Boring Off-Season Fun Thread

1. Batting Average – You need to hit the ball – ‘Amos Otis won a game for the Royals for the Royals Tuesday night by doing nothing more than the 34,913 fans who paid to watch the contest.’

2. Listen on radio while working in garage on a project (drinking beer, car, restoring furniture, drinking beer, etc)

3. KC Monarchs hat from the NLBM – wearing it right now

4. Royals, K-State Football, Arizona Football, K-State basketball, my ultimate frisbee team, Chefs

5. 1975 Ford Mustang II — first car and the biggest POS I ever owned. At least dropped 10X what I paid for it in the first year after I got. I had to met a Camaro to go with my mullet.

6. GNR – Use Your Illusion I and II

   1. What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most?

Either HRs or ERA.

   2. Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course:

nationals park is growing on me… I also really love listening to a game on the radio when I’m driving at night somewhere.

   3. Favorite baseball cap.

I am a huge baseball cap appreciator. Every time I’m in a sports good store or team shop, I always spend forever gazing at the official caps wall. I love so many of the designs. From a pure visual standpoint, I don’t know if I can isolate just one. I don’t really go in for most uniforms anymore, but caps… Is anyone else like this?

   4. Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities? (i.e. compared to the Chiefs winning the Superbowl or whatever)

Royals making a WS run would probably greatly benefit this site and would be incredibly fun. Still, it would probably be second to Notre Dame winning a national championship in football or basketball. My wife and I went to school there, met there, etc. so there’s just more of a direct personal connection, even if its also basically fake.

   5. What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased?

Not sure if this should count, but a few years ago, when I was really broke, I signed up for one of those “services” that was supposed to connect me with online working from home jobs. It was only like $20 bucks I think, but it was still completely horrible to do that.

   6. What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20?

Probably War by U2, although I was listening to Achtung Baby and Pop constantly as well. War was what got me into them, so that album probably has the overall lead.

I wonder now if these crazy kids today still listen to albums, by which I mean, a CD start to finish. Not to get too “Record Store Guy” but its a different experience than having your ipod on shuffle.

1. Batting Average- Simple to explain and allows me to talk about how good George Brett was.

2. Sports Bar- I love sitting there and watching games in that atmosphere.

3. Royals authentic blue cap

4. The #1 dream is being at the K for a WS clincher. It’s why I’m a season ticket guy now, someday people will be lined up for those tickets.

5. How thte hell can I narrow that down? Right now, maybe my laptop. It’s a great machine and runs great, even at 5 years old. But I bought a tablet PC because it was so cool and spent an extra $800 over a similar machine that wasn’t a tablet.

6. Metallica- Black album

5.

1. Batting average – Like other people said, it’s an important skill, and essentially the most basic and identiable skill as a hitter.
2. No clue.
3. I don’t care for baseball caps. I have too much hair to wear one.
4. I think it’d be tied with seeing the Chiefs winning the Super Bowl. Those are the two teams closest to my heart. I’ve been fortunate in some sports, such as Jimmie Johnson winning 4 championships in a row, but never seen anything good from my two favorite teams.
5. I don’t purchase many things at all. I’ll have to think about it.
6. Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed. Amazing album.

   1. What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most?

ERA. I don’t know why I still use it for relievers where its less useful than with starters.

   2. Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course:

My favorite ballpark was whatever they call the Giants home ballpark now.

   3. Favorite baseball cap.

Its a worn-out fitted Royals cap that is on its last legs. The only other cap I wear is a nice Cubs fitted cap I picked up in Chicago a few years ago.

   4. Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities? (i.e. compared to the Chiefs winning the Superbowl or whatever)

#1. #2 on my list has been fulfilled – Jayhawks won it all in 2008. Chiefs Super Bowl is third. Then probably USA winning a World Cup.

   5. What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased?

Not the dumbest, but the most recent – I just bought an entertainment console that doesn’t fit in our TV room. Grrrrr.

   6. What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20?

Either Led Zeppelin’s “Physical Graffiti” or Beastie Boys “Licensed to Ill”. I listened to a ton of 311 too, and I absolutely hate them now.

