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Hillman's Fantasy: Small-Ball Royals Bury White Sox
Love is an amazing thing. It makes you patient when you shouldn't be. It makes you faithful and hopeful, when all the evidence says you shouldn't be. For most of the season, the Royals have done their damnedest to get St. Willie Bloomquist into the lineup as much as possible. And they aren't just...
King-Sized Letdown as Royals Blasted by A's in Long-Awaited Luke Hochevar Debut
I know you're angry! (Harvey Milk voice) I'm angry! But hey, Cleveland is 12-22! (crowd cheers madly) ## So, it was another loss, only this one was a laugher, a game that was over by the third inning. Hochevar made all of our whining and pining look pretty silly, though he also looked like a...
Royals Acquire Mike Jacobs for Some Reason
It was inescapable: KANSAS CITY -- The Royals acquired power-hitting first baseman Mike Jacobs from the Florida Marlins on Thursday for right-handed reliever Leo Nunez. Jacobs, who turned 28 on Thursday, should answer the Royals' need for a proven power hitter. He had career highs of 32 home...
1B/DH Madness Update, or Shealy Now!
With the annual September privilege of expanded rosters, the Royals promoted forgotten savior Ryan Shealy and internet hero Kila Ka'aihue. With supposed prospect Billy Butler and Everyday Ross Gload (who started something like 400 consecutive games for Hillman) the most impotent team of the decade...
Impotence Update
Last season the Royals hit only 102 home runs, the lowest total in the Majors by a wide margin (Minnesota was 29th with 118) and 59 below the American League average of 161. (Oddly, the NL out-homered the AL last year, a signal of how many "defense/small ball first" wiseacres now reside in the...
40-51
You could make an hour long blooper reel out of this game winning records follow good bullpens by slayor on Jul 9, 2008 12:15 AM EDT reply Obligatory fangraphs representation of events: via www.fangraphs.com Your WPA game MVPs are Gordon, German and Aviles. Butler's GIDP bunt...
Gil Meche Everyone
<!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2008 - Gil Meche 6-9 18 18 0 0 0 0 108.1 109 59 57 13 37 82 4.74 1.35 <!-- END WIDGET --> Not a terrible effort (4 ER in 6 IP) from Gil, but not...
Game 83 Overflow Thread
Trailing 5-3 and with Grienke at 86 pitches, naturally you bring in beloved former-Brave Horacio Ramirez. All the teeth-gnashing we did when Moore pointlessly acquired him now seems justified. He hasn't stayed in the minors and he hasn't pitched in mop-up situations solamente either.
Auto-Interview II
This morning, over oatmeal and blueberry pancakes, Royals Review breakfasted with longtime blogger Royals Review at the Royals Review Midwestern-Eastern Headquarters on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. The last time we did this the 2007 season was just getting started. What has changed since...
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