Outsider Musings and Oddball Fantasy Baseball League Invite.

like dirt stains or scrapes?

also, in the spirit of Darkness, FYP

and almost has a minor league park homeyness to baseball team in it

Maybe this will help explain it:

I mean last year, it seems nobody liked the moves but there was guarded optimism that things could conceivably fall together and a decent season might emerge from the chaos.

And that bit of hope was met with unrelenting failure. Included in that was a horrendous trade which saddled the Royals with a big downgrade at SS for years to come. And then we experienced another horrible offseason which confirmed that our GM sucked and wasn’t learning anything.

We’re negative because we recognize that the current team sucks and the front office is too incompetent to probably ever put together a contender.

And no, we’re not expecting a catastrophic season. We recognize just how bad this team is, and it is approximately a 73 win team (give or take).

So if your point is, “gee, why so negative?” Why the hell do you think?

Finally, as a moderator, from now on, put any “please join my fantasy baseball league” posts in fanshots, not fanposts. This is prime real estate.

I bought MLB 2K10 today… ITS FREAKING HARD!!! Opening day, Greinke gets shelled, and Verlander throws a 53 pitch perfect game

Spam me harder, baby

It eats at you. A lot of the optimistic guys get shelled and would rather just not offer any content. Thus, the negators, as your favorite radio show host Kevin Keitzman calls them, run the place. My comparison? A prison in Yemen that houses terrorists and normal criminals. You have your guys praying to Allah five times a day and the others making fun of them. The biggest bully wins. (If you have seen Traitor, that’s what I’m comparing this too)

My opinion: Royals board. Share opinions either way. Don’t attack people or opinions from a personal I must win this battle behind Dayton’s computer screen that I stole to have memorabilia in my moms basement. Instead, don’t make things personal. Other than that, debate, talk positives/negatives, but don’t attack fandom or person. Even though I’d like to break the legs of a few guys on here once in a while…

…you’re not an outsider, skcabrozar. You’re just as much one of us as any of these posters. There are moderators, bloggers, idiots, and lurkers… but we’re all fans. Thank you for posting. I am primarily a “lurker” as well, so I appreciate it anytime I see a new screen name and/or a new perspective on things.

The truth is, the team has improved in certain areas and there is some reason for optimism. If the Royals have as much good luck this year as they had bad luck last year, they are likely to make the playoffs! So based on that alone, I am optimistic… or at least hopeful.

Despite the so-called “darkness” of this site, there is a genuine loyalty to the team here. Sometimes you just have to use a bit of a filter. We despise DM for a reason, and I think perhaps there’s a universal, unspoken fear that if the “Second Law of Thermodynamics” freak season were to happen and the Royals advanced to post-season play, we’d be stuck with him for years to come because he’d somehow look like a genius to the FO. It’s just an observation.

Anyway, thanks again for posting.