You know its a good week when two of Greinke's pitches get specific breakdowns. Royals : Greinke’s Slider | FanGraphs Baseball The Curves of Zack Greinke - Beyond the Box Score Royalscentricity: Cy Greinke Zack Greinke wins the AL Cy Young Award " Royal Reflections Reality check: Greinke's success means the clock is ticking on Dayton Moore and the Royals | Upon Further Review Royally Speaking:...
I don't want to pick on Let's Talk About Tex Baby, but something he wrote yesterday got me thinking: We just haven’t had high quality prospects. Who from the Yankee farm system has gone to another organization and become anything more than a mediocre player, other than Soriano who was already a star when we traded him? Nick Johnson ? Juan Rivera? These guys are average at best. The idea that...
I usually like most of what's on stage at The Playhouse in Des Moines, but The Farnsworth Invention is one play I could have done without . We made it through just the first half of the the 2-hour performance before heading to Cool Basil at 8801 University in Clive for some Thai food that was better than anything The Farnsworth Invention served up on 42nd Street in Des Moines. We weren't the only people...
Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here. Today's team AL is the Kansas City Royals and our guest is Wally Fish from the Royals Blog, Kings of Kaufman . 1. A few years back the Royals had the free agent signings of Gil Meche and...
Because it's amusing to figure out who is similar to who. Batters is most similar to or In 2008, he was most similar to Alberto Callaspo Smoky Burgess Don Slaught Alex Gordon Howard Johnson Darnell Coles Joe Foy Billy Butler Kent Hrbek John Olerud Keith Hernandez David DeJesus Tony Gonzalez Coco Crisp Roy Weatherly Jose Guillen Kevin McReynolds Joe Rudi Kevin McReynolds Mike Aviles Tony Eusebio John...
Well, it looks like those crazy hot stove rumors have starting to swirl. Here's one from Joel Sherman , who says the Tigers are looking to trade Curtis Granderson and that the Yankees would be one of the teams most interested. Granderson would be attractive to many teams, with the Yankees near the top of the list. They have long searched for a premium solution in center since Bernie Williams left his...
by Michael Appleton - AP View full size photo » Can we finally give some credit to Brian Cashman? After an eight year drought, he finally put the Yankees back on top of the baseball world. After acquiring underachiever after underachiever, Cash built a team based on healthy and dependable stars. In years past, we'd seen the likes of Jaret Wright , Kevin Brown, Randy Johnson , Gary Sheffield ,...
Initially I really liked this deal for the Pirates , who during this season earned the benefit of the doubt in my mind. After learning that Iwamura was only under contract through 2010 however, I was less excited. As often gets said with deals like this, "well, the Pirates will probably trade him later," however, as Royals fans, we know that sometimes that doesn't happen. Looks like Charlie...
I woke up worn out after that long, exciting game. I'm glad I wasn't there, though - it was too nerve-wracking watching the game in my Snuggie. Imagine what it was like to be in the cold and the rain for five hours and ten minutes! And that was after a very nerve-wracking Texas-Oklahoma game. My nerves are shot, even though both my teams won. Sheesh. All this might have been too much for Squawker Jon....
More photos » by Duane Burleson - AP The Savior wonders if his accomplishments will appear in the list of the season's best games. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson) Browse more photos » While the White Sox didn't make the playoffs this year (or finish above .500 for that matter), it never really felt like a chore to watch (at least to me) like 2007 did. Once the season ended (and this lull between...
More photos » by Paul J. Bereswill - AP "That's right. I AM the man." Browse more photos » Brian Cashman has been saying "The Yankees need to get younger and more athletic" for several years now. Since 2005 he has been slowly re-molding the machine, re-invigorating the farm system and retooling the roster to fit his championship vision. For 2 seasons we've watched the...
Royals 4, Yankees 3: Too bad Kyle Farnsworth can't close every game against the Yankees. Joba Chamberlain turned in a middling effort. The Yankees, who have clinched everything from the division to home-field advantage, have nothing to play for except their health. They have an off-day Thursday before traveling to St. Petersburg to play the Rays. Then come the playoffs. Nationals 7, Mets 4: Imagine...
Everyone loves walk-offs, and the Yanks sure have spoiled us this year. Moshe at TYU took the time to recap all 15 of those suckers, from Melky’s 14th inning jack against Oakland to Luis Castillo’s dropped popup to last night’s Kyle Farnsworth special. Good times, good times. Check it out. Post from: River Ave. Blues A [...] Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blog Recapping...
by Charles Krupa - AP "Si no ases buen trabajo, estaras enserada aqui con las cucarachas por dos semanas sin agua y sin comida!" --Mouth, in "The Goonies" View full size photo uploaded September 30, 2009 So this was the master plan all along, huh, Joe? The nebullous parameters of the Joba Rules, the sometimes shady secrecy of it all, the constant crap shoot of his efficacy in each...
When is the YES Network going to stop naming the Player of the Game before the game is actually over? Especially given the fact that the Yankees now have 15 walkoff wins this season? Last night, Kansas City starter Anthony Lerew won the honors. But really, Kyle Farnsworth should have gotten the award. I missed most of the game due to real-life obligations, (and I'm bummed I missed that pregame ceremony)...
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