Late Night Royals Links: Rainout Edition
by Freneau on Jul 20, 2009 10:36 PM EDT
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PrintDon't be stunned if Moore makes a massive deal someday that features one of our top prospects, even Moose, Hosmer or Crow/Crowe (making no effort to learn how to spell it at this point). As Talking Chop points out below, the Braves have quite consistently traded #1 picks this decade. Moreover, as we've already seen, Moore hasn't exactly been shy when it comes to trading young players/prospects.
- The Braves like to trade first round draft picks - Talking Chop
- Will the Royals ever learn? | Upon Further Review (This is actually months old, which is horrifying.)
- A Dayton Moore Timeline - Around the Majors
- Joe Dickerson was once a semi-top prospect in the Royal system
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I thought this was a good post on Upon Further Review:
Royals Bad Bullpen is Too Expensive
Of course, that’s been said here for 6 months.
If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.
This is the actual headline:
“‘I suck’ and am ‘embarrassed by the money I am making’”
-Article on Hoagie from the Star: http://www.kansascity.com/385/story/1336679.html
it is nice that he is honest
although not everyone is sucking right now.
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
Yeah, Jose has always been accountable.
Just not very productive for the Royals.
If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.
"Sometimes, I feel I should take money out of my own pocket and buy tickets for every fan. Because you know what? For a $12 million man, these are not the numbers you should be expecting. I admit it. I’m not playing to my potential."
Sounds like they should have a day where all the tickets that haven’t been bought will be available at the ticket window for free courtesy of Jose Guillen
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
So
which poor minor league team is going to make Jose Guillen their manager?
Such a mix of volcanic fury and knowledge of the game = hilarity
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
Guillen for player-manager right now!
Couldn’t be any worse than how things are now, and at least would be hilarious.
by swing and a miss on Jul 21, 2009 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions
how about player-manager-GM?
"The life of a (Royals) fan must be lived forward but can only be understood backward" -- Kierkegaard (more or less)
Christ almighty,
This hilarious article is just the perfect capper to this trainwreck of a season. Just, wow.
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This Is Beautiful
"At 3.93 runs a game," Hillman said, "I don’t think we can afford to do that. And with his propensity to play through nags, just being honest, I don’t think that would go over too well."
Bloomers is doing better than Hoagy. You don’t hurt the team by benching/DL’ing someone who is , by his own admission, hurt and sucking. If he bitches, DFA him. He’s only money at this point.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jul 21, 2009 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
yup
as with everything it comes to to performance. It’s nice to see that Hoagy realizes the truth, to a certain extent (although he seems to have picked up a bit on the leadership’s injuries-aren’t-an-excuse-but-boy-there-sure-have-been-a-lot-of-injuries-itis).
Still, as I tweeted (suicide now), I prefer the Hoagy who’s a jerk and hits to the reasonable, crappy Hoagy.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 21, 2009 1:34 AM EDT up reply actions
moreover
his contract isn’t his fault. He isn’t “stealing” form anyone, unless he signed the contract under some sort of false assumptions or lied. If he did, the Royals could get out of it. He’s available to polay and not trying to get out of it or anything. I really dislike the “stealing money” reference ot a player who is underperforming. Yes, guaranteed contracts mean that relative to the market, many players are overpaid for their performance. Guess what? relative to market, before FA they are almost always grossly underpaid. Yes, that’ s what they agreed to…. and the later, overpriced vet contracts are what the teams agreed to, as well.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 21, 2009 1:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes, its the complete oppositte of the NFL
To be fair there is a greater probability of career ending injury so it makes sense for younger guys to get paid more, but both sports need to a regression to the mean as far as players salaries
by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 21, 2009 7:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Speaking doubleheaders
If my seat I got for tomorrow night is taken, I’m throwing em off the upper deck, row A seats.
The last four surviving Royals fans await their fate in the rain at Kauffman Stadium for a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals Los Angeles Angels to begin Monday, July 20, 2009, in Kansas City, Mo.
sucks that the rest of the fans died
BTW, I don’t know who this Jorge De La Rosa is who I saw pitching for the Rockies, is he any good?
