Just about ready to cry re: Ventura's elbow injury. It's the Royals; no way this ends up with any other outcome than TJ surgery.

Anyone here been to the Negro League Museum?

If you've never been you should go. It's well worth it.

Yeah I'm going to check it out tomorrow, looking forward to it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Kyle Zimmer has been shut down due to a lat strain. He won&#39;t play catch for six to eight weeks. Cripes.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/statuses/471308903347937282">May 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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There's always next year.

Or the year after that

Does anyone really believe Zimmer's been OK to pitch all this time? Anyone?

At this rate he is never going to pitch

Saving him for the 2018 stretch run.

Sadly, I will probably still have hope. It's like a headache that won't go away cheering for the Royals.

FYP.

I have to agree that there is something wrong within the coaching chain on this team, offensively. We know the guys we have can perform better and have seen them do so. They are being allowed to do something they shouldn't be or otherwise told do so something they shouldn't be.

Either way we have seen Hos, Gordon, BB and Perez all do much better than they are now. When it's one or two people you can hang it on the players. When it's an entire team under-performing then you have to look at the coaching chain and the message being sent to them.

Yost confirms that JFK died of a heart attack.

I think I'm officially done with Hope and Royals Baseball. Why? Why me, Lord? WHY!!!!!!!!!!!?

Shields for Myers? Try to buy low on the latter?

Laughed out loud a bit at the Hal Morris Blast. Bravo!

[QUOTE=OmahaChief;10653034]Laughed out loud a bit at the Hal Morris Blast. Bravo![/QUOTE

Thats an insult to Hal Morris.

Looks like that K rate is starting to cause him problems, as some thought might be the case.

Looks like he got Maloofed, too.

So, how many homers do the Stroh's hit off Guthrie tonight? Nice to see we're leading the league in some type of home run category.

I did when everything was still going basically according to schedule. Over the past 2 weeks, as that started to break down, I started to doubt it. And stopped believing it when they announced this injury.

Someone needs to perform an animal sacrifice on home plate. Or the pitching mound perhaps. :facepalm:

Let's sacrafice Ned on the pitching mound, and Dayton on home plate? :shrug:

Can we cook and eat 'em afterwards?/Belly Butler

And the hits just keep on coming!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>By the way, all-around good guy <a href="https://twitter.com/pgrathoff">@pgrathoff</a> would like you to know that Raul Mondesi has back spasms and last played on May 16.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/statuses/471319663105040386">May 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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I feel like this should involve the exhumed corpse of Don Dekinger...

Meh, I just expect the train wreck to keep mangling shit once the initial impact occurs. It's inevitable......

Yeah, and DM won't have a ****ing scratch.

No way. The expectations were far to high for this season. Heads have to roll if this season ultimately creates something less than a competitive finish. Not even David Glass could defend that.

The Royals have shown no signs of being competitive.

Well, then I guess heads will have to roll. Apparently, the bat boy and the catcher who warms up the 'pen are going to pay for the sins of DM and Yost:evil:

"I'm getting the same results from $92M that I got from $60M..." /Glass

FYP

The Glass family could give a flying f**k about winning the AL Central. It's about money. Attendance is down. So GMDM better start thinking about the next shiny object to add to the outfield pavilion. Maybe a waterslide or wading pool for the kiddies. Maybe brass stripper poles -with strippers- in the Rivals Bar.... something.... ANYTHING to sell tickets.

Oh, and finding a third baseman who can hit over .200, a starting DH and First Baseman who can hit more than ONE HR in two months, that would be OK too. Not a priority or anything. Just if you have time to get around to it.

We're leading the league in fewest home runs.

Now Zimmer is dealing with a lat strain I seen.

"Here Royals Fans. I'll hold this football, and you run up and kick it. I won't pull it away and crush your hopes and dreams and wishes for a winning season and a return to the playoffs. You can trust me, I'd never lie to you....:

http://i61.tinypic.com/hu565g.gif

My preference would be David and Dan Glass and anyone else related that could take over ownership.

