Royals Joe Posnanski column from 2011. He was a prophet!

Deberg_1990 · 11-02-2015, 11:00 AM

http://www.si.com/vault/2011/03/21/1...4/royals-flush

You have to go back, in fact, to 2011. The Royals were dismal that year. They were also dismal the year before that and the year before that and the year before that and ... well, you get the idea. Kansas City lost 100 games four times in the 2000s. And, oh, the stories from that time! The Royals once had a runner simply fall off first base, like a statue tipping over, and get picked off. They once had a player lose a fly ball in the sun because his prescription sunglasses had not yet arrived. They once had an outfielder who climbed the wall to catch a fly ball only to see it land on the warning track and bounce over his head. They once had their first batter of the game bat out of order.

The biggest problem then, strange as it may seem now (we are talking about the three-time-champion Royals), was that Kansas City had trouble finding, developing and affording good players. How did it turn around? How did the Royals reach the playoffs in 2013, win the World Series in '15 and then dominate the latter part of the decade? Well, it was that minor league system ... that amazing Kansas City Royals minor league system.

Why Not? · 11-03-2015, 11:02 PM

Amazing! The part at the end about the parade gave me chills

big nasty kcnut · 11-04-2015, 12:14 AM

That was amazing! So I guess it time for our multiple champions run I'm ok with that.

**007** · 11-04-2015, 03:18 AM

Holy Crap!!!!

Hydrae · 11-04-2015, 09:53 AM

Wow, that is a crazy read. The only thing he missed was the 2013 playoffs. He was off by one year.

11-02-2015, 11:00 AM
Deberg_1990 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Antonio Tx. Casino cash: $3834454	Joe Posnanski column from 2011. He was a prophet! http://www.si.com/vault/2011/03/21/1...4/royals-flush You have to go back, in fact, to 2011. The Royals were dismal that year. They were also dismal the year before that and the year before that and the year before that and ... well, you get the idea. Kansas City lost 100 games four times in the 2000s. And, oh, the stories from that time! The Royals once had a runner simply fall off first base, like a statue tipping over, and get picked off. They once had a player lose a fly ball in the sun because his prescription sunglasses had not yet arrived. They once had an outfielder who climbed the wall to catch a fly ball only to see it land on the warning track and bounce over his head. They once had their first batter of the game bat out of order. The biggest problem then, strange as it may seem now (we are talking about the three-time-champion Royals), was that Kansas City had trouble finding, developing and affording good players. How did it turn around? How did the Royals reach the playoffs in 2013, win the World Series in '15 and then dominate the latter part of the decade? Well, it was that minor league system ... that amazing Kansas City Royals minor league system.
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11-03-2015, 11:02 PM	#2
Why Not? In Search of a Life Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Kansas Casino cash: $2978994	Amazing! The part at the end about the parade gave me chills
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big nasty kcnut The pizza king of kansas Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Somewhere in the u.s.a. Casino cash: $1440900	That was amazing! So I guess it time for our multiple champions run I'm ok with that. __________________ When it's grim, be the grim reaper and go get it. Adopt a chiefs Travis Kelce. You woke up the wrong mother****er!
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007 Shaken. Not stirred. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Casino cash: $14000126 VARSITY	Holy Crap!!!! __________________ My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done. Such as, drinking Dom Perignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.
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11-04-2015, 09:53 AM	#5
Hydrae Sandbox: Leander Lasercats Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Austin, Tx Casino cash: $2147000	Wow, that is a crazy read. The only thing he missed was the 2013 playoffs. He was off by one year.
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