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
obviously not
or else he would be pitching for the Royals
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
LOOGY
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jul 21, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Dickerson
I know he’s rehabbing… but what did he do? I don’t remember seeing that injury anywhere…
Coffee. The NEW Performance Enhancing drug for Sport's Writers. Just ask Ken Rosenthal.
i’m wondering if maybe he’s seriously considering it and they’re leaving his name on the rosters to leave the door open for a return, maybe next season?
by royalspipeline on Jul 21, 2009 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh boy a doubleheader means
twice the educating from Trey! It’s like getting an MBA in one day….
probably a good day to get a foul ball or HR
At least the first game.
Do they do BP before DH’s? If so, I may drive up there….
Coffee. The NEW Performance Enhancing drug for Sport's Writers. Just ask Ken Rosenthal.
I believe they do
Also they are giving out the shirts before the first game and the leftovers before the 2nd, good chances for me to get it now.
by TheSmokingPun on Jul 20, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep
The true winners are the people who bought the $5 tickets tonight.
by TheSmokingPun on Jul 20, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Are we still worse than Oakland?
they’re down 12-5 in the 3rd.
Hope they put their closer in soon
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
Oakland 14, Minnesota 13 in the seventh inning
The Twins blow a 12-2 lead.
by swing and a miss on Jul 21, 2009 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions
MLB Gameday crapped out at midnight here
right before the grandslam
Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman
that was amazing
amazingly awesome that is
Holy Shit!!!...Peterson resigned...Am I dead?...Is This Heaven?
by RoyalsFanStuckInCardsLand on Jul 21, 2009 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions
wow, at least our bullpen only gives up one and two run leads...
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
I wouldn't mind giving them the opportunity to blow a lead that big though...
If only we could score 12 runs in 3 innings… Have we scored 12 runs in a game this year?
Nothing from Nothing leads to... Your 2009 Kansas City Royals
by averagegatsby on Jul 21, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
hosmer and moose
are very distressing, moose in particular. it seems like he’s taking an oh-fer every night with at least one K.
Kansas City Royals - rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic since 1994.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Jul 20, 2009 11:38 PM EDT reply actions
They're Getting Instructions
On how to hit in MLB.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jul 21, 2009 2:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Why do you think they would be good at getting on base?
Moore selected them what did you expect?
It’s not like Matusz or Bumgarner throw a shutout every other game or anything. Oh wait, Bumgarner does, and Matusz has 3 shutouts in 5 AA starts.
Well whatever, it’s not like Smoak and Posey have been promoted to AAA yet.
Oh shit
by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 21, 2009 7:47 AM EDT up reply actions
that's the thing
i was really expecting more to this point…these two guys in particular have GOT to work out and be total studs.
not to mention wieters, longoria, porcello…
Kansas City Royals - rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic since 1994.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Jul 21, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Im not gonna lie...
This really makes me like Guillen a little. I really hope he goes on a one of his redonkulous streaks of his.
Nothing from Nothing leads to... Your 2009 Kansas City Royals
There are people who need to say something like this more than Guillen
the funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it!
by ratherfantastic on Jul 20, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah that bum Greinke...
hasn’t won a game in like forever, and his era is over 2
Nothing from Nothing leads to... Your 2009 Kansas City Royals
by averagegatsby on Jul 21, 2009 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
true
that’s why I like him…he seems like a good guy and I think he was better last year than what everyone perceived, especially on RR
by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 21, 2009 7:49 AM EDT up reply actions
he's been like this the entire time...
which is part of the reason why i havent been on the hate jose bandwagon….
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Jul 21, 2009 2:20 AM EDT up reply actions
He Got His,
Jack; he can afford to say anything.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jul 21, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Guillen is frustrating
but he’s funny enough that I can’t ever really “hate” him.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 21, 2009 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I never underestimate my ability to hate anyone...
working in reatail will do that to a person
Nothing from Nothing leads to... Your 2009 Kansas City Royals
by averagegatsby on Jul 21, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
"It’s just not working. We all suck as a team. That’s the way it is. It’s not a problem with one individual. It’s about 25 guys. Right now, we suck."
JoGui for GM!
"I can resist everything but temptation." - oscar wylde
"we all suck"
Okay… That’s probably a bit easier tp say when you’re probably thr worst everyday player ij baseball.
That’s not hate, just fact.
Some sucks are just suckier than others.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 21, 2009 10:44 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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