Rob E Dangerously

Unless the Royals blow an 8-0 lead, Lima is on his way to a 5-0 record. 7 shirtless men and a woman in a bikini top were spotted at the Ballpark in Arlington with 'LIMA TIME' on their chests. And the Rangers people appear to have ushered them out of the park.

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33528 "The detainee believed that ... once it was realized that the fires were terrorist acts, U.S. citizens would put pressure on the U.S. government to change its policies," the memo stated, according to The Republic. The last 20 fiendish plots didn't cause people to call for terror-appeasing change, I'm pretty sure that setting forests on fire wouldn't do anything, except maybe increase the call for Homeland Security and the call for 'selectively cutting down parts of the forest to help fight forest fires'. Hey, I guess when you start grilling, they'll start blabbing about anything, real or fake.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ic_030711213127

I think the Leafs are too White. Maybe if they could sign some Dominican and Puerto Rican players. Oh.. wait Wrong sport

I just realized this.. Dirk and Steve are the Foo Fighters!

Now, I have two favorite players in the NBA. Nowitzki and Nash.

good point

Sure dude... don't jinx us or anything

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59574,00.html ----- just more fun in pornoland, eh?

I just realized that all this time, I pronouce 'Bratwurst' as 'Brat-hurst' Damnit!

Kansas City Royals' Ken Harvey knocks down Anaheim Angels catcher Bengie Molina while being tagged out at home during the sixth inning at Edison Field in Anaheim, Calif., on Wednesday, July 9, 2003. Harvey was caught trying to steal home. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) The collision just looked brutal, but both men stayed in the game. And then the Angels fans booed Harvey when he batted later in the game. Oh shut up, it's not like he knocked the ball out of Molina's hands or anything. I'm sure the art of 'big guys charging at the catcher' will be refined.

That Bratwurst does look sinister

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/brew/jul03/153981.asp

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/...7430202367.html Well, heck, Chinese occupation, while pissing off the more nationalistic Koreans, is an interesting idea. We have one big drawback. This would keep two Koreas. The Chinese would just install more sane communists. Maybe North Korea would get some leaders who are less isolationist and a bit like China. While this won't free anybody, it's certainly better to be under Communist Chinese tyranny than North Korean tyranny. Sure, China has no way of really stopping the North Korean armies from going down to South Korea. Unless they start covertly subverting their war plans or something of the sort.

but calling it "The Weiner Mobile" would get him sued

Actually, they don't give out names. But you topped the guy who said that a messege was sent when 80,000 watched Nascar and 12,000 watched the Royals on Sunday. That messege? "We find cars going around in circles more exciting than first place baseball"

One of the calls in the 'Feedback in the KC Star' went like this: "Jose Lima is only concerned about reviving his career, not helping the team. Cut him now" Tom, stop calling the Kansas City Star.

First, the reference material the stats source- http://www.statfox.com/mlb/umpirestats/ and the list of Umpire crews- http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/...pires_crews.jsp Now to some lists (the Umps with like 2 games are not listed for obvious reasons) The most likely to give a walk: Derryl Cousins, John Hirschbeck, Ed Rapuano, Steve Rippley, Larry Young. The least likely to give a walk: Doug Eddings, Jim Joyce, Tim Welke The most likely to call a strikeout: Phil Cuzzi, Bruce Dreckman, John Hirschbeck, Tim Timmons The least likely to call a strikeout: Gary Cederstrom, Sam Holbrook and Matt Hollowell Welke and Jeff Nelson just happen to be around when the home team wins (16-3 for Welke, 15-4 for Nelson) Holbrook, mentioned as the least likely to call a strikeout, is also the ump who ejected McGwire in August 1998 (source: http://www.strikethree.com/98/08/30/barker.shtml , that truely took balls) and here's a list of games ( http://www.nss.net/mlb/umpdetail.aspx?umpire=141 ) Other umps of note- Hollowell isn't known specifically by name, but he is remembered a bit in KC for doing nothing when the Ligue family attacked Tom Gamboa. (Hollowell was also the ump in the Twins game a few nights ago with the ejections) Randy Marsh shares his name with a cartoon character. So, do any Umps get praise from you, do you just loathe one or two? do you want to fight Laz Diaz?

