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Barnett Out
Written by Clark Fosler about 4 days ago 0 comments -
End of The Season Odds And Ends
Not much going on in the Royal Universe these days aside from the usual post-season wraps. GMDM and Trey Hillman have been chatting lately and giving their assessment of the season. Hillman, in his press conference at the K, touched on a variety of subje
Written by Clark Fosler about 5 days ago 0 comments -
Fish Or Cut Bait? Omaha Edition
Decision time is nearing for Dayton Moore and the Royals. Soon the seven players currently on the 60 day disabled list will no longer be exempt from counting towards the 40 man roster. Arbitration will loom, tender/non-tender decisions will need to be
Written by Clark Fosler about 5 days ago 0 comments -
Celebrating Mediocrity With The Kansas City Royals
2008 Royals, not looking that bad, but than again not good. Average is Better than bad though so George Robben and Royals' fans can celebrate!
Written by George Robben about 6 days ago 0 comments -
Revisiting Your Shot
Like Clark, I’m trying to get my head around what was a Royal September. Winning 18 of 26 games is certainly impressive, but it feels diminished in my mind thanks to three wins against a Triple-A team (Oakland), four wins against a team that didn’t care
Written by Clark Fosler about 6 days ago 0 comments -
Fool’s Gold or the Real Deal?
How many of you woke up with a bit of an empty feeling this morning? Count me among those of you who felt just a little sad that there was not pitching matchup to ponder this morning or schedule to check. Heck, with the Royals’ season over, we cannot
Written by Clark Fosler about 7 days ago 0 comments -
Matt Foust MLB Picks: Royals vs. Twins on September 28th
Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins u9.0 (-120) Sun Sep 28 ‘08 2:10p Today the Minnesota Twins will attempt to secure the AL Central crown against a surging Royals squad. Kansas City would normally send Zach Greinke to the hill today but they have shut
Written by touthouse handicappers about 8 days ago 0 comments -
Mike Aviles: The Royals' Pedroia (and Therefore A.L. ROY Candidate)
Mike Aviles will not be the 2008 American League Rookie of the Year. But Wesley Johnson feels his name is sorely missing from the discussion, and points out many similarities to Dustin Pedroia's 2007 Rookie of the Year campaign.
Written by Wesley Johnson about 9 days ago 0 comments -
k.u.chebag Time!
A while back I came across pictures from some random kU tailgating event. I really only found pics of k.u.chebags sans "chicks," as it appeared to be quite the sausage-fest. I'm guessing they liked it better that way.So in an effort to clear a couple of d
Written by Matt Thiel about 10 days ago 0 comments -
Francoeur? Non!
With the Twins sweep of the hated White Sox, the Royals find themselves in the thick of the AL Central race this weekend. Too bad they are only potential spoilers. Anyway, with the season winding down and the hot stove beginning to spark to life, it’s ti
Written by Clark Fosler about 11 days ago 0 comments -
A High On Life Thursday
The Royals cruised to a road sweep of the Tigers last night behind Brian Bannister’s six shutout innings and a 10 run offensive outburst that featured just one extra base hit. Hey, good things happen to teams that are playing well. Even Tony Pena Jr. k
Written by Clark Fosler about 11 days ago 0 comments -
Hermida to Royals, Indians, or Diamondbacks?
Coming into this offseason, the Marlins have eighteen arbitration eligible players. It is very unlikely that the Marlins will sign all of them, but picking who to trade will be the tough part. While the Marlins have been competitive, they don't want to tr
Written by Eli Greenspan about 11 days ago 0 comments -
Kicking Them When They’re Down
The last time I made some kind of joke reference to the battle for fourth place, the Royals sunk into a tailspin that lasted about a month. So, I’ve refrained from bringing it up. But now that the Royals are actually in fourth place, it’s time to mention
Written by Clark Fosler about 12 days ago 0 comments -
The Top Five Pitchers Of The Past 7 Days
Taking a look at who had the best nights on the mound in the past seven days.
Written by Colin Coulahan about 14 days ago 0 comments -
Francoeur to Royals?
According to Joe Posanski, the Royals and Braves could match up in a trade for Jeff Francoeur. Although Francoeur has struggled in Atlanta, Royals GM Dayton Moore believes he still has some potential to turn it around. Moore was with the Braves when they
Written by Eli Greenspan about 14 days ago 1 comments -
Hardy to White Sox?
According to a source, the Brewers will try to trade J.J. Hardy this offseason in order to make room for shortstop prospect Alcides Escobar. Hardy is the top shortstop in the National League, and he would only hurt his value by moving to third base, so mo
Written by Eli Greenspan about 14 days ago 0 comments -
Baseball Betting Odds & MLB Picks for September 22nd 2008
Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers u9.5 (-120) - Mon September 22nd ‘08 7:05p The Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers have a history of playing low scoring games against each other, and we look for this to continue tonight when Gil Meche opposes Za
Written by touthouse handicappers about 14 days ago 0 comments -
2008 Kansas City Royals: An Optimist's Point of View
The Royals are at the bottom of the AL Central again. It's time to be optimistically reminiscent! \
Written by Wesley Johnson about 15 days ago 2 comments -
Royals win both Sides of a Doubleheader with the Tribe.
Dave Wiley wonders what the mental block is every time the Indians get close to .500
Written by David Wiley about 23 days ago 1 comments -
On The Ropes, And Still Delusional
Last night didn't go so well. Eighty-five year old shitballer Tim Wakefield had his knuckleball dancing; dancing right around the Jays' bats. We're on the ropes, my friends.It's one thing to get spanked at Fenway Park in one of the biggest games of the ye
Written by Navin Vaswani about 23 days ago 1 comments -
Triple 2's!! Lee wins : Improves to 22-2 on the Season.
As Jeff Smirnoff, Bleacher Creature and Cleveland Browns Community Leader would say "Cliff Lee is Must See TV!" Dave Wiley tunes in as Lee wins his 22nd of the year.
Written by David Wiley about 24 days ago 1 comments -
Roy Halladay is Better Than Cliff Lee
Baseball Prospectus' Joe Sheehan has a column this morning arguing that some of Cliff Lee's success this season is due to the fact that he has faced much softer competition than his chief competitor in the AL Cy Young race, Roy Halladay. This sounded awf
Written by Travis Nelson about 27 days ago 2 comments -
Kansas City Royals Continue Leading Headlines With Losing Efforts
Though they're in the cellar once more, Wesley Johnson reports that the Kansas City Royals are at least leading the league in one category: losing to others' headlines.
Written by Wesley Johnson about 28 days ago 0 comments -
It's Do or Die for the Kansas City Royals
Joe Posnaski's got his usual, interesting and eloquent (if not terribly focused) reflections on the major league return (and brief success) of Tony Pena Jr.Looking back, sure, you might have suspected that Berroa’s staunch anti-walkplatform could cost him
Written by Travis Nelson about 28 days ago 0 comments -
Indians over Royals 9-3.
The Indians win their 10th road win in a row with a singlefest in the fifth. Dave Wiley checks out the game.
Written by David Wiley about about 1 month ago 1 comments
