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Following the Royals Top Prospects: 5/6-5/12
I decided to not add Bianchi to this list, at least not right now. He is only hitting .255 with a .288 OBP, and he will have to hit a lot better than that to have any future with this organization. It is interesting that Bianchi is playing the majority of his games at 2B, and Colon is playing the...
Following the Royals Top Prospects: 4/22-4/28
The Royals starting pitching has been pretty terrible these past six games, and fans are calling for someone to get promoted. I don't think Montgomery or Duffy should get promoted until June, for I would like to keep them cost-controlled for as many years as possible. Instead, I think the Royals...
Blogging with the Enemy: Questions for the KC Star's Joe Posnanski
As Rany Jazayerli wrote last week, Kansas City has been home to some of the best sportswriters on the planet. And I would add that they're some of the most generous. The staff of the Kansas City Star has been berry, berry good to BYB over the past couple of weeks. Last week, I posted my...
BYB Does Ball Star
As a footnote to yesterday's interview with the Kansas City Star's Sam Mellinger, he only agreed to be interviewed by me if I would answer a few questions for him, as well. Sam really had to twist my arm, as you know how I prefer not to talk about myself. That's why I got into blogging, to keep...
Desperately Seeking Closure
Moneyball theory says that the closer position is basically interchangeable. For years, whether it was Billy Taylor, Jason Isringhausen, Billy Koch or Keith Foulke, the pitcher given the task to close out the 9th inning of games for Oakland didn't really seem to belabor the issue. Then came Arthur...
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