Go Royals!!!!!!! - Page 2

ChiefsCountry · 04-03-2006, 10:56 AM

Hey its opening day, the only day we can at least dream. Go Royals!

**Reaper16** · 04-03-2006, 01:29 PM

I was looking at the schedual, and realized that we play the Yankees next week for thier HOME OPENER. A bazillion New Yorkers packed into Yankee Stadium to boo the Royals. That might get ugly.

SCTrojan · 04-03-2006, 01:29 PM

Wish I could be there. But I'll be tracking it via Gameday on MLB.Com

VonneMarie · 04-03-2006, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

I was looking at the schedual, and realized that we play the Yankees next week for thier HOME OPENER. A bazillion New Yorkers packed into Yankee Stadium to boo the Royals. That might get ugly.

I noticed that too.

**Reaper16** · 04-03-2006, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BSPimpDude

Did you forget who our GM and owner are? Daivd Glass was the first person to tell the KC Star that the Royals made a profit 2 seasons ago after a 100 game loss season. Who here really gives a shit about the Royals making a profit if the Royals are losing? He will never bring in good players. He has all the money in the world to spend on good players, but he wont do it because its a business and he wants to make money. Hell our payroll is not that much more than the triple A team in Omaha. Thats sad.

Not that I'm a Glass apalogist or anything, but it'd be extremely unwise to lose money. It's simply a reality we're facing without a cap or anything in baseball.

It's getting better, slowly. We're actually drafting well now, and we've got what looks to be a Hell of a team for 2007 and beyond.

CoMoChief · 04-03-2006, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

Not that I'm a Glass apalogist or anything, but it'd be extremely unwise to lose money. It's simply a reality we're facing without a cap or anything in baseball.

It's getting better, slowly. We're actually drafting well now, and we've got what looks to be a Hell of a team for 2007 and beyond.

The sad thing is, is that we will trade away these good players once they develope into stars for more double A prospects and such, or players that are not worth the value by any means. Hell imagine the money that could be flowing in right now if we still had Dye, Damon and Beltran in the OF. We could win the division because it is so weak of one, and more people would support a team that can actually compete.

tk13 · 04-03-2006, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BSPimpDude

Did you forget who our GM and owner are? Daivd Glass was the first person to tell the KC Star that the Royals made a profit 2 seasons ago after a 100 game loss season. Who here really gives a shit about the Royals making a profit if the Royals are losing? He will never bring in good players. Once the younger players develope into stars he will trade them away for money and maybe a draft pick or a couple prospects or something reeruned like that. He has all the money in the world to spend on good players, but he wont do it because its a business and he wants to make money. Hell our payroll is not that much more than the triple A team in Omaha. Thats sad. It's more like we would support the team if the team could at least compete with a double A team. I bet our triple A team could beat the Major League Royals on a consistant basis.

You are good at these overdramatic rants.

CoMoChief · 04-03-2006, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by tk13

You are good at these overdramatic rants.

Theres nothing overdramatic about that at all. It's the truth.

VonneMarie · 04-03-2006, 01:44 PM

I really don't have a good feeling about this game. Only because we're going against Kenny Rogers and he completely OWNED us last year.

tk13 · 04-03-2006, 01:45 PM

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Theres nothing overdramatic about that at all. It's the truth.

Yeah, except you forgot to mention that in that article in the KC Star you mention, he said he had made a profit that particular year, but since taking over the team he had lost 27 million dollars. There are other inaccuracies in that post, but that's the big one that deletes the whole rant.

**Reaper16** · 04-03-2006, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BSPimpDude

The sad thing is, is that we will trade away these good players once they develope into stars for more double A prospects and such, or players that are not worth the value by any means. Hell imagine the money that could be flowing in right now if we still had Dye, Damon and Beltran in the OF. We could win the division because it is so weak of one, and more people would support a team that can actually compete.

Glass is committed to spending $50 mil or so on payroll. We can lock up our young guys, now. By the time we need to give long-term contracts to the young guys, Sweeney will be gone. We'll give Alex Gordon Sweeney money (at least, he'll deserve it) and we'll also be able to give Butler his due. (Which might be a lot, considering he's got the best power bat of anyone in the Royals system right now. He's potentially an Ortiz-like HR threat.) A couple of years after that, we'll lock up Andrew Miller (the pitcher fron North Carolina who we'll pick 1st overall in June)

We can succeed with smart trading and proper development. There is no reason we can't be every bit as successful as the Indians. And we will, it's not too far off.

**Reaper16** · 04-03-2006, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by VonneMarie

I really don't have a good feeling about this game. Only because we're going against Kenny Rogers and he completely OWNED us last year.

Rogers is a good pitcher. EtherTime isn't. Royals' pen holds 'em in the later innings, and the R's rally for two runs in the 7th for a 5-4 win.

VonneMarie · 04-03-2006, 01:52 PM

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Rogers is a good pitcher. EtherTime isn't. Royals' pen holds 'em in the later innings, and the R's rally for two runs in the 7th for a 5-4 win.

11-2 was it last year?

**Reaper16** · 04-03-2006, 01:54 PM

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11-2 was it last year?

TOday is the only day Royals fans are permitted to be optimistic. More than likely, EtherTime will give up 6 or 7 runs off of 3 homers.

**Reaper16** · 04-03-2006, 01:55 PM

EtherTime: Scott Etherton is a big fly ball pitcher with decreasing velocity - aka Jose Lima Jr. Lima's nickname was Lime Time.

lolz you c wat i did there?

VonneMarie · 04-03-2006, 01:55 PM

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TOday is the only day Royals fans are permitted to be optimistic. More than likely, EtherTime will give up 6 or 7 runs off of 3 homers.

****! We may be swept. We face Bonderman next!

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