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but living through the heartache of losing to the yankees year after year in the ALCS was harsh. In 76, we lost game 5 (best of 5 back then) In 77, we were up 2 games to 1 to yanks, then lost two in a row. We were up 3-2 in game 5, at home, going into the top of the 9th - then gave up 3 in top of 9th, and lost the series in chiefs-like style In 78, we lost 3 games to 1 to yankees again In 80, when Brett hit that home run - a whole city exorcised the devil. But yeah, both were great!
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03-19-2018, 11:17 AM | #2297 |
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You could make the case Moose HR game 1 vs ANA and Hoz game 2 were as significant
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03-19-2018, 11:33 AM | #2298 | |
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Gordon is done. And he wants to keep it that way apparently. He is just stealing money from the Royals at this point. Of course I thought Gordon never should have had an big contract. It was obvious he was declining at a very rapid rate a few years ago. But you could never say that about him around the hometown hero folks at that time. They would have been livid at any suggestion of it. |
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03-19-2018, 12:03 PM | #2299 | |
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I started liking the team in 2003. My versions of 76-79 were 100 loss seasons while stories of Brett and Frank seemed like tales from the old west. The idea that the Royals would be called by Joe Buck in October seemed more like a practical joke than something that could even be in reach. Even in 2014, the Royals seemed to pull what small market teams are sometimes lucky enough to do. They got hot at the right time and had a chance to win it all. But then the Giants did what Major League Baseball has built itself to do - allowing a big market team to win another title and putting the small market Royals in their rightful place. With a result like the Rays and Rockies before them, I worried it may be the Royals only real shot at winning it all. Gordo's homer was an exorcism of the Major League enforced futility the Royals have had since the strike, and it paved the way for prominence. Ah, even if we disagree, it's fun to think about again. Last edited by Chiefspants; 03-19-2018 at 07:11 PM.. |
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03-19-2018, 03:32 PM | #2300 |
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After years of rumors, the Royals finally got Clay Buchholz. Signed to a minor league deal with a May 1 opt-out.
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Of course I did. But nobody in Baseball takes Spring Training stats for a veteran player as something to make a decision on, good or bad. That’s my point. If he’s just as bad early this year as he has been the past 2, maybe they’ll move on or at least move him out of the lineup. But there really is nothing to gain by cutting him now. Those ST stats could be a sign that the adjustments he saidhe was making over the winter didn’t work, or they might not. They’re not trying to compete this year, not really. There isn’t a good young player blocked by his presence until Bonifacio is reinstated. His contract is a sunk cost. They’re not getting out from under it. All that can happen if they cut him now is that he goes elsewhere. If he performs for that team, you’ve even more embarrassed by the situation. Quote:
Sorry, but I’m going to say bullshit to the statement that his decline at this rate was obvious unless you’re talking about things that have happened since he signed the deal. Decline hadn’t started in 2014 or 2015. They were practically identical seasons, and Gordon was about 20 percent above average offensively both years, with excellent defense. It was not obvious this cliff was coming at the time of his deal. The market came back a bit on him, and they got him for fewer years and a smaller AAV than anyone forecast at the start of FA. Detractors locally or nationally were few and far between. It sucks the Royals are strapped with this now, but don’t act like it was a clear, obvious thing.
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03-19-2018, 08:18 PM | #2304 |
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Does this mean we are "waiting for Goudeau"?
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03-19-2018, 08:52 PM | #2306 |
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Goudeau is terrible, soooo.. nothing to see here?
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based off what? His one good season... in 2010?
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Justin Turner has a broken wrist.
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