You know what? I'm pissed. I spent 2 hours writing a comparison of Royals and Mariners. I've been busy and I finally get a few hours to write one of these things, and then I hit one button and it's gone and I don't know what happened to it. Gah.

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I'm going to be gone this weekend looking for wedding locations in Norman. As a result, I won't be able to post the 25 percent progress report when it is appropriate (after Thursday's game). Since we're at a significant milestone, it's time for something different (also, repeating the line "pitching good, batting not so good" is getting tiring). Therefore, it's time for everyone's favorite 5-7-5 poems, HAIKU! I only used active players, so sorry Hideo Nomo, Luke Hudson and John Bale. No haiku for you. Maybe I'll spend a night coming up with some other form of poetry next milestone. I guarantee I/won't write a freaking sonnet /when the future hits.

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So when do we decide we're to a significant point of the season? We're 1/5 of the way through the year. The Royals COULD do really well in the last 80 percent. The Royals COULD fall apart like a broken toy. But have we seen enough of the season to decide about the team by now? Here's the 20 percent report.

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Well, I've been away planning a wedding and not really being able to keep up on the Royals as much as I'd like to, but I'll make up for it now with a long Royals recap. It's now 26 games into the season, or 16 percent of the season.

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Well, we're one-tenth of the way through the year. And, as promised, the second of our 20 progress reports, at each five percent mark (roughly eight games). While yes, the sample size is still small, it's still interesting to track the ups and downs in easily digestible segments. So, let's get on with it.

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Five percent of the season has been completed. Small sample size you say? Well, I'm going to keep checking the stats and such every five percent (roughly 8 games) to keep a track of the yearly progress. We'll see the highs, we'll see the lows, and we'll see what happens with our boys in blue.

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Was anyone else at Saturday's game at the K? It's been way too long since I've actually been to a game (4 years?), but it was just like I was a kid again.

I went with my dad for his birthday, and we had front-row seats in the second tier. In the (miserable) first inning, Hafner fouled off a ball, and I got to it. First MLB baseball I've ever snagged (I'm in my 20s). So that made me giddy the rest of the day.

And then, what to my eyes did appear? TV's Katie Horner and eight tiny reindeer.... but not that last part. She sat behind us with her family for about four innings. Anyway, my dad knew Katie Horner's husband, and there was a short introduction... it felt a little awkward, but it was a cool moment.

It was a beautiful night at the ballpark, even though Davies pitched terribly and Emil Brown fielded... awkwardly would put it kindly. But Buckner pitched well in his first game. And the stadium rocked for a little bit in the 9th as the Royals mustered a 2-run rally to make the game 9-4.

P.S.: While leaving, we saw a truck swipe a car in the parking lot. The driver then just up and left, even though there were about 10 of us who got his license #. I have never seen anybody do something like that. Idiot.

A lot happened yesterday, no doubt.

First, the bridge tragedy that certainly made last night's game less significant than most average summer Royals' games.

Second, the Buddy Bell announcement certainly was an issue that creates a lot of speculation. (Was he forced out? Was he just tired of managing these Royals? Who will we get to manage next year? Will they get the team to continue improving? .... oh, and I think the answers to the first two were "no")

Third, the Royals game was exciting and interesting. Between the run scored by Emil Brown in the 8th to tie the game up to Alex Gordon's monster home run to win the game in the 10th to Bannister's strong day on the mound to Greinke and Soria's developments, it was a great game to be a Royals fan.

However, lost in the shuffle was the simple fact that because the White Sox lost, the Royals are now tied with the White Sox at 48-59 (also the Rangers).

Since the Royals game was postponed, does that mean we should ahem root for the Yankees against the White Sox tonight? Then we would be in fourth place for at least one day (though at this rate, it should be more).

Poll

Yankees-White Sox... who to root for?

55%

Root for the Yankees! To 4th we go!

21 votes

44%

Never root for the Yankees. They are still the Yankees.

17 votes

38 votes | Poll has closed

Well, I have two bits of good news on this, a dreary day (both in weather here and because of the Royals' continued string of Ls).

1. German turned out to be OK. Yesterday's problems seem to be no more, meaning we can keep our lineup from looking like a patchwork quilt.
2. I officially got a job today. Better news: It's in Royals coverage territory, so I can finally get local media for the Boys in Blue. I'll be within a few hours of the K, too.

P.S.: I think I'm now entering the second stage of grief referring to this slump (Anger). I already passed through the denial stage. Do you think Meche will pull through tomorrow afternoon?

I got to thinking about the magic of that 2003 season, and I remember one of the interesting subplots: If the Royals had a winning season, they got to lock up Sweeney for a while. Of course, they went 83-79 to secure the Blue Bomber himself.

No one on the team has a deal like that now, but who do you wish had a deal of that nature to potentially ride this year's optimism?

I can see good arguments for Teahen, Gordon, DeJesus, and maybe Greinke.