2010 Kansas City Royals Repository thread

[SPchief]

All Royals All The Time!

After consultation with others who peruse the game threads we decided to create this as a repository for all things Royals. Minor league news, AL (ahem) Central (thanks Vonne) news and anything Royals can be found here.

alnorth, me and atleast 5 others will continue the game threads as usual. But if you locate something of interest.. ANYTHING.. deals on apparel, best ways in/out of the stadium, giveaways, great stories from this season or from seasons gone by, rumors, trades, anything.... feel free to post it here.

If a big story breaks, you can still start a thread about it. There is merely an all inclusive thread that will make a easy for us all to keep up with all things Royals.


Welcome! "Grab a Brew... don't cost nuthin"...[spills beer on feet]

[Ivory Hunter]

Jackson was unhittable during that postseason. He later struck out the side on nine pitches in game 5 of the World Series.

[Ivory Hunter]

Royals Arizona Fall League update

Mesa Solar Sox 11, Surprise Rafters 6
RHP Patrick Keating 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR

[Ivory Hunter]

Royals Caribbean Update
Liga Venezuela Beisbol Profesional

Navegantes del Magallanes 6, Bravos de Margarita 0
C Manuel Pina 0-for-3

Tigres de Aragua 9, Caribes de Anzoategui 2
CF Reggie Taylor 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 SB, 2 K

[jbwm89]

Thanks for the updates Ivory, nice to know someone cares twice as much as I do.

[WilliamTheIrish]

25 years ago tonight.

Dick Howser sends 23 year old Mark Gubicza to the mound against Doyle Alexander. This was a game I felt extremely confident in as Howser had begun to set up Bobby Cox platoon strategy to be used against him.

Starting the RH pitcher brought Al Oliver into the starting lineup and Oliver had been killing the Royals in the late innings. Two Game winning hits in the first four games. By doing this and then going to a middle relief LHP, Cox removed Oliver from the lineup and this was crucial one day later in the game 7 finale.

Back to back walks to Wilson and Brett set up MCrae and he delivers a single to LF scoring Wilson.

Jays tie in the bottom half of the 1st as Damaso Garcia doubles to LF and Moseby singles to LF. Rance Mullinix (why the hell he was batting 3rd I'll never know) GIDP. Thank you Rance Mullinix to kill the inning.

Royals strike again in the 3rd as Wilson singles but is forced at second on Brett's FC. McRae smashes a double (what else from Mac?) to LF bringing Brett around.

The Jays tie it in the bottom half again as Tony Fernandez hits a one out double and moves to 3B on WP and scores on Moseby's ground out 4-3.

In the 5th the Royals again grab the lead. This time Brett mashes his 3rd HR of the series (all off Alexander) to RC. The Royals lead in game 6 and I'm now a frightened mess. Gubicza works through uneventful 5th Barfield, Fernandez and Damaso Garcia.

In the 6th, Sundberg gets a leadoff BB and White follows with a SB moving him to second base. Biancalana is now about to meet his destiny. Alexander is extremely pisses at Derryl Cousins because he felt he struck out Sundberg on the 2-2 pitch prior to the BB.

With Sunny on 2nd Biancalana get a pitch he can handle and rips into the RC field gap, scoring Sunny and and advances on Barfield's error. Cox comes out to get Alexander and he is livid with Cousins. So pissed that Cox has to escort him from the mound.

Me? I'm nursing a sore ankle because when Biancalana hit that ball, two things happened:

1) Bob Costas PbP call went something like this: "And the pitch from Alexander to Biancalana *whack!* "HELLO BUDDY BIANCALANA!! A line drive into RC field that scores Sundberg and Barfield has trouble picking it up!! and Biancalana will move to 3rd!! and gives Kansas City some breathing room... It's now 4-2 KC".

2)I ran out my front door in the dark screaming and missed a step, when I landed I had severely sprained my ankle (I drank a LOT in those days).

Cox removed Alexander and brought in Dennis Lamp who promptly gave up a 2b to Skates Smith and the Royals led 5-2.

This where Howser proved to be a better manager than Bobby Cox in this series. Gubicza in the 6th gave up a leadoff 1b to Moseby, a DEEP fly ball to CF by Mullinix and BB to Willie Upshaw. Goobz was replaced by LHP Buddy Black. Cox, true to his form, pulled Oliver in favor of the RH/LHP matchup of Cliff Johnson. But Oliver was done. He couldn't dagger us tonight.