I wouldn't invest in the team either if I was Glass. You put together + .500 team, last year, and attendance DOESNT go up. Strictly from a business perspective, why would he continue to think increased spending and winning would make him more profitable? It's easy to spend 30m, lose 100 games, still get ppl to come out to and watch the futility while cutting your cost.

2012 Royals Attendance 21,748
2013 Royals Attendance 21,614
2014 Royals Attendance 20,676

Team gets better, less people go. I think it's safe to say this down doesn't give two shits about the Royals anymore.

FIFY

The Royals sucked ass last year during the prime attendance months. They bumped back nicely at the end of the year.

Blowing leads, hitting nothing but singles, and "adjustable pricing" on tickets will do that. I'll bet their TV ratings are about the same. I'm sure there'll be plenty of Cardinal fans, Yankee fans and Red Sox fans here later in the year to boost our numbers. Come watch your team kick our team in the ass.

Same as it ever was.

One of the worst run franchises of all major sports.

:hmmm: When you start thinking like this, the payroll and record goes the other direction and usually stays there for awhile.

Attendance is not just a faucet that can be turned on and off. Winning just a little bit doesn't turn it back on full blast.

The Royals were epicly terrible for 15+ years before last season, one fluke year aside in 2003. That drives attendance down (and season ticket sales).

The Royals had a absolutely horrible month of May that squashed a lot of expectations quickly. They eventually dug out of that whole, but June and July attendance suffered because of that hole.

From a business perspective, there are tons of examples of sports teams that make money by spending money. There's one in this city, in fact.

Who knows what Glass will do? I certainly didn't expect payroll to increase this much this year, and he has been surprising many with his willingness to spend since Moore got here. Part of me thinks he would look at handing over a record payroll to a GM who had been here for a LONG time and not gotten it done, and maybe say "It's time to go a different direction."

Moore has wheedled a lot more money out of Glass and co. over the years, with nothing to show for it. He'll either see that as a sign Moore must go or as a sign that spending money is worthless.

It's the ROyals, so it likely would be the latter.

Eat a bowl of AIDS.

You know, if we throw pitching out of the mix, the only player I think that has improved so far this year is Escobar. He's been clutch on defense, he's hit better, done OK in the number two hole when Omar was out. He's maturing as a real major league shortstop both on offense and defense.

Around the horn otherwise:

Hosmer: His defense has always been good. No home run power. None. Hits a lot of doubles, still has a big looping swing.

Omar: Good when he's healthy. Getting hit in the face pretty much derailed his first two months.

Moose: Enjoy the world class zoo in Omaha, you pop up machine.

Gordon: Great defense again this year, inconsistent at the plate. Not as bad as Hosmer and Billay, spotty power but too few and far between.

LoCain: Flashes of brilliance on defense. Can't play more than four weeks or so without getting hurt. Has to stay healthy to be a factor. So far, missed too many games. Doesn't hit for much power either as an outfielder.

Aoki: Can't hit much on the road, poorest fielder and arm of all our outfielders. Dink, slap, Texas league hitter. At least he'll take a walk, but he hasn't been as good of a leadoff guy as Alex Gordon.

Salvie: His defense hasn't been as good this year. Pass balls, wild throws, etc. But he calls a great game and is light years better than whatever #2 guy they throw in there. Injury bug again this year. Banged and bruised up because he's a big guy and big target behind the plate. Batting average has waivered around .250. He should hit for more power too. He's been hitting into DPs more often lately.

Belly: He's fat. He's slow. He doesn't walk as much as last year. He has the same, weak ass warning track power. A lot of last years doubles are singles this year because he's too damn fat to make it to second. He looks like a 40 year old Harmon Killebrew, and he's not even 30 yet. I was hoping he'd be the Royals version of Jim Thome, but he's more like a current version of Bob Hamelin. Hell, I bet a 40 year old Hammer could have hit more than one home run by now. And probably wouldn't have hit into as many DP's either.

Looks like another .500 season, if the pitching doesn't implode.

Anything on Ventura yet?

