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Mysteriously, Royals Acquire Josh Anderson on Trade Deadline Eve
What is there left to say at this point? Dayton's the most reliable man in baseball right now. We started making jokes about his position player ideas two years ago, and the hits just keep on coming. As the cliche goes, it would be funny, if it wasn't so sad. Many will want to believe that the...
Positive Thoughts Open Thread
We've (meaning mostly "I've") gotta mix it up a little bit, if only for a few hours on a Saturday morning at the very least. I think in the last four or five days I've probably set some kind of record for most consistently sustained bitterness in blog posts, comments, twitter potshots, etc....
There is no Premium on Ideas, or, The Battle For Grass Creek is Not Alone
I wasn't going to write anything about Buzz Bissinger and his petulant, sanctimonious, and ill-informed rage. Not that I didn't care, far from it in fact; it actually ruined my day yesterday. Being told, even indirectly, "you suck" for the millionth time, by someone who in some sense you respect,...
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...
Jenn Sterger is a Better Writer Than Me And What It Has To Do With Buddy Bell
As Adam Sandler once sang, "someone kill me please". Your humble blogger does his best to write about the Royals twice a day for the entire 162 game season; which isn't easy considering the Royals are the worst team in baseball and on many nights aren't even half-way interesting. Most of the time...
Some Hither, Others Yon
Greinke Watch: Apparently, Jay Jaffe has been reading Royals Review too. In the latest edition of the Baseball Prospectus Hit-List, which ranked the Royals as the 30th best team in baseball, Jaffe wrote: Given Zack Greinke's struggles (9.90 ERA since June 1, 6.09 overall, to go with a 1-10 record),...
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