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Crown Gems on a Sunday (Links, News, and Notes)
July 26, 2009 by
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Cleaning up some odds and ends from the last several days. In this issue of Crown Gems you will find: RSS feed reminder, Jose Guillen to the DL, a link to a Joe Posnanski post, more TPJ news, Omaha Royals stadium news (a bit late), and an update on Ka’aihue. I have opted...
Greinke Remains Favorite for AL Cy Young Award
July 25, 2009 by
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The way things stand now, Felix Hernandez and Roy Halladay are Zack Greinke’s only legitimate competition for the 2009 AL Cy Young Award. Taking a look at the stats, Greinke is the clear cut favorite to win the award despite playing on an awful team. Now is a perfect time...
Dayton’s Delusion and Historic Ineptitude
July 24, 2009 by
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I mentioned in yesterday’s post that our front office is apparently subject to massive delusions. Many of you who read other Royals blogs are already aware of our GM’s quotes so I apologize for the redundancy contained herein. To minimize said redundancy, I thought...
Jason Godin Promoted to NW Arkansas
July 23, 2009 by
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Strange things are happening in the Royals minor league system these days. Quality pitching performances are popping up all over the place. Yesterday I wrote about Michael Montgomery and John Lamb. Today a lesser known Royals farm hand was promoted to NW Arkansas after pitching...
Michael Montgomery and John Lamb - R2R a Royals Fan (Volume 4)
July 22, 2009 by
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I recognize that I am double dipping by going back to Mike Montgomery, who was reason #6 in Volume 2, but he deserves some additional attention in lieu of his promotion to the Wilmington Blue Rocks today. After watching Bruce Chen and Sidney Ponson pitch yesterday, I needed to find...
Injuries, Excuses, and Sucking - Guillen and Meche Quotes
July 21, 2009 by
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The Royals’ season got a little more bizarre with some of the quotes being thrown out there over the last several days.
First off we learned from Dayton Moore that Trey Hillman would “absolutely” be back for the 2010 season. The dreaded vote of confidence has been...
Pitching Perspectives (7/6-7/19)
July 20, 2009 by
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Due to the All-Star break and my vacation last week, this edition of Pitching Perspectives covers the last 2 weeks of the season. The Royals are now 37-54, in 4th place, and 11.5 games back of the 1st place Detroit Tigers. Their 2-8 record in their last 10 games is the worst in the...
Sunday Links, News, and Notes
July 19, 2009 by
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Sunday is traditionally a day of rest, but for yours truly, it is typically a day of site maintenance, networking, and all things Kings of Kauffman that don’t directly relate to writing an article. One of my main goals for today was to add some sites to my blogroll/favorite...
Sunday Links, News, and Notes
July 19, 2009 by
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Sunday is traditionally a day of rest, but for yours truly, it is typically a day of site maintenance, networking, and all things Kings of Kauffman that don’t directly relate to writing an article. One of my main goals for today was to add some sites to my blogroll/favorite...
Sunday Links, News, and Notes
July 19, 2009 by
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Sunday is traditionally a day of rest, but for yours truly, it is typically a day of site maintenance, networking, and all things Kings of Kauffman that don’t directly relate to writing an article. One of my main goals for today was to add some sites to my blogroll/favorite...
Gamer Gil Lands on DL - Here Comes Sir Sidney
July 18, 2009 by
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With Tony Pena Jr. gone I have felt like a ship without a rudder for the last day or so. Who could possibly fill the role as the Kings of Kauffman least favorite Royals player (KoKLFRP)? Today it became official. Gil Meche was placed on the DL with a lower back injury and he was [...]
Gamer Gil Lands on DL - Here Comes Sir Sidney
July 18, 2009 by
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With Tony Pena Jr. gone I have felt like a ship without a rudder for the last day or so. Who could possibly fill the role as the Kings of Kauffman least favorite Royals player (KoKLFRP)? Today it became official. Gil Meche was placed on the DL with a lower back injury and he was [...]
