The "Curse of Denkinger?"

[Lurch]

Let's face it: since Glass tookover, the Royals just, plain and simple, SUCK. Donkey dicks.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

It's not the curse of Denkinger.

It's the curse of of the death of Mr. K.

The curse of the life of owners like Steinbrenner who pony up money and drive up the price of even the most mediocre players.

Of all the bad things that have happened to the Royals, losing Kaufman left the biggest void.

A'men to that. Ewing Kauffman barely ever made a proffit from the Royals. He shelled out as much money as possible because he loved the game. When he died, the heart of Royals followed right behind him.

[MahiMike]

Hey, if we're cursed at least we have a ring. Better than 2nd place!!! I work w/a guy from St. Louis that brings up Denkinger's name all the time to me. I just laugh...

[William Ligue Jr]

I am the reason you suck. Tom Gamboa is my bitch.

[gblowfish]

Originally Posted by William Ligue Jr

I am the reason you suck. Tom Gamboa is my bitch.

Hey, I dig your White Sox recruiting poster!

[Eleazar]

I don't know if you can call it a curse, since the Royals' World Series drought ended one game later.

I think we suffer more from the curse of the accursed lineup, or the curse of the spiralling ERA

[plbrdude]

i call the curse of bad management

['Hamas' Jenkins]

12 years ago, do you all remember when John McSherry dropped dead umping a Reds game on opening day?? Well at first we thought it was Denkinger, so I (a huge Cards fan) told another one of my friends about it. He sat down, looked at me for a while and then laughed.

And laughed.


And laughed some more.

That's how much we hate that c*cksucking sonofabitch.

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

12 years ago, do you all remember when John McSherry dropped dead umping a Reds game on opening day?? Well at first we thought it was Denkinger, so I (a huge Cards fan) told another one of my friends about it. He sat down, looked at me for a while and then laughed.

And laughed.


And laughed some more.

That's how much we hate that c*cksucking sonofabitch.

Jack Clark's misplayed foul ball......

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

12 years ago, do you all remember when John McSherry dropped dead umping a Reds game on opening day?? Well at first we thought it was Denkinger, so I (a huge Cards fan) told another one of my friends about it. He sat down, looked at me for a while and then laughed.

And laughed.


And laughed some more.

That's how much we hate that c*cksucking sonofabitch.

McSherry fell to the turf like a loaf of day old bread.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

12 years ago, do you all remember when John McSherry dropped dead umping a Reds game on opening day?? Well at first we thought it was Denkinger, so I (a huge Cards fan) told another one of my friends about it. He sat down, looked at me for a while and then laughed.

And laughed.


And laughed some more.

That's how much we hate that c*cksucking sonofabitch.

If you're referring to that "c*ocksucking sonofabitch" as Denkinger, then you're really bitter. Sure Denkinger's call was wrong, but the Cardinals made a number of mistakes that enabled the Royals to stay in the game and win.

1. Denkinger's call.

2. Next at-bat, Clark misplayed a foul pop-up by batter Steve Balboni. Instead of popping out, Balboni singled on the next pitch, and Onix Concepcion came in to pinch-run.

3. With runners on first and second, Jim Sundberg then bunted into a force play at third.

4. Catcher Darrell Porter then allowed a passed ball, allowing the runners to advance to second and third. Pinch-hitter Hal McRae was intentionally walked to load the bases.

5. Dane Iorg knocked a bloop single to right that scored Concepcion and Sundberg, who avoided Porter's tag at the plate to score the winning run.

Basically, the Cardinals self-destructed, not only becuase of the wrong-call, but their inability to ignore that incident and focus the game.

And since the Royals won game six, there WAS a game seven, that I guess the Cardinals forgot to show up.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Coach

If you're referring to that "c*ocksucking sonofabitch" as Denkinger, then you're really bitter. Sure Denkinger's call was wrong, but the Cardinals made a number of mistakes that enabled the Royals to stay in the game and win.

1. Denkinger's call.

2. Next at-bat, Clark misplayed a foul pop-up by batter Steve Balboni. Instead of popping out, Balboni singled on the next pitch, and Onix Concepcion came in to pinch-run.

3. With runners on first and second, Jim Sundberg then bunted into a force play at third.

4. Catcher Darrell Porter then allowed a passed ball, allowing the runners to advance to second and third. Pinch-hitter Hal McRae was intentionally walked to load the bases.

5. Dane Iorg knocked a bloop single to right that scored Concepcion and Sundberg, who avoided Porter's tag at the plate to score the winning run.

Basically, the Cardinals self-destructed, not only becuase of the wrong-call, but their inability to ignore that incident and focus the game.

And since the Royals won game six, there WAS a game seven, that I guess the Cardinals forgot to show up.

Its so funny trying to argue with a Cardinals fan about that game, becaue they are so biased about it... They feel they got robbed, but they had every chance to get the outs. They're the ones that screwed themselves, because they were all whiney about it and seemed to not care about it anymore. so they whined about it after the game and still do, just to try to make themselves feel better.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Jayhawkerman2001

Its so funny trying to argue with a Cardinals fan about that game, becaue they are so biased about it... They feel they got robbed, but they had every chance to get the outs. They're the ones that screwed themselves, because they were all whiney about it and seemed to not care about it anymore. so they whined about it after the game and still do, just to try to make themselves feel better.

Are you on crack?? I'm not being confrontational or stubborn at all--I've acknowledged all of these things and I think that they point to one overarching flaw and that is a lack of composure. With that being said, I think that it is highly arguable that the Cardinals would have won that series had that call been correct. I'm not saying the Cards didn't have a chance to win after that--they did and they failed. However, I do believe had that call been different, we would have won. Porter, Clarck, Andujar, Whitey's blowup--these are all valid critiques--but they never happen without that call.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Are you on crack?? I'm not being confrontational or stubborn at all--I've acknowledged all of these things and I think that they point to one overarching flaw and that is a lack of composure. With that being said, I think that it is highly arguable that the Cardinals would have won that series had that call been correct. I'm not saying the Cards didn't have a chance to win after that--they did and they failed. However, I do believe had that call been different, we would have won. Porter, Clarck, Andujar, Whitey's blowup--these are all valid critiques--but they never happen without that call.

A championship team has composure. The Cardinals didn't. They lost.


Period.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Are you on crack?? I'm not being confrontational or stubborn at all--I've acknowledged all of these things and I think that they point to one overarching flaw and that is a lack of composure. With that being said, I think that it is highly arguable that the Cardinals would have won that series had that call been correct. I'm not saying the Cards didn't have a chance to win after that--they did and they failed. However, I do believe had that call been different, we would have won. Porter, Clarck, Andujar, Whitey's blowup--these are all valid critiques--but they never happen without that call.

Ok, im sorry for going off. Just seemed like you were getting after us royals fans for that call.