It didn't help Lima that the Tigers sucked. Lima usually has a very good BB/K ratio (1994-2002 totals: 262 BB/763 K). He did recieve some big asswhuppings in 2002. 11 runs to the As in 2.2 IP (during the As huge winning streak) and 8 runs in 0.2 IP. Lima's BB/K ratio wasn't helped by pitching on the day that the home plate ump was Sam Holbrook. As I will mention in a future post, Holbrook is one of the umps with the lowest average rate of strikeouts per game (for both teams) and there were about 12 walks yesterday. Hey, you don't pick your judge. Although it's never easy to have such a small strikezone.

Rob would be mad if they fired Buchanan too

Wow...26 games against those teams down the stretch is like a gift from God. The Royals should say a thousand and one "Hail Marys". It's sorta balanced. These are some stretches for KC. From July 25th to August 10th. Three with Detroit, then Chicago, then the D-Rays, the White Sox and the D-Rays. 16 games. Then a 12 game stretch with the Yankees and Twins (11th to 24th) And 12 games with the Rangers and Angels. All in all, the Royals last 20 are against the three teams that they played their first 17 against (going 14-3)

Yao Ming would be the guy you're thinking of. Yao didn't really seem to be that angry or anything, I remember

Yeah, it wasn't a bad move to cut Lima loose last year. He was clearly unhappy. Although in Kansas City, Lima seems to be catching on. KC's last 76 games go like this Chicago - 13 Detroit - 10 Anaheim - 9 Texas - 9 Minnesota - 9 Tampa Bay - 7 Cleveland - 6 New York - 6 Seattle - 4 Oakland - 2 Arizona - 1 (if needed) -- and the last three weeks of the season go like this in KC. 6 games against Cleveland, 7 games against Detroit and 7 games against Chicago (including the last four games of the season). If the race comes down to Twins/Royals, some people in Minnesota might be unhappy that their last three weeks won't include one game with the Royals. Twins: 7 against the ChiSox, 6 against the Indians and 7 against the Tigers. The ChiSox's last three weeks: 7 against the Twins, 7 against the Royals, 3 against the Red Sox, 3 against the Yankees. --- With the injuries in KC, I'm calling for Benny Hinn to take a job to see what he can do.

Yeah, the walks/strikeout ratio isn't that great. Although from the first start, his ERA has gone down after every start. Busch Stadium, I'm not sure if it's more for the pitchers or the hitters, but Lima gave up four hits and two runs there. The Indians offense, while sterile, isn't to be derided, they got 10 hits in 2 games (5 each) and 3 runs (1 in the first, 2 in the second) Big concerns: Can Lima control how many HRs he's gives up? All three were given up at Kauffman Stadium. I think they were all solo shots, but I forget if Bonds hit a solo shot. Sure, he's a fly ball pitcher and if you look it up, you can see that he was giving up alot of home runs in the AstroDome when he was winning 15 and 20 games. Lima in his best seasons was able to force more outs on groundballs than flyballs. Right now, he has more flyballs (47 to 42). Yesterday, the count was 11 flyballs and 4 groundballs. Also, Lima's hit more batters in five starts (3) than he hit in 1999 (2). Lima didn't seem to give up runs as easily as Chris George or Brad Voyles. One run scored on a bases-loaded walk and the other on a home run. Lima's also good since he can go over 100 pitches, which in an organization that has to use the bullpen due to young starters and pitch counts, is pretty useful. Lima doesn't like Dombrowski though

