Just saw this today and didn't see it any where and didn't pay attention to the game yesterday.

Royals Experiment with Hosmer in Right Field
http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sp...in_rf/13262761

Curious what people's opinion of this is. If Hosmer is viable at RF and we move Billy to 1st, who would you want to DH? Should this even be considered?

Salvy to DH.

Looking at the early schedule, it is not going to be an easy start. White Sox, Phillies, Twins, BlueJays, Braves, Red Sox, Tigers, Indians in April. With the Twins, BlueJays, and Indians being the home series. Luckily, with the staff we have now, I just don't see long losing streaks. But that was the point of the trade wasn't it?

Gonna be important throughout the season to beat the teams we are "supposed" to beat. No more losing to the freaking Twins. People keep saying, "I just want meaningful games in August!" Well, if the Royals manage that, they play 17 games in August against sub .500 teams last season. 19 if you count the last two games (Twins) in July. Then a pretty brutal September, but that's where playoff teams are made.

So glad that opening day is Monday

I think it's mainly because interleague games are spread throughout the year now. I don't think they'll do it when they have the DH.

I think they are mainly doing it to have options for interleague. Our second series is at Philly so we need to know if Hosmer could play right. Would be nice to sit Frenchy instead of one of those two.

The Yankees almost had a mascot, but a bizarre angry confrontation between Yankee coach Lou Piniella and the Famous San Diego Chicken at a game in Seattle pissed off Steinbrenner so much that he declared to the media that mascots had no place in baseball. He apparently forgot that he approved a new mascot that was going to debut in 2 weeks. The new Yankee mascot was banished to the upper decks, they did nothing to promote him, and they got rid of him after 3 years.

Yeah, that makes sense, thanks for the responses.

If any of you are Game of Thrones fans, you might find this interesting.

http://extramustard.si.com/2013/03/2...1_a5&eref=sihp

Obligatory can't wait til Monday. Going to listen to the first couple innings until I'm off at 4:30 then head home to hopefully catch the rest of the game. Been a fan all my life & have never seen this team truly competitive. It's about damn time that changes.

No.

I agree, but then who?

no one. We can't have a DH at NL parks.

I hope the Royals ease the pain from my beloved Jayhawks.


C'mon you sons of bitches!

http://espn.go.com/mlb/preview13/sto...aseball-season

ESPN has posted playoff predictions from their massive list of analysts and writers. Seems like almost everyone is picking the Nationals over Tigers, or the Tigers over the Nationals, in the World Series.

Two guys do predict the Royals make it as a wild card. Aaron Boone and a writer from ESPN New York, of all places.

Am I the only one that think that the Blue Jays (edit, i was wrong.) will flop this year?