Johnson singles to LF, scoring Moseby and moving Upshaw to 2nd. Black, scaring the living shit outta me throws a WP and everybody moves up, Upshaw to 3rd and Johnson to 2nd. Black gets out of trouble by inducing Bell to pop up to Balboni and Ernie Whitt to pop out to Sundberg. I breathe while my ankle throbs. 5-3 Royals.

Buddy Black was fantastic in this game. He was in all manner of trouble but wriggled off the hook until he turned it over to Quiz with 2 on and 2 out in the 9th. Quiz got Garth Iorg to ground out to end the game.

My ankle was throbbing, my liver was working overtime to dispel the juice and yet I could not sleep a wink. Buddy Biancalana. Imagine that. He had THE big hit in this game. And it was his springboard to Brian Doyle cult hero status and an appearance or two on Letterman.

It was 3-3 now with the AL Cy Young candidate on the mound for the Royals in Game 7, Brett Saberhagan. The Jays would counter with the smarmy bastard Dave Stieb. He'd made a good career of beating the Royals and had done it once in this series already.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Wasn't sure if maybe KC_Connection was aware of this but I found this when I was searching out news articles in recent weeks. I found this fascinating.

One of the most unbelievable feats in baseball history has to be Dave Stieb’s two consecutive starts have a no-hitter broken up with two outs and two strikes in the bottom of the ninth inning. I mean, Johnny Vander Meer’s two consecutive no-hitters is obviously better, but far less improbable. Those were also his final two starts of the 1988 season, and made up two of three consecutive shutouts to end the year. Simply unbelievable. He also had a perfect game broken up with two outs in the ninth as well.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

25 years ago tonight.

Dick Howser sends 23 year old Mark Gubicza to the mound against Doyle Alexander. This was a game I felt extremely confident in as Howser had begun to set up Bobby Cox platoon strategy to be used against him.

Starting the RH pitcher brought Al Oliver into the starting lineup and Oliver had been killing the Royals in the late innings. Two Game winning hits in the first four games. By doing this and then going to a middle relief LHP, Cox removed Oliver from the lineup and this was crucial one day later in the game 7 finale.

Back to back walks to Wilson and Brett set up MCrae and he delivers a single to LF scoring Wilson.

Jays tie in the bottom half of the 1st as Damaso Garcia doubles to LF and Moseby singles to LF. Rance Mullinix (why the hell he was batting 3rd I'll never know) GIDP. Thank you Rance Mullinix to kill the inning.

Royals strike again in the 3rd as Wilson singles but is forced at second on Brett's FC. McRae smashes a double (what else from Mac?) to LF bringing Brett around.

The Jays tie it in the bottom half again as Tony Fernandez hits a one out double and moves to 3B on WP and scores on Moseby's ground out 4-3.

In the 5th the Royals again grab the lead. This time Brett mashes his 3rd HR of the series (all off Alexander) to RC. The Royals lead in game 6 and I'm now a frightened mess. Gubicza works through uneventful 5th Barfield, Fernandez and Damaso Garcia.

In the 6th, Sundberg gets a leadoff BB and White follows with a SB moving him to second base. Biancalana is now about to meet his destiny. Alexander is extremely pisses at Derryl Cousins because he felt he struck out Sundberg on the 2-2 pitch prior to the BB.

With Sunny on 2nd Biancalana get a pitch he can handle and rips into the RC field gap, scoring Sunny and and advances on Barfield's error. Cox comes out to get Alexander and he is livid with Cousins. So pissed that Cox has to escort him from the mound.

Me? I'm nursing a sore ankle because when Biancalana hit that ball, two things happened:

1) Bob Costas PbP call went something like this: "And the pitch from Alexander to Biancalana *whack!* "HELLO BUDDY BIANCALANA!! A line drive into RC field that scores Sundberg and Barfield has trouble picking it up!! and Biancalana will move to 3rd!! and gives Kansas City some breathing room... It's now 4-2 KC".

2)I ran out my front door in the dark screaming and missed a step, when I landed I had severely sprained my ankle (I drank a LOT in those days).

Cox removed Alexander and brought in Dennis Lamp who promptly gave up a 2b to Skates Smith and the Royals led 5-2.

