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Dayton Moore trivia time

I though it would be a nice break from gazing hopefully towards the upcoming season and look back, perhaps fondly, upon the disasters that were Royals seasons of old.

So I decided to do a little digging and come up with a fun question for you, one that a quick Google search shouldn't provide the answer too.

Star-divide

I think we've all come to accept, in our own way, that Dayton Moore is perhaps not the best judge of major league talent.

and because I hate myself, I decided to see how bad.

Much like God judging Soddam and Gommorah, I set a totally arbitrary limit for making this post, if Moore had signed more position players with league average OBP over 200 or more AB's in a season (.350 give or take) than years he has had his job, then I wouldn't bother. Incidentally, just like God, this left me looking for 5 people who had not strayed from the path of patience.

Since you're reading this, you can probably imagine how that turned out. I was unable to find 5 players.

In fact, I was able to find 4. Gregor Blanco came tantalizingly close, but ultimately did not get enough at bats.

So your trivia question for the day is this:

4 Players fit the criteria. Who were they?

Small hint: None of them currently play for the Royals.

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Does this surprise you?
No
4 votes
Not really
10 votes
Are you kidding? Of course not
12 votes
Not Sure
3 votes

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My guesses...

Mark Grudzielanek, Scott Podsednik, Matt Treanor, and since I can’t think of a fourth other than this one, Jason Kendall.

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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 17, 2012 3:15 AM EST reply actions  

Shit. I should have been able to think of the non-Kendall later one.

Grudzielanek OBPed .346 and .345 in 2007 and 2008.

I’m pissed at myself for missing the other two.

Gathright actually had a .371 OBP in 261 PAs in 2007 but only had 228 ABs.

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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 17, 2012 3:25 AM EST up reply actions  

You got two of them.

Pods and Gathright.
Grudz was acquired by Baird and Treanor ended up with a sub .340 OBP
Two to go. Another hint, both were traded away from the Royals.

"We don’t have guys with a long history of being effective in the seventh and eighth innings."
~Trey Hillman, master of understatements.

by RoyalPug on Feb 17, 2012 4:47 AM EST via mobile up reply actions  

I would say Dougie

but he wasn’t traded was he?

Don't Stop Believing!

by KC Chris on Feb 17, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Also correct!

Good catch, I miscalculated the monthly splits on Traenor.
So 5.
and unlike Soddam and Gommorah, Dayton lives to see another year.

"We don’t have guys with a long history of being effective in the seventh and eighth innings."
~Trey Hillman, master of understatements.

by RoyalPug on Feb 18, 2012 3:51 AM EST up reply actions  

Wilson Betemit

"Trying is the first step to sucking" -Jimmy Chance

by KHAZAD on Feb 17, 2012 6:23 AM EST reply actions  

Callaspo?

"Trying is the first step to sucking" -Jimmy Chance

by KHAZAD on Feb 17, 2012 6:27 AM EST reply actions  

Correct on both

Betemit and Callaspo were the other two.

"We don’t have guys with a long history of being effective in the seventh and eighth innings."
~Trey Hillman, master of understatements.

by RoyalPug on Feb 17, 2012 1:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Ryan Shealy?

Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!

by cmkeller on Feb 17, 2012 8:33 AM EST reply actions  

Esteban German?

Or was he a Baird pickup?

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Feb 17, 2012 9:33 AM EST reply actions  

There is no "yes" option in this poll

That’s even more confusing than the presence of “not sure”

by KSinDC on Feb 17, 2012 5:24 PM EST reply actions  

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