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ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:00 am

Draft 2009

The 2009 MLB Draft was held today, and the Royals made two good choices in the first two rounds. In the first round, they drafted twenty year old catcher Luke Umbria. Umbria is a decent hitter, but his specialty is fielding. He has great arm strength to throw out a runner trying to steal. Now in the second round, the Royals went a bit older, drafting twenty-seven year old John Finegan, a right-handed pitcher. Finegan can throw as fast as ninety-two miles per hour, and also features the rare knuckleball. Another good year in the draft for the Kansas City Royals.

Round One

C Luke Umbria
DOB: 11/12/1988 (age 20)
B/T: L/R

TRJ: 1
CON: 8 (D)
PWR: 94 (E)
RUN SPD: 7 (E)
ARM STR: 10 (C)
FLD: 9 (D)
E RES: 8 (D)

Push Hitter

Round Two

RHP John Finegan
DOB: 2/21/1982 (age 27)
B/T: R/R

TOP SPD: 92mph
CTRL: 129 (D)
STAM: 99 (C)
SLD - 2
CB - 2
FORK - 3
KN - 2

VS Runner 2

Longball714 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:34 pm

Wow, you've had some really great drafts. I would have to S/L several times to get people that good.

BennyBaseball · **Posted:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:21 pm

Umbria reminds me of Choo Choo Train, one of my success guys. If you give Finegan a year to work on stamina, he might be a good starter. He's got the 'stuff.'

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:34 pm

San Francisco Giants (23-41) @ Kansas City Royals (29-35)
June 10, 2009

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals have swept the Giants at home, completing the three game series today. The Giants jumped out to a quick lead against Brian Bannister with three runs in the first two innings, but those would be the only three runs they get. The Royals didn't get on the board until the fifth when they scored three runs to tie it, starting when Alex Gordon blasted a solo shot to right. He would then be followed up later in the inning with an RBI single by David DeJesus and an RBI double by Felipe Lopez. The Royals finally took the lead in the eighth when Billy Butler hit a solo shot to center. They scored one more in the eighth, and Soria closed it out in the ninth for the series sweep.

Final Score:
Giants: 3
Royals: 5

WP - Bannister (7-3) | LP - B.Wilson (0-2) | SV - J.Soria (13)
HR: A.Gordon (5) Butler (2)

Misch: 4 1/3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER
Winn: 1-5, 2B, R
Vizquel: 2-4, 2B, R
Rowand: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Aurilia: 2-4, 2B, RBI
D.Roberts: 2-4, 2B, RBI

Bannister: 7 IP, 11 H, 3 ER, 9 K
DeJesus: 1-4, RBI, R
F.Lopez: 2-4, 2B, RBI
A.Gordon: 2-4, HR
Gload: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI, R
Butler: 1-4, HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:16 pm

Kansas City Royals (30-35) @ Arizona Diamondbacks (30-35)
June 12, 2009

PHOENIX -- The Royals have lost game one of this series in Arizona with a few balls going out of the park, starting with a lead-off homer for Eric Byrnes in the bottom of the first. Alex Gordon gave the Royals the lead in the fifth with a two-run shot, but Connor Jackson gave the Diamondbacks the lead AGAIN in the bottom of the inning with a three-run shot. The D'Backs scored three more in the sixth, to go up by five and it seemed the Royals would get blown out, but in the top of the seventh, Billy Butler, John Buck, and Alex Gordon went back-to-back-to-back with solo shots. Felipe Lopez brought this game within one with an RBI single to make it 7-6, but that would be the final score of this game.

Final Score:
Royals: 6
Diamondbacks: 7

WP - Webb (5-6) | LP - Ziegler (1-4) | SV - E.Gonzalez (7)
HR: Byrnes (14) C.Jackson (15) Butler (3) J.Buck (6) A.Gordon 2 (7)

Ziegler: 5 IP, 9 H, 4 ER
Butler: 1-4, HR
J.Buck: 3-4, 2B, HR, 2 R
A.Gordon: 2-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI

Webb: 6 IP, 8 H, 5 ER
Byrnes: 3-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Tracy: 4-4, 2 2B, RBI, R
C.Jackson: 1-4, HR, 3 RBI

stemmy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:18 pm

John Buck is happy with his preformance this season so far

BennyBaseball · **Posted:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:36 pm

stemmy wrote:

John Buck is happy with his preformance this season so far

Teahen likes the colorful text. He also requested that I write this message in this color. *sigh*

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:57 pm

Philadelphia Phillies (38-30) @ Kansas City Royals (31-37)
June 16, 2009

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals lost today, getting beat by Jamie Moyer and the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies scored first in the second with a solo homer by Pat Burrell. They then added three more in third with a three-run shot by Ryan Howard. The Royals scored their only two runs of the game in the fourth with two solo homers by Mark Teahen and John Buck. The Phillies added three more in the sixth and seventh with solo homers from Jimmy Rollins, and Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell both getting their second of the game.

Final Score:
Phillies: 7
Royals: 2

WP - Moyer (7-3) | LP - Meche (2-7) | SV -
HR: Teahen (12) J.Buck (7) Rollins (14) Howard 2 (19) Burrell 2 (15)

Moyer: 8 1/3 IP, 6 H, 2 ER
Rollins: 1-5, HR
Howard: 2-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Burrell: 3-4, 2 HR

Meche: 7 1/3 IP, 10 H, 6 ER
Teahen: 1-4, HR
J.Buck: 1-4, HR
Gload: 1-3, 2B

BennyBaseball · **Posted:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:06 pm

Meche wants to know what the deal is.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:50 pm

BennyBaseball wrote:

Meche wants to know what the deal is.

