2008 royals Stories - Royals Review
Optimism and Anxiety Mingle Uneasily in Forecasting 2009 Royals
So here we are again, at the start of another year. I believe that it is a convention of the genre that I post some kind of thought out preview post here, along with a prediction for the season. So I will oblige. To be honest with you, dear reader, I was more excited about the Royals last season...
Gil Meche, Fluke or Development?
I lack the technical skills to construct a fancy, and eye-saving table. So we'll do this the hard way: Fluke, or Development? ERA 2007: 3.67; Car: 4.44 ERA+ 2007: 128; Car: 101 Road ERA 2007: 3.47; Car: 4.98 WHIP 2007: 1.30; Car: 1.41 K/9 2007: 6.50; Car: 6.38 K/BB 2007: 2.52; Car: 1.72 G/F...
Wake Me Up in 2010
Remember when the AL Central always had some combination of two awful teams, two mediocre teams, and one OK team? At the turn of the century you could build an 83 win ballclub -- against an unbalanced, sissified AL Central schedule mind you -- in this division and be in the pennant race until the...
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