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Bob Dutton Reports Royals Close to Signing Noel Arguelles

 

Via Dutton's Twitter account:

Royals believed near major-league agreement with Cuban defector LHP Noel Arguelles for $7 million over five years.

Thoughts?

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A Note On Chone Figgins, Stathead Orthodoxy, and Me

 

I can still remember the first time I saw the name Chone Figgins.

 

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Royals Opening Day Lineups from 2009-1990. Fun as hell. Don't worry, you only have to enter Sweeney once and he shows up however many times.

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Boring Off-Season Fun Thread

While we dream of Jordan Parraz...

  1. What traditional stat do you find yourself still clinging to the most?
  2. Favorite place to watch a baseball game, other than the K of course:
  3. Favorite baseball cap.
  4. Where does the Royals winning a WS rank on your list of sports priorities? (i.e. compared to the Chiefs winning the Superbowl or whatever)
  5. What is the dumbest thing you ever purchased?
  6. What album did you listen to the most between ages 16-20?

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Royals Links: Callaspo, Olivo, Wagner, Shoppach, Vichy

Just when it looks like we've hit a lull, the Callaspo rumors hit.

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Will There Be Any Arbitration Surprises For the Royals?

Will the Royals surprise us with any unexpected arbitration decisions today?

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Top Five Per Game Attendance Figures, by Season, in Royals History

  1. 1989 - 30,589 per game
  2. 1987 - 29,537 per game
  3. 1988 - 29,377 per game
  4. 1986 - 28,652 per game
  5. 1980 - 28,256 per game

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Late Night Royals Links

Really interesting to think that the Brewers may be headed for dark times again. Bring back the Seligs!

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Possible Responses to the Erik Bedard Rumors

This week's hottest Royals-related rumor remains the rumbling that Dayton Moore is close to signing Erik Bedard to a short-term deal. For whatever reason, a one year, ~$3 million dollar deal has been bandied about.

So how should we feel about this? Honestly, I'm not sure. Possible responses, from most positive to least positive are below.

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The Five Dumbest NL MVP Votes

  1. The 14 Ballots That Didn't Include Chase Utley
  2. Jeremy Affeldt- 10th
  3. Yunel Escobar- 5th
  4. Todd Helton- 3rd
  5. Derek Lee- 2nd or Brad Hawpe -10th

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