Royals Links: Lineup Chatter, Escobar, Royals Hall of Fame, Taboo of Beauty
by Freneau on Mar 23, 2011 2:01 PM EDT
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Print- Lineup! - Royals Authority
- Royals’ lineup finally falling into place - KansasCity.com
- 14 for 77: Reshuffling the Top 35 prior to the season
- Alex Gordon Hitting Profile - Royals Review
- Royally Speaking: Expected
- Royalscentricity: Equating Your Royals To A Character In The Wire: The Dayton Moore Edition
- Royals Kingdom: Royals Wild Cards for 2011: #3 Alcides Escobar
- Rany on the Royals: My Royals Hall Of Fame Ballot.
Baseball:
- 2011 Organizational Rankings: #26 – Cleveland | FanGraphs Baseball
- In Which I React To FanGraphs Organizational Rankings - The Crawfish Boxes
- Podcast Ep. 10 Featuring Interviews With Will Carroll & Dave Cameron - Beyond the Box Score
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Will, where do you find all these stories?
You have a very eclectic literary bent. Okay, the Guardian’s not too out there, but Magasin?
batter nine you sucky
by marbotty on Mar 23, 2011 2:23 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Or Axess, rather
batter nine you sucky
by marbotty on Mar 23, 2011 2:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Will must roll his head across the keyboard
on google and hit “I’m feeling lucky”.
Obviously, you are not a golfer.
Arts and Letters Daily
is the best site on the web that doesn’t produce its own original work.
"America is a nation without a distinct criminal class, with the possible exception of Congress." --Mark Twain
I'll just note here
that this particular link is NSFW.
But it's art!!
(Which is kind of the whole point of the article)
Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!
He was going in for a "tryout" but I don't think anything ever came out of it (or is even possible, IMO)
Not sure he even was there with the team (at least not yet). Daily Wiz hasn’t mentioned it, anyways.
The whole problem with the world is that fools & fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Mar 23, 2011 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Heard a short clip of an interview
After he had some sort of workout with them, something to the effect of “they are miles ahead of me.”
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some comments over at the Wiz site that Ocho
trying to switch to soccer would be (at best) be like Jordan trying to switch to baseball. Even if he dedicated himself, despite being an amazing athlete, you can’t just jump in and compete with the pro’s.
If anything, football is a sport you can switch too, not from. Bo and Deion did it, but they played both football and baseball in college.
The whole problem with the world is that fools & fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Mar 23, 2011 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Some video clips in a KC news spot
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6250413
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5XtsFFORKY
The whole problem with the world is that fools & fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Mar 23, 2011 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Not too happy with no Betemit or Cain the the line up.
I am not surprised by this at all though.
Best Line up IMO.
CF-Cain
2B-Aviles
DH-Butler
1B-Kila
3B-Betemit
RF-Cabrera
LF-Gordon
C-Pena
SS-Escobar.
I think I would actually swap Frency for Melky
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by averagegatsby on Mar 23, 2011 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Ditto
Hating Zack Greinke irrationally since 2010.
by royaldaddy on Mar 24, 2011 12:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Figured they would hit about the same
Melky would be better in the field though.
thats debatable also
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by averagegatsby on Mar 24, 2011 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Lineup Chatter
According to that link, Aviles is going to lead off, because he swings a “magic wand”. “Getzie” (WTFie?) and “Esky” (seriously?) are going to alternate hitting 2nd (with the other hitting 9th) depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher. Kila is hitting cleanup. Alex and Frenchy are going to hit 6th and 7th (again depending on the pitcher).
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Mar 23, 2011 3:49 PM EDT reply actions
It was Hillman's doing, and Hillman was Moore's doing, so
just another thing our incompetent GM can't do
The whole problem with the world is that fools & fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Mar 23, 2011 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Broken Bat Single got Facebook Fan'd - makes you appreciate the relative geniuses we all are here
sr80 (anonymous) says…
What about Grienke,that was a total loss.I don’t see how he could be worth that much.Where is some common sense?!
March 21, 2011 at 1:03 p.m.
nscott (Nick Scott) replies…
I’m not sure I understand your comment. Are you saying the Royals got a good return for Greinke? If so, i agree. Not sure what you mean by “total loss”. Could you expound on that?
March 21, 2011 at 1:33 p.m.
sr80 (anonymous) replies…
last year he was terrible! like 10-15,his emotional problems,all the royals did was get him prepared for big time! which is what he got.Oh Well!
March 22, 2011 at 9:59 a.m.
nscott (Nick Scott) replies…
I really have no idea what you are saying. Greinke was one of the best pitchers in the American League. He didn’t have emotional problems last year either.
March 22, 2011 at 10:47 a.m.
sr80 (anonymous) replies…
you are such a loyal fan you can see no wrong! tell me of one player with that record that gets treated that good and leading the AL aint nothing to brag about!
March 22, 2011 at 10:53 a.m.
nscott (Nick Scott) replies…
I honestly don’t understand the words you are typing. But if you’re referring to his win loss record, I don’t care nor do I even know what it was. It’s the least important and most skewed stat in the world of baseball. YOu won’t ever hear me talk about pitcher wins other than to dissparage them in this blog. It’s a confusing, convoluted stat with absolutely no value whatsoever.
