Is Rany Jazayerli crazy?

by Finlay on Jul 19, 2009 1:23 PM EDT

http://www.ranyontheroyals.com/2009/07/breaking-news-about-soria.html

I found this on Twitter. I hope Rany is joking, or the Royals are gonna ban Rany from the New K for good.

Soria was a 2008 All-Star and Hillman wants him to rest for '10 because of a tired arm?

C'mon Rany, we weren't born yesterday. If this is true, our 40th anniversary season will be a forgotten one, and the Royals will still be bad.

Somebody tell Rany that he is cursing the Royals, not GMDM, Hillman or David Glass.

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He’s a Royals fan, and you have to ask if he’s crazy?

Anyway, apparently Rany’s site needs more formatting options.

by 2X2L on Jul 19, 2009 1:36 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs

There Is A

Certain logic to it. It’s like being too hungry to eat.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 19, 2009 2:25 PM EDT reply actions

who has tried to apply his intelligence towards ways to improve the Royals relatively inexpensively. With the odd triumvirate of Glass, Moore, Hillman atop the Royals, I’m not sure logical thought will be able to decipher their moves. Rany probably needs to take a break from following the team before they really do drive him crazy.

by hunter s. royal on Jul 19, 2009 2:50 PM EDT reply actions

Its

SATIRE.

- W. Bloomquist homered to deep center
- P. Earth explodes

by JobDDT on Jul 19, 2009 3:08 PM EDT reply actions

Methinks that Rany

doth be kidding.

It's pronounced Poo-ZHOLS in Catalan.

by Juancho on Jul 19, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions

My comment there:

Here’s the thing I don’t comprehend, and I don’t see enough people — even analytical types — pointing it out, at least not in clear terms anyone should be able to understand.

You’ve got two on with one out in the 8th. Your choices, on a very basic and simplistic level, are the following:

a) Hope that a lesser pitcher can get out of the jam, so that your best pitcher can come out to face nobody on and nobody out in the 9th, or

b) Use your best pitcher to get out of the jam, and hope that a lesser pitcher can manage to get through the ninth unscathed while, you know, not trying to quell an already-started rally, since he gets to start with nobody on.

Anyone who thinks “a” is the more intelligent option is a moron. It’s that situation where you ALREADY have two runners on and need two outs where you need your “closer.” This idiotic mindset that you need a Soria to come out and get through a clean inning is just mind-boggling. You need him to shut down the RALLY.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 19, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

As Tony LaRussa does

So must every “smart” manager do.

by 2X2L on Jul 19, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions

It's just ridiculous he is sitting on the bench watching the other relievers blow the lead game after game

I remember Mets fans were arguing for Santana to get pulled from the rotation so he could pitch the 8th and 9th every other game or so.

But this is blatantly retarted. We have a great relief pitcher that “is not allowed” to pitch before the 9th inning.

There is really no point for a bad team to have a good closer. Maybe that bad team would win a few more games pitching that good “closer” early in the game to maintain a lead

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 19, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions

I totally agree

with the logic of B. What doesn’t make sense in Trey’s argument that he can get 4 outs but not 5 is ridiculous. Who’s to say he doesn’t get the hitters toput the first or second pitch into play. What if you set a pitch count at say 25. Bring him in in the 8th and if he gets the two outs in under 10 pitches, Let him go out in the ninth and see if he can finish it off. Or have someone warming up and finish after Soria hits his pitch limit. But if I major league pitcher can’t go 2 innings, then somone needs to have him work on his conditioning. Have a feeling this is going to get much worse before it gets better.

by RoyalMizzou on Jul 19, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Soria was a starter in the Mexican league right?

It’s so stupid we are talking about Soria pitching 2 innings as a problem. And shouldn’t all those warm up pitches count as well. This whole “bullpen use” situation is so fucking elementary that Hillman would be repeating the 3rd grade right about now.

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 20, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Perhaps The Stupidest

Counting stat of all time was the Game Winning RBI, but the one thing it might have been good for was to see when the game was actually decided. I wonder how many GWRBI’s happened in the 9th.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 20, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions

??

only 46 more losses for 100!! great job trey & GMDM

by wake me up when we lose 100 on Jul 19, 2009 10:37 PM EDT reply actions

I'll reserve your wake up call for late September

by AxDxMx on Jul 19, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Rany jumped the shark several weeks ago.

by jbrocato on Jul 19, 2009 11:26 PM EDT reply actions

This is the side of you that I don’t really like. You tried to be funny and it just didn’t work.

Just as you are ready to give up on the Royals, I am ready to give up on you. Your posts have until recently been informative and fairly objective. Your spat with the Royals has affected your writing and I just don’t find it enjoyable.

I consider myself to be a true Royals fan. I will never even consider quitting on this team like you have. No one individual—GM, manager, SS, owner—is bigger than the team.

P.S. Note to Royals fans. Please don’t boo Yuniesky Betancourt. He is an innocent victim of this backlash. He did nothing other than get traded. He is simply doing what he can control, which is play baseball. If he pulls a TPJ and sucks, boo away. But please don’t take out your frustrations on the wrong person.

