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An Encouraging Early Sign: Ned Yost is Using the Right Relievers
I'm going to write this post now, while it is still possible to do so... For now, the Royal bullpen looks not only good, but also well-managed. As James Burke once said of Europe under Charlemagne, things have taken a dramatic turn towards the so-so. In general, the best pitchers are pitching more...
Anger Sweeps Across The Land As Royal Bullpen Blows Another Greinke Start
That was a true team loss tonight, a franchise loss. Ultimately, all there really is to say, is that when games like this one become routine, your baseball team is unacceptable. When the fans were booing in the eighth, I think many of them were booing the entire situation, as opposed to just one...
Royals Explode For Ten Runs, Salvage A Game in Minnesota
This was really three separate games: a surprising 7-3 Royal laugher, a tight 7-5 game that looked like a familiar meltdown, then a 10-5 laugher again. Baseball games man, baseball games. I've got to be fair to Hillman here. Since a real low point last summer, he's really started to use Soria in...
Royal Bullpen Blows Big Lead, Bitterly Betrays Brian Bannister
Remember when we thought Dayton Moore was gifted at constructing good bullpens? This sentiment peaked in 2008, with the emergence of Ramon Ramirez, who complimented Soria and the handful of lesser lights who had given the Royals competent to good bullpens in '07 and '08. It makes sense, right?...
Weekend Royals Links: Maier, Meche, A Stout Squad in Omaha, and the Baseball Card Bubble
I'm actually out in San Francisco this weekend for a wedding, so I can only hope nothing interesting happens with the Royals today or tomorrow. Royals: Maier forced to fight for backup role | royals.com: News Five Pitchers and a Schedule - Royals Authority Stiff shoulder nixes Meche's next start...
Royals Give Us One Last Heartbreaker... Maybe
Because you want the ball in Dusty Hughes' hand with the game on the line, with all of baseball watching. A number of people mentioned in the game thread that Greinke seemed a little bit off today. Still, through five innings, he'd held the Twins scoreless, and allowed just two hits. Things got...
Royals Hold On Late Against A's
Yes, the Royals won a game that Kyle Davies, Roman Colon, Jamey Wright, John Bale and Kyle Farnsworth all pitched in. Thank you, Joakim Soria and a flukey Royals offense that managed four runs somehow. In an amazing/predictable turn none of the Colon-Wright-Bale-Farnsworth foursome was actually...
Luke Hochevar Dazzles as Royals End Losing Streak
Luke Hochevar pitched the game of his life en route to a rare win for the Royals. Hochevar struck out 13 Rangers Saturday night, against zero walks and just five hits. I'm absolutely floored by Luke's performance tonight. Floored. In Hochevar's last three starts, he's struck out 27 batters and...
Ponson & Chen Not as Incredibly Horrible as Expected, But Royals Swept Anyway
I think the Angels just scored again. And congrats to Soria on another brilliant mopup performance. When this guy starts warming up, you can just mark it down as a win... for the other team. Soria has appeared in tied and one-run games six times total. He's also appeared in games with a four-run...
Trey Hillman: An Emblem for a Stubborn and Backwards Franchise
The Trey Hillmans and Dayton Moores of the world always tell us about the magical and mystical world of baseball. They describe it as a game played in a kind of manly tableau of romance, a strange concoction of male heroism -- you have to look into a guy's eyes now and then -- and a well-wrought...
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