Royals Week in Review - 5/11/07
Rather than try to comment upon a week that saw the Kansas City Royals get outscored 34-11, let’s just pull out some notable stats. These and many more can be found at Baseball-Reference, The Hardball...
View ArticleRoyals Week in Review - 5/18/07
The Kansas City Royals are winners. There’s just no other way to put it. Check out the week-by-week record.4/2 – 2-44/9 – 1-54/16 – 3-34/23 – 2-54/30 – 2-55/7 - 2-45/14 – 3-1It has taken seven weeks to...
View ArticleRoyals Week in Review - 5/25/07
The Kansas City Royals once again stunned the world by putting together another winning week. The overall record stands at 19-29, on pace for 64 wins, which still sucks but at least shows signs of...
View ArticleRoyals Week in Review - 6/1/07
There's nothing much you can say about getting outscored 856 to 12 or whatever it ended up being while losing seven games in a row, so let's just drop it for this week.
View ArticleRoyals Week in Review - 6/8/07
The Kansas City Royals decided to take a week off from playing baseball, reflect on the lives they’ve led and generally kill any positive momentum from taking eight of ten contests before their big...
View ArticleRoyals Week in Review - 6/22/07
Something happened to the Kansas City Royals bats around June first. I don't know what it is, but after losing seven in a row, the boys in blue have pretty much taken Pythag out behind the woodshed the...
View ArticleMLB Piques My Interest in Women's Apparel
First of all, let me say that I love my wife.Let me also say that it is easily apparent this is a photoshop job, as I found the same picture for all MLB teams with the logo switched out.Lastly, for the...
View ArticleRoyals Week in Review - 06/29/07
Having swept the California Angels of Southern Antiqua, the Kansas City Royals look to the Chicago White Sox, a team that is one bad weekend away from taking over the cellar position the Royals have...
View ArticleProjecting the Second Half
As Independence Day nears, the Kansas City Royals have passed the midpoint of the season looking remarkably like a good baseball club the past month.There will probably be many moves in the next month...
View ArticleRoyals Week in Review - 7/14/07
Kansas City Royals come out of the All Star Break with a ton of momentum and a killer schedule. A few minor moves this week show that General Manager Dayton Moore may be warming up to be a player as...
View ArticleRoyals Week in Review - 7/20/07
After sticking it to the Red Sox, the Kansas City Royals prepare for a showdown with evil next week. But, before the Yankees come to Kauffman stadium, the boys in blue must first vanquish the...
View ArticleRoyals Trade Dotel for Davies
The Salary number is a little rough, but for approximately $2.5 million, the Kansas City Royals got this from Octavio Dotel:23 Innings Pitched11 Saves29 Strike Outs3.94 ERAKyle Davies from the...
View ArticleIf We Can Only Avoid Playing the Yankees
On Tuesday, May 8th, the Kansas City Royals lost to the Oakland Athletics by a score of 6-1. Jorge de la Rosa took the loss, giving up 10 hits in just over four innings of work, and the Royals season...
View ArticleRe-signing Mike Sweeney
While traveling for business last week, I missed this little item in the Kansas City Star: “Royals could re-sign Sweeney if Butler proves capable of playing first.”The reasoning goes something like...
View ArticleSports - Royals Hire Hillman to Manage
I don't know what a Ham Fighter is, but there are several things I like about this hire.1.) We may have actually beat out the Yankees on getting this guy. It always feels good to beat the Yanks.2.)...
View ArticleRoyals "Win" Bidding for Guillen
Eager to continue the fine pharmaceutical heritage that began with Ewing Kauffman, the Kansas City Royals signed outfielder Jose Guillen to a 3-year, $36 million deal on Tuesday.The potential steroid...
View ArticleDayton Can't be Done
The most famous Royals optimist out there, Rany Jazayerli, has hypothesized that the Jose Guillen deal is but one domino in a long chain of moves that General Manager Dayton Moore plans over this...
View ArticleSports - Buck the Starter
Before we get into the player previews (which will probably come before the season when the roster is more solid), let's look at some of the news as it comes along.I like Trey Hillman already for how...
View ArticleWho are These Guys? - 2008 Royals Season Preview
A new job and extended jury duty have kept me from doing the kind of preview my five loyal readers are used to.So, as the 2008 season begins, I’m going to do an abbreviated “Who are these guys?”...
View ArticleDouble Dip on Double-Digit Wins
I'm not a big fan of the whole Pitcher Wins statistic, but I think it says something when it's been NINE YEARS since two pitchers on a team have gotten ten or more wins in a season.I will be using...
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