LMAO
Gets me every time.


Rusty Kuntz

If you cared you'd know we'd spent money the past three seasons, signed guys like Meche and Guillen, had the biggest offer on the table for Kuroda but he turned us down, had the biggest offer on the table for Torii Hunter until the Angels swept in at the last minute and one-upped us. And we will probably once again be big players in free agency.

We've spent as much money in the draft as anyone the past few seasons, not just one. We've increased our presence internationally... we're going after players from Japan. Dayton has put an emphasis on being top-10 in scouting Latin America. Adding a 7th minor league affiliate to help improve player development.

The discussion has moved on... it's not about just spending money, it's about spending it wisely. Whether spending money for guys like Guillen, Furcal, etc, are smart moves.

Please, no.

"If you cared you'd know..."

Let me get this straight: I don't care because I'm not satisfied with 23 straight seasons of mostly terrible baseball? It takes a leap the size of Carl Peterson's id to connect those dots.

Yes, I know they've signed Gil Meche and Jose Guillen. Neither of them were considered the elite players at their positions in free agency. But the point is valid. It was better than, say, 4 years ago.

Consider the upcoming free agent crop. The players who make the most sense, IMO, when contrasted with the R's needs are players like Teixiera, Adam Dunn, Brad Penny (if he opts out) and Ben Sheets. Think the Glass family will get in the bidding on any of these? Or do you think they'll focus more on retreads like Raul Ibanez, Bobby Abreu and Rafael Furcal? You can guess what I think they'll do, I'd imagine.

I'm not saying that spending FA money is necessarily the way to go, especially not in the long term. But until the farm system begins to regularly bear fruit (and that's still likely 2-3 years away), if they want to be competitive, they're going to have to augment the lineup this way, as there just isn't a ton of talent on the major league roster to trade away.

I'm more hopeful, as I said, than I was 5 years ago. But I need the results on the field.

SHOW.

ME.

We did go after those top tier guys. We'll probably throw a bone out there again. We were right at the top of the bidding for Torii Hunter, and if I'm not mistaken he signed a bigger FA contract than just about any position player, did he not? And we were the leading #1 bidder up until the very last day.

And we did get outbid. But then that's where you have to weigh... would it be worth it to continue to up the bid over $20 mil a year for Torii Hunter? If you think so, then that's fair, but a separate argument.

But the reality of the situation is, no we aren't going to be able to sign all those top guys, but neither will the Indians, Rays, Rockies, etc. We can go after one or two, but the reality is that many of them probably aren't going to be serious about coming here until we start having more success. Winning 75 is a step in that direction, maybe we have a slightly better shot. But unless we can really pull a good sell job you're just gonna have to be patient and hope all this talent we're accumulating in the lower levels works their way up. Until then all we can do is complain.

Bah, they've been doing much better at spending money of late and it's starting to show on the field. This is still a small market team let's not forget, and Rome wasn't built in a day. Yes I know they've sucked for years, but the past two is where they've finally started to spend some money and the results are starting to show, let's give credit where it's due.

What, no one with "print em"?

Ok, well...

(AHEM)


PRINT EM'!!!

Adam Dunn would give the Royals a legit power guy...

**** no. We need another soft hitting "glove." After all, it looks like Gload might be losing playing time, so we need to find a replacement.

he just told you all the reasons why the culture is different now, and common sense tells you it's going to be a five year plan or so to rehab an organization from ashes... but you're going to spit out your pacifier and bawl as long as they don't drop a world series trophy in your lap, so what's the point?

if you've got a good lineup you can put a homer or nothing guy in there. i'd rather have balanced bats for now. he's an accessory once your team is already getting a lot of runners on.

Look now with Dunn you shouldn't just look at his BA, he walks a ton to so his OBP is always very high plus his power.

Right now this team needs someone with power. A ML team can't go into the last week (if it wasn't, it was very close) of the season without someone hitting 20 HRs. ****ing pathetic.

Another move that I am waiting to see is that Tony Pena Jr. DFA'ed.

Pacifier? Really?? Literally L'ing OL. I believe I've expressed legit concerns about the "plan" to which we've all been witness, and you keep bringing the conversation back to some obtuse, ill-formed conclusion that I'm somehow "a fair weather fan", being a baby, or some other non-sensical point.

World Series trophy? Nah. I'd like 82+ wins with more regularity than once every 5 Olympic cycles...and...dare we dream???...a playoff appearance more often than once every 23 years.

Since our guys have last tasted post season, compact discs have gone into widespread distribution, Michael Jackson has been through 5 noses, Kiss has had 17 farewell tours, and Carl Peterson was an effective sports executive.

Here's an idea: get over yourself. After 20+ of futility and 35+ years of being a fan of this franchise, I've earned the right to be a little frustrated (and Jackson county taxpayers moreso), even if things have improved--albeit modestly--of late. If you struggle to understand this, or moreover, childishly attack anyone with an opinion counter to yours, methinks we've got little left to discuss. I'm cool with a difference of opinion. Everyone's entitled to what they think, including me. But the dismissive/petty stuff is just nonsense. Even if you WERE David or Dan Glass.

Either way, we want the same thing (I assume): for the Royals to be a respectable, winning franchise again.

Show.

Me.