Good breaks happen but for 2 years in a row?



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Clearly it was all a fluke.

Good point.

From the all-star break in 2013 on.




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You and Szymborksi can both **** off with that bullshit take.

The Royals were an elite team over a three year period. It wasn't just a few breaks. Not over a sample that big.

Lot of factors contribute to the Royals fall back this year. The large spike in home runs league wide, injuries, fatigue, regression in a few key spots. All involved.


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Unbelievable flaming hot takes that don't mean shit by Szymborski

As I said to him after we butt-raped his beloved Beejays in the ALCS "You'll never get over this". And he won't. Because they would've been faves vs the Mets.

:deevee:

Haters gonna ****ing hate.

And just because someone has a twitter account doesn't mean it makes them any less of a dumbass.

Could this trade be a precursor for including Dyson in a trade package?

This is my thought. I get the logic re: Dyson walks and replace him with Burns. But we aren't an organization drowning in power.

Think Dyson is a FA after 2017?!

The reactions to that tweet were everything I could have possibly hoped. LMAO

How's that 2015 ALCS banner look?

Jeffrey Flanagan

Ned Yost said Ben Zobrist told him last year of Billy Burns: "If you get a chance to go get him, do it." #Royals

Fact is, if there wasn't some truth to that statement, that tweet gets laughed off. Certainly not the defensive reactions that it did get.

Stop. Fact is, every team that wins a World Series has good fortune smile on them. People here aren't so much defensive as they are protective. You could troll any team that has won a championship with the same BS, and fans would react the same way.

Though some would prefer to hide out at their second cousin's birthday party, we prefer to confront bull**** head on in these parts.

No, that isnt a fact. I personally dont care what some butt hurt moron says, but some people take issue with that statement being constantly repeated. Eventually there was going to a be a year we don't get to the world series and they were all going to say Told Ya So!

God bless all things Zobrist related.

If only the Blue Jays could have been that lucky.

But they are Canadian and no one cares about them anyway.



And you're using the logic that if you disagree with that tweet that it must be true? You are a class A moron.

Fact is, flukes don't last for three seasons. See the 2007 Rockies.

It got that reaction because its a ****ing stupid comment.


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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/DSzymborski">@DSzymborski</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/joe_sheehan">@joe_sheehan</a> I think you&#39;re absolutely right. Also: <a href="https://t.co/LMs4P7jPg9">pic.twitter.com/LMs4P7jPg9</a></p>&mdash; Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) <a href="https://twitter.com/jazayerli/status/759492675624198145">July 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Some more than others, for sure.

Again, if it was such BS, you don't get those defensive responses at all. The proper reaction to Dan's tweet was Rany's (agreeing with the obvious truth of the statement and still not giving a shit about it).

Fact is, you are still immensely butt-hurt from last season's Royal send off into the Baseball Offseason Abyss.

Would this be a proper reaction?

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Of course you would, it's a staple of sports internetting. "Your team sucks" "No it doesn't, you're stupid".

Not the disagreement. It's the the tone/nature of the responses that really says it all.

KC_connection is bricksing all over this thread.
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This goes past that, though. It feeds into Royals fans' latent insecurities about the supposed "lucky" nature of those runs.

I foresee that the 2017 KU thread will be glorious

Blue Jay butthurt.

Maybe we are all just sick of Blue Jays fan's shit and their superiority complex, when last year they clearly had no reason to feel that way?

It wouldn't be a KU thread without you being there at the end to shit on Self after KU loses in the E8/F4 after another 30+ win season. I look forward to it. :)

Keep telling yourself that. It doesn't make it true.

There are no insecurities in the Royals fan base. Banners are a good prescription for those, as are championship rings.

You're getting the reaction you are because you brought a stupid opinion to the thread.

The royals of 2013-15 were not an all time elite team, but they were an elite team in MLB over that period, and you can't explain that away by saying "it was all just luck!"


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I am not feeling particularly insecure:

http://content.sportslogos.net/logos...mpion-2014.png

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Blue Jays? Congrats on that meaningless division championship

http://content.sportslogos.net/logos...mpion-2015.png

and that's that.. send connection outta this thread.

Somebody better let Dan and Rany know then. They seem to be under a different impression.

Back to the topic at hand:

Burns gives the Royals flexibility to trade or nontender Dyson in the offseason (though that would be unpopular in the clubhouse).

