Literally one of the poorest examples of "journalism" I've ever seen. What a complete fool this guy is. Of note is that of the few people that have bothered to comment on this "article", they all rip this idiot.

Jason Lacornucopia had to ghost write that shit.

He built his entire column -- an indictment of the Royals -- on one thinly sourced piece from a New York paper about something that hasn't even happened yet.

OH THE DRAMA!

(Please tune in - ESPN/MLB)

The Royals had a 5 run lead in the clincher. If we planned on beaning someone in retaliation, we had the opportunity to send the biggest '**** you' in history. We didn't, and we won't.

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Dieter can **** right off

A NYC writer trying to create a story.

Mets forum has a thread about the retaliation.

http://www.metsrefugees.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=118035

I read all the comments, only 1 of them seemed reasonable. The rest were 100% into the story, 'screw the royals and their shitbag fans' and they hate the idea of the video the Royals are going to show.

Regarding the video, I can honestly see the organization putting together a great video for the Mets, in an honest, feel-good sort of way, of course New Yorker's would never believe that lol.

I saw some mets fans on Twitter saying it's a bs article but most just got pissed. Dieter trying too hard.

During the ALDS game 4: Some dude on Reddit.

Our father who art in our bullpen, Wader be thy name. Your fastball come, they will be done, in Kauffman as it is in Houston. Give us this day your daily 1-2-3 (4-5-6), and forgive them for their bad calls, as we have forgiven Rios. And lead us not into an early off-season, but deliver us to the World Series. Amen.

Just turned on the game.

Ventura has given up 8 runs in the 3rd inning?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Ventura getting shelled vs. the Giants. 8 runs in 2 innings (went 1-2-3 in the first), including a MONSTER three run bomb to center.

What a total D-bag. What happened to all the good sports writers?

Still talking about last April-and quoting a bullshit story with no sources to back it up. Pathetic! :rolleyes:

Yes and he mowed them down in the first.

Home plate ump ****ing him/Pete

Infante and Moose knocking it around the yard. 8 run inning and the Royals lead 9-8 now.

Ned must have chewed some ass in the dugout.

Aaaaaand, Yo gives it back.

Yo hasn't been the same since Ned chewed his ass and told him to calm down.

NY Daily News http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...71d69db6b5.jpg

ROFL

That is an outstanding old crotchety coach answer. But it seems pretty accurate to me.

I can't get mad at the metsrefugees guys. They're just like us if we were a little bit douchier. Ok, considerably douchier, but still.

IMO this is good for the sport. Gives KC more fuel to use.

Hey guys, quick question. (I'm too lazy to use the search function)

Who was that dickhead blue jays fan that dropped out of sight after the Royals ****ed him in the ass last postseason?
I'm working on a project.

TIA

Bricks

But to be clear(not sure if this will help your project or not)he didn't immediately drop out of sight. He started posting in Chiefs threads, trying to be all buddy buddy with everyone. Everyone, in response, told him to get ****ed. Then he bailed

That guy was a true jack wagon

Hey at least I still show up even when my Sox suck :)

bricks.

ChiefsandOsFan pulled the same shit in 14. I mean, to the T.

I think there is an uncomfortably high probability that he killed himself after the Royals swept them.

Today I learned Harvey hasn't gone to the bathroom since he pissed away game 5 of the world series.

bricks has been posting on here.

Man, what happened to Ventura yesterday? I watched some chode homer off of him like 580 to deep center. I don't know why I'm even asking, it's spring training. Ventura probably still just trying stuff but usually the only games that really mean anything at all our the last few.

He was throwing pretty much nothing but fastballs. They had Dave Eiland on the broadcast and he was saying that his mechanics were a bit out of whack causing him to leave pitches up. He said it was easily correctable.

