In every season and in every sport there is a postseason. In some sports it’s easy to get in, like in basketball. Where 16 of 30 teams get a chance to play for all the glory. In baseball there are exactly half that number that make it. It looks more and more like the White Sox will not be one of those eight. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins
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The month leading up to the July 31st trade deadline was full of rumors. Starting with David DeJesus and Scott Podsednik and ending with Kyle Farnsworth. All the rumors swirled as everyone knew the Royals were going to end up dealing most of their starters away. Podsednik ended up with the Dodgers. DeJesus found himself on the DL. Farnsworth was sent to the Braves in a package with newly activated, Rick Ankiel. Read the rest of this entry >>
Once upon a time in the mid-west Zack Greinke had the lowest run support of any starting pitcher. That was about two months ago. Sometimes he would get a lot of run support and freak out. He would overthrow the ball and give up a lot of walks. Except for the last start that was two months ago. But over the last seven starts he’s been caught up in the perfect storm. Going 5-1 over that stretch, he’s only had one bad outing and that was against the division leading Chicago White Sox. Those same Sox have been on fire so no surprises there. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Chicago White Sox, David DeJesus, Jason Kendall, Kansas City Royals, Scott Podsednik, Zack Greinke
In what is almost certainly going to be a three horse race to the finish the Royals, of all teams, are not completely out of it. Of course there’s no way they make the playoffs but they’re still competing and will likely play the role of spoiler at some point down the stretch. In matchups featuring teams from there own division they seem to hit. But in the games against other divisions the pitching seems to step up. It will be scary if they ever get both facets on the same page especially towards the end of the year when they play the current division leaders most of the time. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Kansas City Royals
The trade rumors have been swirling over the last week or so. Scott Podsednik’s name is rumored to be on the block now. Joining fellow outfielder David DeJesus, Podsednik is the most likely candidate to be moved, from what I’ve been hearing. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: David DeJesus, Kansas City Royals, Scott Podsednik, Trade Rumors
With the trade deadline a little over a month away, it’s time to for the bottom feeders of baseball to have a fire sale. As soon as KC fired coach Trey Hillman the vultures started to circle. There are only a few teams that, at this moment, have very little chance to make a playoff run. Our beloved Royals have that honor. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: David DeJesus, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, Trade Rumors
The Kansas City Royals selected Christian Colon. A shortstop from Cal State-Fullerton, Colon might be just what the doctor ordered. Royals scouts and executives seemed to drool over this kid. I guess Yuniesky Betancourt wasn’t the long term answer at short after all. Read the rest of this entry >>
Ok. This is getting ridiculous. Today marked Zack Greinke’s seventh loss of the season. Not that it came as a surprise, after all, we are still talking about the Royals. I’m pretty sure that he now leads the AL in losses. Quite the opposite from one year ago. He’s cursed with playing on a team that doesn’t score runs for him. At least not when he’s pitching. As was the case today. All 4 runs scored today were after he left the game. I would chalk that up to the opposing pitcher normally but it doesn’t seem to matter who is pitching for the other team. Read the rest of this entry >>
The past weekend reminded me of a couple things that really get under my skin. But before I get into that, allow me to go on a tangent. I am not a person who is easily annoyed. I don’t tend to get all that excited either. I wish I could measure emotions so I could give you a reading. If such an instrument did exist, and the scale was 1 – 100, I would be between 45 and 55 pretty much all day everyday. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Aaron Cook, Colorado Rockies, Dusty Hughes, Interleague Baseball, Jason Giambi, Jeff Francis, Kansas City Royals, Kyle Davies, Troy Tulowitzki, Zack Greinke
The happenings of the Kansas City Royals.
Kyle is a Royals fan stuck in a blood red sea of Cardinal-faithful. This blog is dedicated to future Jose Guillen blow-up's.
