After seeing the other post showing overwhelming Yankee support coast to coast, I started thinking about how next years standings might shake out.  Plus I've got nothing else to do till I go back to work soon. 

     I realize it's early and a lot could still change.  Just for fun though, what do you guys think?  What's the final order in each division.  Who are the wildcard winners and what's your World Series prediction.

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Happy Birthday to me!

     This is a bit self indulgent, and yeah, maybe I'm fishing for a congratulatory comment or two.  I just thought I would take a look back and see just how the Royals have faired on this glorious 35th anniversary of the day I cast off my umbilcal cord. So, enjoy this trip down memory lane with me as I chase away last nights hangover in preparation for tomorrows. 

5/9/73  Det @ KC  Loss 4-1  W-Jim Perry,L-Steve Busby    17-11   2nd   3out

5/9/74  KC @ Tex  Win 6-1  W-Marty Pattin,L-Jim Bibby        12-14  5th   1.5out 

5/9/75  Mil @ KC  Loss 7-1  W-Ed Sprague,L-Al Fitzmorris    14-14   4th   2.5out

5/9/76  KC @ Balt  Win 7-4  W-Mark Littell,L-Jim Palmer    11-8   2nd   3out (Future Royal Jimmy Serrano is born in Grand Junction Colorado)     

5/9/77  Cal @ KC  Loss 5-3  W-Wayne Simpson,L-Jim Colborn  15-13  4th 3out

5/9/78  KC @ Bos  Loss 4-3 W-D. Eckersley,L- Jim Colborn    15-12 3rd  4out 

5/9/79  KC @ Tex  Win 4-3  W-Rich Gale,L-Fergie Jenkins   16-13  3rd  4.5out (Maj. League debut and 1st Save-Renie Martin)

5/9/80  KC @ Bos  Win 6-5  W-Dennis Leonard,L-Bob Stanley  13-12  4th  2out (Save-Quisenberry)     

5/9/81  KC @ Chi  Loss 3-0  W-Richard Dotson,L-Rich Gale   6-15  6th  13.5out

5/9/82  KC @ Tor  Loss 2-0  W-Dave Steib,L-Paul Splittorff  14-13  4th  3.5out

5/9/83  OFF................................................................Record:     13-11  2nd  1.5out

5/9/84  Det @ KC  Loss 3-1  W-Dan Petry,L-Danny Jackson  9-18  6th  6out

5/9/85  OFF...........................................................Record:    12-13  4th  3.5out

5/9/86  KC @ Balt  Win 7-4  W-Buddy Black,L-Ken Dixon  12-14  3rd  2out  (Save-Steve Farr)

5/9/87  KC @ Cle  Win 4-0  W-Bret Saberhagen,L-Tom Candiotti  15-11  1st place

5/9/88  Bos @ KC  Loss 2-0  W-Roger Clemens,L-Mark Gubicza   14-17  3rd  10out

5/9/89  Cle @ KC  Win 3-1  W-Bret Saberhagen,L-Tom Candiotti  19-12  3rd  2.5out (note how similar to '87....weird)

5/9/90  KC @ Tex  Loss 9-3  W-Charlie Hough,L-Storm Davis   9-17  7th  11.5out

5/9/91  OFF.....................................................................Record:  9-17  6th  8out

5/9/92  Bos @ KC  Loss 5-0  W-Frank Viola,L-Mike Magnante   8-22  7th  11out

5/9/93  Tex @ KC  Loss 2-1  W-Kevin Brown,L-David Cone   12-17  5th  6out

5/9/94  Min @ KC  Loss 9-5  W-Kevin Tapani,L-Chris Haney   15-14  2nd  .5out

5/9/95  KC @ Cle  Loss 10-0  W-Orel Hershiser,L-Doug Linton   6-6  3rd  2.5out

5/9/96  KC @ Anh  Win 8-2  W-Mark Gubicza,L-Jason Grimsley  15-20  5th  7.5out

5/9/97  KC @ NY  Win 7-5  W-Randy Veres,L-Brian Boehringer  17-15  1st  place

5/9/98  Bos @ KC  Loss 3-1  W-Pedro Martinez,L-Tim Belcher   14-21  3rd  6.5out (Save-Tom Gordon)