This where Howser proved to be a better manager than Bobby Cox in this series. Gubicza in the 6th gave up a leadoff 1b to Moseby, a DEEP fly ball to CF by Mullinix and BB to Willie Upshaw. Goobz was replaced by LHP Buddy Black. Cox, true to his form, pulled Oliver in favor of the RH/LHP matchup of Cliff Johnson. But Oliver was done. He couldn't dagger us tonight.

Johnson singles to LF, scoring Moseby and moving Upshaw to 2nd. Black, scaring the living shit outta me throws a WP and everybody moves up, Upshaw to 3rd and Johnson to 2nd. Black gets out of trouble by inducing Bell to pop up to Balboni and Ernie Whitt to pop out to Sundberg. I breathe while my ankle throbs. 5-3 Royals.

Buddy Black was fantastic in this game. He was in all manner of trouble but wriggled off the hook until he turned it over to Quiz with 2 on and 2 out in the 9th. Quiz got Garth Iorg to ground out to end the game.

My ankle was throbbing, my liver was working overtime to dispel the juice and yet I could not sleep a wink. Buddy Biancalana. Imagine that. He had THE big hit in this game. And it was his springboard to Brian Doyle cult hero status and an appearance or two on Letterman.

It was 3-3 now with the AL Cy Young candidate on the mound for the Royals in Game 7, Brett Saberhagan. The Jays would counter with the smarmy bastard Dave Stieb. He'd made a good career of beating the Royals and had done it once in this series already.

This: good read.

I know they're pathetic at times, well, a lot of the time, recently, but damn I love being a Royals fan.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

This: good read.

I know they're pathetic at times, well, a lot of the time, recently, but damn I love being a Royals fan.

The great thing about this was looking back through my old newspapers and seeing the photos and reading Joe McGuff. It really brought back some incredible memories.

Especially Costas' call on that hit by Biancalana. That was so damn funny. You could tell he was surprised that BB even made contact. Great call. Great game.

I have finally found some VHS tapes of the 1985 ALCS. I'm in the process of trying to get them onto DVD. Game 6 is very fuzzy. Don't know if I can get it repaired. It'll keep me busy through the winter months.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Interestingly enough, yesterday was the silver anniversary of Ozzie Smith hitting a 9th inning HR off Tom Niedefuhr of the Dodgers to give them a game 5 NLCS victory. Right before he hit it NBC showed a graphic that said:

"Ozzie Smith has not homered in 385 consecutive at bats".

Wham! HR . Game over.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Actually it read

Ozzie Smith has not homered as a LH hitter in his career.

Wham! HR! Game over.

[Sure-Oz]

Report: KC will listen to offers for Greinke


Greinke
ESPN's Buster Olney reports that the Royals will "listen to any and all offers" for Zack Greinke this offseason.
The Royals have a nice stable of prospects on the way, but Greinke will likely become a free agent before their impact is truly felt. The reigning AL Cy Young winner has two years and $27 million left on his contract. He's coming off a disappointing year, but Greinke would become easily the best available pitcher on the market other than looming free agent Cliff Lee. Oct. 16 - 10:57 am et
Source: ESPN.com

[CaliforniaChief]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Report: KC will listen to offers for Greinke


Greinke
ESPN's Buster Olney reports that the Royals will "listen to any and all offers" for Zack Greinke this offseason.
The Royals have a nice stable of prospects on the way, but Greinke will likely become a free agent before their impact is truly felt. The reigning AL Cy Young winner has two years and $27 million left on his contract. He's coming off a disappointing year, but Greinke would become easily the best available pitcher on the market other than looming free agent Cliff Lee. Oct. 16 - 10:57 am et
Source: ESPN.com

Greinke for Jason Hayward.

[Sure-Oz]

I really wonder what all we can get for him? His value slightly declined but i think he can still be close to dominant as he was his cy young year again. Obviously playing for a loser he checks out, but any team would want him and should pay heavily.

[Bowser]

I've said all along that the two you don't trade from the bigs roster is Grienke and Soria, and I still stand by that. Anyone and everyone else is fair game, but not those two. It all starts and ends with pitching.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by Bowser

I've said all along that the two you don't trade from the bigs roster is Grienke and Soria, and I still stand by that. Anyone and everyone else is fair game, but not those two. It all starts and ends with pitching.

I agree, but does Zack want to be here?