Quirk and Cockrell to KC?

We all know that hitting coaches and other assistant coaches can potentially add 10-15 wins a year to a team. Jamie Quirk, a former Royal and wingman to crab aficianado George Brett, has helped lead a team to the World Series as a bench coach with the Rockies. Alan Cockrell, a KCK native, helped the Rox lead the league in OBA in 2007 as hitting instructor.

Could we see one or both of these men hired in Kansas City to replace Mike Barnett and Luis Silverio? If hired, should we already begin printing "Royals: 2009 AL Central Division Champion" t-shirts?

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10-15 is conservative

coupled with a strong manager, a coaching staff is worth 30 wins per season

by royalsreview on Oct 8, 2008 11:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Mike S*****a on the Angels is worth a yearly division title

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Oct 9, 2008 3:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

YES!

Bring Quirk to KC!!

Don't forget to send your broken maples to the US Forest Service.

by 306008 on Oct 8, 2008 11:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

who knows

as long as Royals fans are ready for the almost inevitable firing of any coach that is hired, and the subsequent tension between the “legend” and the team.

Do you think Tigers fans are happy with how the Alan Trammell thing turned out? I dunno, maybe he’s a jerk, but there’s a guy who can’t catch a break…

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by devil_fingers on Oct 8, 2008 11:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Legend?

I know Jamie Quirk is the 79th Greatest Royal of All-Time, but calling him a “legend” is a bit of a stretch.

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by RoyalsRetro on Oct 8, 2008 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hence the scare quotes

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by devil_fingers on Oct 8, 2008 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he's going to restore Slugger's roar

by royalsreview on Oct 8, 2008 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and we can't overlook the Rockies/Born Again connection

by royalsreview on Oct 8, 2008 11:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

you're lucky NYRoyal's on vacation

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by devil_fingers on Oct 8, 2008 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just taking a vacation from cliches

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Oct 8, 2008 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You'll never make it in politics son

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by RoyalsRetro on Oct 8, 2008 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is that what they're calling Ireland now?

Seriously, though, I thought you were in Ireland…

I just want to make up after the Endy Chavez mix up.

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by devil_fingers on Oct 8, 2008 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm going to Dublin next week

Just taking a small break from obsessive posting this week.

BTW, I wasn’t attempting to zing you about the Endy Chavez thing. I was actually just mocking some of the often contradictory, usually unsupported “GMDM only acquires former Braves/born again Christians/pitchers/fast/defensive specialists” cliches. I was augmenting your Endy Chavez sarcasm.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Oct 8, 2008 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can't wait to have Endy on this team

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Oct 9, 2008 3:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gold Glove > Gload Glove

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by devil_fingers on Oct 9, 2008 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gload Glove = Gold Glove

exclamation point, point, point, point, one, one, one, one

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Oct 9, 2008 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

right, because everyone already knows his defense sucks

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by devil_fingers on Oct 9, 2008 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Obviously

If a coach can manage to get a Rockies team to hit well, he must be an unbelievable coach (See: resumes of former High Desert batting instructors).

I follow the Tao of Steve (Balboni)

by jackie ballgame on Oct 8, 2008 12:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I hear Quirk is going to follow Chad Johnson's lead

…and have his name officially changed to Jamie Plate Discipline. Hire.him.now. As long as he mentions “plate discipline” or drawing walks five times in every interview, and never says the dreaded A-word, he’ll be the best hitting coach in Royals history, perhaps in baseball history.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Oct 8, 2008 12:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Actually NY

It would be….

Jamie Plato Disciplina

according to my exhaustive 35 second search on google…

by GoBabies!! on Oct 8, 2008 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

how about if he says "Aggressive plate discipline"?

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by buddyball on Oct 8, 2008 1:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Or "disciplined aggressiveness?"

that’s a bit leather, I suppose

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by devil_fingers on Oct 8, 2008 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If he says that, off with his head!

“Aggressive” is forbidden, regardless of context. It’s like the N-word; it is never acceptable, regardless of the words put around it. “Aggressive” is the third rail of the Royals Review vocabulary.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Oct 8, 2008 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

did the Charlie Lau approach lead to high on-base percentage?

or was it that we had good hitters in the line-up back then?

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib

by buddyball on Oct 8, 2008 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Charlie Lau was one of the few real hitting gurus

He could actually help a player hit better. But even back then I think most of the Royals hitting was because the Royals had some good hitters.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Oct 8, 2008 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BE AGGRESSIVE, BE BE AGGRESSIVE

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Oct 9, 2008 3:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

why was silverio fired?

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by LeoBloom on Oct 8, 2008 2:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

no public reason given

He will undoubtedly remain in the organization. I read a story somewhere (maybe here?) that Ewing Kauffman helped Silverio out when he was a kid or something, so Luis is like indebted to the organization for life. He could be a roving coordinator or an instructor in the Dominican or something.

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by RoyalsRetro on Oct 8, 2008 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs