There's enough waiver bait on this roster to stock a waiver bait shop on the shores of Transaction River for a good five years. (Three if Jim Bowden fishes there.) Terrence Long? Alberto Castillo? Joe McEwing? These guys are terrible, and two of them were in yesterday's starting lineup. ..
The Royals are a bad team that has been bad for a decade and shows little sign of becoming good at any point in the future. In a year's time, Glass will no doubt be at the front of the line of people asking for more money from other owners and the players, again blaming "the system" for his franchise's failures rather than the people within it. But the fact is, the Royals have had the same chance that the Twins and the A's and the Indians have had, and they have failed to capitalize upon it. Until the management of this franchise shows some level of competence in its decision-making, not only should it not be held up as an example of "the system's" inequities, but it should be cited as the reason for not allowing more extensive revenue sharing: why continue to support this kind of failure on such a grand scale? Why subsidize incompetence?
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 18:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 18:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 23:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― ojitarian (ojitarian), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 00:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― ojitarian (ojitarian), Friday, 3 June 2005 01:43 (nineteen years ago) link
So apparently Neyer wrote a column threatening to abandon his lifelong Royals fandom over BB's hiring?
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 June 2005 12:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 3 June 2005 12:46 (nineteen years ago) link
It was lamenting how awful the hiring was, how awful the team was run in general and how Kansas City may not be able to support a major-league franchise and it was time to consider relocation.
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Friday, 3 June 2005 18:18 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm all for Portland if they build a statue of Pig Champion in front of the new park.
― Gerard Cosloy (Gerard Cosloy), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 20:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 18:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 19:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 19:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 19:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 19:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 19:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 19:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link
If the Mets or Yanks were to tank like this for a dozen years starting from today, I don't think they would be drawing that well at the end of the run either.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 18 August 2005 02:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 August 2005 12:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Sheehan on BP:
David Glass made his money running Wal-Mart, where the profits come from driving down the costs of production, especially labor. He's taken that same tack as Royals' owner, worrying less about investing in his product and more about being on the front lines in the industry's labor battles. You cannot win with that mindset in baseball, where the labor is the product, and his inability to shift gears has driven a once-proud franchise into the depths.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 19 August 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 22 August 2005 23:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 15:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 15:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 15:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 15:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Mike Sweeney (.176/.313/.309 all for the low, low price of $11M/yr.) retirement rumors are beginning to surface.
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 5 May 2006 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link
"On Sunday, the Royals trotted out a lineup that included Tony Graffanino (.196) hitting third, Emil Brown (12 RBIs) hitting fourth and three players who were in Triple-A two weeks ago – Aaron Guiel, Kerry Robinson and Justin Huber.
"In the fourth inning, Joe Crede hit a fly ball to deep center field. Robinson climbed the wall to grab it. The ball landed – on the warning track."
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link
Explain me to pls why he shouldn't bat cleanup on KC because he's one of the few guys who can hit the ball?
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 01:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 16:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― maura (maura), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 17:03 (eighteen years ago) link
reggie sanders is first on the royals with 14 rbi.
― maura (maura), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― W Gary (Schade), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 21:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― c(''c) (Leee), Thursday, 25 May 2006 16:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 May 2006 18:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rob Neyer (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 25 May 2006 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 25 May 2006 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 25 May 2006 20:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rob Neyer (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 25 May 2006 20:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 24 August 2006 05:13 (eighteen years ago) link
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Pre All Star 56 192 30 50 7 4 7 29 16 44 3 0 .260 .319 .448 .767 Post All-Star 41 152 36 54 14 3 9 33 23 28 6 0 .355 .441 .664 1.105
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 24 August 2006 13:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 24 August 2006 13:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 24 August 2006 13:49 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, the month-by-month breakdown is more dramatic:
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS April 19 64 10 14 2 2 2 8 5 19 2 0 .219 .271 .406 .678 May 4 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154 June 24 82 12 25 2 1 3 11 6 15 0 0 .305 .352 .463 .816 July 27 91 24 29 7 3 7 25 20 19 3 0 .319 .442 .692 1.135 August 23 94 20 35 10 1 4 17 8 15 4 0 .372 .427 .628 1.055
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 24 August 2006 13:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 August 2006 14:28 (eighteen years ago) link
:p
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 24 August 2006 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 24 August 2006 14:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― c('°c) (Leee), Thursday, 24 August 2006 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 24 August 2006 15:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 24 August 2006 15:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 24 August 2006 16:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 24 August 2006 16:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 24 August 2006 16:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link
shealy, keppinger, teahen, gathright, dejesus...are they wedded to gordon at 3rd or is he getting reps at short in the minors, too?
if there pitching situation weren't such a shambles...seems like they have the arms, but what in god's name is happening to those kids?
