As we have come to be reminded over the last two Octobers, this is the most dreadful time of the baseball year. Unless your team is actually in the postseason. It’s the inertia. The void of meaningful news. We have to keep reminding ourselves that just because there isn’t any information or moves coming from […]
Tag: Salvador Perez
The Dynasty That Wasn’t?
Here we are, at the end of the Royals’ championship window for this group of players. I know, the Royals have made some noise about re-signing their impending free agents, but I’ll believe that when I see it. Odds are, the key players are going to be too expensive, and at any rate there 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 […]
O Is For Offense
The Royals bats turned back the clock over the weekend. To April. Although you could have mistaken their offense for one from the dead ball era. 20-0. A team record 34 consecutive inning scoreless streak. There’s simply no way to sugar coat this. There’s no silver lining here. There’s no way to explain this away. […]
The Captain Has Turned On The Seat Belt Sign
We’ve all been there, flying along at 30,000 feet, sipping on a drink, headphones on, doing your best to ignore all of your fellow passengers and then there’s bump. Then maybe another one, little bigger than before. A little clear air turbulence: no big deal. The seat belt sign flashes on. If you’ve flown at […]
Mood Swings (BP Kansas City Episode 66)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2017/08/10/mood-swings-bp-kansas-city-episode-66.mp3 The Royals have been on the Royalcoaster in the second half and while they’re still in the playoff hunt, there’s a lot going on to toy with all of our emotions. We got caught up and discussed the two trades the Royals made to bulk up their roster, as well as the other roster […]
Salvage Work
Doubleheaders are tricky business. With the eight (or nine) man bullpen being the norm, it can still be difficult to navigate the staff around 18 guaranteed innings in one day. Factor in stretches where days off are far in the horizon, and it’s damned essential for teams to get depth from at least one starter […]
Royals Of The Road
When a baseball team is in the thick of a pennant race and the trade deadline is approaching, everything seems to get all Bachelor-like as the importance of each game grows exponentially. Everything hinges on the upcoming series against Team X! This is the most important road trip of all-time! The most amazing rose ceremony […]
The Power Surge Continues
Maybe you’ve heard this tale before. Monday night saw another late win fueled by back-to-back home runs. It was the sixth consecutive win for the Royals and the third straight game where they’ve hit two (or more, this is an important caveat) dingers in a row. The Royals. Yes, the Royals. They are mashing. This […]
Friday Notes
We’re 87 games in and have 75 to go in the long, long baseball season. It seems like it’s been about four seasons for the Royals already, but there’s still plenty more to come. Somehow, someway, the Royals find themselves in the thick of the pennant race, just three games out of first and 1.5 […]