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Here on maybe the last night of the baseball season, name the 1985 Royals. Can we do it?
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I think that was one of the random years Joe Randa was a Pirate
so he’s out
by royalsreview on Nov 4, 2009 12:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Can I start with the obvious ones?
Brett, Saberhagen, White, Balboni, Wilson
Randa… Shit, Will already said Randa…
by brandonh981 on Nov 4, 2009 12:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I'll give it a shot
Balboni, White, Iorg, Orta, McRae, Concepcion, Biancalana, Brett, Smith, Sheridan, Jones, Motley, Wilson, Sundberg, Saberhagen, Gubizca, Leibrandt, Black, Quisenberry…
I’m terrible at remembering the bullpen guys.
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by Sweep_the_Leg on Nov 4, 2009 12:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
They never used the pen back then!
Them were the good ol’ days!
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by RoyalsRetro on Nov 5, 2009 2:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
An easy one you left out:
Danny Jackson
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
by loyal2sdad on Nov 4, 2009 1:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
wasn't Steve Farr
one of the bullpen guys?
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by loyal2sdad on Nov 4, 2009 1:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Stever Farr?
I think he played some for in 85
by nwroyal on Nov 4, 2009 1:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Farr
Farr came up big in Game 3 of the ALCS that year.
4 1/3 innings of 2-hit ball with 3 strikeouts and no runs to earn the win.
by RoyalsFan on Nov 4, 2009 3:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I urge people to go back and study those KC-Tor boxscores.
Dick Howser COMPLETELY SCHOOLED Bobby Cox in that series. I know we all think managers don’t make that much difference – but in this series, I swear, Howser was damn near as important in Brett, in some ways.
Reader’s Digest condensed version: what you will notice is that Howser used his excess talent at SP to alternate right handed starters with a left handed reliever, then follow up with right handed setup men and the Quiz. Cox took the bait EVERY TIME, and made premature moves in which he pinch hit for Oliver with a righty in the middle of the game. Game 3 was a perfect example of this dynamic played out.
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
by loyal2sdad on Nov 4, 2009 5:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I've heard a few Jays lament
At what a disaster Cox was as manager back then. And those were really great Jays teams.
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by RoyalsRetro on Nov 5, 2009 2:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Without cheating
Starting lineup – Sundberg, Balboni, White, Biancalana/Concepcion, Brett, Smith, Wilson, Motley/Sheridan, McRae
Bench – Orta, Pryor, Wathan, Quirk, Iorg, Omar Moreno, Lynn Jones
Starting pitchers – Saberhagen, Leibrandt, Gubicza, Jackson, Black
Closer – Quisenberry
Mid-bullpen – Farr, Beckwith, LaCoss, Mike Jones, Dennis Leonard for two innings.
Bit players from Omaha – Tony Ferriera, Bob Hegman, Dave Leeper, Jim Scranton
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by cmkeller on Nov 4, 2009 1:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I suppose at least they are a team worth remembering
Can’t say that about too many Royals teams lately.
by AxDxMx on Nov 4, 2009 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Omar Moreno!
Not on post season roster – but Omar “the outmaker” was picked up for the stretch run and actually hit well that year, as I recall. He even contributed a big HR in one game (inside the park, if I remember correctly?).
That team was good – but there was something beyond statistics going on as well. Shit like this kept happening; guys played over their heads as needed all year long. I know we don’t believe in chemistry and karma, and to speak of such is sacrilege on a stats-oriented site like this – but if ever one was to believe in it, the 85 Royals could have served as prime examples of those concepts at least being possible. I mean, yeah, they had the best pitching in all of baseball – but the offense was 13th in runs scored in the AL, which should have sorta cancelled that out.
Funniest part of that year – I can remember a few fellow vendors of mine discussing the team in September, when it wasn’t even assured that they would even make the playoffs, and our consensus was that they might do something really special this year. True story – and we had no business thinking that, probably. That team just had an air about it…
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
by loyal2sdad on Nov 4, 2009 1:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know what you mean.
I was seven and JUST KNEW that we would win the world series. Probably just a kid who couldn’t imagine losing, but it worked out for me…
by Dadunca on Nov 4, 2009 1:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't recall an inside-the-park HR
But I recall that he hit 2 triples very soon after joining the team, and that made me feel he was an appropriate substitute for the injured Willie Wilson, who had 21 triples that season.
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by cmkeller on Nov 4, 2009 2:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just looked on BaseballReference.com
The only ones I missed were Mark Huismann and Larry Gura, whom I’d forgotten was still with the team to start the season.
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by cmkeller on Nov 4, 2009 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow Omar Moreno
Forgot about him.
Kudos for getting Hegman, who had one game, no PAs in his MLB career.
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by RoyalsRetro on Nov 5, 2009 2:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, my very comprehensive
baseball card collection helps.
Not that you’ve called on me to use it lately…
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by cmkeller on Nov 8, 2009 1:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Royals roster
I’m not cheating.
