The second half of the season, which is really the second 40 percent or so gets underway tonight, and with four days to reflect on the atrocity that has been the Royals season to this point, it feels a little different. Yes, the season was over sometime in mid-April, but being able to take a […]
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Friday Notes
We’ve reached a point that is familiar to all of us who were following the Royals before the 2014 season where we count down the number of games left that we have to endure. That number is at 70, if you were curious. It’s a vicious cycle because once those 70 games are over and […]
RECAP: Francisco Lindor beats alleged professional baseball team
Corey Kluber with just the seven runs Francisco Lindor drove in behind him would be unbeatable in almost any given scenario, this one included. That the Indians tacked on a couple more was mostly just unfair. Royals lost 9-3 by the way. Lindor was electric. Here’s some tweets to tell you how awesome he was […]
RECAP: Turn Ahead the Clock Night looked awfully familiar
Three batters into the Saturday night contest against Seattle and the Kansas City Royals had a three-run lead. However, rules are rules* and the rules dictate that even on Turn Ahead the Clock Night, the game can’t end after three batters. As such, the Mariners did to Jason Hammel what teams past, present and future […]
RECAP: A Marco Gonzales gem downs Royals
The Seattle Mariners only hit two balls really hard against Ian Kennedy on Friday night. The trouble there is that would be precisely two more good knocks than the Royals managed against Marco Gonzales in another [checks thesaurus… ah, this’ll do] indolent 4-1 loss to open a West Coast series against the Mariners, Friday. This […]
RECAP: Keller resplendent in final loss at Oakland
We kind of knew that Danny Duffy was going to be at least passable, given that he has been good for several years and is still more than capable of sterling performances. And Jakob Junis showed enough flashes late last year that his early-season success hasn’t come as a total shock. But Brad Keller? Now […]
The Jay deal signals trade season is here
If this franchise goes on a championship run in the next five years, it’s a good bet we will flashback to this week as a pivotal moment in The Process 2.0. Not only did the Royals stock up on college arms via the draft, they executed what figures to be the first of several trades, […]
RECAP: Whit, Salvy and Junis more than enough to topple Yanks
Any day the New York Yankees lose is a good day for baseball. This particular day also featured a win for the Kansas City Royals in the series opener, making it that much sweeter. To defeat the Evil Empire typically would take a total team effort but the Royals really didn’t need much more […]
RECAP: Waste of a perfectly good Skoglund
Why ESPN put this random Royals-Rays game on national television is for the network to know and for us to merely speculate upon. It provided two highlights: Negro League Museum president Bob Kendrick hung around the broadcast for a few innings and told stories. Some of these you could get by watching Ken Burns Baseball […]
Losing Games, Building Value
It could be worse. Yes, it’s been more than a week since the Royals last won a game. In the eight games since their 10-0 drubbing of the Mariners, they have been blown out, blown leads, blown ties, been postponed in a dome and even missed the chance to see Shohei Ohtani pitch. It’s been […]