KCRag Forum

Decent start out of Davies tonight, just needs to throw more strikes and get more efficient with that pitch count.  Leaves the game with a 4-1 lead, so it'll be interesting to see who in the bullpen will implode tonight to give the game away.

So Minneapolis didn't have an energetic city worth a damn until rail transit a few years ago?  Is it more energetic city now that it has light rail?  Not at all.  KC does need to improve transit and as much as I don't care for Funk, effective transit seems to have more attention now than it has had...

I wouldn't tell anyone to move to KC until we have a transit system that's worth a damn.

At least David Glass got his 250M from the gullible idiots of Jackson. And Phuq, why shouldn't Gathright play so often?  He's taking time from Ross Gload effectively, b/c Teahen moves to 1B.  Gload is worse.  Also, DDJ has been hurt at times.  I don't have a problem with playing Gathright some, but...

I I I, just don't know anymore..... :shock: I hate to say it but it's horrible managing that is losing us games. You bring in Peralta who is a HR allowing machine to close out the game...they you keep him in there for the 10th!!@!@!#!#!#@$!#@%#@$%#@$ Hillman is not on my good list now. To many mana...

Time to send Peralta to the glue factory.

Looks like Teahen just hit his homer for the month.  We look forward to seeing you again in June, Mark.  Royals are out to a 6-0 lead in the top of the 3rd though and Greinke doubled earlier too.  After last night's fiasco, it looks like the Royals may still pull off the series win.

The records don't really seem that different, but 2.5 games out is a whole lot better than 11 games out. I'd say the record is pretty different.  It's only May and the Royals have already improved by six games over last year's record at this time.  At this point last year, the team was on pace to f...

"Sucked" may have been too strong, but he's been perfectly mediocre forever.  His ERA is consistently on the wrong side of 4.50, often even the wrong side of 5.  He's still much better than Lima Time or Former American League All-Star™ Mark Redman or, as you mentioned, Scott Elarton.  But ...

You really think a result of Bale being out longer will be the release of Tomko? I think it will just lengthen his stay. Kyle Davies is our next-best option right now. Tomko has only had two horrible outings in a row - so I would say his performance tonight will most likely dictate whether he or Da...

Bale will be out of the lineup even longer now after punching a door and breaking his pitching hand. You'll have to excuse me if I'm not shedding any tears.  With Bale gone, now we just have to get rid of Tomko, consistently get starts like today's out of Meche, and hope and pray that Bannister's p...

FangKC wrote: When you think about it, it's really mind-boggling that New York City has more people (8 million) than Missouri does. And that's just the city, I'm not counting the MSA population.

And all crammed into a little less land area than KCMO.

Fan favorite Angel Berroa and Mike Aviles appear to be splitting time at SS in Omaha. They both have OPS hovering around .900. I'd like to see one of them get a chance (preferably Aviles). Well we already know what we've got in Angel Berroa, so if you pull someone from AAA, it has to be Aviles.  Hi...

Wonder if those stats include as caught stealing to botched hit and run plays? When the Royals did score those runs with two outs on what bases were those runners when the second out was recorded? What are the odds of scoring from second with two outs?  What are the odds of scoring from first with ...

The call to go to Nomo was just mind boggling.  I guess he had a strong enough spring training that the Royals thought he might still have something, but you're talking about a guy who's been out of the majors since 2005 and who in his one previous appearance was awful.  Why you choose to bring him ...

Yes, when one is caught stealing it is costly but at the same time when one steals a base it can be successful.  Two outs with a runner on first.  Steals second and comes home on a single.  And the next batter is an out.  Now the team has scored a run instead of ending the inning having runners on ...

Of course, my analogy applied to football when it was primarily a running game and not for today's game.  It is a very old saying and I can't remember the coach that said it. And the trouble with statistics is you are looking at numbers instead of the real story which is behind the numbers.  It wou...

It's much better than it used to be. I agree - they do make mistakes that seem somewhat amateur-hour/unprofessional. But, compared to RSTN, the quality is better overall. Time Warner is offering the MLB Extra Innings free right now (terribly addictive). Check out some of the "big time" br...

You would have thought that the switch to Fox Sports, broadcasting in HD now, all that stuff, the Royals TV production might start looking halfway competent, but is it just me or is it still ridiculously amateurish?  Like they have this "new blue tradition" commercial, "this is new,&q...

The Royals finally scored a run!  Unfortunately it merely ties the game at 1, since Guillen is no longer sabotaging the team just with his offense but also with his defense, dropping a routine fly ball.  And now he's still batting 5th, which is way too high, and he strikes out on three pitches to en...