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: 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 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 …
Feb 01
Watch some Royals in the Caribbean Series
At FanGraphs, Carson helpfully pointed out 1) that the Caribbean Series begins on Thursday, and 2) you can watch the whole thing on ESPN3. Yes, live professional baseball, streaming right to your computer, at this time of year. WOOOOOOO! A few Royals have been playing in the Caribbean Winter League, and will presumably be a …
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 – …
Jun 11
Mike Moustakas and media cliches
The best I could do for Mike Moustakas’ MLB debut was sneak a few peeks at the score on my phone during slow moments at work, and then read about the game later. (Thanks, though, to all of you on Twitter who offered to write a fake doctor’s note so I could get out of …
Jun 01
Frenchy an All Star? No thanks.
Because this site accidentally turned into a 24/7 Jeff Francoeur site last winter, I think it’s only appropriate that I contribute to the Royals’ campaign for him to be an All Star this summer. Some people say that you can use numbers to say anything. I’m trying to make the numbers say that Jeff Francoeur …
Apr 11
Celebrating a better Royals youth movement
I grew up with the crappy Royals, which means I’m a fan with no “good old days” to reflect warmly on, and my Royals teams have been the butt of baseball jokes for as long as I’ve been alive. In that time, there have been a number of “youth movements.” They were all disappointing, to …