I hate the Royals front office - Page 3

ChiefsCountry · 04-19-2006, 02:52 PM

This is just getting out of hand. Glass grow some nuts can Baird, or keep him and run the team like a real baseball team should be run. This is NOT Wal-Mart where cheap young and old workers cut it. You have to actual talent to make it work.

**007** · 04-19-2006, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Id love to hear about it sometime Dane. Honestly.....you can PM if you dont feel like posting about it on here.

Ditto

greg63 · 04-19-2006, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Hootie

I don't know if anyone pointed this out, but someone said they don't even know when the Royals last finished about .500...didn't they do so three years ago?

Do they even have any of the same players from three years ago?

**007** · 04-19-2006, 11:43 PM

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Do they even have any of the same players from three years ago?

Sweeny.

EDIT forgot about Angel too. Remember the Rook of the Year?

Deberg_1990 · 04-19-2006, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Again, I just don't know if the people of Kansas City realize what they have in the Royals. And IMO, it's a damn shame.

I believe most of us who grew up in the 70's and 80's do..but there is a whole generation of people in KC who have known nothing but Royals suckatude for 20 years.

Believe me, its hard to watch the Royals now, knowing how great they once were.

Mecca · 04-19-2006, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Look, you couldn't find a bigger Royals fan anywhere in the country if you tried. I grew up in Blue Springs. For over 6 years, Paul Splitorff lived directly across the street and Fred Patek lived two doors down. I used to play Wiffle Ball with Split's kids, Jamie Quirk, George Brett and on and on. I was in grade school during the glory days of the 70's, attended the World Series in 1980 and then again in 1985. I go to Royals games every year in KC and then again in SoCal.

All that being said, I really don't understand the difference between the Chiefs and Royals in so many people's minds. The Chiefs haven't won anything of significiance since 1971. The Royals haven't won since 1985. But the overall sentiment still seems to favor the Chiefs over the Royals.

The Royals suck. Big deal. It's still a great way to spend a night (or day), win or lose. It's all about the experience, how your son/daughter responded when someone hit a home run. Or how you or your buddy teased the opposing outfielder. There's thousands of reasons to go to a game. The eventual outcome shouldn't be the reason not to go.

When the seasons over before it begins for over a decade that's a pretty good way to lose interest in a sport.

Not to mention Football is much more popular than Baseball is these days. With the Chiefs you feel like there's atleast hope they'll get it done one day, with the Royals there isn't even hope.

**DaneMcCloud** · 04-19-2006, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

With the Chiefs you feel like there's atleast hope they'll get it done one day, with the Royals there isn't even hope.

But how realistic is this 'feeling'? Everyone on this BB knows the Chiefs strengths and weaknesses ad nausem. We can all pretty much predict the outcome of each game and the final season record. Can you do that in baseball?

If you're going to the Ballpark for "hope" or in hopes that your team will win (or Win it All!), then in my simple opinion, you're missing out on what makes a day or night at the K special.

Mecca · 04-19-2006, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

But how realistic is this 'feeling'? Everyone on this BB knows the Chiefs strengths and weaknesses ad nausem. We can all pretty much predict the outcome of each game and the final season record. Can you do that in baseball?

If you're going to the Ballpark for "hope" or in hopes that your team will win (or Win it All!), then in my simple opinion, you're missing out on what makes a day or night at the K special.

I don't like baseball enough to want to go sit in the stadium for 3 hours to watch a bad team play. So telling me that is kinda eh, I'm not much of a baseball fan. I consider it a highly boring game that I have ane extremely hard time watching more than 1-2 innings of on TV.

In football all teams are placed on an equal playing field so before the year everyone has some sort of hope about their team or what their team is building to. In baseball for a team not in a big market to be good it has to be done exactly right and even when it is that team will be torn apart in a few years.

**007** · 04-19-2006, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

But how realistic is this 'feeling'? Everyone on this BB knows the Chiefs strengths and weaknesses ad nausem. We can all pretty much predict the outcome of each game and the final season record. Can you do that in baseball?

If you're going to the Ballpark for "hope" or in hopes that your team will win (or Win it All!), then in my simple opinion, you're missing out on what makes a day or night at the K special.

As a father, I completely agree with you. As a fan though, it is hard to put myself through the aggrevation of watching it. I usually spend time telling my son about the 70's and early 80's teams.

**DaneMcCloud** · 04-20-2006, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

I don't like baseball enough to want to go sit in the stadium for 3 hours to watch a bad team play. So telling me that is kinda eh, I'm not much of a baseball fan. I consider it a highly boring game that I have ane extremely hard time watching more than 1-2 innings of on TV.

Well, I guess that's where we differ. I played baseball, spent a few summers as an umpire for 3-2 Baseball and find it to be a chess match. As I've stated earlier, it's also a place to have great memories. I can remember being at the park and seeing George Brett hit game winning home runs. I can remember seeing Tug McGraw pitch in the 1980 World Series. I can see clearly, Bo Jackson breaking a bat over his head when he struck out. I can also remember hanging out just a few years ago with a great friend, in the rain, watching Curtis Leskanic blowing a game.

Baseball is about life and friendships and memories. And not to sound like a broken record, I think it's something that's obviously been forgotten in KC.

greg63 · 04-20-2006, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kcchiefsguru

Sweeny.

EDIT forgot about Angel too. Remember the Rook of the Year?

What my 8 ball says.

No; not really.

**007** · 04-20-2006, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by greg63

What my 8 ball says.

No; not really.

wow, their best year in a decade and you don't remember it. That's sad.

greg63 · 04-20-2006, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by kcchiefsguru

wow, their best year in a decade and you don't remember it. That's sad.

Truly, what my 8 ball says.

Valiant · 04-20-2006, 01:10 AM

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wow, their best year in a decade and you don't remember it. That's sad.

You know how sad it is that 3rd in the division is our best in over 10years...

**007** · 04-20-2006, 01:12 AM

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You know how sad it is that 3rd in the division is our best in over 10years...

I try to remember it as the year they were in first most of the year.

Valiant · 04-20-2006, 01:26 AM

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I try to remember it as the year they were in first most of the year.

hehe..

I am thinking of what another poster on here does... Bet 10 dollars agianst the Royals every game, if they lose great for me money wise.. But if they win, I am still happy and 10 bucks once a week or every two weeks will not set me back much..

04-19-2006, 02:52 PM
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