1. ERA. Pretty flawed but a 5.65 ERA is never good.

2. On the radio when driving at night on the interstate (stole from RR). You really can’t beat that, no matter what teams are playing.

3. Old school blue Mariners cap with a yellow trident on it.

4. Notre Dame football, then Chiefs, then Royals.

5. My house. Don’t buy a house unless you have absolutely must do so!

6. REM – Automatic for the People. I considered it the highest artistic achievement in the history of mankind. I was young.

1. What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most?
probably HR or just Hits… which is essentially batting average. I think 200 hits in a season is still a cool benchmark.

2. Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course:
HDTV… not that I own one, but several friends do. After that, I really liked the Ballpark at Arlington the one time I visited.

3. Favorite baseball cap.
Haven’t worn caps since I was 10 yrs old, but I’d have to say I like the look of old worn out caps where the bill is bent just the right way and there is just the right amount of grime on it.

4. Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities?
Royals WS and then the only other thing that really matters to me is another KU Basketball championship — I had the please of being in Lawrence in 2008 for that celebration (I was visiting for Royals Opening Day) and that was probably one of the best weeks of my adult life so far.

5. What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased?
Maybe not the dumbest thing ever, but the most annoying thing I’ve ever purchased was espnINSIDER. Gosh, I hated the stupid magazines that kept coming and I didn’t feel all that “inside” by reading the special content on the website. Kind of a waste… especially since i did the $6.95/mo thing.

6. What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20?
One of The Getup Kids albums — either 4 Minute Mile or Something to Write Home About. I still like those albums but am more aware of being labeled “emo”.

1: ERA- It is still a fairly decent easy to understand rough and very guide of performance.

2: Foothills stadium, Calgary. Falling down, old school minor league park. Love those types.

3: Just the regular old blue one. I don’t think Power blue works on the caps.

4: Number one, just ahead of the Flames

5: Before I started college, I laid out for a really expensive pen, like $90. I broke the nib within a week, and it was crap anyway.

6: New Jerseyt. I was a Bon Jovi fan a in a baaaad way.

1. HBP – I don’t care how many fancy-pants equations you can come up with…taking one for the team never goes out of style. (Actually, probably RBI…when I was a kid, I thought it was about the best way to see who the most productive players were.)

2. I haven’t had the chance to visit many MLB ballparks, but I thought the whole experience at Camden Yards was great.

3. I have a gray Royals “The Franchise” cap. I don’t wear hats that often, but it fits perfectly and gray goes with just about everything. Love the fit and look of all “The Franchise” caps.

4. Royals/Chiefs championships are pretty much equal #1. As a personal sports priority, I would love to experience a live UFC event, preferably with Georges St. Pierre, Anderson Silva, or Lyoto Machida on the card.

5. My legal education. Not necessarily that I got it, but that I went to the school that I did and paid (i.e. borrowed) so much money to get it. Should have gone somewhere much cheaper.

6. It’s hard to look back and narrow down the one I spent the most time listening to. I guess maybe “Doggystyle” by Snoop.

I realize my stalking to posting ratio on this site is way skewed, but I thought this was a fun waste of time this afternoon. Thanks for the suggestions, RR.

Stat: ERA, I was a pitcher as a kid and still prefer to watch a well pitched game to most anything else. I used to always figure my own ERA and adjust to 7 inning games when I was a kid.

Place: Sports bar when it’s a meaningful game and others are into it (this is a rare occasion w/ the Rs). My favorite non-K stadium (that I’ve been to) is a tie between Fenway and Wrigley

Cap: I have a St. Paul Saints hat that a buddy got for me that I wear far too often. The STP (leters overlap each other) was mistaken at a Quicktrip for St. Louis once which almost made me sour on the hat, but I decided the guy was an idiot.

Priority: It is sad how high on my list of OVERALL priorities a Rs WS is. It’s certainly #1 on my sports list, followed by KU Basketball.

