2009: The Way We Were

Just an unbelievably active year here at Royals Review. New front-page contributors Darren (nwroyal) and Matt (marbotty) helped give us the most active year in site history. Thanks to everyone who posted and commented. It was a blast.

Honestly, 2009 was probably one of the craziest years in Royals history: Greinke's Cy Young season, a bazillion baffling moves, the Ranyban, the George Brett tirade, the Alex Gordon saga, etc. etc.

Below the jump lies a huge list of some of the more noteworthy RR posts of 2009, beginning in January.

• Benny Santiago was a Royal Five Years Ago
• Good, Not Great: Second Thoughts on the Greinke Contract
• Royals Radio Affiliate Profile - St. Joseph, Missouri [680 KFEQ-AM]
• I Drift Off to Sleep Each Night Praying that Laynce Nix Will Retire
• That Willie Bloomquist Signing Just Keeps Looking Better, No Really, It Does, Really
• The David DeJesus Era
• Is Royal Prospect Jose Duarte Done?
• Those Extra Five to Thirteen Homers a Year by Alex Rodriguez Seven Years Ago When He Was Already Hated Destroyed Our National Innocence And Now We Must All Admit That We Will Never Be the Same
• Secrets of the AL Central VIII - Kansas City the Fastest Growing Metro in the Division
• Seriously, If You Live in Iowa, Just Stop Following Baseball
• Royals Radio Network Affiliate Profile - Hastings, Nebraska [KICS 1230 AM]
• Kansas City's Approach in Developing Billy Butler- Has it Worked?
• I Would Like Us to Start Using the Word "Pleonasm" When Applicable, As it is My Wish That We Do So - Royals Review
• Royals 2008 Minor League Recap: Idaho Falls Chukars
• Master Sleuth and Really Smart Guy John Bale was Surprisingly Wrong About Alex Rodriguez Not Having a Cousin
• If the Royals Were Nations: Position Players
• Wrapping Up Your Gut Responses to the Royals Place in the AL Central
• The Newest Royal: Juan Cruz
• 2010 Top 20 Royals Prospects
• If the Royals Were Nations: The Pitchers
• Honoring the Irish Ball-Players on St. Patrick's Day
• Royals Say Farewell to Jimmy Gobble
• Announcing the Sidney Ponson Innings Pitched Prediction Contest - Royals Review
• AL Central Top 50 Prospects
• Royals Review Joins The Million-Hits Club
• How the Kansas City Royals Can Win the AL Central in Four Steps
• Royals Option Luke Hochevar to Omaha in Likely Free Agent Clock Move - Royals Review
• Why Joakim Soria should be a starting pitcher (the WAR story)
• 2004 Royals Draft Review - Royals Review
• Royals Transaction Round-Up: Gload, Peralta, Hudson No More
• Minor League Recap: 2008 Wilmington Blue Rocks
• Optimism and Anxiety Mingle Uneasily in Forecasting 2009 Royals
• Behind Hillman & Farnsworth, the Royals Blow it on Opening Day
• Remembering Chan Perry - Royals Review
• Royals Receive Horrible, Potentially Season-Altering News on Alex Gordon
• Paul Byrd Has Had Enough of His Family - Royals Review
• Royals Radio Affiliate Profile - Iola, Kansas [1370 KIOL-AM]
• On This Date in Royals History: The Glory of Tim Spehr
• Is It Time to Rethink Kyle Farnsworth?
• George Brett Does Not Care for Your Opinion on the Royals 
• 2008 Royals Draft Review 
• Royals Radio Affiliate - Monett, Missouri [990 KRMO-AM] 
• 2009 Royals Draft Review 
• Royals Radio Affiliate Profile: McCook, Nebraska [1300 KBRL-AM] 
• Hillman Pushes the "Getting Him Work" Approach to a New, Even Stupider, Extreme - Royals Review
• A Sad Story: Matt Tupman Leaves Royals 
• Royals Acquire Ryan Freel For Some Reason 
• It Isn't Fun Anymore - Royals Review
• Royals and Rays Show How Fast Perceptions Can Change 
• Trey Hillman: An Emblem for a Stubborn and Backwards Franchise
• Rickey Henderson's "I'm the Greatest of All Time" Speech Has Been Grossly Misremembered & Misrepresented 
• Royals Links and a Kids Day at the K Final Tally 
• Reconsidering the Gil Meche Contract At the Halfway Point 
• I Don't Know Why I Care Anymore 
• Book Review: The Last Out by Chris Earl
• Through the Ages, the Different Meanings of Being a Royals Fan 
• Kansas City's Dayton Moore and Trey Hillman Need to Stop Lecturing, Start Bringing In Better Players 
• Alternative Baseball Universe: Both Teams Bat in the Ninth Inning, No Matter What 
• The Mark Teahen, Josh Fields, Chris Getz, Trade Analysis & Link Roundup
• Royals Top Prospects: Overview