It also covers them if the team decides to trade Cain now. Still think the return there would have to be tremendous and help right away, but that's what makes sense here, to me.


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Personally, I could give a damn if the Mets had won it, then all got busted ala Black Sox style and then the title was given to the Royals. Or they won on a contested balk call 4 nights in a row, or every Mets pitcher got AIDS the day before the series or any bad luck/good luck scenario you can think of. The Royals are the reigning World Champions. Every other team from 2015 will fade into the ether of nothingness. That's all that matters.

Thanks for letting us know how to respond and act on a message board, mom.

And that would be exactly how I would feel.

I really like the trade. Sure, it's from a fan's eyeball test(clearly the most unreliable mesasurement), but I like what I have seen every time I watched Burns play. He seems like a real pain in the ass for the opponent type of player. I like those types.

KC Connection loves to wear his 2015 Toronto Blue Jays AL East championship shirt.....Only after taking off his clown suit he wears to little kid's birthday parties.

Matt Kemp traded to Atlanta

Braves are involved in some interesting moves/rumors. I read today that they may be trying to get McCann back? Apparently they want their rebuild window to be a lot smaller than was thought.

I don't know much about Burns but from everything I've read today, the trade is heavily weighted in the Royal's favor, so much so, that I can't understand why Oakland made the deal.

That seems odd considering the youth movement they have taken.

San Diego is officially a AA team

Who knows? Personally, I find Billy Beane to be either completely overrated, someone whom the game has passed over, or both. Can't really remember the last trade he made that worked great for the A's

Or it's still 100% BS.

In fact, that's exactly what it is, regardless of our reaction to it.

I think it's a fairly even swap in terms of value. Just a matter of each team thinking the other plays fills its needs better.


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@FlannyMLB: For those wondering about Eibner, keep in mind Bonifacio is younger and on the rise, and Dozier may be switched to OF. No room. #Royals

You could probably go into a DC thread and say Hillary is the most honest politican of our life time and get a similar reaction.... because there is some truth to it amiright?

Beane has his "system" - Moneyball or whatever you want to call it - that he just refuses to break away from. Signing Billy Butler to a 3 yr/30 mil contract? Trading away Cespedes knowing what he meant to that locker room? Any number of other deals?

He's made some very questionable moves as of late.

Yep. He was never going to be a FT player here. Probably not even a PT with Orlando playing ok.

Burns has a sweet last name for a guy with speed.

Yes, but a terrible first name for a guy with speed, based on recent Royals history.

The BJ's were outclassed in the ALCS. Luck had nothing to do with it. LMAO



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Some kid on twitter is saying that Wade Davis is on his plane back to Kansas City...

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Awful news for the Royals: Wade Davis is headed back to Kansas City for an MRI on his arm, source tells Yahoo Sports.</p>&mdash; Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/759538582751178752">July 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Who the Royals will be receiving at the 2016 trade deadline?

Our long lost friend, Jack Shit.

Yep. Headed for an MRI. The hits just keep on coming this season.

Yep. I'm sure Volquez and Morales will injury each other arm wrestling today

If Wade Davis is injured.... we can't trade him, we can't use him. Hopefully he comes back full strength next year, but if not then we are probably going to be sellers in 2017 and rebuild.

Honestly I'd go full white flag at this point. Play Salvy and Cain 3-4x per week, max. They'll never do it, but that's what I kinda wish they would do. Rest up for next year

That probably explains the Angels game the other night.

Man, talk about getting totally ****ed

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wade Davis said two days ago he didn&#39;t think there was anything wrong injury-wise, was just having command issues. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a></p>&mdash; Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlannyMLB/status/759541231961542656">July 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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At least we know the Royals players aren't using PED's like the Blue Jays.

Maybe Holland and Davis will just take turns getting TJs, with one swapping placed on the roster with the other

That lyin' SOB

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Royals have now confirmed that Wade Davis will undergo an MRI tomorrow in Kansas City. He previously battled forearm strain.</p>&mdash; Rustin Dodd (@rustindodd) <a href="https://twitter.com/rustindodd/status/759542606149791744">July 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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We all joked that the gods would demand payment for that World Series. Well ...

Ha. That's awesome.

I am going to watch my 20165 World Series Blu-Ray collection and pretend that it's tonight's game.

Great idea.

Getting cleared to ease other teams' concerns? I wish.

This season has become an installment in the Final Destination series

Paying the pied piper for back to back World Series.

And worth every pie and piper!!!!