Purchase: My first house. It wasn’t a horrible purchase at the time, but I bought at the height of the market in an “up and coming” nieghborhood, met my future wife the month I closed, and ended up putting it on the market 2 years later literally the month before the market tanked. Not a winning proposition nor a good investment. Oh, and we had already bought another house. Ugh.

Album: I absolutely wore out Pocket Full of Kryptonite by the Spin Doctors during that time. Wow, at least you didn’t ask favorite Cassette Tape.

1. I am a sucker for ERA like many of you. Greinke’s ERA under 1.00 for the first part of the season really had the Royals in the national headlines.

2. I like watching the games with my dad and brothers at their house. They enjoy me getting animated at the bullpen decisions and Bloomy PAs.

3. My favorite ballcap is my Omaha Royals batting practice cap. My buddy used to work for them and he grabbed one out of the equipment office for me.

4. The Royals World Series win and a Nebraska football national championship are tied at #1 for me. I got to enjoy the Huskers winning in the 90’s, so I would say that as of now, the Royals winning it all would be a bit more special.

5. My dumbest purchase was a pair of glasses with false lenses that I bought freshman year in college. I thought that it would attract women into thinking I was intelligent. What I didn’t think about was that by living in the nerd dorm, no girls would be interested anyway.

6. ACDC Live!- a good, not great CD by any means, but it got me pumped up before Cross Country and Track meets.

What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most?
Probably ERA. I still get an involuntary assessment of performance when I see some one with a high/low ERA. I’ve gotten where I all but ignore RBI as a stat, but for whatever reason, I still get a gut reaction to ERA.

Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course.
Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. The Missouri State Bears play in this four(?) year old stadium that also serves as the home park for the AA Cardinals. I went to 15+ Bears games the three years that I lived in Springfield. The tickets were two dollars with a student ID, and I could always sit with my feet up on the dugout. it’s a wonderful stadium in of itself, but I absolutely loved going to those games. You’re so close to the action, and I got to see a lot of players that got drafted, including Royals sixth or seventh rounder Buddy Baumann.

The only problem with that stadium is that it’s also the Cardinals stadium, so there’s a rather unfortunate amount of Cardinals logos and whatnot around the stadium, but you can have everything.

Favorite baseball cap.
I really like the KC Monarchs cap that is mostly white with red piping/lettering. I always kind of liked the Orioles caps for some reason.

Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities? (i.e. compared to the Chiefs winning the Superbowl or whatever)
It ranks number one, two, three and five. Chiefs winning superbowl is four.

What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased?
A marriage license?

What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20?
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. I discovered the Beatles in high school and that was my favorite album.

1. BA – If OBP is so damn relevant, why isn’t BA? It’s the biggest part of OBP. You still have to be a good hitter to have a great OBP. I could give a crap about the guy that walks 15% of the time but has a .100 BA because his OBP still stinks.
2. My basement – cheaper beer, I’m closer to the action, and it’s in higher definition than real life! Though nothing beats being at the game on a sunny 75 degree day.
3. My official fitted Royals hat. Almost any MLB on field cap is a thing of beauty.
4. Royals WS win is numero uno. Chiefs SB is number 2.
5. Dumbest thing I’ve ever purchased? Not sure. I tend to weigh my purchases carefully. I’d probably have to say my DVD collection. I stopped buying a few years ago because of the format change coming (Blu-ray), and because of things like Netflix and instant streaming/downloading capabilities that were in the works. Why buy it, if you can rent it cheaply any time you want?
6. Siamese Dream or Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

1. Batting Average-The object is to hit the ball, right?

2. At my parent’s house- I’ve been living in St. Louis, and it’s been awhile since I’ve watched a game with Royals fans. I have a soft place in my heart for the irrational way my family is disappointed by the Royals. I would say at Busch, but someone said there were no bad sight-lines a month ago and I got incredibly pissed off.

3. I actually liked the black Royals cap with a blue bill I had, maybe because I was going through a phase and listening to extremely too much emo music.

4. I guess right behind the Chiefs winning a Super Bowl, just because I see a Super Bowl as a more realistic possibility. Yes, even as bad as the Chiefs are right now. As for others: KU b-ball won two years ago, and is in position to win again. MU football will never win one, same goes for US soccer in the near future. San Jose Sharks and Orlando Magic choke in the playoffs.