Reasons to Remain a Royals Fan (Volume 3) TPJ Edition
July 16, 2009 by
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The inevitable finally happened today. Tony Pena Jr. has been designated for assignment by the Kansas City Royals. I will keep this somewhat brief since I have dedicated far too many words on this site chronicling my feelings on lil Pena.
So lets take a deep breath, then smile...
Reasons to Remain a Royals Fan (Volume 3) TPJ Edition
July 16, 2009 by
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The inevitable finally happened today. Tony Pena Jr. has been designated for assignment by the Kansas City Royals. I will keep this somewhat brief since I have dedicated far too many words on this site chronicling my feelings on lil Pena.
So lets take a deep breath, then smile...
Reasons to Remain a Royals Fan (Volume 3) TPJ Edition
July 16, 2009 by
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The inevitable finally happened today. Tony Pena Jr. has been designated for assignment by the Kansas City Royals. I will keep this somewhat brief since I have dedicated far too many words on this site chronicling my feelings on lil Pena.
So lets take a deep breath, then smile...
Reasons to Remain a Royals Fan (Volume 2)
July 14, 2009 by
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It is the All-Star break, and I am still on vacation so I wanted to continue sending positive thoughts out to Royals fans everywhere. Volume 2 of Reasons to Remain a Royals Fan takes a shotgun approach with a little All-Star game news, a little post-break anticipation, and some statistical...
Reasons to Remain a Royals Fan (Volume 1)
July 13, 2009 by
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People have given up. The bandwagon that was crowded in early May now stands empty up on cinderblocks in a field. The Royals haven’t won 90 or more games since 1989 when they were 92-70. Since the 1989 season they have a W-L record of 1,461-1,797 which is good for a 0...
2007 Draft Class (Rounds 26-50)
July 12, 2009 by
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Back again to complete the review of the 2007 draft class. This time we will be covering picks 26-50.
RHP-Nat Lovell (26/786) Fresno CC (California)
Signed with the Royals, but never appeared in an actual game at any level within the organization.
RHP-Dane Secott (27/816) Minnesota...
KoK On Vacation
July 11, 2009 by
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Taking the night off folks, kicking back on vacation in the Ozarks tonight. Be back in action tomorrow!
Royals Deal for Yuniesky Betancourt
July 10, 2009 by
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Today the Royals made an attempt to fill the gaping hole they have at SS by acquiring 27 year old Yuniesky Betancourt and cash from the Seattle Mariners. Acquiring Betancourt came at a cost as Dayton Moore had to give up RHP-Daniel Cortes and LHP-Derrick Saito.
Yuniesky Betancourt...
Latin American Signings (Update of the top 25)
July 09, 2009 by
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Now that it has been a week since teams were allowed to officially sign this year’s crop of Latin American free agents, I thought I would take the time to recap the action. This list is based off of Baseball America’s list of top 25 prospects, ranked in terms of their...
Inconceivable and Inexcusable
July 08, 2009 by
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The move occurred before last night’s game, but I couldn’t bring myself to write about it until today. I was busy applying pressure to my head to keep it from exploding when I heard the news and read the quotes. To make room for Ryan Freel, Luis Hernandez was designated...
Pitching Perspectives (6/29-7/5)
July 07, 2009 by
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The Royals finished the week with a 3-4 record and at the end of the week were 35-46 on the season. They remain in 4th place in the AL Central.
The Rotation:
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
HR
PC
ERA
WHIP
Zack Greinke
6.0
9
4
2
1
6
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82
3.00
1.67...
Roster Moves: Buck, Hulett, and Freel
July 06, 2009 by
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C-John Buck has been activated from the DL. To make room for him, the Royals have optioned Tug Hulett back to Triple-A Omaha. Hulett has a grand total of 1 hit in 14 AB over 12 G this year. Even though he is more versatile than Buck, Tug won’t be missed, except by TPJ...
Central Processing - OBP
July 06, 2009 by
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If you follow the Royals you probably know how this story plays out before we even get started. There is no way to sugar coat this one. It’s bad, real bad. Read on to see how the division shapes up in terms of team OBP and how each team’s top 5 OBP players stack up [...]
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