from CNN/SI ""You know I went to the independent league. I worked hard to redeem myself," said the free-spirited Lima. "I went up there (Newark) to go back to the old times when Lima won 37 games in two years (1998-99). I worked with Pete Filson (at Newark). He helped me a lot to finish my pitches because I was guiding most of my pitches before. I was leaving everything up." (Desi) Relaford noted Lima's attitude also benefits the rest of the team. "Anytime you've got a guy like him in the clubhouse, a guy that likes to have fun, laughs a lot, he's a good person and everybody definitely feeds off him," Relaford said." and from the KC Star ( http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascityst...tar/6247164.htm ): "Lima has a fine time in beating Tigers By DICK KAEGEL The Kansas City Star Jose Lima's insides were bubbling like a bottle of champagne that had just been shaken by King Kong. He was about to explode out of his Royal blue socks. This was Lima payback time. He wanted to send a message back to Detroit, special delivery to Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski, the guy who sent Lima packing last September. So pumped and primed was Lima that he almost popped his cork in a chaotic first inning on Sunday. But, at the end of a hot afternoon at Kauffman Stadium, Lima and the Royals possessed a 5-3 victory over Dombrowski's Detroiters. The win put the Royals in a position they have not experienced in nearly 23 years. They lead the American League Central by 31/2 games over the Minnesota Twins. That's the biggest lead the Royals have held this late in a season since Oct. 5, 1980, when they finished first by 13 games and wound up in the World Series. On Sunday, Lima ran his record to 4-0. The Royals have won all five games he's started since being rescued from the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League. Yet, as the sun boiled down, Lima wasn't sure if he'd last even two innings. "I was jumping all over the place," he said. "I wanted to throw 100 miles per hour. I know I don't throw 100 miles per hour but I'm glad after that inning I calmed down and made some quality pitches." In the first, a single and three walks forced in a run. But Lima snarled that traffic with his 31st pitch, getting Craig Monroe to roll out. Royals manager Tony Pena cornered Lima, whom he's known since he caught him as a teen-ager in the Dominican Winter League. "After that first inning," Lima said, "people thought I was arguing with him but he was telling me, `Settle down, settle down. Try to do the best you can and don't get too excited.' " After that, Lima gave up just one more hit -- Eric Munson's solo homer -- and two walks. Over seven innings, the Tigers got just two hits against him. He had proven something to "somebody." And who was that somebody? "Dombrowski," Lima said. "Come on. He released me last year without me doing nothing. I didn't hurt nobody, I didn't do drugs, I didn't kill nobody. I just want to pitch and I spent 43 days without pitching in the bullpen like I was nobody. "Sometimes it was 14-0 with two out in the ninth inning and they'd call and say, `Lima, get up.' Come on, respect me. I won 20 games in the big leagues. I didn't win it by accident. I mean, it's not that we were going in the playoffs over there. We lost 100 games last year." Matter of fact, so did the Royals. And, in a neat twist, they are running amok in the AL Central while the Tigers are even worse than last year. (...) When Royals reliever Jason Grimsley let in a run and had the bases loaded in the eighth, newcomer Curtis Leskanic was summoned and struck out Matt Walbeck to quash the threat. All-Star closer Mike MacDougal reeled off a perfect ninth and Lima was a unblemished 4-0. By then, Lima was a wreck. "My heart in the ninth inning was going like I was going to cry," he said. "You know like when a little boy gets a toy? That was me." So now he's proven something to Dombrowski and to the Royals as well. That call to Newark certainly was worth it. "They made the right phone call," Lima said. "I'm here at the right place at the right time."" and a bit more -- "I didn't win 20 games (at Houston) by accident. But (general manager Dave) Dombrowski wanted to get rid of me. He wanted to ruin my career." An Associated Press story reported that the Tigers sent a memo to big league teams that Lima was a bad influence in the clubhouse. Royals manager Tony Pena grins when informed of that report. "I want someone like Lima in my clubhouse," said Pena, who was Lima's catcher in the pitcher's first year of winter ball. "He talks, he dances, he has fun ­ but when you give him the ball, he is all business. 'Lima Time' has been a very good time in Kansas City." --