I honestly don't know. Last season, I dominated with him, but since I changed CPU to lock-on 1, I can't use that drop curve as a strikeout pitch anymore, EVERYONE makes contact on that drop curve this season for some reason.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:13 pm

Kansas City Royals (33-39) @ Cincinnati Reds (47-25)
June 20, 2009

CINCINNATI -- The Royals won game two of this interleague series in Cincinnati with an epic comeback win against the Reds. This game was scoreless until the sixth inning when Adam Dunn belted a two-run double to make it 2-0 Reds. Then, in the eighth, the Royals got on the board with an RBI double by Ross Gload, but the Reds got that run back with a solo homer by Adam Dunn, and added another with a solo shot by Brandon Phillips to make it 4-1 Reds. Going to the ninth, it didn't seem the Royals had a chance. Lopez got out to start the inning, Teahen singled, and then Guillen made the second out. Following Guillen, Butler singled, Buck singled to score Teahen to make it 4-2 and move Butler over to third. Now with two outs, runners on the corners, and a two strike count to Gordon, he blasted a ball to deep center, and over the wall for a three-run shot to make it 5-4 Royals. Soria came in to close it out. He ran into some trouble allowing singles to Patterson and Freel with one out, but Buck threw out Freel trying to steal second, and Hatteberg grounded out to first to end the game.

Final Score:
Royals: 5
Reds: 4

WP - Bale (1-0) | LP - Belisle (7-3) | SV - J.Soria (17)
HR: Dunn (17) Phillips (10) A.Gordon (8)

Dinas: 5 2/3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 K
Teahen: 2-4, R
J.Buck: 2-4, RBI, 2 R
A.Gordon: 1-4, HR, 3 RBI

Belisle: 8 2/3 IP, 9 H, 5 ER
Hatteberg: 2-5, R
Dunn: 2-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Phillips: 1-4, HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:22 am

Kansas City Royals (35-40) @ Chicago White Sox (32-43)

CHICAGO -- The Royals lost another high scoring game against the White Sox today in a wild game that kept going back and forth. Nick Swisher got the scoring started in the first with a solo home run. The Royals put up three in the third with an RBI single by Mark Teahen to tie it, and a two-run double by Jose Guillen to go up by two. Nick Swisher hit a two-run shot, his second of the game in the bottom of the third to tie this one up once again. The Royals got three more in the fourth with an RBI from David DeJesus on a fielder's choice, as well as two more with RBI singles by Felipe Lopez and Jose Guillen. Danny Richar got an RBI single in the fourth, and A.J. Pierzynski in the fifth to bring this game back within one. Mark Teahen belted an RBI double in thee sixth, but the White Sox took the lead again in the bottom of the inning with three solo blasts by Juan Uribe, Nick Swisher, and Jim Thome. Ross Gload tied it up again in the seventh with an RBI sacrifice fly, and Esteban German gave the Royals a 9-8 lead in the ninth with an RBI single. But that would not be enough to hold back the White Sox as A.J. Pierzynski blasted a solo shot in the bottom of the ninth to tie it up once again. The Royals broke through the tie in the eleventh with two RBIs by Esteban German with a sac fly, and David DeJesus with a single, but once again, the Sox stormed back with solo homers in the ninth by Swisher, Great Hart to tie it, and Jermaine Dye with the walk-off shot for a 12-11 White Sox win.

Final Score:
Royals: 11
White Sox: 12
F/11

WP - Dotel (1-0) | LP - Bale (1-1) | SV -
HR: Swisher 4 (26) Thome (11) Dye (16) Pierzynski (11) Uribe (7) G.Hart (3)

Bannister: 4 2/3 IP, 10 H, 5 ER
DeJesus: 2-7, 2 RBI, 2 R
F.Lopez: 4-7, 2B, RBI, 2 R
Teahen: 2-6, 2B, 2 RBI, R
J.Guillen: 3-6, 2B, 3 RBI
J.Buck: 2-6, 2B, R
A.Gordon: 3-6, 2 R
Gload: 2-5, RBI, 2 R
E.German: 1-1, 2 RBI

Buehrle: 5 IP, 9 H, 6 ER
Swisher: 4-6, 4 HR, 5 RBI
Thome: 2-5, HR, 2 R
G.Hart: 1-1, HR
Dye: 2-6, HR, 2 R
Pierzynski: 2-5, HR, 2 RBI
Uribe: 2-5, 2B, HR
Richar: 2-5, 2B, RBI, R

BennyBaseball · **Posted:** Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:32 am

SWISHALICIOUS! 4 homers!

But seriously, how did you give up four homers to the man formerly known as "Jolly Old St. Nick" but refused to be called that because he thought it implied chubbiness, Nick Swisher? He isn't much of a power hitter in this game.

Longball714 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:58 pm

Swisher is tough in this game. He just uses the Power Swing and hits for extra bases every time he makes contact.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:43 pm

I absolutely HATE playing the White Sox in this game. They all do power swing, and you can't throw anything even close to the strike zone to Swisher, Thome, Konerko, or Dye or they'll hit it out.

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