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Saturday, 9 September 2006 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 1 October 2006 22:48 (seventeen years ago) link
Joe Sheehan: If I remember correctly, Rany Jazayerli concluded that the biggest dropoff in value in the draft was from the first pick to the second. So I'm going to guess that whatever psychic benefit and marketing magic you derive from being #29 in baseball will be less than that.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 October 2006 18:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 2 October 2006 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 2 October 2006 22:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 2 October 2006 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Andy K, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 00:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 21:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 10 May 2007 11:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 10 May 2007 13:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Andy K, Thursday, 10 May 2007 21:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 10 May 2007 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 04:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 04:32 (seventeen years ago) link
suddenly playing like a 67-win team!
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 24 May 2007 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link
They've won 8 out of their last 10, I am loving it.
(I predicted 70-odd wins back at the beginning of the season)
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 24 May 2007 21:24 (seventeen years ago) link
A sweep of the Angels! This will be their first winning month in four years. And they are only one game behind the White Sox to get out of last place.
Exciting stuff if you are a Royals fan.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Three and a half games ahead of the White Sox now, plus still got a chance to win 75 this year.
Bannister is 12-7 with a 3.16 ERA.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 3 September 2007 01:44 (seventeen years ago) link
I tried watching today's game, but man, I hate the Metrodome.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 3 September 2007 01:52 (seventeen years ago) link
HD makes a Metrodome game MORE difficult to watch.
― Andy K, Monday, 3 September 2007 02:06 (seventeen years ago) link
still don't know why the mets got rid of bannister..... hope it's not some amos otis redux
― gershy, Monday, 3 September 2007 02:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Bannister going from the largest market to one of the smallest is a potentially big difference though. Not so much pressure on him in KC.
The Mets end of the bargin wasn't a total loss. Burgos could still work out, and Ruben Gotay is very promising.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 3 September 2007 02:40 (seventeen years ago) link
Bannister is ROY-eligible, yes? 38 IP w/ Mets last year, how many roster days? He outVORPs Pedroia by a lot and Matsuzaka by a hair.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link
He is apparently.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 20:44 (seventeen years ago) link
if you had asked me yesterday how old Salvador Perez is I would have guessed like 38 or 39 ... he's only 33?!?! i didn't realize he was so young when he got started, plus he was a high-profile player immediately
the Royals are a fun dark horse team so far this season. they've got some good pitching.
― na (NA), Monday, 15 April 2024 13:43 (five months ago) link
I was probably thinking 36 or 37--that is a surprise. I'd say there's one glaring thing that will hold him back from HOF consideration: never walks, so his lifetime OBP is .301. If you could add even 30 or 40 walks a year, I bet he'd have a decent shot. (Missing a full season followed by the COVID year right in his prime hurt him too.)
― clemenza, Monday, 15 April 2024 15:37 (five months ago) link
Timely as he's about to hit the IL for pulling his groin running out a single.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 15 April 2024 16:13 (five months ago) link
oh i thought he got hurt tagging a runner out at home
― na (NA), Monday, 15 April 2024 16:21 (five months ago) link
if Perez plays another few seasons and builds up some numbers, the argument against him becomes more difficult. he's got a world series MVP, eight time All Star, five gold gloves, his bWAR profile isn't dissimilar to possible future HOFer Yadier Molina (who is just slightly superior on defense per 162 games, and pretty inferior on offense.)
― omar little, Monday, 15 April 2024 18:26 (five months ago) link
i enjoy watching bobby witt jr. i assume he's a good player?
― 龜, Monday, 15 April 2024 18:49 (five months ago) link
just posted, relevantly: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/can-the-royals-pull-off-an-al-central-upset/
(the answer: probably not, though their odds have improved)
― na (NA), Monday, 15 April 2024 19:23 (five months ago) link
You see - if he’d have walked that wouldn’t have happened! *taps head*
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 15 April 2024 19:23 (five months ago) link