The players have simply given up on Tony, Sweeney is pissed and has a right to be, he could've gone anywhere he wanted and gotten paid more, and had a legit shot of boosting his stats and ring count with another team than here...atleast with our current goons in the office and talent.

Well, I think the difference is that you seem to be happy with the table scraps while I want a team that can contend for championships. Just being a .500 team with an occasional sniff at the title doesn't do anything for me, because, frankly, no team like that has a chance in hell of actually winning a world series. Take Minnesota for example: competitive? yes. contending? oh hell no. They're just as out of it on May 1st (I say we're all out of it on April 1st) as the Royals are, because they have no chance of winning the fall classic. Sure they have a nice regular season record to look at, I guess, but that's not the goal, at least for me (hey, another Chiefs parallel! :)).

That's the point I was trying to make. I won't argue with anyone who has issues with the Royals front office, because I have the same issues, but in the end, we could have the best managment team in the league and it still won't matter, because we'll never be able to afford a team talented enough to compete with the top tier markets. It's just not possible.

What concerns me the most is that there will be a fluke small market/cheap championship team, a one hit wonder, and the big market owners will use it to say "see, there's no problem with baseball."

One winner a decade isn't too bad for us poor folks outside major metropolitan areas, right? :shake:

Well unfortunately, the reality is, there isn't revenue sharing or a cap in place, and the prospects of there being one anytime soon, don't look very encouraging.
So yeah, I'll take my scraps, because until changes are made, that's all I can realistically hope for.

IMO, fielding a +.500 team would do wonders for baseball in KC.
Let's see them walk before asking them to run.

The fact that Baird kept his job simply tells Royals fans, that it's business as usual in KC.

But, I am a man of my word. Now that Muser is gone, I will purchase a ticket for a Royals game this year.

Yeah, fire that guy and hire Tony Pena.

Wow, great great find. ROFL I still sound the same today as I did 4 seasons ago.

Wow, i dont know if I care as much now as I did then about the Royals, lol! I still love my teams though!

think the royals suck but still love them!?

go here!