Oh geez. I clicked "first unread" and it was The Miz' theme song and I guess I thought I had clicked into the wrasslin thread.

I won't delete the post. My shame is public.

Come to Play -

Lets talk about the stadium....again.

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Royals baseball - Where our chances of winning the pennant is about as real as professional wrestling.

Royals Baseball 2013: We play in come.

All i want out of this years slogan is that it doesn't put extra pressure on our young guys to perform like last years. I'm okay with it.

Slogans? You want Slogans?

How Bout:

"We OWN I-49!"

"OMAHA! OMAHA!!!!"

"IRRELEVANT BY MOTHER'S DAY!"

"JUST THREE MORE YEARS!"

"WE HAD THE ALL STAR GAME!"

"SHINY OBJECTS!"

Does this mean if I go to a game I better "come to play" too? Because that would be awesome! My playing days are far behind me but I bet I can flail wildly at 3 pitches as well as Frenchy! Heh.

I actually fine with the slogan. It's generic but after last years debacle that's understandable.

Yeah, we need to be careful. Nothing ruins a season more than expectations of results.

What the **** is wrong with some of you? These sacks of shit need to be held to a standard. No excuses.

There is nothing to gain by having a slogan like "Our Time". I'm not saying the Royals sucked because of it, but if there is any chance it effected the team negatively why even bother.

It is a standard. They know they're suppossed to come to play now. :)

Besides it's just a merketing slogan.

Royals: Sometime.

I think there's too much of a comfort level at the K. There have been zero on-field expectations for well over two decades, with no consequences for suck.

So I'm OK with anything that introduces a healthy amount of pressure on all involved in the organization.

I think we need theme songs again. Remember this from the good ol days?

catch Royal mania with the Kansas City Royaaallllss
catch all the action, catch everything
the Kansas City Royals are doing it again
Go Royals Go! (dud ump dud da dum) Go Royals Go!
you can bring it on hooooooome
catch Royal maniaaaa
there's (some words I can remember) and you can catch it too
the Kansas City Royaaaalllllsss... (duh da da dut!)

So... I'm bored and procrastinating before a conference call. Which means... it's time for best case/worst case projections courtesy of yours truly.

Note: I'm not going to project things like Ws or Ss or Ls for a pitcher, or RBIs/Rs for a hitter. Too much chance/variance. Best-case listed on line 1. Worst-case on line 2.

SP1 - James Shields: 3.45 ERA/1.20 WHIP/8.5 K/9/220 IP/
4.50 ERA/1.30 WHIP/8.5 K/9/220 IP
SP2 - Jeremy Guthrie: 3.90 ERA/1.22 WHIP/6.0 K/9/205 IP
5.00 ERA/1.35 WHIP/5 K/9/175 IP/
SP3 - Ervin Santana: 3.50 ERA/1.25 WHIP/7.2 K/9/200 IP
5.50 ERA/1.30 WHIP/ 6 K/9/165 IP
SP 4 - Wade Davis: 3.50 ERA/1.20 WHIP/8.0 K/9/200 IP
4.50 ERA/1.30 WHIP/6 K/9/175 IP/
SP5 - Luke Ho... FOR SOME REASON MY KEYBOARD STOPPED WORKING

LF - Alex Gordon: .320/.390 OBP/.515 SLG/25 HR/45 2B/15 SB
.275/.335/.425 SLG/15 HR/45 2B/10 SB

SS - Alcides Escobar: .300/.340 OBP/.425 SLG/8 HR/40 2B/40 SB
.265/.300 OBP/.375 SLG/5 HR/30 2B/25 SB

1B - Eric Hosmer: .300/.350/.525 SLG/35 HR/35 2B/15 SB
.250/.300/.425/15 HR/30 2B/5 SB

DH - Billy Butler: .330/.390 OBP/.525 SLG/35 HR/45 2B/0 SB
.300/.360/.475 SLG/15 HR/45 2B/0 SB

3B - Mike Moustakas: 280/.320/.475 SLG/30 HR/40 2B/5 SB
.250/.280/.425/20 HR/30 2B/0 SB

C - Sal Perez: .320/.350 OBP/.500 SLG/25 HR/35 2B/2 SB
.260/.290/.425/15 HR/30 2B

CF - Lorenzo Cain: .290/.330 OBP/.450 SLG/20 HR/35 2B/25 SB
.260/.300 OBP/.400 SLG/15 HR/25 2B/15 SB

RF - JefF Francoeur: .280/.310 OBP/.450 SLG/25 HR/40 2B/15 SB
THE WORST EVER ... AGAIN

2B - Chris Getz: .275/.325 OBP/.350 SLG/1 HR/30 2B/30 SB
.250/.280 OBP/.325 SLG/0 HR/25 2B/10 SB

Overall, I think the offense performs better and the pitching performs better. They max out around 85 wins unless something really astonishing happens. Good enough to get them into wild card contention but not enough to make it.

This really should have been a team that was 3-6 wins better than its record in 2012. I'm figuring that in as well as 6-8 wins from young players progressing/getting better and better starting pitching.

If the Royals luck swings 3-6 wins in the positive direction in 2013 (which is much less luck than, say, Baltimore had in 2012), they could sneak into a playoff spot/wildcard spot.

I know there's some talent in the middle of the lineup....but the Royals haven't had a 30HR hitter since Jermaine Dye.....that's ****ing sad.....but now we're going to possibly have 3 of them, and 2 others w/ at least 25?

LMAO

ok





....Our Time