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 …
Tag Archive: MLB
Nov 05
Five Foto Friday
Every Friday of the baseball offseason, I will highlight five photos from the past year. Hopefully this will help us all get through the harsh, cruel winter. Click any image for full-size version. And as always, you can use these photos, just give me credit – these are hard work! Ahhhh, my very first press …
Nov 03
Nobody goes to AFL games; Keith Law tries to explain why
Even though the MLB season is over, there’s still baseball happening, including the league that is pretty much a direct funnel into the Majors. Wait, let me be more specific: Major League greatness is born in this league. Derek Jeter. Albert Pujols. Roy Halladay. Mike Piazza. You have probably guessed by now that I’m talking …
Oct 12
Re: Will Carroll and stat geeks
I knew I wanted to respond to Will Carroll’s grumpy tirade against number-crunching baseball geeks. But first, I had to watch Jeopardy. Because I’m a nerd, I like to keep a tally of my correct answers and figure out how much money I could’ve won if I had been the one on the Jeopardy set. …
Sep 24
Saves per win
After the Royals wrapped up win number 63 tonight, fans everywhere EXPLODED with joy. The Royals can’t lose 100! ….OK. The joy wasn’t that great. But it was a win for the team, and another save for Soria. That’s 41 saves for Soria in 63 wins for the team. Commenter Gus Zernial at Royals Review …