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 – …
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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 …
Feb 21
Opening Day Countdown: 46
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 46 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 46 is the number* of games Johnny Giavotella played in the Majors last season. This year,if he indeed makes the big club out of Spring …
Feb 19
Opening Day Countdown: 47
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 47 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 47 is the number of doubles Jeff Francoeur hit in 2011. That’s his highest total of doubles in a season, despite the fact that he …
Dec 31
A Royal Blues Year in Review, Part Two
Part One covered January through April. Let’s move right along to May and beyond! May I caught one Storm Chasers game as a regular fan before leaving on the Epic Road Trip Adventure. (Here’s a snippet of that travelogue…I should really get around to sharing more, right?) Photos from the road trip are here. I …
Dec 29
A Royal Blues Year in Review, Part One
The obligatory end-of-the-year post is being broken up into parts to allow for more pictures of Eric Hosmer (and other people and things). This is Part One. January I was chosen to be a part of the Royals Digital Digest at FanFest! Before I went to KC, I noted that Anthony Lerew is married – …
Aug 18
Two More Years of Frenchy….sigh.
When the inevitable happened last winter, I wrote: Let’s take consolation in a few things: 1) This was not a trade; we did not lose any prospects. 2) It is one year. 3) More specifically, it is for 2011, which was going to be an ugly season anyway. The first bullet point still applies, which …