Yeah, he struck out three in 2 innings on the fastball, painting the corner a couple times. Then they were sitting dead red on him and did their damage.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Marc Carig reports KC intends to retaliate for Noah Syndergaard&#39;s World Series knockdown pitch on Opening Night. <a href="https://t.co/BXpP3i2h33">https://t.co/BXpP3i2h33</a></p>&mdash; Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/714837938601766912">March 29, 2016</a></blockquote>
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THIS IS BRAND NEW INFORMATION!! :facepalm:

Bricks and KCConnection although the latter wasn't a huge dick about it. Old Bricks is ok he just got in over his head and hid out for approx 3 mo.

Seriously, BRC?

Sorry, should have known it would be a Q in here.

Do these idiot writers not understand- that the Royals winning the World Series- then putting up the World Champ flag and getting their rings in front of the Mets, is enough retaliation in response to Shyttergard's lame attempt at bravado?

If the Royals want to retaliate, they'd do it in June when they play the Mets in NYC, and wait for Syndie to bat. That's where you get retribution. No sense for Eddie to buzz one over Granderson's head. Neither of them had anything to do with any of this.

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Exactly

@FlannyMLB: #Royals release Travis Snider.

This all ****ing day. Make some gay little tribute video, get your rings and raise the flag...that's payback enough to start the season.

Then bean that douche in the middle of his back come June.

Hip. FUBAR his delivery.

Bring Kelvin in with two outs in the bottom of the third to bean him....

I was holding out hope for Snider. Never lived up to his potential, too bad.
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God no kidding. 1st round pick 10 year ago. Hasn't done anything really but "hung around" for 10 years.

Mid back. Hip can be deemed a mistake pitch. Make it mid-back...that's clearly intentional.

ROFL

Got my Sal Gold jersey online last night!
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Anyone worried about Kennedy?

Just in wait-and-see mode right now.

Good JoPo piece, with Dayton Moore pointing to five moves that have made the difference:

What Do the Royals Know?

I haven't monitored KC sports media recently....have the Royals announced their rotation?

Assuming Kennedy is good to go Game 2:

1. Volquez
2. Kennedy
3. Ventura
4. Young
5. Medlen

Ick

I picked up my Gold KC lettered hat today, I'm getting pumped for Sunday.

I would guess that team chemistry, which is hard to replicate, is a big factor in the Royals success. Yes I am fully aware that "chemistry" is a running joke in the stats community, along with scrappiness and clogging the bases. However I suspect part of that derision is because chemistry is impossible to quantify.

I work right now in a situation where out of 70 people everyone genuinely likes each other, and there isn't one snake in the grass. Most days it doesn't even feel like going to work. It feels like going to work on cool stuff with your friends. When new tasks come up everyone doesn't try to get out of it. Someone steps up pretty quick and takes it on.

You cannot put a price on how much more productivity our bosses get out of us due to our unwillingness to let each other down.

I feel like great team chemistry is one of those things like great team defense, that is bigger than the sum of its parts. You can just feel it that these guys never think they're out of a game and no one is swinging for the 3-run homer with 2 strikes in a spot where we desperately just need contact, etc.

The other big hard to quantify factor is the confidence imo a great bullpen infuses into a team. It's like the other team is playing a full game and we only have to play 2/3 of a game. Just get to the 7th with a lead. If we can feel it this strongly as fans, imagine how much the players feel it.

Back in 2003, the last time we were at all competitive, we had the exact opposite situation. Once MacDougal went down, the BP was constantly giving up heartbreaking losses. That absolutely has to tear you to shreds inside, even professional ballplayers but especially a young team. And as a result certainly players will start pressing to try build insurmountable leads.

There hasn't been a record prediction thread yet, has there?

91 wins

Nice.

Rany is up to the Royals top 5 plays the last two years. Here are the top 30 so far and my guesses for the top 5. I know 4 of the plays but am totally stumped on the 5th. The top 5 are my guesses.

1. Sal's hit to win the WC game
2. Hos' mad dash to tie the WS
3. Gordon's HR in 2015 WS game 1
4. Kendrys' single/Correa's misplay to tie up 2015 ALDS game 4
5. ??? What am I forgetting?
   
