Royals Review: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Sports blogs for fans, by fans.
New Blog: The Boxing Bulletin for Boxing Fans!

Catching up with Royals Alumni

Here goes. No current major league players will be mentioned in this post. Some retired players have jobs that are obvious to us.

Jose Lima is pitching for the Long Beach Armada and singing Skynyrd in LAX.

Felix Jose is a Schaumburg Flyer. Mark Davis is the pitching coach for the Arizona Rookie League Royals.

Carlos Febles is the Salem Red Sox hitting coach. Aside from trying to ruin Wilmington's pitchers, he also gets ejected from games.

Michael Tucker was released by the Newark Bears and Royals legend Brent Abernathy was released by the Camden Riversharks. (source)

Dan Reichert is a Bridgeport Bluefish. Josh Newman is a Camden Rivershark. Neal Musser is a Lancaster Barnstormer. Alberto Castillo and Felix Martinez are Newark Bears. Michael Tucker bounced back from his release by the Bears to become a South Maryland Blue Crab. Michael Tucker's teammate is Royals legend Ken Harvey. The Blue Crabs won the first half of their division and they know the only way to lock down a strong second half showing is by bringing in as many members of the 2003 Kansas Royals as possible. Former Royal and current Blue Crab Jimmy Serrano is continuing a proud 2000s Royals tradition by serving nobly on the disabled list. If you loved average late 1990s/early 2000s players, you'll love the Atlantic League.

Star-divide

Former Royal Morgan Burkhart is managing the Calgary Vipers of the Golden Baseball League. Other former Goldern Baseball alums include Paul Abbott, Rusty Meacham, Felix Jose (who has played in every baseball league on earth), and Kung-fu black belt Mark Quinn.

Steve Balboni is running a baseball school. Luis Alicea is the Mets 1st base coachJermaine Allensworth parlayed his notoriety from being portrayed on SNL (and 2 years as a Royal) into a stint in the Northern League. Carmelo Martinez is the Cubs Latin American Field Coordinator. While Rusty Meacham is no longer the pitching coach for the Vermont Lake Monsters, noted villain Matt LeCroy is managing the Hagerstown Suns. Julius Matos is the hitting coach for the Tampa Yankees. Super Joe McEwing is managing the Winston-Salem Dash. Tom Prince is managing the GCL Pirates.

Runelvys Hernandez is pitching for the Samsung Lions in South Korea. I don't have to understand much Korean to know that he has a 5.70 ERA. Ryan Braun just finished up a stint of striking out 12 in 10 innings as a member of the Bristol White Sox. Dee Brown is in the A's system, Emil Brown is in the Mets system, Angel Berroa is in the Mets system. Mendy Lopez is on the disabled list down in Mexico.

There's more, i'm sure

2 recs  |  Comment 3 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

Thanks!

Love these updates on our former heroes!

I think I pull for Musser and Emil the most in this list.

www.rockchalktalk.com for pretty good KU baseball coverage

by James Quinn on Jul 30, 2009 10:10 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Rec'd

I was watching a game on ESPN and they were raving about Luis Alicea being a solid fundamental baseball player. I remember Luis Alicea as being the fattest, worst defensive second baseman I had ever seen. He made Alberto Callaspo look like Frank White.

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jul 30, 2009 10:57 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Eduardo Villacis

might be coaching somewhere, but he’s not with the Casper Ghosts any more.

And there is no reason to avoid mentioning the Vermont Lake Monsters in a post

Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman

by BHWick on Jul 30, 2009 5:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Welcome to the SB Nation blog about Kansas City Royals.
Start posting about the Royals »

Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams.

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recent FanPosts

Royalsreview_small
Late Night Royals Links: Rethinking Gordon, New Chukars Manager, Powder Blue Hats etc.
Ignignokt_small
Guillen and the (not so) almighty RBI
Stadium-sellout-450w_small
Early projection on 2010 Royals roster
Small
Fixing the kansas city royals
_41153080_gallerysanta_small
Are you good enough?
Trust_small
Denny Matthews at Plaza Library
Royalsretro_small
Royals sign P Jorge Campillo
Stash1_small
Kansas City Fails To Pick Up Option On Royals
Royalsretro_small
Royals sign P Brad Thompson
Tu_small
What would be an appropriate haul for Greinke?

+ New FanPost All FanPosts >


Managers

Royalsreview_small royalsreview