You know how I know the Royals are just going through a rough patch and haven’t suddenly completely forgotten how to play baseball? It’s because Jarrod Dyson is still starting, and when Dyson starts, the Royals win. Now you may be looking at your screen quizzically. But Darin, you say, Dyson isn’t a super-important piece […]
Author: Darin Watson
Diamonds In The Rough 4-30-16
Rain played havoc with the minor league schedules again. Omaha’s home game was postponed and Lexington’s road game was shortened to 5 1/2 innings. Royals affiliates went 2-1 on the night. HR Roll Call — Orlando Calixte (2), Hunter Dozier (6), Raul Mondesi (5), Frank Schwindel (4) BP Kansas City Hitter of the Day — […]
Diamonds In The Rough 4-28-16
A full slate of games was scheduled, although Wilmington was rained out. Royals affiliates went 3-0 on the night. HR Roll Call — Jorge Bonifacio (4), Hunter Dozier (5), Samir Duenez 2 (3), Brett Eibner (1), Chase Vallot (5) BP Kansas City Hitter of the Day — Samir Duenez: 4-5, 2 HR, 3 R, 2 […]
Eric Hosmer And The Chase For 3,000 Hits
Last Sunday, Eric Hosmer yanked a curveball into the right-field seats at Kauffman Stadium, tucking it neatly between the foul pole and the visitors’ bullpen. Not only did the home run give the Royals the lead for good, it was the 800th hit of Hosmer’s career. Baseball loves it some round numbers. Heck, people in […]
The Wisdom Of Giving Terrance Gore A Roster Spot
The beauty of a 25-man roster is that it gives you some flexibility, yet also leads to some critical decisions. It used to be that teams would carry only 10 or even nine pitchers. That made sense back when pitchers both batted (increasing the need for pinch-hitters) and pitched longer in games (decreasing the need […]
Recap: Royals 4, Orioles 2; As Good As It Gets
Four American League teams entered Friday with 10 wins in this young season. Two of them faced off at Kauffman Stadium as Baltimore came to town to face the Royals. The boys in blue (and gold) got things off to a good start in the series with a 4-2 win. I’m not gonna hurt ya. […]
U.L.’s Toothpick: Two-Time Royals Have Poor Track Records
I was thinking about Joakim Soria’s career the other day, and I started pondering the number of Royals who have left Kansas City and then come back. And I realized that what Soria is trying to do is unprecedented in team history. No player has ever really excelled as a Royal, then left and come […]
U.L.’s Toothpick: The Year of the Card – Bud Black, 1985
It must be very gratifying for a general manager and a scouting department when a little-noticed transaction pays off in a big way. When all the hard scouting work and all the effort that can go in to making even a small trade gets rewarded with a quality major-leaguer, it has to be a good […]
How To Write Your Own Royals Clickbait Article
We are less than a week into the 2016 season, and the Royals have already had two controversies spring up around the team. Both were based on rather flimsy pretexts, and predictably Royals fans were annoyed. I was annoyed, too. But then I thought, why let all these media types have all the fun? So […]
OOTP17 Review: The Best Somehow Keeps Getting Better
This is the fourth time I have reviewed an Out Of The Park Baseball (OOTP) game, and I think I’m running low on ways to heap superlatives on the game. To be specific, this game is OOTP 17, and as always, it is a heck of lot of fun. If you’re not familiar with OOTP, […]