5. The second Hootie and the Blowfish album, maybe the pull-up bar that goes on my door, sometimes MLB 2K9 tops the list.

6. Any Cake album or Let’s Get Free by Dead Prez, the latter is pretty amazing if you’re into rap music

1. ERA – When I was little, this seemed to me to be an extremely complicated stat. Earned vs. non-earned runs, fractions of innings, etc. When I finally really figured it out, it made me feel smart. I was devastated when I learned that it wasn’t a very good stat.

2. My couch – Unfortunately, for most of my life, I have lived pretty far away from all MLB stadiums, so it’s pretty much the default location.

3. My favorite baseball hat is not a real baseball hat, but a “baseball style” hat with the logo for my grandfather’s farm on it. My uncles came up with the logo and bought a bunch of them at some point long before I was born. There are a few of them floating around our family, and it was pretty special when I discovered one in an old box at my parents’ house.

4. #1. Royals WS, #2 Nebraska Cornhuskers winning an NCAA national championship tournament.

5. A house which I purchased at the high-point of the market and just had to sell for a loss when I relocated for work. When I bought the house, I used an online “Should I buy or rent?” calculator. It said to buy. Stupid calculator.

6. “Turn the Radio Off” by Reel Big Fish. I was really sarcastic.

ERA

Been to Camden Yards twice and like it a lot. Not as much as the K, though. The only other stadiums I’ve been to are Tropicana Field (yuck), the Metrodome (double-yuck), and whatever they call the stadium here in DC (new and shiny but no character).

Got a white Royals cap with an elongated baseball with “KC” inside it on the front. Not really white anymore, though.

Royals #1, Earth opens and swallows Yankee Stadium #2, KSU football #3 (probably missed our only shot), Chiefs #4.

Hard to say. I’m pretty frugal and now I live in a monastery.

Probably either Cake’s Fashion Nugget or Live’s The Distance to Here. (still not ashamed.)

What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most?
batting avg
Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course:
Chavez Ravine
Favorite baseball cap.
My Northwest Arkansas Naturals hat
Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities? (i.e. compared to the Chiefs winning the Superbowl or whatever)
2nd…only because I have become so infected with this o0nly being a dream
What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased?
I bought my ex girlfriend fake boobs and than we broke up
What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20?
Guns N Roses appetite for destruction

by the way, I kid about the gift to the girl…worst thing I ever purchased would be all the money I spent on baseball cards between 1986-2000…those cards are worth nothing now

1. I have to go with batting average. A .300 BA (for a regular) still holds some meaning for me.

2. Surprise! Stadium. (I always feel like there should be a “!”) I go to as many Spring Training games as I can, and I always have a good time. It may have something to with the games not counting – so I can just enjoy the weather and the game without worrying about the score. I recommend all baseball fans take at least 1 trip to Spring Training if they can.

3. As I mentioned above in a reply to RR, I have way too many caps. I could wear a different Royals cap every day for 2 weeks. If I expand this to all the caps I have, I could probably go a month without wearing the same one twice. I can’t pick a favorite (but it’d be a Royals design). I’m NOT getting the powder blue design that they’re showing on the official site (hideous).

4. Royals winning the WS is definitely at the top of the list. BTW, I’m also rooting for the D-Backs to get to the WS (as the opponent) – that way I have a chance to see some of the games in person. Other than that, I’m rooting for another football championship for the NWMSU Bearcats! 2 wins away – if they win on Saturday at home (I think), they’ll play for the title. Go Bearcats!!!

5. Tough one. I could probably make a list of DVDs, CDs, and books. Here’s a good one that I just thought of. I bought a Royals blanket at the team store in Surprise (so you know it wasn’t cheap – probably $50+). I live in Phoenix – although it can get cool for the couple months of “winter”, I really could get by without it.

