Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 35 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 35 is Eric Hosmer’s jersey number. In possibly-related news (because Hosmer will be an All-Star at some point and maybe this year), the Royals reached …
Category Archive: Opening Day Countdown
Mar 02
Opening Day Countdown: 36
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 36 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 36 is still, somehow, the most home runs any Royal has ever hit in a season. One of my brothers asked me what I was …
Mar 01
Opening Day Countdown: 37
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 37 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 37 is the number of saves the Royals, as a team, earned in 2011. Most of them were credited to Joakim Soria, despite his down …
Feb 28
Opening Day Countdown: 38
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 38 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 38 is a number, and that is all I can say on the matter. I’m on Day 3 of a pretty crazy migraine, so I’m …
Feb 28
Opening Day Countdown: 39
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 39 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 39 is the number of times Royals batters were hit by pitches in 2011. That was…not good. Only four teams got plunked fewer times – …
Feb 27
Opening Day Countdown: 40
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 40 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 40 is the number of players on the Kansas City roster. It is also the number of days in the season of Lent, which many …
Feb 25
Opening Day Countdown: 41
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 41 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 41 is the number of triples Royals players hit in 2011. The team didn’t have anyone who tripled like crazy; rather, the triples were pretty …
Feb 25
Opening Day Countdown: 42
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 42 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 42 is the total number of saves earned by the Northwest Arkansas Naturals in 2011, out of 73 total wins. 42 saves led the Texas …
Feb 24
Opening Day Countdown: 43
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 43 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 43 is the number of hits Eric Hosmer collected in Omaha before his callup. It is also the number of scoops he had at first …
Feb 23
Opening Day Countdown: 44
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 44 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 44 is the number of RBIs Mike Moustakas had in Omaha last year, before he got called up to Kansas City in June. This isn’t …