Like the name of a half baked Alan Parsons coverband

Would they ever consider doing a 6-man rotation for a while to slow down Duffy’s innings? Or is that not important enough to risk getting the other starters out of whack?

That is FAR, FAR too progressive and forward thinking for this front office or managerial team to tinker with it.

Besides, it would also limit the starts you have Shields making. It honestly would probably be better to use a spot starter to skip them once a month or something like that.

Spring Training baseball!

I'm so excited for the season I think I'll listen to this on the radio for a while.:)

Nice to hear Lebfavre on the radio on the drive home

According to twitter, Prince Fielder just murdered a baseball from Duffy. Glad he's not on the Tigers anymore.

Can confirm: I have an uncle at NORAD.

watched Royals most of 13 season .... liked their players and game management .....

Are you talking about 1982?

FOX has decided to pick up 6 Royals games as part of MLB's national TV contract. 2 of them will be Saturday games on Fox (5/24, 6/7) and 4 will be on FS1 (5/3, 7/26, 8/26, 9/6).

150 games will be televised on FSKC, so only 6 games won't be on TV.

Awesome!

2nd headline about how the Royals year to make playoffs HAS to happen this year on ESPN.COM

Everyone and their brothers think this is the year we NEED to make a serious run.

That is oustanding news.......I hope.

Still hopeful. It's only February.

Kinda interesting how our 2 games on big Fox are late June/early May. They want the royals on just in case they are good, but not on too late in the season in case we fall apart.

I've been looking at our schedule today, and wow September is gonna be brutal. On the morning of September 1st, we had better be leading the division or have a firm grip on a wild card spot because we'll be losing some games in the last month. If we're chasing someone in September, we're in trouble.

good lord dyson you idiot....

should have had the tying run come to the plate.

It's a spring training game..........In february

Rep for showing up to camp in mid-May form.

The 6/7 game vs the Yankees is scheduled for 6pm. Will it be changed?

LMAO

AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT!

Season over.

Aoki and Infante are total busts.

Scuttle the ship!

Maybe you haven't been keeping track of current events, but we just got our asses kicked.

Billy must've been especially fat in that game

I noticed that late season gauntlet as well. Really hoping the starting pitching holds up. My concern is some of the guys could be on limited innings by then. I know they said Duffy was going to be. Not so sure they will not limit Ventura if he starts out with the big club. I really don't want September to come and have us running out Chen and for lack of better options Davis and hoping to hold a spot in the playoffs. I would think Chen has to regress at some point...just hoping it is not this year. Maybe if we keep him around the 15 to 20 start range he can be effective.

Bullshit...it's spring training. He's in the best shape of his life

Friends in low places is not going to be played in the 6th inning anymore.

Damn shame

Somewhere George Blowfish weeps.

...and blames it on Mike Sweeney.

LMAO

Moustakas with 2 RBI's. World Series here we come!

Aoki is back. I thought he was a bust for a moment.

Tears of Joy, my friend.

Singing that shit when you're a bottom dwelling team is Stockholm Syndrome at its finest.

Unfortunately there is not a "Don't play any song in the 6th inning" option.

Damn. I know it's against an old-ass lame duck pitcher, but I love this offense.

Huzzah!

It was fine I guess, but come on how many years has it been? The Royals are currently taking suggestions over twitter for a replacement sing-along song, use the hashtag #6thInningSong

Too bad we lost that game yesterday, this could've been an amazing season.

Garth Brooks sucks, so if they are changing the song that's fine, but I agree with Duncan, can we just have nothing but the crowd noise?

Tomorrow should show us which direction we are headed in for the season.

Thats just not realistic, at all. Its clearly popular, and you are talking about a business that is interested in creating an atmosphere that encourages even the very casual fans to buy a few tickets, and this certainly helps with that. Or, at least the total absence of a sing-along song would be noticed.

:duncan_idaho makes crusty old man noises despite being 31:

They should have the fans vote in the middle of the second inning which song they'd like to hear in the 6th. The vote should be via show of hands.

My worst fear is some marketing guy thinks they should play that Lorde song Royals.

Butler went 3-3, and the Royals destroyed the Rangers 11-1.

The season has been salvaged, to the 'ship!

Alter the first lyric and there are plenty of worse choices.

I'm guessing they'll get her to do some sort of "We'll always be Royals" type remix to that song.
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It's all about shiny objects. There is no quiet time between innings any more. It's all a marketing opportunity.

Also, why do we have to have just one song? Pick a bunch of them, and change it up. Going to a ballgame shouldn't be like going to mass. They should have some variety.

The Chiefs game day experience has this same problem. Same formula every week. Mix it up. Surprise us now and then.

The odds of that have to be 115%. They'd probably be crazy if they didn't.

I endorse this idea. If we're going to have songs, lets have a few of them and rotate them. I know the appeal of sticking with one song is so the fans can learn it and really get into singing it, but as long as you have the words and the silly bouncing ball on the screen, I'm sure we can all manage.

Stop scuttling the ship!

Awesome!

To the watchtower

Didn't they used to play Ring of Fire?

last time I checked, Vegas has the over/under on wins at 81.5. I can't tell if this is a pay your mortgage type bet or a trap.

Mortgage

People are buying tickets to a Royals game so they can sing Friends in Low Places?

ROFL

Yep. That's probably going to be the selection.

Horrible idea.

I can't wait until we win a World Series so that people stop caring about stupid crap like what music they play in the 6th freaking inning.

To me, it already feels like we won the World Series.

Laugh if you want, but its partially true, and the casual fans who are positively affected probably don't even know it. Just like some fans buy tickets partially for the Sheridan's frozen custard, partially for the kiddie playground, and oh yeah partially for this whole baseball game thing against the Chicago whosits too.

Its all part of the fan experience and all of them would probably say they are going to watch the game, but all this stuff costs money. Do you think these teams are stupid and blowing money on bells and whistles for nothing? If we all sat on benches and the PA announcer didn't say a word between innings, that shouldn't make a difference, we're all there for the game, right? Just get your hot dog and beer, sit down, and watch the game.

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.