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Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:30 am**

KCMax wrote: ???? I never said the AL and NL are exactly alike. My argument was that sports changes awfully quickly. Remember when the AL Central was a joke while the NL Central was sending two teams to the playoffs? It seemed like a smart idea that the Royals stayed in the AL. Making long-term decisions based on short-term trends is foolish.

Besides, they're turd birds! They can't win even if you put them in the MINOR LEAGUES! LOL LMFAO!! OMG!!!111

The NL inferiority to the AL is a long-term trend, probably permanent, I've already explained this to you based on nothing more than Boston-NYY "hogging" all the playoff spots. I listed this out once, that it's almost impossible to make the playoffs unless you win the AL Central.

You still seem to cling to the notion we belong in the AL. That's fine. 12-3.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:32 am**

15 games is quite the sample size.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:37 am**

KCMax wrote: 15 games is quite the sample size.

15 years? Oh, you said 15 games. Sorry, I mis-read that.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:51 pm**

and on ESPN.com today.....

ROYALLY HANDING IT TO THE NL
By Mark Simon, ESPN Research

Maybe the Royals are in the wrong league. They've beaten up the National League during interleague play, going 12-3. That's the most victories by any team in interleague play.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/notebook?page=bbtn

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:00 pm**

what are you digging for m.d.? you want the royals to move to the NL or just want somebody to say the AL is better?

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:25 pm**

KCPowercat wrote: what are you digging for m.d.? you want the royals to move to the NL or just want somebody to say the AL is better?

I've wanted te Royals to move to the NL for 10 years.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:27 pm**

ok well not sure that's an option from baseball right now...so are just pouting we didn't make the move when we could have?

yes we dominated the nl this year...need to work on keeping it going vs our division.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:32 pm**

KCPowercat wrote: ok well not sure that's an option from baseball right now...so are just pouting we didn't make the move when we could have?

Yeah - I would rather just see baseball fix the overall situation where certain teams have massive financial advantage - its just a symptom that more of those teams reside in the AL and that two of the biggest money teams in the NL have spent the last couple decades pissing their money down the drain instead of using their advantages effectively.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:34 pm**

KCPowercat wrote: ok well not sure that's an option from baseball right now...so are just pouting we didn't make the move when we could have?

Actually, not true. The rumor is, Milwaukee is interested in moving back. Minnesota is their biggest rival, and they're on the Great Lakes anyway so Cleveland-Det-White Sox would be welcome division foes.

If there's any truth, Glass-Hole needs to be breaking down the doors to move.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:38 pm**

sure it is worth looking at. our overall interleague record is 86-107 so not sure it would make a huge long term difference. in the cards, cubs league would be fun even though I do prefer AL style baseball.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:11 pm**

KCPowercat wrote: sure it is worth looking at. our overall interleague record is 86-107 so not sure it would make a huge long term difference.

What is our AL record over that time?

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:44 pm**

649-937 (.409). I think that's right.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:52 pm**

KCPowercat wrote: 649-937 (.409). I think that's right.

Vs. (.446) vs. the NL. Or about 6 games/year.

66-96
72-90

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:02 pm**

Even more telling are the last four years - .550 vs the NL and .367 vs the AL. I think the Royals have been slowly improving their talent over the last few years, but the AL Central just keeps getting more difficult - the AL v. NL numbers bear this out.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:06 pm**

LenexatoKCMO wrote: Even more telling are the last four years - .550 vs the NL and .367 vs the AL. I think the Royals have been slowly improving their talent over the last few years, but the AL Central just keeps getting more difficult - the AL v. NL numbers bear this out.

And I don't dispute that at all. My point is simply that sports is pretty cyclical. The AL Central is fairly tough today. That doesn't mean it will be five years from now.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:07 pm**

KCMax wrote: And I don't dispute that at all. My point is simply that sports is pretty cyclical. The AL Central is fairly tough today. That doesn't mean it will be five years from now.

Yankees Red Sox.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:14 pm**

KCMax wrote: And I don't dispute that at all. My point is simply that sports is pretty cyclical. The AL Central is fairly tough today. That doesn't mean it will be five years from now.

They used to be pretty cyclical - how often do you really foresee the NYY, BoSox, and Angels sucking in the foreseeable future? Baseball has become so market dependent, that you can pretty much throw that cyclical business out the window - particularly in the AL. Tampa is having their best season ever, has done absolutely everything right they possibly can, and still probably aren't even going to manage a wild card birth. Cyclical my ass.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:18 pm**

More than that Lenexa, let's suppose that it WAS cyclical. That the Yanks/Sox lost their competitive advantage as full rev-sharing hit in 2012.

So what? KC would be no worse off playing STL, Cubs, Houston & Cinci anyway. The decision to move really wouldn't be regretted in any way if suddenly, our slave-masters out East were weakened.

Some old fart might be upset, as he reminisces about the Yankees rivalry of the 1970s, as he breathes his oxygen tank at John KNox village.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:21 pm**

Maitre D wrote: More than that Lenexa, let's suppose that it WAS cyclical. That the Yanks/Sox lost their competitive advantage as full rev-sharing hit in 2012.

So what? KC would be no worse off playing STL, Cubs, Houston & Cinci anyway. The decision to move really wouldn't be regretted in any way if suddenly, our slave-masters out East were weakened.

Some old fart might be upset, as he reminisces about the Yankees rivalry of the 1970s, as he breathes his oxygen tank at John KNox village.

Yeah but than we would have to watch pitchers bat.

I would rather just see them go ahead and fix the real problem rather than move leagues. As I said, the imbalance is just a symptom, not the cause.

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:26 pm**

I hate the pitchers hitting too. Still, I can't see any reason why our best regional draw (and fan interest) wouldn't rest in a division with STL, Cubs, Cinci, Hou.

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