5/9/99  KC @ Min  Win7-2  W-Jeff Suppan,L-Mike Lincoln  14-15  3rd  6.5out

5/9/00  OFF..............................................Record:   17-15  3rd  1out

5/9/01  KC @ Cle  Loss 5-1  W-C.C.Sabathia,L-Dan Reichert   11-22  5th  12out

5/9/02  Cle @ KC  Win 5-3  W-Jeff Suppan,L-Ricardo Rincon  10-22  5th  10.5out (Save-Roberto Hernandez)

5/9/03  Bal @ KC  Loss 15-5  W-Rick Helling,L-Miguel Asencio      Bal @ KC  Loss 5-4  W-Sidney Ponson,L-Runelvys Hernandez      20-13  1st

5/9/04  KC @ Bos  Win 8-4  W-Darrell May,L-Derek Lowe   9-20  4th  2.5

5/9/05  KC @ Tor  Loss 6-1  W-Josh Towers,L-Runelvys Hernandez  8-24  5th 16out

5/9/06  Cle @ KC  Win 10-7  W-Joel Peralta,L-Danny Graves   9-22  5th  13.5out

5/9/07  Oak @ KC  Win 3-2  W-Jimmy Gobble,L-Justin Duchscherer  11-23 5th 10.5out (Save-Joakim Soria)

5/9/08  Bal @ KC  _____________________________________________

     What's the point of all this?   None really....But the Royals overall have won 14 times on my brthday, and lost 18.  Hopefully we can get that closer to .500 tonight.

    Also, you can see that KC has only held first place three time on this date for as long as I have been alive.  And while Jim Colborn and Runelvys Hernandez have twice led to disappointing Birthdays, Jeff Suppan and Bret Saberhagen both came through for me with two wins each. 

     Since 2000, we are 4-4 on this date, with 3 wins out of the last 4 seasons.  Current Royals who have pitched admirably for me, are Peralta, Gobble, and Soria.

     We have played four games before against the O's, and are 2-2.  So, all things considering, I have neither inspired or jinxed us on the ninth of May....and it could go either way tonight.  Predicting a win though...4-3. 

I'm not real computer savy as it is, but at midnight, and with a good buzz.....this is confusing stuff....

Sorry about the rambling but, I wanted to see if I'm doing this right...

Thought it also might be fun to claim....FIRST!

Good meaningless game today by the way.....anticipation growing  for the real deal....Hopefully not going to be another bad April.

     I only just found this site last season, but enjoy the different points of view, and personalities, that dwell here under a bridge spanning a once great franchise, and a future return to glory.
     I have lived in St. Louis for some time worshiping a team that everyone laughs at, but I'm no fair weather fan. Nice to meet and joke with fellow sadists.
     Hope everyone enjoys Christmas with their families, and asked Santa for a pennant!
     

     Getting ready to head back to work, so I'll miss yet another game...but I was catching up on some reading, and zoomed back to August 15th. There was a discussion on how many wins we would have at the end of the year...I said I thought our record would be "67-95 with an outside chance of 70 wins" which did not go over very well.

     I still could be way off if we suddenly get hot, but I won't hold my breath....As we near the end, if someone was to ask the same question again, I still can't see us getting more than 70-72 wins at best. (And that's the optimistic me.)

     Don't know how to link back to that post, sorry. (Baseless pessimism?)

I just felt the urge to bitch about how much my job sucks. It should be illegal for employers to require me to work these hours. I'm in sales and have had appointments assigned at:

Mon. - 10,1,5,8
Tues. - 10,1,5,8
Weds. - 10,1,5
Thurs. - 10,1,5,8
Fri. - 10,1,5,8....(My ten cancelled this morning)
Sat. - ??? Won't know till late tonight.

I leave the house at 9-9:30am and get home around 11:30pm every day this week. I can't bitch to my wife because all I'll hear is how much worse she has it at her job...You married guys know how this works...

This is my version of scared straight for those going back to school. Wish I stayed in college.

Anyway, I'm gonna miss not seeing tonights game especially, and will have to settle again for reading all your posts tonight. Maybe I'm just in a foul mood but I expect an Odalis type of performance out of Greinke...4-5 runs in 5 innings. Hope I'm wrong. Any one else want to speculate on how he will do?