Royal Link Roundup: They're Playing Games Now
by Freneau on Feb 27, 2011 10:28 PM EST
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So I'm reading this article minding my own business...
That Star Article About Escobar
When I suddenly came across this quote:
"Yuni did a great job for us last year. He really did. He did a nice job for us offensively. He was very solid defensively, but this kid is more rangy. Yuni would make big plays when you needed him to make big plays. But this kid is going to have more range. He’s going to get to more balls. Yuni had a good arm; this kid has a cannon for an arm." – Ned Yost
My jaw-dropped reaction while reading said quote:
Ok Ned, please tell us you don’t realllllly think Yuni brought anything to the table or made us better? He made the big plays? WHAT!?!? He’s gone now, we don’t have to kiss his ass for the PR. I really hope he can evaluate talent better than that.
Haters gonna hate!
Go Royals, Chiefs and Blues!
by theroyalblues on Feb 27, 2011 10:53 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Terrifying.
Haters gonna hate!
Go Royals, Chiefs and Blues!
by theroyalblues on Feb 27, 2011 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
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if only for the funny cat vid.
"Crimes don't pay no one but the lawyers." --Last words of executed murderer Ernest Gaither Jr., 1947
What's he supposed to say? Yuni sucks ass, please he's not gonna do that unless he is
Ozzie Guillen and has something personal against him.
Checkout Royals minor league notes at www.14for77.blogspot.com
Come on dude...
kcscoliny, I’m a big fan, but you know as well as I do that there’s a big gap between saying Yuni had a “great year” and that he “sucks ass”.
It just worries me if he seriously thinks that he was great. Hopefully you’re right though, I suppose that just because he says one thing to the media, doesn’t mean he isn’t thinking something else.
Then again, this is the same Ned who made Kendall a permanent fixture at the #2 slot.
I’m just nervous is all.
Haters gonna hate!
Go Royals, Chiefs and Blues!
by theroyalblues on Feb 28, 2011 1:39 AM EST up reply actions
Ned is far from good and hitting Kendall is idiotic
but this org isn’t the White Sox and they are going to say nice things about every player on the team and past. If GMDM won’t say negative things about Guillen then you aren’t going to hear it about Yuni who didn’t stir the pot at all from what we hear.
They got him included in the trade and paid to get rid of him. That says enough to me that they recognized he needed to go to help the defense now if only they would start recognizing that stuff prior to getting players like that.
Checkout Royals minor league notes at www.14for77.blogspot.com
Absolutely right...
This organization will never badmouth a former player unless he’s lazy/a jerk. As for Kendall, everyone needs to repeat: “last year and this year do not matter”. Kendall’s performance is irrelevant. In my opinion the organization doesn’t believe that may or Pena will be starting catcher on the next royals playoff team. I agree with that. And there’s not much trade value there either. Kendall is a Royal for one reason only: to show the young players how to be professional: how to show up to play every day. His toughness gets mocked here because he’s so very bad at everything else and because there seems to be some broad inarticulate belief that toughness and skill are mutually exclusive. Toughness isn’t valuable in and of itself, but if he can help instruct toughness to those with skill, then his presence will be more valuable than whatever difference may or pena might provide with the bat. Again: this year doesn’t matter. Folks shouldn’t get so worked up about kendall’s presence.
by billexgordler on Feb 28, 2011 11:16 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yes, Jason Kendall, even hurt, has shown the young guys how to be professional even when dealing with the vicious KC media
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by Matt Klaassen on Feb 28, 2011 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
There are plenty of good players that are tough.
Why go for the tough and nothing else option in Kendall?
Zack Greinke asks you to rewind yourself.
but this org isn’t the White Sox and they are going to say nice things about every player on the team and past
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
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by Warden11 on Feb 28, 2011 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
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