Although Fringe, that 76 Royals team hit only 65 HRs ... about what this team is on pace to hit. :grr:

But that 76 team also led the league in doubles and triples.

This year's Royals would be better if they led the league in doubles and triples, instead of just being average. But I still think in this environment you're severely handicapping yourself with so few homers. The league average for HRs in 1976 was only 94. SEVEN teams hit fewer than 100 homers.

Not really over this franchise, but some of the others he mentioned.

That '76 team was also very fast, efficient team that could get around the base paths (finished 2nd in the AL in SB's). They also knew how to hit in key situations, as they led the AL in Sac Flies.

Haven't been watching or listening to the game today but this is about all I need to know.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Nori Aoki just swung and missed at a pitch. The problem was the pitch hit him in his left shoulder. He also fell down.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/statuses/471742706671042560">May 28, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Louis Coleman hit George Springer with a pitch. Because Springer did not swing at it, he was able to take first base.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/statuses/471746639921573889">May 28, 2014</a></blockquote>
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It's time.....

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Heh, I've mentioned this before half heartedly, but this team would have benefited from the 90s K fences pulled in era. Or maybe not with Vargas......
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We are at the ****ing embarrassment stage. I can't defend a single one of them right now. Not one hitter looks even close to figuring it out.

Again. I think you have to hire a new GM and let him bring in his people from top to bottom. Every step of the Org needs to change. Firing Yost isn't enough IMO.

Heard some really nasty things about Grifol over the weekend... from a source inside the front office.

Basically, was told Grifol is a politician who says all the right things and knows how to play old school baseball guys who can't see any other type of game (like Dayton Moore, Ned Yost and Jack Z in Seattle) like a fiddle... but is not really qualified to be an MLB hitting coach, doesn't put in much work, and never talks about approach (focuses only on swing).

Oh, and he's two faced and willing to stab guys in the back at the drop of a hat. Stellar (and shocking, considering his rep around baseball).

If any (much less all) of that is true Duncan, that's still not on Grifol. That's on the man who hired him.

Grifol should be the first to go, and that's without factoring in what you've just said. How in the hell has he held on to his job? He must have blackmailed George Brett to vouch for him somehow.

The Dayton Moore Replacement List

Thad Levine - Assistant General Manager, Texas Rangers

Michael Girsch - Assistant General Manager, St. Louis Cardinals

David Forst - Assistant General Manager, Oakland A's

I had two reactions:

1) Disappointment. I had heard good things about Grifol from a lot of guys (not just the KC broadcast, either).

2) Resignation. Just another sign of Dayton Moore's struggle to hire good people. Really seems to get the wool pulled over his eyes quite often and easily.

Politician who is really good at playing people, from what I was told.

Yost really isn't that bad of a manager. He is pretty much league average. That being said every MLB hates their manager and questions every move they make. I'm lucky enough I guess to get hear enough talk from across the state. Fan base hated LaRussa every thing he did was wrong all the time. Same thing with Matheny now. Outside of pro basketball its the most Jimmy and Joe sport, than Xs and Os. If we replace it need to be from top down. General Manager is the more important position in baseball.