OFFICIAL GIANTS VS. ROYALS #1 GAMETHREAD

San Francisco Giants @ Kansas City Royals

Kauffman Stadium
8:15 PM ET | 5:15 PM PT

TV: NBCS BA | FSKC


Matt Cain (RHP #18) (1-0 | 4.82 ERA | 9 K)
vs.
Jason Hammel (RHP #39) (0-1 | 6.52 ERA | 6 K)


SF
1. CF Denard Span (L)
2. 1B Brandon Belt (L)
3. RF Hunter Pence (R)
4. DH Buster Posey (R)
5. SS Brandon Crawford (L)
6. 3B Eduardo Nuñez (R)
7. C Nick Hundley (R)
8. 2B Joe Panik (L)
9. LF Chris Marrero (R)

Conor Gillaspie (L)
Gorkys Hernandez (R)
Aaron Hill (R)


KC
1. LF Alex Gordon (L)
2. 3B Mike Moustakas (L)
3. CF Lorenzo Cain (R)
4. 1B Eric Hosmer (L)
5. C Salvador Perez (R)
6. DH Brandon Moss (L)
7. SS Alcides Escobar (R)
8. RF Whit Merrifield ()
9. 2B Raul Mondesi (S)

Drew Butera (R)
Christian Colon (R)
Cheslor Cuthbert (R)
Paulo Orlando (R)


* SF:
-- Manager Bruce Bochy is resting at his San Diego home after minor heart surgery.
-- Bench Coach Ron Wotus will manage the Giants in Kansas City.

-- Buster Posey (C #28) was activated from the 7-day concussion DL.
-- __????__ [probably FedEx] was optioned to make room in the roster.


** KC:
-- Jake Junis (RHP #65) was optioned to Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers.
-- Whit Merrifield (IF #15) was recalled from Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers.

Other urls found in this thread:

csnbayarea.com/giants/giants-manager-bruce-bochy-undergoes-minor-heart-procedure
fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-talk-about-eric-hosmers-defense/
twitter.com/SFWRedditVideos

* SF:
-- Tim Federowicz (C #43) was designated for assignment.

Buster's back!

R O Y A L S

hopefully hammel doesn't melt down against a ninny league team

and i thought kc was white trash

the fuck was the point of leaving whit in omaha for 2 weeks

falling for the paulo will continue to bat over .300 meme

Lack of options for the other guys on the bench. He was the odd one out

>white trash

is she not white? she sure as hell wishes she was with those filters

Giants manager Bruce Bochy undergoes minor heart procedure

csnbayarea.com/giants/giants-manager-bruce-bochy-undergoes-minor-heart-procedure

>Bench coach Ron Wotus will manage the Giants for the two games at Kauffman Stadium.

whit has a hot sister

*goes 2 for 4*

oh the first one definitely was white, she's just got a fat ass

I wouldn't really classify her as white trash either desu

leg tattoos send you directly to white trash do not collect $200

>braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap

what is with the autism about tattoos on this board lol

Time for copy-pasta.

I don't know if everyone has heard the story of Ol Two Hit Whit so I will tell it here. It all started on a dark and stormy night in May. In Kansas City some of the best men had been shot down like sentry guards takin sniper fire. So they sent a message up to Nebraska to find a suitable replacement or next of kin. The man they sent was a legend, a marksman, a fire branding rustler that goes by the name of Two Hit Whit for his legendary marksmanship. He got right on his horse and rode the 190 miles from the ol storm trading post in Nebraska straight through to Kansas City. Some said no man could make it three days, Ol Two Hit Whit he did it in one. When he arrived with dust and smoke flying all around people tried to talk, tried to ask him questions, tried to engage but he only focused on one thing: the piece of wheat in his mouth. He turned it over and over, dismounted from his horse, looked all around, and those four words he said that day changed the history of Kansas City forever. In a raspy voice, deep and manly, low but intelligible, he said those four words that many still talk about to this day. They came out more as a rumble than talking, but their meaning was clear. He leaned forward and grunted them for all to hear, he said,
I CAME TO FUCK

