Have you been holding out hope the Royals could recover from their mediocrity to rally for a playoff spot? Holding on to that glimmer of hope that somehow, some way, Royals Devil Magic could conjure up another miracle? Tuesday night didn’t just end those hopes. It clubbed it over the head, set it on fire and […]
Day: July 26, 2016
Beating Expectations – Corey Toups Rising in Royals System
The Royals selected two players in the 2014 draft from Sam Houston State, a school with a little more than 20,000 enrollment about an hour north of Houston. The first name from that school to put his name on the map was Ryan O’Hearn after the first baseman slugged his way through the lower levels to a […]
The Value of Mediocre
Goals are a funny thing in baseball. I’ll always remember going on a local radio show in spring training of 2013 and being asked what would constitute a successful season for the Royals that year. My answer was a meaningful game in September. It wasn’t playoffs or a World Series or even a winning record. […]
Diamonds in the Rough 7-25-16
A 3-4 record for the affiliates after the AZL Royals were walked off on in the 12th inning Monday. HR Roll Call Hunter Dozier: 2 (21), Chris Devito (7), Michael Arroyo (2), David Edwards (6), Angelo Castellano (1) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Angelo Castellano 3-6, 2R, HR, 4 RBI BP KC Pitcher of […]