With one swing of the bat, the Royals scored more runs against the Defending World Champion Houston Astros than they did in a two-game series against the garbage-pail Cincinnati Reds. Which was good! Three innings later, the Astros scored more runs on one swing of the bat than the Royals did in the entire game, […]
Day: June 15, 2018
Series Preview: Royals vs. Houston Astros, June 15-17
Next up for the Royals is the defending world champion Houston Astros, so I guess you could say that it can always get worse. The Astros probably aren’t too surprised to find themselves in a battle for first place, but I doubt they expected it to be with the Mariners. Their rotation has been outstanding […]
So You Got Swept By the Reds… (BP Kansas City Episode 104)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2018/06/15/so-you-got-swept-by-the-reds-bp-kansas-city-episode-104.mp3 So your team just got shut out by the Reds. They’ve scored 23 runs in two weeks. What the heck do you do? Well, you look at a few positives, mostly some good performances from Ian Kennedy, Jason Hammel, and Danny Duffy. We talked about some of those starts, plus we assessed the Mike […]
Friday Notes
I’m not sure it’s safe to say there’s any point in the 2018 season that’s a rock bottom for the Royals, but I think we all have to hope that this week is it. Getting outscored by one of the worst teams in the National League 12-1 at home when your two struggling veteran arms […]
Diamonds in the Rough 6-14-18
HR Roll Call: Alex Liddi (9) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Rosell Herrera 2-4 2R, 2b, RBI, SB (4) BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Richard Lovelady 2 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 3 K 1-1 GO-FO 30p/20k Columbia Fireflies 9 Lexington Legends 4 The Legends bats had trouble making contact on […]