THE ROYALS ARE BACK

not saying its bad or you should stop just saying its white trash. which bar do i have to go to in san francisco to see these hoes?

kek fair enough

they're near the bay area, not even in San Francisco. Bottoms Up Espresso

do they have alcohol or is it only coffee?

just shitty coffee and non-alch drinks

seeing Pence at The K is bringing back some bad memories...

how many of them have you fucked

literally 0

nice 1-2-3 from hammel

I'm not sure pence knows breaking balls exist

what happened to the stupid hunter pence signs trend?

he cut his hair

he's been swinging at dogshit lately

also still not sure how I feel about Affeldt in the booth

EARLY HITS

Nice stroke Gordo

Bruh him announcing the royos defense was the most awkward thing I've ever heard

look at this kino from sunday's game. its like that scene with vin diesel and the rock in the fast and furious movie

MadBum's starting tomorrow. No Panda, though.

I was genuinely concerned that he just didn't know how to read desu

me on the left

I just love photos like this

literally every fan in that pic is a great reaction image

Jeremy affieldt unironically got the win in game 7 of the 2014 worlds eries

jeremy guthrie unironically started for the royals. what a shitshow

>royals leading the league in starter ERA by half of a run
pretty incomprehensible tbqhwy

im gonna miss hos

don't worry I'm sure they'll find a way to fuck it up

cant watch the game because im studying
h-hope we do good

>le completely wasted swings on strike 1 and 2 man

i wont really. he isn't even trending up desu

mostly talking about his defense

love when Cain hangs his curveballs
fucking recipe for success

>cant do both
fucking brainlets

Are those outfield seats loud with the fountains always running?

Jints fan here:

Imagine if Gordon was sent home from 3rd AND scored. We (KC and SF) might all be in therapy right now for losing our minds.

>implying he is even good at defense

fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-talk-about-eric-hosmers-defense/

also pic related for his offensive woes

they dont run during the inning but the answer is still no

GET A HIT WHIT!

i think it wouldve taken a mets tier throw for gordo to be safe

they're not really that loud

why do they have to replay that ;_;

if only gordo wouldve been hauling ass out of the box

like i give a fuck about a first baseman's range. his scoops are god tier

i dont really care anymore. if we didnt win in 2015 though i would kill myself at the thought of it

that series in 2014 was very clearly a battle between equally matched teams tiebroken only by an otherworldly performance by bumgarner. cant do anything but tip your hat

Our offense is some next level ass desu

I'm starting to believe the Muelens batting discipline (lack-off) tweets from last year.

>it's an offense is fucking asleep episode

We got 14, you guys got redemption in 15
Now we both can ceremoniously laugh at the Mets for not redeeming themselves last year kek

kek locain getting in everyones way on that foulout

>top of the 4th in 45 minutes

Manfred's dick must be rock hard

he wants games to score a bunch of runs while also going this fast somehow

>You can only reply to this post if your team has won the Worlds Eries in 2014 or 2015

Is there any reason to think that Ventura wasn't just a piece of shit?

everyone on the team liked him

we are officially on no hitter watch

Giants bros ww@? 831 here

expected nothing less desu

kek

916

hos shouldve tagged on that

Watsonville
You bang ese

Boch said the hardest part of the surgery is listening to Affieldt do the game kek

he would have been tagged if he tagged

this is what you said to me last time, cabrillo right?

already tired of the moss gidp

I honestly wouldn't have expected anyone to have a worse average than Mondesi coming into this year

Tybposey

did posey marry a tranny?

that is correct

Remember Detroit 2012 (Boch taking out Affeldt):

Give me the damn ball, you're gonna give me a heart attack.

jfc crawford has a cannon

WHIT WHIT WHIT WHIT WHIT WHIT WHIT WHIT WHIT WHIT WHIT WHIT

WHIT DONGER

whittles

Whit can hit!

Who's this on the mic with Fleming?

Is that based Affeldt

ded

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rex was hype af during that dinger

Oh right it's the Matt Cain 5th inning special

it is!

me on the left

>smacks his helmet off his head
>craw with the pickle bantz