6. Hosmer's triple in the WC game 12th inning, down by 1
7. Cain scores from first on Hos' single in 2015 ACLS game 6
8. Hos 2 run homer in the 2014 ALDS game 2 (I was there!)
9. Dyson steals 3rd in the WC game 9th inning
10. Davis/Moose get Donaldson out to seal the 2015 ALCS
11. Moose homers in the 11th of 2014 ALDS game 1
12. Gordon homers in the 10th in 2014 ALCS game 1
13. Colon gets Hos home in the WC game with a Baltimore Chop
14. Colon drives in the go-ahead run in 2015 WS game 5
15. Murphy booting Hos' ground ball in 2015 WS game 4
16. Esky doubling to give the Royals the lead in 2014 ALCS game 2
17. Gordon holding at 3rd in game 7 of the 2014 WS
18. Kendrys' 3-run bomb in ALDS game 5
19. Aoki's sac fly to tie the WC game in the 9th
20. Moose's dugout catch
21. Aoki's crazy catch under Cain's glove in 2104 ALDS game 1
22. Rios double in 2015 ALDS game 5
23. Esky's inside-the-parker to lead off the WS
24. Davis picking off Carlos Gomez in 2015 ALDS game 2
25. Dyson throwing out Cowgill in 2014 ALDS game 2 (I was there and right above 3rd!)
26. Davis strikes out Revere in 2015 ALCS game 6
27. Moose's fan-aided homer in 2015 ACLS game 6
28. Cain's bases clearing double to clinch the WS
29. Gordon's bases clearing double in 2014 ALCS game 1
30. Gordon's bases clearing double in 2014 ALDS game 3

How about Davis getting Donaldson to groundout to Moose to win the 2015 ALCS?

#10

Maybe it's Colon's SB in the WC game. But I thought he already did that. Ok yeah he did - #74.

Davis striking Flores out to win World Series

Yeah maybe that's it. I feel like I saw that one already though.

Not yet. I've been following this entire thread. I'm BMJ on the comment section. He has not put that moment up yet so you'll see that tomorrow with the other 4 you're correctly predicting.

Salvy Wild Card will be number 1. There's no other moment which beats that

He said on 810 today # 1 is Davis striking out Flores.

Yeah I mean it all depends on what criteria you use. And since it's Rany's list and he's doing all the work, he can use whatever criteria he wants.

But in terms of sheer emotional impact it has to be Salvy's hit.

My top 10 Royals plays of all time in terms of emotional impact:

1. Dane Iorg
2. Salvy's hit
3. Hos's Dash
4. Gordon's HR
5. Brett's 3 run homer in 1980
6. Kendrys off Correa
7. Cain's dash
8. Motley's 2 run homer, after hitting one just foul, in game 7
9. Donaldson's ground out to end the ALCS
10. Sundberg's triple off the top of the wall in the 1985 ALCS

I predict: "Dyson scores from second on a wild pitch in the 2016 World Series game 7 walkoff victory"

My drunkest moment was when Davis struck out Flores. Chugged a whole bottle of wine right after and called all of my lifetime Royals fans. Glorious night.

The biggest moments in terms of me screaming loudly are:

1. Hosmer's Mad Dash WS 2015 game 5
2. Gordon HR WS 2015 game 1
3. Gordon triple in bottom of 9th World Series 2014.

Because they were so unexpected and instantly filled me with hope (2 of 3 worked!)
Also Morales off Correa and Salvy hit for the win in 2014 WC.

The other memorable moments aren't single at bats, but innings.

ALDS game 4 entire top 8th inning, comeback from 6 to 2.
Wildcard 8+9, comeback from 6 to 2.
ALCS 2015 game 2 7th inning against David Price, comeback from 3 to 0.

I screamed after Wade Davis struck him out, but being 7 to 2 with Wadebot out there, it wasn't 100% tense, but going outside in the middle of November to a firework filled sky was a moment I'll never forget.

How about the ball that dropped in front of Bautista?

Nope, he and Bricks both still post here.

Surprisingly.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt...012.08.48%20PM

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt...e69214502.html

Hilarious addendum to the Pos piece: http://joeposnanski.com/what-the-royals-know/