http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/07/14/first-half-impressions-and-keeping-us-honest-about-predictions-bpkc-episode-17.mp3 The Royals managed to limp to the end of the first half and then dominated the All Star Game. We covered a lot this week, including: Dayton Moore’s resume, Hosmer and Salvy in San Diego, the state of the AL Central, and general impressions about the first half. In our second segment, we revisited […]
Day: July 14, 2016
Bring On The Second Half
Back from a brief hiatus. Miss me? You probably didn’t even notice. That’s ok. But I did miss you. As such, I was traveling on Tuesday night and wasn’t able to witness the All-Star Game and the long ball heroics from MVP Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez, and the scoreless inning from Kelvin Herrera. The […]
Home Runs Are Back; Royals Pitchers Suffer
Offense, and the home run, probably saved baseball. After the strike in 1994, a few things allowed baseball to come back and eventually thrive. Cal Ripken, Jr. breaking the consecutive games streak was the first, but the biggest was undoubtedly offense. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa chasing the home run record previously held by Roger […]
Diamonds in the Rough 7-13-16
A good day for the affiliates with solid pitching on most fronts and plenty of offense. The teams finished 6-1 with a late win in Arizona. HR Roll Call: Carlos Garcia (3), Roman Collins (4), Jonathan McCray (4), Chase Vallot (9), Seuly Matias 2 (3) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Seuly Matias 2-5, […]