6. INXS – Kick. There was this girl back in high school that loved them. Soooo, I started listening to them too. Still enjoy this CD from time to time – don’t know what happened to that girl……

1. ERA. I still use it far too heavily for relievers.

2. At home on TV.

3. Blue KC hat without the stiff front. Guess my forehead must be small or something because the hats with the still fronts look far too big on my head.

4. Probably 3rd. Would love to see K-State football & basketball win it all, followed by the Royals. Chiefs would be a distant 4th.

5. Probably a riding lawnmower. Bought it when I moved into my new house, and now, 4 years later it sits with a broken engine in the garage, well out of the warranty period. For the money I spent on it, I could’ve just hired a lawn service instead.

6. Weezer – The Blue Album and Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream.

1.What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most?
ERA… I start their first when looking at a pitcher.
2.Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course:
In front of the new HDTV… but, I would rather listen to Denny, so most of the time I am listening and on here and drinking a few adult libations…
3.Favorite baseball cap.
Hopefully, the one I am getting for Christmas from the grandkids. I do have and old one 1988.
4.Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities? (i.e. compared to the Chiefs winning the Superbowl or whatever)
a ten… out of ten.
5.What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased?
I a Pacer. It look like an overturned bathtub driving down the road, it drank oil, and drove like a tank in quicksand. What was I thinking….
6.What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20?
Credence Clearwater Revival…. or the Stones….

   1. What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most?
I’d have to say batting average, largely because I think there is more relevance to ERA than AVG.

   2. Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course:
Of the other stadiums I’ve been to, I’d say Safeco was probably the nicest experience. I was at Yankee Stadium to see The Big Unit get his 4,000th K, and it was historically overwhelming to be there, but screw the Yankees, and you can’t exactly go there to watch a game anymore… Oh, and the only time I was in Wrigley was in April, so the ivy hadn’t come in yet. I’d imagine that might change it’s place on my list.

   3. Favorite baseball cap.
I have a relaxed fit royal blue est.’d 1969 Royals cap with the crown logo in gold and Kansas City Royals in thick, popped-out cursive stitching.

   4. Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities? (i.e. compared to the Chiefs winning the Superbowl or whatever)
First. Even more than an Iowa National Title, and a Chiefs Super Bowl.

   5. What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased?
Anything I’ve ever purchased from IKEA. Fuck that place.

   6. What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20?
Probably “Automatic for the People” because it is one of the only albums I was still listening to a lot at 20. There is also the issue of “Pinkerton,” “Whatever and Ever Amen,” “X/O,” and “OK Computer” coming out too far into that time period to be able to possibly catch up.

1. Batting Average

2. Safeco Field

3. My lucky Mizzou hat

4. 2nd to Mizzou getting a national championship in one of the 2 big sports.

5. I’ve bought lots of stupid stuff. I guess I’ll sayyy, Fender Stratocaster. It’s an ok guitar, yes, I just don’t play it enough. I play my Epiphone Casino tons more.

6. Radiohead: OK Computer

1. Batting Average

2. Home with a beer

3. I have this Notre Dame cap that is completely faded to the point that I can’t even remember what color it used to be

4. I would have to say ND winning it all in Football is number 1, but Royals winning it all would be a very close number 2 I only say this because I wouldn’t feel right saying its a tie. 3 would be a KU championships since I missed the last one since It happened whilst I was in Germany. 4th would be the Chefs winning it all

5. I dont really have any really stupid purchases, Im fairly frugal for the most part, so I would say the one purchase I would do over would be my Genz Benz head… It was on sale so I bought it, I didn’t even have a cabinet at the time, so now I have a kick ass cabinet and a kick ass guitar and the head just isn’t quite capable of unleashing the badassary capable of the cabinet and guitar.

6. That was around the time that I really got into Tool, so I would have to say Ænima or the Blue Album… I listened to a lot of Ramones back then too.

