NYROYAL.....

i mean, c’mon fanshot man!

So Gload’s awful hitting has all been bad luck, huh? Boy, that’s amazingly bad luck for him to be such a great hitter and have the worst hitting stats for any first baseman in MLB.

Guys that hit .300 and above get LOTS of Texas-league chink hits, that’s fact

I know. .300 hitters are just awful.

NYROYAL, if I talked the way that you did on my earlier post, in a condiscending, ass-hole tone, I would’ve been kicked off the site…

No, you always talk in a condescending tone and that never gets you kicked off the site. Will (royalsreview) kicked you off the site (twice) for calling people “MORON!!!!!!!!!!11” about a dozen times.

...RoyalsReview will have to look into your tone

Actually, I’m a moderator on this site, so I’ll look into it.

You don’t hate Ross Gload, you hate me and you hate him because I like him…

Oh Joel, it’s really weird that you think this is about you. First, I don’t hare Ross Gload personally. I just hate how much he’s hurting the team with his awful hitting. And my opinion of him last year and the early part of this year was that he’s a useful player, but that he just isn’t good enough to be a starting first baseman. I’ve long said that he’s a decent bench player. He’s just not more than that. This season, however, his play has been that of a player who isn’t good enough to be in the majors. Joel, you haven’t affected my opinion of Ross.

...Don’t make stupid comments about Gload that show that you don’t have a clue about the game though…..

You defend a .262/.313/.333 hitting first baseman as a good player and yet you still have the temerity to say that you “know about the game” and others don’t. Joel, you are incessantly bizarre. Keep up the good work.

Texas-league chink hits????

So awesome to see you, man. I just knew you’d be back. You’re still full of fire for your estranged lover Gload too. Dude, you need help. Look, I’ll just give you brutal truth (but, only because I like you because you’re crazy). Gload sucks, bro. The dude couldn’t hit his way out of a wet paper bag. He’s a decent defensive player, but who gives a shit about that. He can’t hit in a position where cats are expected to hit. I met the guy, dude. He’s not even a nice person. I just can’t root for a guy that can’t even become only in the top five worst hitting firstbaseman in the league and isn’t even a cool guy. Your love is misplaced. But, let me tell you a secret. Put your money (and man-love) to this Mexican kid, Joakim Soria. He’s got some promise and will be known as a great pitcher soon. Then, your man-love will be justified. Joel, one last piece of advice. Don’t tell people at this site things that are ridiculous. They aren’t stupid. They will show you otherwise. Good luck buddy. Choose a worthwhile hero.

No, Joel; you haven’t. Thus far this season, Ross has “lined out” a total of 17 times. In fact, on those rare occasions when Ross does hit a line drive, he’s doing quite well; he’s hitting .667. He is not, in fact, “lining the ball right at people.” Rather, he is “not lining the ball enough.”

It’s sad enough you’re this delusional about Ross, but when you have to make shit up to support your argument which anyone with a brain can go look up and see you’re either (a) wrong or (b) just lying, it slips into just plain pathetic.

Joel I have never conversated with you that I know of but you are off on a wild tangent defending IchiGload. I don’t care what Billy is or was hitting he should get all the playing time at 1b if for nothing more than development.

It is pretty clear that this post is nothing more than a tongue lashing at NY. Just for that I must give it a REC.

Gload is a Golden God

that there is a discussion going on about the merits of David Lee Ross as a legitimate, everyday 1B.

Did you get a visit from aunt flo?

Here’s the deal. A lot of our players are complimentary players while they develop into good solid everyday major leaguers. That has to happen for us to be successful. Gload is just that:

A complimentary player.

(not sarcastic even though it’s in the sarcastic font. That was just to emphasize it and give it the big booming voice from above.)

He is not young however. The veterans on our team CANNOT be complimentary players for this team to be successful. They have to be LEADERS, CONTRIBUTORS, and mostly for this team, BETTER THAN AVERAGE. When a veteran is putting up the numbers that the young complimentary players are, that’s when you have a team that is…... The Royals. That is why the young guys are allowed to be complimentary players and the veterans are not. The young guys are still developing and learning how to play the game. Their job is to compliment the veterans. That is why GMDM has been signing veterans in the offseason. Meche, Mahay, Guillen.

And Gload. Gload was at a crossroads in his career. It was time to put up or shut up. He was given a chance to be a successful big time contributor. He had shown that he might be able too. But in order for the Royals to be successful, GMDM has to bring in players who raise the bar. Gload did that but he is no longer doing that. It is time to bring in a new guy and let Gload move onto a team where he can be what he is: a complimentary player. He is a great guy, good player, but not what we can build on anymore. What he has done for the organization won’t be forgotten. He has raised the bar to the Gload level of play. Just like when you recruit in college, you go for guys that are better than you have. This is the only way to make your team better. So Gload has set the bar to the Gload level, we now have to bring in a first baseman who will raise it past the Gload level until it is time to replace him.

Gload did a decent job but is no longer doing the job he was brought in to do… the only problem is we don’t have a player who is ready to take over that position. But that is changing with our first basemen in the minors. Shealy, Kiaahui, Jason Taylor. They are starting to become prospects.

It’s also time for some of the other guys to start transitioning into more than complimentary players.

DeJesus has started that.
Teahan is trying but needs to do something in the second half.
Gordon has a little more time.
Buck is doing it with his leadership of the pitching staff.
Bannister has a little more time.
Soria has done it.
Hochevar has just gotten here.
Aviles has started that.
Davies still has some time but is on the backside of that time.
Nunez is doing that.

This is just where we are as Royals fans. In the transition phase. I’m sorry this post got long, but it needs to be said. We need to continue signing guys that will fit our style of play and getting rid of the peices that do not. We are on the right path.

GO ROYALS. LET’S POUND THE CHISOX AND GRIFFEY!