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OT: ingram nabs the heisman

This is pretty disgusting...Its similar to if the MLB writers gave Sabathia the Cy young simply because he played for the Yankees.
Whether you wanted Gerhart or Suh to win, this is just horrendous.

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Just how bad/biased was Greg Gibson?

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*Lets be honest here, I'm probably risking my nonexistent press credentials, but since I planned on attending my final Royals game of the year later today, I think I'm alright.

It was pretty clear to just about anyone watching the game yesterday that something was off in the home plate umpires calls of balls and strikes. Not just a little off, like Tim McClellands notoriously small strike zone, or the occasional random bad decision most umpires make. I'm talking a full fledged out and out bias for Red Sox pitchers and a tightening of the zone against Royals pitchers.

Now to be fair, I'm ONLY going to address the pitch calls. I'm not going to discuss Gibson's handling of the Zach situation, the warning given out after a wild pitch, nor the further situation with Trey Hillman.

So using the very convenient graphs at Brooks Baseball(ironically enough a very pro-Boston site) I decided to take a look at just how the game was called.

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Excellant Article by the Poz

In a nutshell, teams like KC cant win traditionally, need to think outside the box, but are afraid to because of their pride of being a "professional" team. interspersed with Bill James quotes and PAUL BYRD

3 months ago Tiny RoyalPug 25 comments 1 recs

Dr. Nick Swartz or: How I learned how much injuries hurt this team and how to look to next year

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http://www.ranyontheroyals.com/2009/06/release-hounds.html

There. For the like 3 people who haven't already read it.

That gets you up to speed. The idea? That this Royals team, the one we are painfully watching day in and day out, the one beset by injuries, is much better than the product on the field.

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Are Jose Guillen and Mike Jacobs being overpaid or misused?

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One of the biggest points of concern for the Royals is maximizing the return on their investments. As a small market team every dollar spent is a dollar that needs to be used correctly for this team to have success. So obviously Jose Guillen and Mike Jacobs present a huge discrepancy to this idea. But are the two sluggers being over paid or simply misused?

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Royals are Web-gemmy

Well we've all seen the statistics and the highlights about how the Royals are one of the better defensive teams this year, but this kinda hammers home the point that not only is this team doing well, but that it really is a team effort.

Our Beloved Boys in Blue are currently second in Web gem appearences with 8, and no single player with more than 3. Compared to some teams like Detroit(Inge has all 7 of theirs) or the mets(6 of 7 belong to David Wright) this shows it really is a team effort.

7 months ago Tiny RoyalPug 4 comments 0 recs

A Former Royal Honored

You know I always liked Reggie, he always seemed better than our other options(emil) but with less shooting TV reporters.
It would be nice to see him make the HoF, but I dont think people will even remember him when his (admitably) small chance comes around.

9 months ago Tiny RoyalPug 1 comment 0 recs

Fangraphs ranks the Royals System

Overall: C-

The Royals are a clear step ahead of the previous three teams, but still have an awful lot of work to do before they could ever be considered a legitimate World Series contender. Unfortunately, the moves the team has been making over the last year don’t inspire an awful lot of confidence that the team is going to make the necessary transition in philosophy, and filling out the roster with replacement level veterans is simply never going to work. With a smaller paryoll, they have to emulate the Cleveland/Oakland/Minnesota/Atlanta philosophies of getting big returns on small invetments, and right now, that’s just not happening in Kansas City.

Suffice to say: Ouch.

9 months ago Tiny RoyalPug 66 comments 0 recs

A modern day Brett Vs. Boggs?

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You're probably all familiar with the nearly 20-year old debate over which 3rd baseman was the better player.

But what you might be familiar with is that its possible that we could quite possibly have the exact same situation brewing today, only this time the battle has switched from the hot corner to the gritter middle infield.

Poll
So I ask which player do you think is better RIGHT NOW, Mike Aviles or Dustin Pedroia?
Mike Aviles
20 votes
Dustin Pedroia
47 votes

67 votes | Poll has closed

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Carl Pohlad dies at 93

Carl Pohlad, the richest man in baseball, died at 93.

Mixed feelings, on one hand he probably saved baseball in Minnesota.

On the other Carl Pohlad is the epitome of an owner who could have done a lot more for his franchise and didnt, as much as people complain about the Steinbrenners at least they put money into their team.

11 months ago Tiny RoyalPug 5 comments 0 recs