All-Star Break Brings Royals Fans Sweet Relief
by Freneau on Jul 12, 2009 4:35 PM EDT
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PrintWe'll all look back on this someday and laugh. I think.
Rather than posting a game recap, I decided to keep it short tonight, share some links, and gear up for All-Star week. Be sure to hit Royals Review over the next few days, as I have a number of new posts in the hopper.
- Joe Posnanski " Blog Archive " Gimme a U! A Knee! An S! A Key!
- Tangled Up In (Royal) Blue: A Little More Ranting
- Daily download: Royals made an error trading for shortstop - Kansas City Star
- In which Willie Bloomquist and Bob Dutton have TOTALLY LOST IT - Royal Blues
- I Quit As A Royals Fan (Mad Lib) - Royals Review
- The CMSB: Will McDonald- Royals Review (my first radio interview in Maine)
- Betancourt and Cash Traded to Royals | Bleeding Green and Teal
- Yay | U.S.S. Mariner
- Royalscentricity: The Royals At The Break(ing Point)
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yea
its definitely keyed me more into the larger royals blogosphere
though at this point, that’s about 5 sites
i like it alot
keep it up
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 12, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
yes
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 12, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes
but do not kill yourself linking 20 articles. 4 or 5 is usually enough.
the new SBNation tools make it pretty easy
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 12, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, and some constructive criticism
I with they were sorted into categories. Just from the last couple, I was starting to get a sense of the following categories: 1) RR posts, 2) Royals articles, 3) Other things around baseball, 4) Other sports, 5) Fluff
Or some other sort of categorization to keep things a little organized that isn’t a burden on you when you’re making them.
Also, I could do without the fluff stuff (i.e. non baseball related). That’s just me, tho- other people might feel otherwise about that, tho. Don’t get me wrong- I like reading about other topics but sports people who try to talk about other things is a pet peeve of mine. I really don’t care what Jim Rome or Colin Cowherd think are cool. Or who Bill Simmons is hanging around with or watching on tv. Or what Dan Patrick is doing at some swimsuit model party.
Heck, I think Petro’s show is my favorite to listen to of anything I hear. I realize they have to pay the bills and talk about where their remotes are and put in a plug as that’s what keeps the lights on at the station so I can’t complain about that. But I could care less about stump the chumps or intern jeopardy or any time they digress into something non sports related. If I want to listen to something else, that’s what my NPR Science Friday podcasts are for or watching the Daily Show online or whatever. People at work don’t come to the server guy (me), asking for finance help and I don’t listen to sports talk to hear what Jack Bauer did last night.
/end rant
Anyways, I think separating them out into categories would alleviate this.
I don't know about you
but I expect a big second half out of Matt Morris Yuniesky Betancourt.
good news out of Springdale
Yunineifi Betancourt is 0 for 4 with a strikeout against Corpus Christi
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
I was born in Corpus Christi
Don’t really have anything useful to add, tho
Yunineifi AB summaries
AB #1
Took a called strike down the middle
Foul ball on a pitch that was inside
Foul ball on a pitch that was inside
Took a ball on a low/outside pitch
Took a called strike down the middle
AB #2
Took a ball on a low pitch
Foul ball on a pitch down the middle
Grounds to second on a strike down the middle
AB #3
Grounds out to short
AB #4
Takes a strike down the middle
Takes a ball outside
Takes a ball low/inside
Grounds out to the pitcher
Overall, 4 ABs, 13 pitches
Keep in mind that former prospect Tyler Lumsden was the pitcher in the 4th AB
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
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Keep in mind that former prospect Tyler Lumsden was the pitcher in the 4th AB
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
Can't get enough of me? Check out my Twitter feed.
by Matt Klaassen on Jul 12, 2009 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
anyone watching the futures game?
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 12, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions
test
just seeing if my new user name works…please disregard.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Jul 12, 2009 6:53 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
What a dick
And I was starting to like you
No one is more important than me on this site NO ONE!!!!
by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 13, 2009 8:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Let's just go back to the ridiculous posturing and keep on hatin'
It was a joke.
The name… WhenWillDavidGlassDie? Wow… Just wow…
yeah...thats outrageous even for this place
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 14, 2009 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
test
just seeing if my normal user name works…please disregard
Fuck This Team. Period.
The General Theory of Royaltivity
by kabrink on Jul 12, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I Will Not
Disregard this.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jul 14, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
This season has hurt me so bad
That I actually bought a Yankees hat, not too root for them though, I’m just going to New York to watch the Bombers fight the Rays in September to actually see what two teams with playoff potential are like.
danny duffy pitching in the futures game
ahh, gameday pitch f/x! working 92-93 with a ncie curveball
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i cannot believe this is news
it’d be bigger news if he didnt check her out
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 12, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
i vote no!
although the French guy totally did
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 12, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't one of the last couple of PMs of France
keep appearing in public with his mistress?
Things are a bit different over the pond.
Apparently Halliday is starting the ASG
Puke. Can’t believe it.
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that's the word... few news sites are reporting it
unbelievable snub… kansas city media needs to be all over this, just total bullshit
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who gives a fuck
Greinke don’t
He just wants to bat
by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 12, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
this is one thing that greinke has said that he wants to do
hopefully is pisses him off
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 12, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm sure they'll be right on it
right after they finish questioning Dayton on his recent moves.
Dylan lyrics describe Royals baseball at tangledupinroyalblue.blogspot.com. One masterpiece, one not-quite-yet masterpiece.
by TangledUpInRoyalBlue on Jul 12, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
This could probably be made into it's own fanshot
but I’m too lazy to do it — someone feel free to do it if they want to add to it.
I think I’ve found the cause of all of the acquisitions similar to Yuniesky.
For those who don’t remember, or hadn’t starting visiting RR yet, during the summer, kcscoliny posted links to articles from Joe Hamrahi of Baseball Prospectus. The Royals had invited Joe to attend their school for scouts, and he put together a series of 5 posts on what he learned while at the school. If you haven’t read it yet, I’d definitely recommend it.
However, one of the lines from part II of the series stuck out. Some thing that Joe was taught at the school with the way players are evaluated:
And if a player shows you a tool even just once, he owns it!
Players like Yuniesky and Guillen at one time showed the tools of being well-above average defenders.
Unless I'm wrong...
How many times has Dayton showed us he is a tool?
Christ, you don't need a quadrophonic Blaupunkt! What you need is a curveball! In the show, everyone can hit heat.
HA!!!!!!
nobody gets caught their first time pissing on a fence. The first time you do it, it’s in a dark alley. You dont get caught, so you get more comfortable and daring. Eventually, you do it in a place where the cops just roll by and arrest you.
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by billybeingbilly on Jul 14, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
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