SB Nation User Blog: Trey Hillman's Chin

On the Field, the Yankees Are The Team of the Decade. Off It? The Red Sox.

Trey Hillman's Chin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:05:30 -0000

On the Field, the Yankees Are The Team of the Decade. Off It? The Red Sox.

Jayson Stark wrote about this last week, including all of the relevant information: in the '00s, the Yankees have the most regular season wins, the most postseason wins, the most postseason series wins, most World Series appearances, and now, they have tied the Red Sox for the most World Series wins.

So are the Yankees the team of the '00s? They really should be, yet I'm hesitant to fully commit.

When I think back to this decade when I'm older, I think I'll mostly think of the Red Sox.

Gordon Finally Plays for Omaha

Trey Hillman's Chin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:37:48 -0000

Gordon Finally Plays for Omaha

Sounds like the rehab is going well.

Update on Gordon's Rehab

Trey Hillman's Chin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:00:45 -0000

Update on Gordon's Rehab

"Finally, Alex Gordon will play in an Omaha uniform. ... The Royals hope Gordon will be ready to play in the major leagues after the All-Star break."

AAA Papillion

Trey Hillman's Chin — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:48:16 -0000

AAA Papillion

It seems that the Omaha Royals are headed to Papillion, Nebraska.

It felt like one giant baseline rally in tennis.

Trey Hillman's Chin — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:51:36 -0000

It felt like one giant baseline rally in tennis.

Brian Bannister

Vote on the location for the new AAA Royals stadium

Trey Hillman's Chin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:48:53 -0000

Vote on the location for the new AAA Royals stadium

The poll is on the lower right hand side of the page. Hwy 75 and Chandler Road is in Bellevue, 126th Street and Hwy 370 is in Papillion, and Southport West at I-80 and Giles Road is in La Vista. I fully expect non-Nebraskans to choose based on which city name goes with their preferred new team nickname.

Omaha Newspaper Brings in Rany to Analyze the Royals' 2009 Chances

Trey Hillman's Chin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:32:19 -0000

Omaha Newspaper Brings in Rany to Analyze the Royals' 2009 Chances

I guess this a lot better than the opinions of their own sportswriters. I wonder if we can get the Lincoln paper to interview Will.

Should the Royals become a Constitutional Monarchy?

Trey Hillman's Chin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:57:55 -0000

Today, Seattle Sounders FC will play their inaugural regular season game as a member of MLS. This would normally be of very little interest to me except that the Sounders have imported the best idea ever to come from foreign sports: fan control of the team.

The Sounders have a fan group called the Alliance that gets to vote on important team decisions (season tickets or $125 gets you in). I'm having trouble identifying exactly what kind of important decisions they're talking about, but it appears that the biggest power they have is the ability to fire the general manager. They also apparently get some decision making power in things like "team play" and "game presentation" although I have no idea what that means.

Sounders minority owner Drew Carey is responsible for bringing this idea to America, and he wants democracy in sports to become the new model for this country. I agree with him whole heartedly. I really think some small market MLB team (like, I don't know, let's say the Royals) should test drive this idea for baseball. I think that would make the Royals one of the best teams in baseball to be a fan of, especially when we currently rely mostly on insanity and storge. It seems to be working for the Sounders as they've already sold over 20,000 season tickets.

Think about it. Wouldn't you love to be able to vote on firing Dayton Moore, moving Soria to the rotation, wearing powder blues on the road, etc.? In my mind, the fans would also be able to elect a committee to hire a new GM and other such things. Then we could all get together and make sure NYRoyal had a say in how the team is run, but I'll take what I can get. I'm not sure that the will of the masses would be any better than the current arrangement, but then at least it would be our fault if something isn't working. And, it would give a whole lot more weight to all of these arguments about players and strategies. You might actually have an impact by persuading others.

We could even come up with a clever name for the group like the "Royal Court" or something.

The Sounders also have a marching band which I think is pretty cool, but that doesn't really jive with baseball. But, if we did want a marching band, we could probably just rent an appropriate existing band.

Poll

Do you think that the Royals should run the team through a fan-based democracy?

Yes, and I'd even buy season tickets/pay to join

41 votes

Yes, but I probably wouldn't join

8 votes

No, mob rule is no way to run a business

64 votes

113 votes | Poll has closed

Royals, Sarpy County reach tentative deal

Trey Hillman's Chin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:58:34 -0000

Royals, Sarpy County reach tentative deal

Sarpy County has struck a deal with the Omaha Royals that would move the Triple A baseball club to a proposed new ballpark in the suburbs.

Omaha Royals Become an Issue in the Omaha Mayor's Race

Trey Hillman's Chin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:49:53 -0000

Omaha Royals Become an Issue in the Omaha Mayor's Race

Here's a link for anyone interested in the AAA Royals' search for a home.