Here was a some what thought provoking comment.

by kansasjhawk044 on Jul 20, 2009 12:16 AM EDT reply actions

I've lost patience with this team too

and Rany may have lost a little perspective, but the Royals made it personal by banning him. The more negative he goes the better. This GM and manager need to go now. He’s the only prominent guy bringing the heat, and it may end up paying dividends. Even Dick Kaegel asked a somewhat critical question this weekend. The naysaying may finally reach a critical mass before this season ends, and David Glass makes a move against both hopefully. Being positive isn’t going to help a thing at this point.

by AxDxMx on Jul 20, 2009 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions

I totally agree

Hillman and Moore are not beyond reproach and you can already see the excuses mounting up and the defense mechanism kicking in.

I remember watching the Joe Giardi show on the Yankees Network and callers can send critical emails/questions. One was WHY THE FUCK IS BRETT GARDNER NOT PLAYING EVERY DAY WHEN HE IS HITTING .333 IN HIS LAST 44 GAMES? And they are in caps like that. He doesn’t run an hide and answers the question. It’s like Moore and Hillman are not allowed to be subjected by such negativity.

The KC media has to pick it up, because Moore and Hillman are the worst GM/Coach combo in the league. I don’t want to hear a managerial change isn’t necessary, when Colorado looks playoff bound after being the 2nd worst team in MLB before they fired a manager that took them to the WS two years ago.

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 20, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

This offends me (not you, kansasjhawk, but the quote). Rany isn't "quitting" on the team. He writes better and more inspiringly (and usually more optimistically) about the Royals than any other writer (Posnanski excepted).

I’m an Mariners fan, but Posnanski and Rany are the biggest reason why I like the Royals and pull for them when they aren’t playing the M’s and bought a Greinke shirt at Kauffman this summer. Just look at Rany’s 25 reasons the Royals have hope series from the beginning of 2008 or his stuff from April – he’s always been irrepressible with his optimism. Or the group event he organized this WEEKEND. It’s pretty hard to be literally blackballed by the organization you love, then see it make the worst trade (process-wise) of the decade, then lose the game in the 8th three nights in a row without calling in Soria and NOT freak out. But the Royals ownership and front office are NOT “the Royals” – the team people root for is the players, the fans, and the community. He’s still as big a fan of the latter as ever

Another thing: fandom comes in as many shapes and forms as there are fans. It’s a pretty sorry thing to do question someone’s fandom – it’s the sports fan equivalent of accusing someone of treason. That’s why I like this rule on USSMariner, and wish more people felt that way.

And yes, boo Yuni, because when you boo him, you boo both the processes that led to the trade and a player whose laziness and irresponsibility have turned his once-miraculous abilities and skills into a hellish ghost of what they once were.

NOTE: again, this rant isn’t directed at you, Kansasjhawk, but just something I wanted to get off my chest.

by Decatur on Jul 20, 2009 2:33 AM EDT up reply actions

As A Royals

Fan in Mariner country, I too have seen Yu-Bet go all Berroa. You’d think the organization that witnesses the Devil up close and personal would recognize Yu-Bet’s problems. Go figure.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 20, 2009 2:46 AM EDT up reply actions

The Part I found interesting

Was mostly just the part about booing Yuni. I don’t think we should cheer him like a hero, but before he completely fails let’s semi give him a chance. If for no other reason than because he’s a human being and deserves at least this much. I would love to find an outlet to slam my anger in Dayton Moore’s face, but I just don’t know if booing Yuni is the right way. Perhaps I’m wrong, but it just got me thinkin.

by kansasjhawk044 on Jul 20, 2009 3:01 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, you're probably right about that. I'm just venting. Funny thing is, I can't bring myself to boo guys at games.

But booing is the only way the fans can directly express their displeasure publicly, so it has a valuable purpose. But I can’t fault you for not wanting to.

by Decatur on Jul 20, 2009 5:27 AM EDT up reply actions

there's another way to directly express displeasure at baseball games

and here come the pretzels!

by marbotty on Jul 20, 2009 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions

yup

But why wsa Whitey Ford in uniform at a AAA game?

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 20, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree here.

I think it was an awful trade, however booing isn’t going to do anything to help Yuni move forward.

I also see where Decatur is coming from. Booing does send that signal to GMDM that the fans don’t like it.

If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.

by Warden11 on Jul 20, 2009 7:50 AM EDT up reply actions

Maybe he'll realize he needs to get his ass in gear and work at the game if he is booed by a

fanbase that doesn’t even know him.

by AxDxMx on Jul 20, 2009 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions

not much for booing players here

Anyway one can direct “Boos” at the press box?

“I don’t know how fan disapproval is evaluated.”

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 20, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions

"I can tell disapproval when I see it

because I’ve had years of training. These guys in their mother’s basements throwing out their made-up statistics using ‘decibels’, whatever those are, don’t know what they’re talking about. They’ve never played the game."

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by jonfmorse on Jul 20, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions

It's pretty simple

Judge Yuni based on his performance as a Royal. If this is a 2nd chance lets see what he does with it. That was my biggest beef with all the Yuni hate in the first place

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 20, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't boo

players from my own team unless they give less than 100% on the field. Or have done something extremely wrong off the field – e.g. if Michael Vick were to sign with the Chiefs, I’d boo the hell out of him every play.

It's pronounced Poo-ZHOLS in Catalan.

by Juancho on Jul 21, 2009 6:21 AM EDT reply actions