a lot of them you could easily google. Makes me think you're just having a laugh.

No I'm watching it on NESN (New England Sports Network, local channel here).

The knuckleball is an EXTREMELY meme-tier pitch, and it just so happens to be the premier pitch of the current Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright, who is pitching this game.

The way you throw it it by gripping the baseball with the ends of your fingers against the seams, and then kind of "push" the ball when you throw it so that it doesn't spin. The lack of spin on the pitch gives it a wiry explosiveness that is unpredictable for all involved, and usually has nasty movement on it by the end of it.

Game is scheduled for 2:15
fifteen
one five

its a meme pitch

ta

I know jack shit m8 what do you expect? but I got all the basics now, it's more fun to talk anyway than just google it, get's the human spin on it then

Mookie please get a hit

loving these strike zones

Confirmed ace is on the mound today boys

>3 pitch out

MOOKIE YOU'RE THE FREAKING LEAD OFF HITTER STOP DOING THIS SHIT WORK THE FUCKING COUNT A LITTLE BIT

yes at 8:15

our lead off guy does the same shit

Xander what the shit.

gj Ian Kennedy ilu

>tfw guy who had the worst opponent OPS allowed last year is our best starter this year

>XANDER

DFA

THIS

BUST

get a load of this fucking guy

OH BOY

THE WILD RIDE

HERE WE GO FELLAS

Hey
Nice

top kek

HANIGAN WHAT THE FUCK

nice strike out
wright
the ace

Oh wait I'm a retard Escobar was on 1st

>his team doesn't have knuckleball catcher who can't do anything else

laughinghoes.jpg

HOZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

KEKLER NO

GOD FUCKING DAMN IT

>DOMBROWSKI: WHAT KINDA PITCHING STAFF YOU WANT SENPAI?

Kansas City Royals

noice

Nice digits

wright
the ace
will not allow another run

>Cuckler's worst inning is the 1st

JUST SURVIVE STEVEN, JUST SURVIVE

2 RUNS IS OK, WE JUST NEED TO KEEP IT CLOSE

thole cant even catch it a quarter of the time

...

this knuckleballing doesn't seem so great, or is wright just wank?

damn im blessed to have gotten these digits

>Le knuckleballer is better than price maymay

>Hanigan's face right now

THE WILD RIDE BOYS

2 RUNS ALLOWED

WILL HE ALLOW ANYMORE

ONLY THE WILD RIDE WILL TELL

knuckleball is notoriously just a pitch you throw and hope works

sometimes it gets crushed and sometimes hitters cant do shit with it

knuckleball has to be -perfect- for it to work right. it can't spin at all. otherwise it turns into a slow fastball

Anyone know what channel This is on? It's not on nesn or fuckin mlb network

He has the 4th lowest ERA (Earned Run Average) amongst pitchers in the AL.

The problem is that the Knuckleball is a meme pitch.

But tbqh with you Joe, the Hosmer homerun was just because Hosmer is a beast.

Fox Sports Kansas City


sorry

even the pitchers have no idea where its going to go, its literally a meme pitch, they throw it and hope and pray its somewhere in the strikezone

Um, it is on both NESN and the MLB Network famalam.

I'm watching it on bt sport but they are using the espn broadcast

>Big Poopi

JUST

RETIRE

This bozo standing around watching his obviously foul ball fly

BASED SHAW
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>poopledge

Nesn is showing nhl playoffs and mlb network some shit show

GIDP with Rutledge here just watch

I am literally watching the game on NESN right now, idk what youre talking about

HA wrong

Mine is literally showing nhl network what the fuck family

where do you live fampai?

Western mass

>JBJ
>GOOD

DFA

THIS

BUSTY

BUST

>9 pitch at bat

still pretty sexy imho

can we stop the jbj meme now he s*cks

this kennedy lad's pretty hot shit

>NESN still forcing the Guerin meme

NO ONE LIKES HER

>making fun of Hanigan's appearance

OB you jerk

this guy sucks

lel cuckbert hasnt seen many knucklers

God this fucking meme pitch is all over the place

Gary doesn't do away games to raise money to help find a cure for Don's illness so he can return to the booth

More like Steven Wrong am I right

THE WILD RIDE BOYS

HERE WE GO

You're Steven Wright my fampai ;^)

Based Double Play

Aw shucks

WRIGHT
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THE WILD RIDE BOYS

noice double plays give me a semi

>LEFTY KILLER

>AGAINST A FUCKING RIGHTY

JOHN YOU FUCKING REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

This fucking lineup is a meme today John what the hell.

Ian Kennedy

Alright come on guysget hits now

MOOKIE

SWING THE FUCKING BAT

YOU HAD 2 STRIKES ON YOU

YOU FUCKING HAVE TO STAY ALIVE IN THE AT BAT

WHAT THE EVER LOVING SHIT

lol wtf sox

if the Red Sox don't win a game today I will kill mysekf

>RED SOX """""""""""""""""""""""""GOAT""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" """"""""""OFFENSE"""""""""""

wow kennedy is great, I like him, his pitching is fantastic to watch

FARRELL FUCK OFF, YOU BLIND DIPSHIT.

royals will turn it around, they always do
stay safe bby

THAT GOLD GLOVE KEKLEBALL PLAY

THE KEKLER

Well, he swung at ball 5

WRIGHT
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THE WILD RIDE BOYS

IT NEVER ENDS

NOW GET HIM SOME FUCKING RUN SUPPORT