   1. Probably still ERA
   2. listening on the radio in the car
   3. my all black Baylor hat with the BU logo on the front
   4. Royals, Baylor Basketball, Chiefs, Baylor Football in that order, but the Royals are by far my favorite team
   5. Movie tickets for my wife and I to go see Bruno
   6. Probably “I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning” by Bright Eyes

1. What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most: Batting Ave

2. Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course: Fenway if we’re talking ballparks, O’Rourke’s in Lincoln if we’re talking bars. O’Rourke’s is prob Lincoln’s best bar. Old school, not a sports bar, not too many d-bag Husker fanatics, or frat boys, etc….nice mix of regulars, aging hipsters, english professors, newspaper guys, the retired weatherman from 10/11, granola hotties with vintage dresses, maybe the only bar on O St where you’ll see a non-white, and plenty of gambling degenerates. Good jukebox too.

3. Favorite baseball cap: I’ve always liked the Bosox red lids with the black bills

4. Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities? (i.e. compared to the Chiefs winning the Superbowl or whatever): easily number 1, maybe seeing Middlesborough win promotion back into the Premiere League would be number 2

5. What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased? The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown

What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20? Shamefully, probably Mean Streets by Van Halen.

I have a lame seinfeld esque post on batting average coming up at some point

While we dream of Jordan Parraz…

hit pretty close to my little heart there, Will. (I <3 Parraz. Like, a lot.)

   1. What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most?
Probably ERA. My eyes still gravitate right to it when I’m checking out a pitcher’s stat page.
   2. Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course:
Rosenblatt! When I’m not working, I’m in the stands, and it’s paradise.
   3. Favorite baseball cap.
Someone mentioned the white Monarchs caps with the red bill – I’ll second that. Those are gorgeous.
   4. Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities?
Oh, man. Number one.
   5. What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased?
I’ve never made one, hugely stupid purchase. Just a lot of random crap throughout the years that turned out to be totally lame and/or unnecessary.
   6. What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20?
Rancid – …And Out Come the Wolves.

1. SB – not that I think they’re important, but I think it’s an actual “real” number which tells you something relevant about the player. Of course, I still prefer to look at SB%…

2. In other words, “best stadium you’ve been to other than the K”: I hate to say it, but Camden Yards. Although Minute Maid is perversely charming in a lot of ways.

3. Well, really, doesn’t it have to be the old-style Pirates caps with the hoops?

4. Number 1.1. I’ve witnessed a Royals world series win. K-State hasn’t reached the final four in my lifetime, nor won a national championship in football, and one of those has got to happen before I croak.

5. Golf clubs. No, seriously… Hmm. I bought a Playstation two weeks before they announced the PS2…

6. I always had too many albums to listen to one of them enough to answer this question. I mean, it could have been Rush – Signals, or it could have been Ultravox – Rage in Eden, or Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind, or Japan – Tin Drum, or Yes – 90125, or the Police – Synchronicity, or U2 – The Unforgettable Fire, or Genesis – Abacab… really, there’s no way of knowing.

What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most? RBIZZZZZZZZZ…still can’t get past the feeling that there is some skill in being able to drive in baserunners

Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course: Fenway

Favorite baseball cap. I’ve got a sweat-stained Royals cap that I can’t even wear anymore, but it was my constant companion for thousands of miles’ worth of runs.

Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities? (i.e. compared to the Chiefs winning the Superbowl or whatever) #1, 2, and 3-I want nothing more sporting-wise than the Royals to win the WS (even KU’s national championships in BB don’t compare for me)

What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased? An engagement ring for my first wife

What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20? Disintegration by the Cure

What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most?
Homeruns!
Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course:
Wrigley
Favorite baseball cap.
Royals hat that is white with sweat stains and pink somewhat as well
Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities? (i.e. compared to the Chiefs winning the Superbowl or whatever)
3rd MIZZOU winning BCS and Chiefs winning SuperBowl come in 1st and 2nd
What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased?
Wrestlemania box set on VHS
What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20?
Notorious BIG

1.What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most?

Batting Average. Hitting .300 or better still means a lot – especially over a large sample size – like 10 or 15 or 20 years. George Brett’s .305 lifetime average is meaningful.

2.Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course:

Camden Yards. If any of you have not been and happen to find yourselves in the D.C. area – the 50 minute/1 hour drive to Baltimore is worth it.

3.Favorite baseball cap.

