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08-02-2018, 02:41 PM | #3451 |
21st Century Schizoid Fan
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: The Gates of Delirium
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Adam had gone 11 straight outings without giving up a HR. I guess he was due.
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08-02-2018, 02:45 PM | #3452 | |
Special Teams ACE!!!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Where the hell is SNR
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Well, I mean, there have been numerous Dayton whiffs that made this glorious farm system that was the talk of baseball around 2012 actually not all that great, but a bunch of it actually is bad luck, not just bad scouting. Since the World Series, it appears only one high-profile guy from within the minors has been approaching his potential (Mondesi) and only one guy has been a lucky against-all-odds success that nobody saw coming (Merrifield). And of course, consider some of the other horrific luck-- namely Ventura's passing and Gordon's unprecedentedly awful and sudden drop in batting performance in spite of receiving a contract many people considered to be a hometown bargain. There are some intriguing pieces here and there who have put together nice stretches of great baseball, but they're too inconsistent to trust going forward as focal points of a baseball team who can one day get back to the playoffs. At the end of the day, the talent left, the mean regression finally took place, and we're stuck with leftovers of a bad era of drafting. That's why we're this bad. |
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08-02-2018, 02:45 PM | #3453 |
Roy E.
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Olathe, KS
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The pen gives up another HR.
Sad! |
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08-02-2018, 02:45 PM | #3454 |
Be Kind To Your Pets
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Glorious Independence, MO
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Bullpen implosion.
Nobody races to the bottom like your Kansas City Royals! |
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08-02-2018, 02:48 PM | #3455 |
21st Century Schizoid Fan
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: The Gates of Delirium
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That turned to shit in a hurry
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08-02-2018, 02:54 PM | #3456 |
The Beast Inside Your Head
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
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On a bright side I think Dayton stole one with Brad Keller. Nice work there.
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08-02-2018, 03:24 PM | #3457 | |
George Brett shit his pants
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08-02-2018, 04:00 PM | #3458 | |
Special Teams ACE!!!
Join Date: Apr 2002
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The Royals don't go to the World Series if they don't hit on most of if not all of these calculated risks: Chris Young Ryan Madsen Edinson Volquez Kendrys Morales Alex Rios (who finally put it together in the final part of the regular season) They batted 1.000 on those guys. Moore deserves all the credit in the world for those guys, but just as easily as you can absolutely nail a 2 year $20 million contract for a guy like Volquez, you can extend at a "hometown discount" a guy like Alex Gordon and see him absolutely tank in his OBP and power, even if you took into account him seeing a gradual slight regression in those areas when you offered him the deal. |
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08-02-2018, 04:07 PM | #3459 |
"You like to drink?"
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: "I like to drink."
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Two playoff appearances, two pennants and an average of 86 wins per season over five years.
Just about any fan of a team that isn't located in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York or St. Louis would be fools to say that's worth firing a GM over. |
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08-02-2018, 06:03 PM | #3460 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: L.A.
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SEXY! |
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08-02-2018, 07:32 PM | #3461 | |
sorta mod-ish
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08-02-2018, 08:28 PM | #3462 | |
Rabbi Goldmann
Join Date: Nov 2012
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Didn't they go to the World Series the year before without any of them? |
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08-02-2018, 08:29 PM | #3463 |
"You like to drink?"
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08-03-2018, 01:13 AM | #3464 |
Inmem 2.0
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08-03-2018, 07:25 AM | #3465 |
I'm with the Banned
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