Former Royal Bob Tufts Speaks Out on Ownership Incompetence
by Freneau on Aug 18, 2009 12:45 AM EDT
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Over the weekend, former Royal Bob Tufts commented on a Shysterball post regarding the "Glass to become more involved" story.
I (gulp) put the Royals in the same class as the Milwaukee pre-Selig’s departure. I find the Brwers rapid improvement post-Bud and Wendy to be no coincidence, as the current ownership used economic and baseball metrics to improve the organization from top to bottom.
Glass was selected as owner more for his alliance with Selig as a hardliner on labor issues as opposed to his ability to run a baseball franchise. Royals fans were screwed in the process.
For some reason, I find it pretty cool that Tufts was poking around The Hardball Times on a Friday afternoon.
Last fall, I wrote about Tufts on his birthday and he's certainly one of the more interesting former Royals out there. Tufts was drafted out of Princeton and after his playing career received a MBA from Columbia. He is currently a VP of a New York brokerage firm.
I tend to agree with Tufts on this one. I don't think Trey Hillman is a good manager, but he's somewhere between 10th and 20th on the list of problems the Royals have.
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Bob Tufts doesn't understand the process
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Aug 17, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
sorta surprised Moore didn't try to trade for Aubrey Huff
With on ly Jacobs in the way, it’s getting harder and harder to pretend Kila doesn’t exist.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 17, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
believe he's a FA this offseason
i can see the headline now, “Royals solidify DH position with veteran Huff”
KANSAS CITY – The Royals shored up their 1B/DH platoon Tuesday with the addition of Aubrey Huff. Huff, who has driven in 100 runs three times in his career, will likely see the majority of 2010 playing time at designated hitter, although the team has said it has not yet decided whether or not to offer Mike Jacobs arbitration.
by Freneau on Aug 17, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Royals could use another same-handed platoon
to go with Olivo/Buck and Maier/Anderson
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 17, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
you give a manager like Hillman a variety of options
and sit back and watch one of the best baseball minds of a generation go to work
I can’t wait for Three Nights in August 2
SAT question for you...
LaRussa is to Hillman what Bill Parcels is to ____________
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Aug 17, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Art Shell
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
first or second go around Art Shell?
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Aug 17, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions
steve spurior? (sp?)
Pujols takes out "I" in BIG and "A" in MAC, previously considered to be an unyielding, consonant threat
Phase 2
Acquire underpants.
If I were a drag queen, I'd go out as a Sarah Palin look-alike and title my character 'Miss Information.'
I think phase two...
though obviously a big red question mark and full of magic,has got to be the step where one needs to mix in the grit, the process, and education from watching baseball almost everyday.
Though phase two progress sure seems like just a big red question mark.
When super delayed gratification meets with underachieving veteran they laugh at the Royals, just a hypothesis though
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Aug 17, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions
How has this not been rec'd yet
Or has it already been posted previously?
I like the Terrence and Philip version of Dayton.
I hope he sings the Uncle Fucker song.
Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for corporate, so he's really not a part of our family. Also, he's divorced, so he's really not a part of his family.
Thanks for posting this
I, too, find it sort of refreshing that a former player has the balls to rip the owner. Mr. Tufts obviously had a lot of pride in being a Royal, because that used to mean so much more back then than it does now. I applaud his effort to shame the current owner.
One of the comments about that article said a mouthful – it shouldn’t take a bunch of meetings for Glass to figure out what’s gone wrong. Should be painfully obvious to anyone who has been paying attention at all for the last 15 years. That’s why I think the recent Glass comments are simply more PR bullshit designed to placate the masses. An ill-fated PR move, no doubt.
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
I surrender
Kansas City Royals - rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic since 1994.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 17, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions
I just got back from Chicago
It was fun watching three teams(went to Milwaukee as well) still in a playoff chase and their fans loving them no matter what.
Maybe Bob should have used that intellect to be a better pitcher
His record as a pitcher is even worse than Glass as an owner.
In the linked shysterball story
It implies that the Groundhog is going to leave his hole in August. What a momentous occasion for us all.
P.S. Bob was 2-0
Is it safe?
KC Deserves better
Kansas Citians/Royals Fans deserve better. My youngest son is 29 and he can’t even remember when the Royals were a competive team. Yet there he is every spring full of hope that this year will be different.
It Builds Character
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 18, 2009 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
they were competitive in 04
right? the 90 win season? then before that it was 94 in the strike shortened season, and then 85, so 3 seasons in 25 yrs they have been competitive? maybe it was also before Glass came into ownership too
Pujols takes out "I" in BIG and "A" in MAC, previously considered to be an unyielding, consonant threat
In 2003 they won 83 games.
In 04 they lost 104 games.
Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for corporate, so he's really not a part of our family. Also, he's divorced, so he's really not a part of his family.
Royals Incompetence Goes Way Back
When the Royals won the Series in ‘85, they had the best farm system in the majors. Since then, someone in the organization decided that the farm system just wasn’t important and let it slide into the abyss. KC has been trying to go with old, burnt out free agents ever since. Glass is just the latest incompetent owner to try his hand with KC. They tried the youth movement in the late 90’s and earlier this decade. However, each time a talented player has come up, he has been promptly traded because of money. Developing good talent does you no good if you don’t even try to keep them around. I have lately counted no few than a dozen star players around the league that got their start in KC before being traded. Where would the Royals be today if even half of those stars were still there. I’m willing to bet that there wouldn’t be an empty seat in Royals Stadium, and the franchise would still be able to make a profit by being super competative.
A dozen star players?
Dye – started w/ Atlanta but got good here
Beltran
Damon
JP Howell
Who else?
1977 & 1989 Royals - We shoulda won it all dammit
by Trey_has_no_pulse on Aug 20, 2009 12:54 AM EDT reply actions
Mark Ellis
okayish bat and one of the best defensive 2Bs in baseball
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 20, 2009 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions
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