The Original. The Perfect in its Simplicity. Royals home cap. Royals Blue is the best color.

4.Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities? (i.e. compared to the Chiefs winning the Superbowl or whatever)

#1. Nothing is even close. #2 Capturing and publicly executing Osama Bin Ladin. #3 George Mason Patriots Mens College Basketball Championship. #4 Redskins Superbowl #5 Allen Iverson NBA Championship (Any team) #6 Baltimore Orioles World Series

5.What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased?

$100 bet for the Royals to win the 2007 World Series at the Mandalay Bay Sports Book in Las Vegas.

6.What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20?

Wu Tang Clan – Forever

How can hip-hop be dead when Wu Tang is forever?

But I have a couple of minutes so here we go:

1. Earned Run Average

2. Wrigley. Not a Cubs fan by any stretch (at least they’re not the Sox) but that place is great for a ballgame. Old Style beers. Are you kidding me? Just awesome

3. Burlington Bees
4. #1 by a long shot. #2 has to be a Mizzou national chapionship of some kind (cold day in hell, I know) and not far behind would be a Chiefs Superbowl. I’d lose my mind at any of them. I was 10 months old when the Royals won in ’85.

5. An $8 guitar pick. I was made out of coconut.

6. Green Day, Blink 182, MXPX, Alkaline Trio, Unwritten Law, etc. etc etc.

1. I still like looking at ERA, but I am starting to think that FIP might be getting archaic so I’ll go with that!

2. Safeco Field, love the view, the train sound in the back ground and the breeze coming of the sound. (oh yeah, and the clam strips and chowda!!)

3. Mizzou hat, it used to be white and black with yellow writing, now it’s tan/yellow and black with yellow writing. It has also usurped my super old Miami hat as “The Lucky Fishing Hat”. (Fly fishing story)

4. 2nd to Mizzou getting a national championship in one of the 2 big sports.

5. A wolf pelt from Alaska, don’t ask me why, but suffice to say I was about 13 and have had to hide it ever since. I kinda feel bad about it now, man talk about buyers guilt.

6. Tool: Anemia, and Undertow pretty much in a constant rotation. There were others, like Led Zepplin, and some classics but…

   1. What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most? ERA. I was so proud of myself when I figured out how to calculate it. I calculated my pitcher’s ERA’s for my Strat-O-Matic team.
   2. Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course:
Rosenblatt – it is a nice setting and you are close to the field. I like watching at home as well. I’m with you RR, I love getting a game on the radio when I am driving a long distance. It can make 2 1/2 hours fly by.
   3. Favorite baseball cap. My KC hat I bought in Surprise last spring, or my Spitsbergen hat.
   4. Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities? (i.e. compared to the Chiefs winning the Superbowl or whatever) tops, definitely
   5. What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased? some clothes I bought in college were reallllly quesitonable (checked, flaired pants with cuffs)
   6. What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20? Neal Young, After the Goldrush.

Except Darth Yoshi of course. ;)

1. What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most?
Home runs. Nice, decisive number. I’m not so silly as to think that twenty-three home runs made Miguel Olivo the Royals’ best player this past season, but they still catch my attention.

2. Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course:
Roger Dean Stadium, Jupiter, FL. Spring training home of the Marlins and Cardinals, and their respective Florida State League teams. There’s a certain zen to watching an A-ball game with about 100 people in the stands in a park built for spring training crowds of 8,000 or so.

3. Favorite baseball cap.
Not really a baseball cap, but I wear to death a cap with the old ABC Sports logo. It confuses people. As for an actual baseball cap, I have both Marlins and Royals spring training site caps which were once white, but have been worn well beyond recognition.

4. Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities? (i.e. compared to the Chiefs winning the Superbowl or whatever)
It’s the one remaining unfulfilled, since KU won a basketball championship a couple of years ago and my alma mater (FSU) won two football championships while I studied and then worked there.

5. What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased?
Any number of books which got tossed aside in disgust somewhere in Chapter 2.

6. What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20?
The "Ol’ " part of my board name is legit; I have blocked out most of ages 16-20 for many reasons.