Sometimes, Sunday On The Deck happens at night…in the rain. Let’s just hit some snippets this evening as we wait for the boys to provide the good content tomorrow morning. THE HORROR OF LOSING TWO IN A ROW What was poised to be a fantastic road trip after the Royals’ fourth win in five road […]
Author: Clark Fosler
Remember When You Cared?
It is human nature to worry and maybe even to agonize, at least when it comes to baseball. Not too long ago, Dayton Moore had considerable heartburn over losing Philip Humber. That was, of course, in the days before the Royals would ever conceive of trading five pitching prospects for half-seasons of Ben Zobrist and […]
Game Recap: Royals 4, Astros 2 – Big Zone Fun Night
Home plate umpire Eric Cooper had an oddly shaped, but consistently large strike zone on Wednesday night. I endorse the big zone. Yordano Ventura, whose only blemish was a massive home run from the diminutive Jose Altuve in six innings and Scott Feldman, who was tagged for two runs only because of his own throwing […]
Recap: Royals 3 Astros 2; The Wade Davis Experience
When the Royals started Tuesday night’s contest with three straight hits, the third of which was a Lorenzo Cain home run, one certainly did not expect Kansas City to enter the ninth inning with just those three runs. When Houston countered with two runs of their own in the bottom of the first because of, […]
Recap: Houston 8, Kansas City 2 – There’s Always Tomorrow
The game did not start in a favorable fashion for the Royals as Chris Young gave up a loud three runs in the bottom of the first, courtesy of the good Jose Alltuve, the good and soon to be great Carlos Correa and the good against the Royals Colby Rasmus. While we like to grumble […]
Sunday On The Deck
It is snowing within the Central Division, but thankfully not in Kansas City. If the worst the Royals have to deal with weather-wise is some wind and a little chill this April, that’s not too bad. Besides, you need a few games to show off your new World Series pullovers! With a somewhat maddening NBA […]
Give Them Something To Talk About
After yesterday’s rather uninspiring 2-0 loss, I happened across some evening talk radio where the controversy (because it is 2016 and any discussion MUST be a controversy) had boiled down to whether Yordano Ventura should have started the game over Chris Young. Hey, I understand the question, but in the brief time I was driving, […]
Imagining a Full Season of Terrance Gore
There is a real chance that pinch-runner – and let’s not kid ourselves that is his position – Terrance Gore might break camp with the major league squad. The likely scenario is that Gore lasts in the big leagues only for the first two games, maybe even up to a full week before the Royals […]
The Man In The Middle
Last season, Ryan Madson went from non-roster invitee to questionable roster addition to critical piece of puzzle in less than two months. In doing so, Madson provided the Royals with a ‘sixth-inning man’ and, more importantly, a fourth arm to throw into the late inning mix when one of the big three at the back […]
Sunday On The Deck
As the elder statesmen of this new BP Kansas City crew, it seems appropriate that I will be offering a regular Sunday morning column – or fairly regular as I tend to be unreliable. At any rate, this will be something of a tidbit, hodge-podge, potpurri, random opinion collection of musing: most of which will […]