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Tag Archive: Kansas City Royals
Mar 29
Link of the Day: 1985!
A while ago, I got an email from Rany Jazayerli. It was really vague and mysterious – it basically said, I need your help on a thing, but I won’t specify what that thing is until you assure me you can keep it a secret until the week of Opening Day. I agreed to help …
Mar 28
About Mike Sweeney
This is the first time I’ve been near a stable(ish) Internet connection since the news came out Friday that Mike Sweeney signed a one-day contract with the Royals and retired. Like many Royals fans of this era, I have Opinions about Sweeney. But unlike most cynical bloggers out there, mine are positive ones. Mike Sweeney, …
Jan 18
Gil Meche to retire
According to Mike Swanson, Gil Meche is announcing his retirement from baseball today. My computer time is limited right now, but I had these initial thoughts: 1) Daaaaaaamn. First and foremost, I’m bummed for the guy. I will always cherish Gil’s very first start in a Royals uniform, a 7.1 inning gem against Boston on …
Jan 14
Link of the Day: One BILLION seconds
Chris Jaffe noted that today, at some point, it will have been one billion seconds since the start of the Royals game in which Frank White’s hand and Al Cowens’ jaw got broken. Each were hit by pitches thrown by Ed Farmer. Thanks to Chris for digging up this strange factoid!
Dec 29
A Royal Blues year in review
This isn’t at all self-indulgent! It’s more like a roller coaster where I’m the only person having fun! JANUARY Thanks to the wonders of MS Paint, I predicted what Rick Ankiel would look like as a Royal. Friends and I went to the Royals Caravan in Lincoln, and told Ryan LeFebvre about the Ryan LeFebvre …
Dec 21
Late to the party: A Greinke reaction
Note: I have like 30 Zack Greinke-related Firefox tabs open right now. Because of real-life stuff, I haven’t had time to read very many, so I apologize in advance if I repeat anyone else’s points. Every trade has about a zillion angles. It’s probably a good idea to explore as many of them as possible, …
Dec 09
Link of the Day: 10,000 days since the Pine Tar incident
At The Hardball Times, Chris Jaffe noticed that it’s been 10,000 days since George Brett’s famous pine tar home run. Happy anniversary to the most famous pine tar in the history of pines or tar.
Nov 11
I spoke too soon.
Yesterday, I expressed a sort of admiration toward the Facebook Royals fans for their mostly non-crazy reactions to the DeJesus trade. Apparently they were only holding back because the trade hadn’t been officially posted on the Facebook page yet. …and here they come. I still stand by the careful, levelheaded (?) things I said in …
Nov 11
David DeJesus and the tepid reaction from the Face Books
I hopped on to the Royals’ Facebook page before dinner, hoping to pick out a bunch of hilarious quotes from Royals fans who perhaps aren’t as attentive as you all. I figured they’d have some extremely mockable things to say about David DeJesus being traded. Remember how much fun it was to do that with …