Christ. I had some real nice stuff here about the Royals making some progress and starting the second half with some fire and vigor and the appearance that they’d like to be a semi-respectable baseball team again and for eight innings, that looked to be the case. Eleven pitches into Brandon Maurer’s relief effort and […]
Day: July 23, 2018
Series Preview: Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, July 23-25
Break up the Royals, everyone. Winners of three straight and owners of their first series sweep of the season, they welcome the Detroit Tigers to town. The Tigers are sort of interesting in that they way overperformed for the first two and a half months and got to just one game under .500 after a […]
For the weekend, everything was coming up Royals
Sure, it’s a three game winning streak, but when the Royals have only won three consecutive games one other time the entire season, it’s a cause for celebration. And when it’s the first three games to open the season’s de facto second half, maybe it seems like rock bottom is in the rear view mirror. […]
Diamonds in the Rough 7-22-18
HR Roll Call: Frank Schwindel (16), Donnie Dewees (5) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Khalil Lee 3-4, R, 2b, 2 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Gerson Garabito 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 9-3 GO-FO, 99p/65k Round Rock Express 5, Omaha Storm Chasers 2 The four-run sixth frame against […]