the hopelessness era Stories - Royals Review
Dayton Moore Tells Fans to Trust the Process, Ignore Reality
One of my favorite things about Dayton Moore is how he's always right there to tell you how awesome he is. "Let’s just trust the process. If other people don’t want to trust the process, that’s fine. If other people want to abandon the process, then abandon it. I’m not...
Hillman Grilled as Royals Lose Ninth Straight
This was a very difficult game for the Royals to lose, but they found a way. You might not be the lead highlight on Sportscenter just for blowing a 6-2 lead in the 7th inning, but it's still a massive collapse. Team's up by four runs with nine outs to go have about a 96% chance of holding on. ...
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...
The Royals Can Never Just Make a Mistake Once
The Royals never just mess up. No, they fail, then they fail again, then they fail again. They keep failing because they never think they're wrong. I swear, if you scripted the last three months, or the last fifteen years, nobody outside Tyler Perry would find it believable. Pick an area of the...
Trend Spotting: Royals Actually Involved in All-Star Game?
While Royals fans are understandably upset that Zack Greinke won't be starting tonight's All-Star Game, he's a lock to pitch at least an inning. He's been a story all week, and he's rightly earned a reputation as one of the best pitchers in baseball. He's going to a prominent part of the early...
Comparing the Royals Through 76 Games During the Hopelessness Era
I'd like to introduce a new phrase: The Hopelessness Era. What's that you ask? The Hopelessness Era is the period which began in 2004, when we all stopped believing in the Royals, right after the 2003 bubble burst. In 2004, when it became evident that the Royals were still very very far away, how...
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