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Old 06-14-2012, 12:06 PM  
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Greinke surprised by Kauffman greeting

Greinke surprised by Kauffman greeting

June 14, 2012
If there was ever a doubt about just how nice Kansas City Royals fans can be, their treatment of Zack Greinke is Exhibit A.

Greinke, you'll recall, turned his shoulder on the Royals and the city in 2010, pronounced himself too good to be stuck with such a loser organization, and demanded a trade.

Greinke, bridges burned and nuked, got his wish and the Royals shuffled him off to Milwaukee along with Yuni Betancourt for Jeremy Jeffress, Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain and Jake Odorizzi.

Fast forward to Tuesday night: Greinke, as a Brewer, returned to Kauffman Stadium for the first time since shunning Kansas City and was greeted with ... mostly cheers.

In fact, the predominant sentiment among talk-show callers and in newspaper comments sections suggests Royals fans would take Greinke back in a heartbeat.

Even Greinke seemed amazed at the forgiving nature of Royals fans.

"It's nice because I was pretty rude on the way out," he said after giving up just one run in seven innings against his former team Tuesday. "I felt like I had to (be rude) in order to get out. But I didn't want to have to be the bad guy. I felt like I had to be.

"But I liked it here. Like I said, the fans were great. I don't know (why) so many of them come to the games when they've been bad for so long. But it's pretty impressive. I think they're like beating five or six teams in the American League (in attendance), and some teams are really good, and Kansas City's outdrawing them.

"So that just shows you how, for all that they've been through, to still come out is pretty cool."

These days, Greinke admits he does have some regrets for burning bridges on his way out of Kansas City.

"But I felt like I had to do it," he said. "I felt like the only way would be to force myself out. I don't think anyone would have been able to trade me if I played like this great guy. And so I had to give them motivation to do it."

Now, though, because Greinke will be a free-agent after this season, Royals fans are fantasizing that the team could sign Greinke back.

Those dreams were fueled even more a month ago when George Brett revealed that he had attempted to buy Greinke's condo near the Plaza but was told Greinke would not sell.

Greinke said Tuesday night that no one should read anything into that.

"No, that has nothing to do with anything," Greinke said. "Sorry to break it to everyone. I got a two-year lease (from a renter), so it was like, 'Might as well rent it out.' And when I got married, it was our first home, so my wife doesn't really want to get rid of it, either."

As far as signing back with the Royals next year, Greinke did suggest anything is possible.

"I mean, maybe," he said. "But I'm still with the Brewers. I like playing in Milwaukee. And, the guys here are great. The organization's great. And the city is good. Coming back to Kansas City, though, I mean the city is really nice, too."

Of course, the big question would be: Are the Royals now competitive enough to be attractive to Greinke?

"I don't know," he said. "Some of those guys are pretty good hitters, though. A lot of power, it seems like. I don't know if their power numbers have been really good, but you know it when you're facing them; you can't really make a mistake, or else they can do some damage."

So the Royals are getting better in Greinke's mind?

"Offense-wise, yea, they are," he said. "Defense-wise, I don't know. I know they got Escobar and Cain and some more defensive-minded guys. … Pitching is probably about the same. Bullpen looks good now. I felt like (the relievers) were pretty good when I was there, too, the last couple years.

"It might be better now. I think they have like, maybe the best bullpen in baseball. I'm not positive about that. They all throw all pretty hard.

"But I'm with the Brewers right now. Happy to be with them."
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Old 06-14-2012, 12:08 PM   #2
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He should quit answering questions and go pork his beauty queen wifey.....
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Old 06-14-2012, 12:13 PM   #3
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Grienke's interviews have always been my favorite thing about him. The guy can't NOT answer a question honestly. I seriously hope no one ever asks him to cover up a murder for them.
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Old 06-14-2012, 12:14 PM   #4
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I don't blame anyone for leaving the Royals in any manner, really.
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Old 06-14-2012, 12:38 PM   #5
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Oh how sweet it would be if he resigned with us as a FA. We would have traded him for 4 solid players (who could end up as studs) and all Mil got for him was two years of service. We bring him back next year and add him to a rotation that should be pretty decent if some of the prospects we have sitting in AAA pan out.
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Old 06-14-2012, 12:43 PM   #6
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Oh how sweet it would be if he resigned with us as a FA. We would have traded him for 4 solid players (who could end up as studs) and all Mil got for him was two years of service. We bring him back next year and add him to a rotation that should be pretty decent if some of the prospects we have sitting in AAA pan out.
I was thinking the same thing. I was also thinking this while at the game on Tuesday while cheering for him. I am thinking lots of others were thinking something similar. We know Zach needs to feel as comfortable as possible where he goes so cheering for him lets him know he would be well supported by the fans if he came back.
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Old 06-14-2012, 08:36 PM   #7
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Oh how sweet it would be if he resigned with us as a FA. We would have traded him for 4 solid players (who could end up as studs) and all Mil got for him was two years of service. We bring him back next year and add him to a rotation that should be pretty decent if some of the prospects we have sitting in AAA pan out.
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Old 06-14-2012, 08:55 PM   #8
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Grienke's interviews have always been my favorite thing about him. The guy can't NOT answer a question honestly. I seriously hope no one ever asks him to cover up a murder for them.
Absolutely. It's refreshing. In 99% of sports interviews you can predict the answer to every question.
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Old 06-14-2012, 09:16 PM   #9
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Absolutely. It's refreshing. In 99% of sports interviews you can predict the answer to every question.
the best part of the article was the last sentence. Most players would say that right at the beginning when asked this kind of question, but Greinke just says whats on his mind and then remembers it's a sports interview and says what is expected of him.
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Old 06-14-2012, 10:38 PM   #10
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My two favorite Grienke stories. 1.) Alex Gordon was really slumping (imagine that!) and Grienke goes.... lets go back to the clubhouse I got a video to show you. Gordon thinks its going to be something to help his swing but Grienke shows a video of himself hitting a homerun 440 feet in Arizona. The other one was when he stayed in a game and got big cheers, and he didn't know why he anyone was cheering so loud, he looked out to see if Soria was coming in .
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Old 06-14-2012, 10:39 PM   #11
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Grienke and Chen maybe too much bullshit for one pitching staff, not one Redass on the staff really. Although Grienke proved he would drill a dude.
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Old 06-14-2012, 11:16 PM   #12
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My two favorite Grienke stories. 1.) Alex Gordon was really slumping (imagine that!) and Grienke goes.... lets go back to the clubhouse I got a video to show you. Gordon thinks its going to be something to help his swing but Grienke shows a video of himself hitting a homerun 440 feet in Arizona. The other one was when he stayed in a game and got big cheers, and he didn't know why he anyone was cheering so loud, he looked out to see if Soria was coming in .
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Old 06-14-2012, 11:51 PM   #13
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So the Royals are getting better in Greinke's mind?


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Old 06-14-2012, 11:52 PM   #14
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My two favorite Grienke stories. 1.) Alex Gordon was really slumping (imagine that!) and Grienke goes.... lets go back to the clubhouse I got a video to show you. Gordon thinks its going to be something to help his swing but Grienke shows a video of himself hitting a homerun 440 feet in Arizona. The other one was when he stayed in a game and got big cheers, and he didn't know why he anyone was cheering so loud, he looked out to see if Soria was coming in .
the best part was after showing alex that home run, zack goes "in case you forgot, this is what a home run looks like."
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Old 06-15-2012, 01:13 AM   #15
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"surprised by the fans" huh?
I'm sure both of them still thought he was on the kc roster, FFS.
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