2006 royals Stories - Royals Review
A Surprising Royal Constant: Mitch Maier Playing in Game 162
Mitch Maier has been a sometime, part-time, Royal since 2006. He's been around for years, but has never quite been a regular player, as his career high in plate appearances is 2010's 421. The situation was crystallized this season, when the Royals kept Maier on the roster for the entire year, and...
Thursday Royals Links: Forever Yost
Royals: The Royal Tower: TRT's 2010 Prospect List - #10 and #11 Royal Reflections: Q & A with Omaha Royals' GM Martie Cordaro Rany on the Royals: Problems and (Potential) Solutions in Center Field. Broken Bat Single: 2009 Second Base Position Review Royal Reflections: Zack Greinke: Start 4 of...
Reviewing Dayton Moore at the Trade Deadline: 2006
As we approach this year's trade deadline, it's useful to look back at Dayton Moore's deadline track record. In the first of three posts, we look at Dayton's first trade deadline: 2006. The Royals hired Dayton Moore during the 2006 season. Moore was hired on May 30th and officially took over on...
It's Time To Start Asking Some Tough Questions About the Kansas City Royals & Dayton Moore
Did you enjoy the happy times? I hope so, because it looks like they are over. Looking back at the calendar -- and this is a little bit like trying to isolate a major historical period, such as, say, the Dark Ages -- this humble historian would label The Good Times as beginning roughly on April...
Slumping Royals Searching for Answers
Yuck. Thank God we've got a day game tomorrow, because I don't think anyone feels good right now. How did everything collapse this quickly? Yes, it is slightly cherry-picked, but here we go: First 29 games: 18-11 Next 23 games: 5-18 That's a completely brutal stretch. That's 2006 Royals bad. That's...
Former Royals on Opening Day
Royals fans may have had to wait an extra twenty four hours for the first pitch of the season, but that didn't mean a few of our old favorites weren't involved in the pageantry of Opening Day. Carlos Beltran went 1-4 (single) and was charged with an error. It seems like he was never a...
Reshaping the Roster, A Retrospective: Part II The Pitchers
Last week, we took a look back at the changes Dayton Moore has made to the big league roster since taking over during the 2006 season, specifically the position players. Part II examines the pitching staff, which has been subject to a much more radical transformation. Dayton Moore inherited a bad...
Reshaping the Roster, A Retrospective: Part I The Position Players
With the trade deadline looming and the continued pursuit of the roster/organization on everyone's mind it's worthwhile to take a look at the moves Dayton Moore has already made. Part I takes a look at how the position players with the big club. Stay tuned for Part II (big league pitchers) and...
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