Brett, White, Wilson, McRae, Orta, Iorg, Motley, Sheridan, Farr, Sundberg, Wathan, Quirk, Balboni, Biancalana, Concepcion, Pryor, Lynn Jones, Mike Jones, Leonard, Black, Quisenberry, Beckwith, Saberhagen, Jackson, Leibrandt, Gubicza, Huismann, Farr, Jim Scranton, Mike LaCoss, Lonnie Smith, Gura, Moreno
by RoyalsFan on Nov 4, 2009 2:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Not bad at all
You got the two I missed, but missed some of the ones I got. Not that you can be faulted, after all, Bob Hegman is the most obscure Royal of all time.
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by cmkeller on Nov 4, 2009 3:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was 10 months old...
Love hearing stories about it. Just reading your accounts on here makes me smile.
by brandonh981 on Nov 4, 2009 3:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
here we go
C Sundberg, Wathan, Quirk
1B Balboni
2B White
SS Biancalana, Concepcion
3B Brett, Pryor
OF Smith, Wilson, Motley, Sheridan. Jones
DH McRae, Orta, Iorg
SP Saberhagen, Leibrandt, Jackson, Black, Gubicza
RP Farr, Beckwith, Quisenberry
they used an 8 man staff in the playoffs…Quirk replaced Mike Jones at the last second
The Royals only had 3 starts from anyone but the listed five that season (Mike Jones and Farr)
Mike LaCoss was an off season pick up that did not pan out…Leonard had made a come back but was not with the team in the post season (he was working out in Florida during the post season) long time Royal Larry Gura was with the team to start out the season but did not last
A special player was Omar Moreno he was picked up after the deadline after his release and was dominant his first 2 weeks with the club…look it up and I am sure many forgot how good he was that month…He was not on the playoff roster (the Cardinals BTW had a similar story with Cesar Cedeno-who was on their post season roster)
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by gashousegang on Nov 4, 2009 3:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Wasn't Cedeno only on the Cards roster
as an injury replacement for Vince Coleman?
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by cmkeller on Nov 4, 2009 4:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i don't think so
Cedeno hit .434 in the regular season after coming over from the Reds…He was also on the LCS roster while Coleman was still healthy…I believe Brian Harper was added to the roster after the injury to Coleman
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by gashousegang on Nov 4, 2009 8:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i was at game two! woot!
i was 10.
where's ross gload to explode the process?
by blue bandwagon on Nov 4, 2009 6:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Bastard!
I was 5 and stuck in the middle of the state and hadn’t yet caught wind of the Royals existence. I had to go and choose the losing side between KC and StL because Marshall actually had (and still does I think) a Royals affiliate station, and we lived closer to KC. Lucky me.
by AxDxMx on Nov 4, 2009 7:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yankees win...
proof that there is no God… I haven’t been this sad since my dog died.
This space for rent.
by averagegatsby on Nov 5, 2009 12:03 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I'm already drunk in hopes that the pain will go away.
by NotAHippie on Nov 5, 2009 12:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It Comes Back
Always.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Nov 5, 2009 1:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
not looking at anything...
1B-Balboni
2B-White
SS-Biancalana
3B-Brett
C-Sundberg
RF-Motley
CF-Wilson
LF-Lonnie Smith
DH-McRae
SP-Saberhagen, Jackson, Liebrandt, Gubicza, (Can’t remember…Gura? Leonard? Bud Black?)
Bench-Dane Orge, Jorge Orta, John Wathan, Pecota?, Onix Conception?
Relief-Quiz, Farr?, this is tough…
that’s the best I can do…
by billexgordler on Nov 5, 2009 10:30 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
If we're talking WS roster
Here’s my best shot:
Jim Sundberg, Jaime Quirk, John Wathan, Steve Balboni, Frank White, Buddy Biancalana, George Brett, Greg Pryor, Onix Concepcion, Pat Sheridan, Wilie Wilson, Daryl Motley, Lonnie Smith, Jorge Orta, Dane Iorg, Lynn Jones, Hal McRae
Bret Saberhagen, Mark Gubicza, Danny Jackson, Bud Black, Charlie Leibrandt, Steve Farr, Mike Jones, Joe Beckwith, Dan Quisenberry…Dennis Leonard?
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by RoyalsRetro on Nov 5, 2009 2:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I wrote it down
I missed 2 — Lynn Jones & Mike Jones, if only I had remembered one of them, I’d probably have remembered them both.
How about Manager/coaches/etc
Owner: Ewing Kauffman
Co-Owner: Avron Fogelman
GM: John Schuerholz
Manager: Dick Howser
Coaches: Lee May, Mike Ferraro, Jim Schaffer, Jose Martinez, & Gary Blaylock
Head Groundskeeper: George Toma
Broadcasters: Denny Matthews, Fred White, Denny Trease
by trauty on Nov 6, 2009 4:13 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
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