I don't know why people give Glass so much shit. Compared to Clark Hunt, Glass is more of a baseball guy than Clark Hunt is a football guy. You guys may all mock David but his heart is in the game. He could easily optimize his earning potential by not increasing payroll, he's shown a willingness to increase spending. He moved AA closer to his house so he could attend some games. More than you can say than Clark Hunt at least, a soccer guy posing as a football man, who would gladly give up the Chiefs if he could land a Champions League team in Europe. Glass is a baseball fan who is from the midwest, and owns his favorite team.

When did Glass buy the Cardinals?

What World are you living in?:shake:

I don't think people give him a hard time much anymore? The last 3/4 years or so, he's probably done as much as you could expect of a small market owner. It's the previous decade+ that he gets killed for, and rightfully so.

I think the Oakland A's prove otherwise

19. Kansas City Royals $92,034,345
20. Chicago White Sox $91,159,254
21. San Diego Padres $90,094,196
22. NY Mets $89,051,758
23. Chicago Cubs $89,007,857
24. Minnesota Twins $85,776,500
25. Oakland A's $83,401,400
26. Cleveland Indians $82,534,800
27. Pittsburgh Pirates $78,111,667
28. Tampa Bay Rays $77,062,891
29. Miami Marlins $47,565,400
30. Houston Astros $44,544,174

The epic face-plant in May 2013 took the air out of that season. The utter mediocrity following such high expectations in 2014 have taken the air out of this season. If KC was leading Detroit by 7 games, the fans be there.

Also, fans like offense. This team is frustratingly bad.

GMDM on MLB network radio says that Ventura will only miss one start.

610 said Ventura looks to be out one start.

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Good news.

I'll believe it when I see it.

Color me skeptical. I think we've earned that right as Royals Fans.

This.

He's a Cardinals Fan.

He's just happens to own a team in the American League. Business, you know.

Expected to only miss 1 start

I am skeptical

To be fair to him, he did grow up when the Cardinals were essentially the only team in the area unless you want to count the St. Louis Browns.

To be closely followed by TJ surgery becuase we will run him out when he should be rested or on the DL.

Every single one of those teams with a lower payroll than the Royals have been to the post-season since David Glass became owner of the Royals.

Two have only been to the postseason Once in that time span -Pittsburgh (last year) and Miami (Winning the World Series in 2003).

All the others have been in the post-season on multiple occasions during The Glass family reign.

Two critical facts:
He has owned the team for over 20 years and the team has not made the playoff in his tenure. He has operated the club for profit over the course of his entire tenure.

Now, he is pushing 80. I don't think it is too far fetched to say that the intent this year was to win just enough to revitalize the interest in the club enough that he could ride the windfall into his grave or an inflated sale of the team.

Meanwhile, an entire generation (28 going on 29 years of fail) of the market has been disenfranchised leaving an aged and dwindling fan-base. The team will inevitably have to move upon the sale of the team simply because it has no fan-base to lose and it would be more profitable in a larger market. So the sun will set on the KC Royals, until the next round of MLB expansion. Good night, sweet Royal's fans. Our loyalty shall not be returned in the form of a championship, but will be sequestered unto the pockets of the Glass family. One final gasp to fill the Glass Family Coffers - and at the expense of thousands of tormented fans.

Keep doing what you're doing Royals.....and we will continue stealing your fanbase

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Sporting the team whose stadium is the same size as Sprint Center.

And would barely sell out if the Royals played there.

Would be perfect time for a gif of Kenny Power shooting a soccer ball.

Royals Road Back To .500: Part X

My Road to seeing a Royals win live: Part VIII




Last year, my first game I saw in KC, Guthrie gave up like 7 runs and was out by the 4th inning. Hoping for a drastic improvement tonight.











And some runs, that'd be pretty cool.

Good luck.

Do you need tickets to stand in the Pepsi porch area?

Typically you can just walk down there for free and just find an open spot but sometimes they sell it out to a company for the night and they block off the lower portion for those people only.

Where is this area located?

Beyond right-center field