2009 Kansas City Royals Repository.

[WilliamTheIrish]

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 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]


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[DeezNutz]

Rany has a very good update about some trade possibilities (ranyontheroyals.com). I'm not going to post the whole thing, but I found the section on Bannister humorous and interesting. If you're familiar with Rany's blog, it's rare for him to drop a "cluster****":

"Brian Bannister: The Brewers supposedly have interest, but Bannister is under contract through 2012, and you don’t give away three-plus years of a quality major league starter without getting some serious coin in exchange. There’s a trade here that could work – Bannister for Alcides Escobar, who’s very young, developing as a hitter, and one of the finest defensive shortstops in the minors. But that would require Moore to acknowledge that the Yuniesky Betancourt trade was a clusterf**k in every way imaginable, and something tells me he isn’t ready to do that.

(On the subject of Betancourt: it’s way too early to evaluate his performance – if he were 15-for-42 instead of 5-for-42, I’d be shouting “SMALL SAMPLE SIZE!” from the rooftops, and it’s not fair to ignore that issue just because he’s sucking at a Penaesque level. But man, even I thought that he would show some short-term improvement just from having a change of scenery. I never thought that the Betancourt acquisition would end well, but if he keeps hitting like this, at least it might end soon.)"

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by Mecca
I remember when the Reds got Brandon Phillips for nothing...and Josh Hamilton for nothing...

I love being a fan of a team like the Royals that blatantly doesn't know what they are doing.

Originally Posted by Mecca

They [the Reds and Cubs] do a ton of stupid shit too but atleast they appear to try.

Low risk high reward players are worth chances instead of making dumbass moves like Mike Jacobs.

I love this board.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Rany has a very good update about some trade possibilities (ranyontheroyals.com). I'm not going to post the whole thing, but I found the section on Bannister humorous and interesting. If you're familiar with Rany's blog, it's rare for him to drop a "cluster****":

"Brian Bannister: The Brewers supposedly have interest, but Bannister is under contract through 2012, and you don’t give away three-plus years of a quality major league starter without getting some serious coin in exchange. There’s a trade here that could work – Bannister for Alcides Escobar, who’s very young, developing as a hitter, and one of the finest defensive shortstops in the minors. But that would require Moore to acknowledge that the Yuniesky Betancourt trade was a clusterf**k in every way imaginable, and something tells me he isn’t ready to do that.

(On the subject of Betancourt: it’s way too early to evaluate his performance – if he were 15-for-42 instead of 5-for-42, I’d be shouting “SMALL SAMPLE SIZE!” from the rooftops, and it’s not fair to ignore that issue just because he’s sucking at a Penaesque level. But man, even I thought that he would show some short-term improvement just from having a change of scenery. I never thought that the Betancourt acquisition would end well, but if he keeps hitting like this, at least it might end soon.)"

Escobar is untouchable imo, let alone for Banny

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Escobar is untouchable imo, let alone for Banny

I agree that seems far too high of return, and I like Bannister.

[Demonpenz]

Dayton is an arrogant **** who won't even reconize defensive stats, he is going to ride yunell like refusing to not **** your girlfriend just because she is on the rag

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

I agree that seems far too high of return, and I like Bannister.

I just have a feeling it will stay quiet, our biggest aqu. will be betancourt, who currently is worse than pena jr at the plate, wow!

[DeezNutz]

Dayton's stubborn stupidity is trying to force all Royals fans into the arms of the Cardinals.

[Demonpenz]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Dayton's stubborn stupidity is trying to force all Royals fans into the arms of the Cardinals.

I can just see a parody scene in my mind with Darth Vador wearing a cards uni and sandles cutting off lukes hand as he clinches to the 1985 world series banner atop of Kauffman. It is your destany.....
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO then you jump off and get into a space ship with Bill Pecota, U.L. washington, Kurt Stillwell driving

[gblowfish]

The Royals lost again today. They're playing at a .396 clip. So that means they for sure lose six out of every ten games they play.

I came up with a little Royals chant to drive home how awful these guys are.

There's 162 games in a season, so sing this song 16 times in a row for a full season effect:

Win Lose,
Win Lose,
Win Lose Lose,
Win Lose Lose.
(repeat 16 times)

That's the Royals season at a .396 clip.
Kill me now.

[MVChiefFan]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

The Royals lost again today. They're playing at a .396 clip. So that means they for sure lose six out of every ten games they play.

I came up with a little Royals chant to drive home how awful these guys are.

There's 162 games in a season, so sing this song 16 times in a row for a full season effect:

Win Lose Lose,
Win Lose Lose,
Win Lose Lose,
Win Lose Lose Lose Lose.
(repeat 16 times)

That's the Royals season at a .396 clip.
Kill me now.

I gotta say, I'm more disappointed this year than any I can remember.(I know, I'm an idiot.) But I really thought they were going to put it together. I went to the Rangers game last Friday night and as soon as Marlon Byrd hit that homer off of Greinke I knew it was over. That's just sad. This team is just depressing.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

The Royals lost again today. They're playing at a .396 clip.

And this includes the 18-11 start, which was clearly a mirage. The "true" Royals win closer to a .300 clip.

[Sure-Oz]

Brian Bannister Drawing Interest
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [July 30 at 6:54pm CST]

Teams are inquiring on righty Brian Bannister, according to ESPN.com's Buster Olney. The Royals weren't close to dealing him as of this evening, but we still have 20 hours before the deadline. Bannister, 28, makes $1.7MM this year and isn't scheduled to become a free agent until after the 2012 season.

Olney says Willie Bloomquist is also drawing interest.

[Sure-Oz]

7:47pm: Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports hear that the Giants still have some interest in Mark Teahen.

[Sure-Oz]

7:58pm: Jayson Stark and Buster Olney of ESPN.com report that the Yankees inquired about Bannister, but talks didn't develop because the Yankees asked the Royals to pay the $650k that remains on Bannister's 2009 contract. Since when does $650k stop the Yanks from making a deal? As Stark and Olney say, welcome to the wacky world of baseball 2009.

[Coach]

****ing wow. .242/.282/.315 with 13 steals in 15 tries for Detroit?

Crown Dayton's ****ing ass.