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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 10528060)

Dr. Andrews has been pretty damned busy this spring.

Its crazy how dependent MLB is on one surgeon in Alabama, maybe they should start training other doctors in case he dies or retires.

http://i.imgur.com/SazZTs6.png

He also does most of the ACL surgeries for NFL players.

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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 10528075)

Dude's a strikeout machine and he keeps it in the yard, but unfortunately his walks are also crazy-high.

Good for him though, I hope he's able to pitch a little while longer, I always thought he tried to do the best he could.

edit: holy crap, I just looked up his 2013 stats. Still striking out lots of guys, but 5.0 BB/9 in Omaha last season? Good luck, White Sox.

Not saying he can't perform, but his arm may fall off before the All Star break.

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 10527827)

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/3/3...s-team-preview

DETROIT PERSPECTIVE:

"Perennial media darlings"? What? When has the media ever made much of the Royals, other than a few guys this year?

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Originally Posted by thurman merman (Post 10528085)

"Perennial media darlings"? What? When has the media ever made much of the Royals, other than a few guys this year?

The curse of attention

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 10527827)

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/3/3...s-team-preview

DETROIT PERSPECTIVE:

Last year, this entire narrative was magnified due to the arrival of James Shields in the most derided trade in baseball history.

What?

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Originally Posted by thurman merman (Post 10528085)

"Perennial media darlings"? What? When has the media ever made much of the Royals, other than a few guys this year?

To be fair, we have been the trendy dark horse pick the last couple years. We haven't been seriously picked to do huge things, but everyone always lists a "team to watch out for", and it always seemed to be the Royals, and a couple writers who wanted to seem hip or thinking out of the box would pick the Royals to win the Central or a Wild Card every year.

This year though it really could happen so the floodgates are really opening, they still aren't favored by the media, but I'm seeing at least 1/3 and maybe almost 1/2 of writers penciling them in for at least a wild card. So, we are being paid attention to, especially with our strong 2nd half last year and with Ace Ventura.

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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 10528104)

For years we had the #1 farm system in the league, and everybody kind of started assuming that would pay dividends at some point.

Damn, I just can't contain myself....

One. More. Frickin. Day.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps5b2edce2.jpg

Does anyone else think that if Moose starts off decent, that when Coleman comes back from the DL they'll try and get Valencia through waivers and keep Ciriaco?

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Originally Posted by SPchief (Post 10528132)

Does anyone else think that if Moose starts off decent, that when Coleman comes back from the DL they'll try and get Valencia through waivers and keep Ciriaco?

If no one gets hurt, and it doesn't seem we need Coleman just yet, I'm think the Royals might give it a few more days. You don't have to activate someone after 15. The Royals also have 3 days off in just the first 2 weeks so they should be pretty well-rested.

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Originally Posted by SPchief (Post 10528132)

Does anyone else think that if Moose starts off decent, that when Coleman comes back from the DL they'll try and get Valencia through waivers and keep Ciriaco?

I hope so.

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Originally Posted by -King- (Post 10528080)

He also does most of the ACL surgeries for NFL players.

Dude has to be worth a bajillion dollars.

Remember that "we the people" petition headed by Anheuser Busch to make opening day a national holiday? It did get the 100,000 signatures needed to mandate a response, and not surprisingly, its a no, but the Kansas City Royals were prominently mentioned in the official white house response.

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Honoring Our National Pastime

By Josh Earnest, Principal Deputy Press Secretary and a lifelong Kansas City Royals fan

Thanks for your petition and your participation in We the People.

For more than a century, American presidents have celebrated Opening Day -- from President William Taft's 1910 first pitch from the stands, to President Obama toeing the rubber at Nationals Park in 2010.

Opening Day signals a new beginning, not only for the 30 Major League Baseball teams playing for their shot at a title, but for the millions of fans who will follow the 162-game journey -- from "Play ball!" through the last out. That includes President Obama, who will be rooting for his White Sox to go all the way.

While we are sympathetic to your pitch to make Opening Day a national holiday, it's a little outside our strike zone: creating permanent federal holidays is traditionally the purview of Congress. So, it's up to the men and women on Capitol Hill to decide whether to swing at this pitch.

To celebrate Opening Day, we'll be honoring the 2013 World Series champions, the Boston Red Sox, here at the White House on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, I'll spend that day visualizing what it would be like to welcome my 2014 World Series Champion Kansas City Royals to the White House. That is, after all, the best part of Opening Day: every team is tied for first place and poised to make a run at the Fall Classic.

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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 10528154)

Nice

It's officially baseball season in my house.