Originally Posted by ping2000 (Post 13183467)

It was still fun as hell to watch.

Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 13183590)

Quite a bit of difference rooting for the Astros vs something like those teams listed.

Because those teams have won multiple titles AND are in the same conference as the Chiefs.


The Astros have never done much of anything, have exciting players they drafted and developed and are playing a large payroll team similar to the New York Yankees with a fanbase just as likeable.

Rooting down conference lines is a much too simple view of sports as a whole.

Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 13183417)

I don't know if it brings bragging rights, but I think your viewpoint is a bit skewed here. The Royals, despite a terrible 30 year stretch, are still one of the best expansion teams in the history of baseball. 9 playoff appearances, 4 World Series appearances, 2 World Series wins. There aren't many teams that have done better, certainly not among the other "expansion" teams that came in once baseball started expanding in the 60s.

If you take a look at the last 40 years of baseball, which is most of our lifetimes... the only American League teams that have done absolutely better than that are the Yankees and Red Sox. I don't believe anyone else in the AL even has more than 4 appearances and 2 titles in that stretch. There are teams like the White Sox, that have been around since 1901, that have the same number of playoff appearances as the Royals. The Phillies have been around since 1883 and they have 2 titles.

And that doesn't even go into the fact that Kansas City is one of the smallest markets in the sport that usually punishes small markets the most.

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 13183983)

Since the Royals became a franchise in 1969...

American League World Series Winners
7 - Yankees
4 - A's
3 - Red Sox
2 - Royals, Orioles, Blue Jays, Twins
1 - Tigers, Angels, White Sox

American League World Series Apperances
11 - Yankees
6 - A's
5 - Red Sox, Orioles
4 - Royals
3 - Indians, Tigers
2 - Blue Jays, Rangers, Twins
1 - Astros, Rays, White Sox, Angels, Brewers

Originally Posted by GloryDayz (Post 13183474)

What the ****? Nobody owes you an explanation for why they prefer one non-KC, non-division team winning over another. Plus, L.A. ****ing sucks! Just because you live there, L.A. is full of smug assholes, is that too hard to understand?

As for how the Astros did it, don't blame them for a recipe that appears to be working.

Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 13183590)

Quite a bit of difference rooting for the Astros vs something like those teams listed.

Because those teams have won multiple titles AND are in the same conference as the Chiefs.


The Astros have never done much of anything, have exciting players they drafted and developed and are playing a large payroll team similar to the New York Yankees with a fanbase just as likeable.

Rooting down conference lines is a much too simple view of sports as a whole.

Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 13183991)

Not bad. Especially compared to the other expansion teams. When the Royals came in there wasn't free agency like there is now, so you couldn't pull a Dbacks or Marlins.

Originally Posted by DanT (Post 13184105)

classy manager doing well.

Originally Posted by chefsos (Post 13184353)

Regarding the slick baseballs and the seeming inability of guys to throw a decent slider with them, don't the umpires or someone sit in a room before the game rubbing them up with super secret special mud anymore? Am I running a few decades behind here?

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 13184048)

I want every team that's not the Chiefs or Royals to lose every game in their conference, forever and ever.

I don't have "sympathy" for other fan bases or cities. That doesn't appeal to me. I don't "root" for other teams to win, just because they've been terrible forever.

That's just the way I roll.