Afternoon Royals Links: Greinke, Bengie, & Geometry

Huge number of links for you today. Nothing like a few wins and some Greinke greatness to revive the Royals blogosphere. Royals links on Zack Greinke, Luke Hochevar and other assorted stuff, including a review of the Burlington Royals.

Meanwhile, late 1990s Pedro is probably better than Greinke, Bengie Molina represents all the failings of the Giants, and an interesting post using geometry to think about baseball.

Finally, Deadspin takes SI to task for the latest "sports team is giving Detroit hope" story, being an English grad student is like living in the Rust Belt, and Jenn Sterger likes Splenda.

Royals:

• The Royal Tower: Team Review - Burlington Royals
• The Pipeline: PECOTA v. Pipeline -- the rundown
• Trade Soria? Royals Authority
• On Greinke and Hochevar - Royals Authority
• Luke Hochevar and patience | Mellinger's Blog on the Royals and Baseball
• Royally Speaking: Reasons to keep watching

Baseball:

• What Bengie Molina Represents - McCovey Chronicles
• Daily Box Score 9/23: Self-Similarity - Beyond the Box Score
• The Productive Out: State of the Game: Parity in Major League Baseball Reconsidered
• 2010 Yankees Center Field Showdown: Melky Cabrera vs. Brett Gardner vs... Cody Ross? - Driveline Mechanics
• 2009 Draftees in BA Top League Lists " Andy Seiler's MLB Draft Blog
• Braves Manager Bobby Cox Agrees to Contract Extension - Talking Chop
• Foul Balls: Kenny Williams Is Making A List And Checking It Twice
• 1999 Pedro | FanGraphs Baseball

Grab Bag:

• Kansas Basketball, Football Players Involved in Series of Brawls With Each Other - SB Nation
• Kansas vs. Southern Mississippi Team Analysis - Rock Chalk Talk
• "If Deanna Nolan isn't in your top 5...then you need to rethink why you like the game of basketball" - Swish Appeal
• Chrissy's Outfit of the Day -Fox San Diego
• Sports Will Make Detroit Happy Again, Sportswriters Continue To Claim - Media Meltdowns - Deadspin
• Do nothing, say nothing politics rule Ottawa - Andrew Coyne - Macleans.ca
• Links: Lighthouse Zoning Hearing Reactions - Lighthouse Hockey
• The Decline of the English Department: An article by William M. Chace about how it happened and what can be done to reverse it | The American Scholar
• Officially... Jenn: Splenda