2012 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread

[alnorth]

2012 Slogan: Our Time

A better, more accurate 2012 Slogan: It is Finally Next Year
(from Great Expectations)

An alternative slogan if you don't like that one: Someone has to win this crappy division
(from alnorth)

With the beginning of a new year, it is time for the 2012 version of the Royals Repository Thread. We've got Hosmer, we've got a 2011-dominating Gordon, we've got Moose, we've got hopefully a killer bullpen, we've got a stereotypical slow slugging DH, we've got easily one of the best defensive shortstops in the AL, we've got a promising catcher in Salvador Perez. Hell, we've got offense and promising prospects galore.

We do not have starting pitching.

Oh yeah, we've also got this:



Get ready for, (as of January 2012 anyway), one of the most confusing puzzles of a baseball season in recent Royals history. Will they suck? Maybe, I don't know. Will we be given a year of 0.500 baseball? Possibly, I don't know. Will they win the division and go to the playoffs for the first time in 27 years? For the first time in a long time, it could happen, I don't know. 92 losses, 92 wins, or anything in between would not surprise a lot of us.

Everything goes here except Gameday threads and really big news. If a giant story breaks, the Royals achieve some awesome milestone, or we sign/lose a highly significant player/coach/mascot/whatever, then it might also deserve its own thread. This being Chiefs Planet, please do not clutter the board with new threads about trivial Royals news or you will only annoy those who come here for just Chiefs football. If you aren't sure and its not a Gameday thread, it goes here.

What sort of stuff often goes here? SPchief explained it well, so I'll just copy that:

If you locate something of interest.. ANYTHING.. deals on apparel, best ways in/out of the stadium, giveaways, great stories from this season or from seasons gone by, rumors, trades, anything.... feel free to post it here.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by Cephalic Trauma

Can you elaborate?

Apparently his/our major league dreams are over. He should have gone to Nebraska.

[chefsos]

In one of the games in Minnesota this weekend (Saturday, I think), this is what your boys will be wearing. It's the Kansas City Blues vs. the Minneapolis Millers!

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by chefsos

In one of the games in Minnesota this weekend (Saturday, I think), this is what your boys will be wearing. It's the Kansas City Blues vs. the Minneapolis Millers!

Yankees/Red Sox old road unis light. Lovely.

I don't know why it's so ****ing hard for someone with power to decide we should wear the old all powder blues with the pullover jersey from the glory years. I'm guessing it makes too much sense/is too obvious.

[Great Expectations]

Originally Posted by Cephalic Trauma

Can you elaborate?

I was mostly being facetious, but he didn't hit so good in his first start tonight.

[chefsos]

Oh man, here's a cool bunch of pictures from the last All Star game in KC in 1973. There were 17 HOF players and 3 HOF managers at the game.

http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/201...last-time.html

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by Great Expectations

I was mostly being facetious, but he didn't hit so good in his first start tonight.

Don't panic just yet.

[chefsos]

Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever

Yankees/Red Sox old road unis light. Lovely.

I don't know why it's so ****ing hard for someone with power to decide we should wear the old all powder blues with the pullover jersey from the glory years. I'm guessing it makes too much sense/is too obvious.

I think this thing is being driven, and paid for, by the Twins. That's usually how it works.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by chefsos

I think this thing is being driven, and paid for, by the Twins. That's usually how it works.

I see. In that case I don't know why the Twins would care what throwback we wear but ok. Obviously they want a day dedicated to teams no one ever heard of. That's cool.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

I think the Royals also need to wear their old Kansas City A's unis in a home game vs. the Oakland A's. No really... I would find that kind of awesome.

[chefsos]

Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever

I see. In that case I don't know why the Twins would care what throwback we wear but ok. Obviously they want a day dedicated to teams no one ever heard of. That's cool.

Maybe the Royals could plan a throwback day and dress the visitors in Bozo suits. I'd watch that.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by chefsos

Oh man, here's a cool bunch of pictures from the last All Star game in KC in 1973. There were 17 HOF players and 3 HOF managers at the game.

http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/201...last-time.html

That's pretty cool. I wonder if we have any posters here That actually remember that game? LoL

[chefsos]

Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever

I think the Royals also need to wear their old Kansas City A's unis in a home game vs. the Oakland A's. No really... I would find that kind of awesome.

Oohh. Like.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by chefsos

Maybe the Royals could plan a throwback day and dress the visitors in Bozo suits. I'd watch that.

Heh nice.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by chefsos

Oohh. Like.

Exactly, right? No one has done something like that. It would be sweet.

[stonedstooge]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

That's pretty cool. I wonder if we have any posters here That actually remember that game? LoL

I missremember it.