See if this sentence looks familiar. “When Dayton Moore went out and got Melky Cabrera and a trio of arms before the start of August, the proverbial push of the chips to the middle of the table, it signaled a point of no return for the Kansas City Royals. The bell cannot be un-rung.” If […]
Author: Colby Wilson
What’s the matter with Jason Vargas?
Y’all remember July? The Royals were flying high, the Wild Card—heck, the American League Central—was within reach and Alex Gordon was having the worst year of his professional career. Okay, some things haven’t changed. But of all the rising and falling, surging and flailing done by various Royals in the season’s second half, none is […]
Royals hit record-breaking homer in beatdown of Tigers
Now that’s a little more like it. Back to .500 go the Royals after a 13-2 thrashing of the Detroit Tigers in the series finale, as the Good Guys pounded 18 hits to do what they should’ve been doing to Detroit all along—beating the breaks off of them. It made for a pleasant change tonight […]
The Baseball Gods have forsaken this team
When the Great Scorer eulogizes the 2017 Kansas City Royals season, I imagine that among the first few sentences will be the phrase “Lost by 10-plus runs to two division rivals in less than a week.” You won’t find that sentence on the proverbial headstone of many playoff teams, that’s for sure. The Detroit Tigers—who […]
Please make it stop
God, this game. There are no positives. There are no silver linings. If you’re looking for the happy-happy-joy-joy recap, look elsewhere. You will not enjoy this. I hated writing this almost as much as I hated watching it, and I hated watching it a great deal. Kudos to Ned Yost. In a way, it’s admirable […]
Moustakas tags No. 36, Alexander holds on in Royals win
The ninth inning of this game had no business being remotely interesting, let alone with the bases loaded, two down, in a one-run game. Yet here we were mere moments ago, watching helplessly as Scott Alexander loaded the bases after Kelvin Herrera was pulled—again—due to injury—again—leaving Alexander to clean up the mess. And Alexander delivered. […]
Some Historical Perspective
It’s easy to poke fun at the Kansas City Royals current plight, and I plan to do just that, but first I’d like to talk about how impressive going 43 consecutive innings without scoring a run actually is. If you’re a fan of the (formerly Baseball Prospectus-run) podcast Effectively Wild, you’ve probably heard the story […]
Hammel’s perfecto blown up by Cleveland
We went from “Jason Hammel is throwing a perfect game” to “Jason Hammel should be removed after five innings, marched to the clubhouse and duct-taped to a radiator, no questions asked” in a matter of about 15 pitches. The latest in a long line of disappointments dropped the Royals to .500 and brought into question […]
Hosmer walks off against Holland
Greg Holland hung a slider to Eric Hosmer. Of all the people who should know better, you’d think it would be Holland. But on a 1-1 count with two down in the ninth, Holland spun a spinner that Hosmer LAUNCHED (no other word for it, that thing was at 109 mph off the bat) for […]
Duffy’s gem allows Royals to hang on for a much-needed win against Colorado
Mention Danny Duffy to a national audience and lots of times you hear the same words. Workmanlike. Gets it done. Crafty. I personally take umbrage with this one, since it’s always applied to lefties and that’s unfair. You ever hear of a crafty righty? No, because those guys top out at Double-A. Not exactly the […]