Can’t see no wrong? Trust me, I criticise all over the place and it’s often deserved. Tos ay that Greinke wasn’t good in 2010 is beyond incorrect and so I’ll call that out. He was extremely good.
“leading the AL ain’t nothing to brag about”
I understand all of those words, but the order you put them in makes no sense to me.
March 22, 2011 at 10:57 a.m.
sr80 (anonymous) replies…
I give up! Thanks for your opinions,you definitely know Ball! Later!
March 22, 2011 at 12:07 p.m.
sr80 (anonymous) replies…
O Yeah !!! The AL aint nothin!!!
March 22, 2011 at 12:10 p.m.
Royals (anonymous) replies…
I’m with Nick. I don’t understand what you’re trying to say sr80?
March 22, 2011 at 2:24 p.m.
The whole problem with the world is that fools & fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Mar 23, 2011 4:02 PM EDT reply actions
.
I take it back
The whole problem with the world is that fools & fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Mar 23, 2011 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Just Got Back
From the pool; anyone else listening?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
Guess not
I also guess we are using this as the game thread?
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Mar 23, 2011 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm Assembling Soup
But I’m listening.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 23, 2011 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
My guess
is that he was on a pitch count. Too bad there’s no Pitch F/X today – so I can’t really tell how many pitches he threw. Collins worked out of that jam pretty good though…..
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Mar 23, 2011 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
When Are These
Doubles becoming HRs for Butler?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
I'll settle for the doubles
He leads the 2010s (“teens”, I suppose) in 2Bs and I wouldn’t mind at all if he keeps hitting lots of them. Not that I have anything against home runs.
Did we ever decide on a name for the last decade? The “aughts” is probably the best. When I was a little kid Uncle Jack and Uncle Jimmy and Grandmother used to talk about “nineteen-aught-seven.”
"America is a nation without a distinct criminal class, with the possible exception of Congress." --Mark Twain
After the Butler Double
Tie game, 3-3, with the Royals still batting in the 5th
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Mar 23, 2011 5:48 PM EDT reply actions
Dominator Triple!
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Mar 23, 2011 5:51 PM EDT reply actions
I Hope We
See that sequence a lot this season.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 23, 2011 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions
We Got Chad!
Circling the drain since 2005!
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
Indians waving the white flag
Now, even Frenchy and Pena have doubles!
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Mar 23, 2011 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
A Vulgar Display
Of power.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 23, 2011 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Crow Looked Good
Other than that pitch.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 23, 2011 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
.
Sounded good?
The whole problem with the world is that fools & fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Mar 23, 2011 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounded Like He
He looked good. I thought about that.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 23, 2011 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Mitch Batting 2nd
Is OK, but Getz leading off makes my teeth hurt.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
Interesting, possibly meaningless, items from Spring Training so far
1) Is Melky’s ridiculous spring (and weight loss) a sign that last year was a fluke?
2) Is Escobar really going to hit for some power?
3) Has Mendoza turned a corner and become a useful reliever?
4) Is this Gordon’s “real” breakout year?
Bingo
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 23, 2011 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly my thoughts
I’m holding out hope that Melky will play well enough to generate some trade value. But I hold no illusions that Mendoza will ever be an MLB quality pitcher.
not 3
I’d be more inclined to believe Butler will steal 10 bases this year than in Mendoza being “useful”.
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Mar 23, 2011 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
the only thing i have to say about mendoza this spring
is that the Pitch F/x made him look like he has a good sinker.
it's situations like this where i really want gordon to progress
runners in scoring position with 2 outs. just need to know that he is capable of performing when he needs to perform and not one off situations where the game is out of hand and the runs don’t matter.
Do these effectively hide my thunder?
How Bad Must
The pitches be when Frogger draws a 4 pitch walk?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
2 walks for Frenchy?
He’ll never have a better game than this!!!
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Mar 23, 2011 6:31 PM EDT reply actions
walking alcides to get to getz?
don't they know getz has warning track power?!
Do these effectively hide my thunder?
Aargh! Dutton Says
Getz will bat 2nd. He’s not good enough to bat 10th.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
He'll only be platooning, batting 9th the other days
Maybe that takes it from Abominably Bad to Really Bad?
The whole problem with the world is that fools & fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Mar 23, 2011 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
He Bats Left
So that’s approximately 75% abominable.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 23, 2011 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
We should be careful what we wish for
You know who’s going to bat #2 in about a month? We’ll wish it were Getz/Escobar platooning.
The whole problem with the world is that fools & fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Mar 24, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Paul Phillips
has his revenge…….7-5 Royals with Indians still batting in the 8th.
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Mar 23, 2011 7:05 PM EDT reply actions
Choo
This guy just kills Royals pitching………Game tied 7-7
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Mar 23, 2011 7:11 PM EDT reply actions
and 2 batters into the bottom of the 9th
game over – Royals lose 8-7……Nice going SOS……
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Mar 23, 2011 7:29 PM EDT reply actions
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