Twenty-five years ago this week, Kevin Appier pitched perhaps the most dominant game in Royals history. And lost. That’s a bold claim, you might respond. I answer with the Game Score stat. You’re familiar with Game Score, yes? Devised by Bill James, it is a stat to determine a starting pitcher’s effectiveness in a single […]
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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 […]