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SPchief · 04:22 PM

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]

**RockChalk** · 03-05-2010, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by petegz28

Or another Trey highlight, Bloomquist leads off a 1-0 game and draws a walk on 4 pitches. Meir comes up 2nd and Trey has him try to lay down a bunt on the 1st pitch which was the 5th pitch of the game! IF Meir kept the bat on his shoulder until he got a strike on him the count would have been 3-1. But NOOOOOOOOOO!

THAT my friends is Hillman in a nutshell.

The list goes on and on for him.

At least they got rid of the 3rd base coach (was it Doran?). That guy cost us at least 20 runs last year with some of the worst base-running decisions ever. You could see the panic in his face if he had to make a bang/bang decision. I realize hindsight is 20/20, but he screwed up a lot.

I'm also pissed the Kuntz won't be on the field anymore. That guy has some sweet hair. He'd wear that helmet and take it off, and I'll be damned if it wasn't still perfectly sculpted. I think he's single-handedly keeping Consort men's hairspray in business.

**petegz28** · 03-05-2010, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by RockChalk

The list goes on and on for him.

At least they got rid of the 3rd base coach (was it Doran?). That guy cost us at least 20 runs last year with some of the worst base-running decisions ever. You could see the panic in his face if he had to make a bang/bang decision. I realize hindsight is 20/20, but he screwed up a lot.

I'm also pissed the Kuntz won't be on the field anymore. That guy has some sweet hair. He'd wear that helmet and take it off, and I'll be damned if it wasn't still perfectly sculpted. I think he's single-handedly keeping Consort men's hairspray in business.

That guy was a complete and total ****ing moron. I liekd Kuntz and he was well liked in the clubhouse.

BigCatDaddy · 03-05-2010, 01:31 PM

I liked his explanation for blowing up Gil Mesche he gave on the radio today. "Gil just said there is no way way you are taking me out of this game early so I didn't." Not verbatem, but pretty close.

**petegz28** · 03-05-2010, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

I liked his explanation for blowing up Gil Mesche he gave on the radio today. "Gil just said there is no way way you are taking me out of this game early so I didn't." Not verbatem, but pretty close.

I was at that game. And I was conflicted about the decision. Most probably wouldn't let him go out there. I would have but after 10 pitches I would have pulled the plug. And his next 2 outings would have been short.

**RockChalk** · 03-05-2010, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

I liked his explanation for blowing up Gil Mesche he gave on the radio today. "Gil just said there is no way way you are taking me out of this game early so I didn't." Not verbatem, but pretty close.

Trey has been mismanaging the pitching staff since he got here. I know I heard him in postgames last year on more than a few occasions say that "pitcher A" told him he could go another inning but he'd pull him anyways. Then a few weeks later "pitcher A" would say the same thing and Trey would leave him in.

Flying by the seat of your pants is no way to manage a baseball game. Trey has perfected it. And perfected losing.

I'm curious to see how he plans on getting Callaspo 500 at-bats this year. He claims that's a goal of his. Of course, he and DM also believe they can get 1,000+ innings out of the the starters. One of the guys on 810 asked Trey last week if this was an achievable goal and Trey said not realistically, but that it was still a goal.

Sure-Oz · 03-05-2010, 04:30 PM

Zack Greinke-S-Royals Mar. 5 - 5:23 pm et

Zack Greinke faced one batter over the minimum in three scoreless innings Friday in a defeat of the Rangers.
Same old Greinke. The 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner allowed one hit, walked none and struck out three.

**ChiTown** · 03-05-2010, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Zack Greinke-S-Royals Mar. 5 - 5:23 pm et

Zack Greinke faced one batter over the minimum in three scoreless innings Friday in a defeat of the Rangers.
Same old Greinke. The 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner allowed one hit, walked none and struck out three.

I have an abnormally large man-crush on Zach. Is there a therapy group for this?

CoMoChief · 03-05-2010, 04:37 PM

Good thing we didn't draft Lincecum. My god that move would have been ****ing stupid.

POND_OF_RED · 03-05-2010, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Zack Greinke-S-Royals Mar. 5 - 5:23 pm et

Zack Greinke faced one batter over the minimum in three scoreless innings Friday in a defeat of the Rangers.
Same old Greinke. The 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner allowed one hit, walked none and struck out three.

Yeah I was listening to it today for a little bit at work. Greinke was mixing it up well. Nothing new about that though. Ankiel hit a gap shot for a triple too when I was listening. Good win.

POND_OF_RED · 03-05-2010, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by CoMoChief

Good thing we didn't draft Lincecum. My god that move would have been ****ing stupid.

It kept him out of black and white pinstripes for a while though...

**DeezNutz** · 03-05-2010, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by banyon

I agree, the Olivo for Kendall (not literal) swap is a real negative for the Royals chances this year.

He's supposed to be good with picther development, so hopefully that will help offset his liability with the bat and throwing out runners. He used to steal bases too, but he's too old and slow for that now.

This has been proven to be a fallacy (for any catcher, not just our piece of shit).

Demonpenz · 03-05-2010, 05:05 PM

Games aren't won or lost on paper DEEZNUTZ they are lost in the sun with Chip Ambres chasing fly balls

**DeezNutz** · 03-05-2010, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Demonpenz

Games aren't won or lost on paper DEEZNUTZ they are lost in the sun with Chip Ambres chasing fly balls

I don't even understand statistical analysis. /DM

eazyb81 · 03-06-2010, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by DeezNutz

This has been proven to be a fallacy (for any catcher, not just our piece of shit).

You can't prove or disprove it, too many factors involved.

**DeezNutz** · 03-06-2010, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

You can't prove or disprove it, too many factors involved.

While I understand what you're saying, there is no statistical evidence to prove that catchers have a noticeable impact on a game because of how they call it. Admittedly, this was the angle I was playing in response to the notion that Kendall would "help our staff."

If you go back several pages in this thread, I quote from one of Rany's updates that speaks to this issue.

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