Supposed to see the boys take on the Padres today but rain showers everywhere here today. Game not cancelled yet but just my luck I'll drive there, arrive, and it will start to pour.

hmm, Bovada only has the over/under at 82 1/2. I can dismiss Vegas as "lol, dumb gamblers", but internet gamblers ought to be smart, they aren't dropping some money over a Vegas weekend.

Does that line seem crazy-low to everyone else? Are we just a bunch of wild-eyed optimists here, because if the over/under really should be that low, then we have a very big chance at a losing team, and I just have a hard time seeing that. Our defense and pitching won't decline that much, and our offense has got to see a huge improvement.

Schoenfield agrees, he has an ESPN article on every team's over/under and he thinks the Royals are set too low. It looks like bovada had them at 81.5 just 2 days ago, so this article may have caused them to bump it up a game.

Screw it, I'm jumping on this right now at 82 1/2. I'm putting at least a couple hundred on the over and I'll be really pissed if that bet doesn't pay off.

Looks like we'll finally get some statistical data on how shitty a route-runner Dyson really is

http://regressing.deadspin.com/mlb-a...200504/@kylenw

That's what speed do?

This is awesome, its too bad they won't get this in every park until 2015. As the article says, that really does look like the defensive holy grail, once we have this set up, by 2016 or 2017 we should really start to know a lot more about how much a player's defense is really worth in runs and wins. The only things we'd have left to do is to quantify a fielder's decision-making in a fielder's choice situation, and the influence the catcher has on the pitcher.

Vargas with a 1, 2, 3 1st inning.

Arizona, cold?

I think he said it's 62 degrees there. I would do just about anything for 62 degrees right now.

We're set for 5 more inches of snow here tonight. :(

Maybin hits a 2-run bomb off of Penny. 2-0 Padres.

Vernier: #Royals Colon w/ a beaut single up the middle, Dyson walks. Colon scores on Hosmer's ripped single to the right side. 2-1 SD, bottom 3.

Anyone know if the Royals are scheduled to be on MLBN at any point?

same here, its March and I'm probably going to have to break out the snow-thrower tomorrow. Think I'll open a new a bottle of Templeton Rye tonight, to prepare for this frozen weekend.

Like 6 or 7 times. I think the first time is next weekend. The Star had the complete list a few days ago. Try to search their archives.

It's hard to explain if you haven't been out here in "cold" weather. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trading with you guys but it often feels much colder here than the posted temp in the winter. Not sure if it's due to the thin air or if your body just reacts differently to the climate.