That is what happens when no one respects your power.

What is funny, I did that to someone in softball when I played. He was pissed, raged on me for not letting him on. They were one of the old men teams that were great when they were younger, placement hitting team now. I just grinned. I could play on their team now as I throw like a girl since I hurt my shoulder.

Sad thing is, I do not think anyone in our system could improve those numbers.

So you were that guy?

What happened to him is the bigger problem. Same with everyone else on the team. Prima donna bitches. No heart. Whiny.

I am surprised our pitching staff has not given up more games from lack of caring. At this point I would rather them send down most of the fielders and send replacements from AAA. Well excluding Mooseknuckle.

Unless you are blowing them out, you always try for the out.

He's too busy teaching hungry rats to eat cheese

Hud Swallows.

I feel like the Royals have 9 light hitting lead off hitters most nights.

Actually, Hudler was a career .261 hitter. That's not bad for a utility guy. He hit 16 HRs with the Angels one year. That's better than what Hosmer, Butler, or Moose will do this year.

Pretty accurate.

without the ability to get on base. LMAO

I was just gonna say that. More like 9 number 6 hitters

Well, how often does a fat & slow guy NOT hit for power??? Now THAT'S rare!

We must be away during a interleague game then.

Looking at the standings the As have an astounding +100 run differential now. The next highest is +53 (San Fran) and +45 (Halos)

My God that gif is glorious.

They don't make get well cards for that

Royals winning % in the month of May

2014 - .414
2013 - .286
2012 - .536
2011 - .370
2010 - .414

I can't really say for Gordon or Butler, but I've mentioned several times that Hosmer's stance is what's keeping him from hitting homers.

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Beltran .234 5 HR 15 RBI Injured

that mother****er needs to stay down through the ASB

JFC. I mean he's really stepped up in aaa.
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Um.

Moose is fixed.

If you mean as in he won't be able to reproduce? I hope so.

ROFL

OMG I missed that one. Holy shit. His faces are priceless.

Are we at the "we have no other options" mark already???

June 1st Fools joke?

Because Royals

ROFL

ROFLROFLROFLROFL

there may never have been a more appropriate gif than this.

An amazing metaphor for what the royals organization does to its collective fan base season after season!

Not Be Royal.......Only Royal.

Aoki has had some of the best gifs ever this year
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I was going to post the story on Moose but I see I am a little late. We all knew it would be short lived.

Why not take a look at Christian Colon? Could he possibly put up worse stats than Moose is right now?

Rany brings it strong in a special column for The Star:

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/05/31...o-develop.html

Excellent read. Spot on in every way.

man it is hard to be a fan sometimes. i'll never quit, but man......

Moustakas is back up and Valencia to the DL

Seriously? Where Did you see that?
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Several posts on twitter, this blip is from rotoworld. he's in the lineup



Royals recalled 3B Mike Moustakas from Triple-A Omaha.
Moustakas predictably mashed in his brief time back in the minors, hitting .355/.412/.548 with one homer over 34 plate appearances. That's all well and good, but the only reason he's back in the majors this soon is because Danny Valencia (wrist) has landed on the DL. Moose can't be trusted in fantasy leagues.
Jun 1 - 9:49 AM

There was also an article about in The Star. Dude was hitting .355 or so in AAA, and thus it's looking like he's probably a AAAA player.

I read this in the paper this AM. Rany is spot on. Hard to argue with the facts. DMGM is hoping David Glass is reading the St. Louis Post Dispatch this AM, following his favorite team, the Cardinals.

100% spot on.
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That's very well written. I feel like DM can slide by a bit because the general public is often more outraged about Glass and Yost. If Beane or Friedman had the resources DM has been given they'd be killing it. That's the only reason we got Shields, the Rays are dirt poor.

I believe the Rockies World Series team a few years ago spent less than the Royals too. There are other examples.

Yup and it's why I defend Yost to a certain extent on this board. This shit is way over Ned and his day to day managing. These players simply aren't very good. That is and always will be solely on the guy bringing them in....DM.

It was posted multiple times in this thread already, I was joking.
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Well, ****.

Moose is back up, by the way.

LMAO it was posted or quoted five times, the last five posts above his..ROFL
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By the way tomorrow is national TV game on ESPN.

Draft is Thursday, what are the Royals looking at? We have #17, #28, and #40 picks. Advanced bats? Advanced pitching? High school super studs to stash?

Suck ass players.

Pick the busts, theyre ours
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I'm so beaten down by this team and its drafts that we could draft the next surefire Hank Aaron or Sandy Koufax and find a way to **** him up to the point of no return.

Urinal cakes

Well, hope we don't get bent over too hard in these next 2 weeks of games..

Moore should be fired. He is a total failure as a GM.

Moore will screw it up. He can screw up a wet dream.

Our pitching is going to save his job. We'll stay just competitive enough due to our pitching for him to hang on to his gig next year.

I just hope we don't totally piss ourselves against St. Louis. I have too many Cardinal buddies to be embarrassed again for the umteenth time.

Time for the annual 4 game road series vs the Cardinals.

http://i.imgur.com/3QswDpD.jpg

Yep,

What worries is me is will David Glass eat the next 2 years on him to fire him?

I almost want a long ass losing streak at this point.

this piddling around .500 or just below on roadtrips or whatever isn't cutting it.

They MUST start winning 2 of 4 from BlueJays is an OK start but they gotta win most of this roadtrip to stay in this wild card race

Damn, what year is that photo from? That looks like at least 80% Cardinal fans there.

That is ****ing disgusting.

Nah that was just Chiefs fan appreciation day at the K.

That's what most games at the K look like after August. Err body wearing chiefs shit.

You dudes are awesome but we're gonna have to kick your asses this week. Good luck but not too much. :D

2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
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4 home games for the Cards.

Hoping for a 1,000 car pileup on their way back to St Louis.

You mean Overland Park.

KC is a Cards town.

Players with good tools and athleticism that our player development personnel can **** up.

Seriously, though, it really doesn't matter who DM and company draft; the results will be the same.

****, they are everywhere. It didn't use to be that way. The Royals just took a huge shit on 2+ decades of fans and let the Cards completely take over the entire Midwest. We are grateful to the Cardinal Organization that they allow the R's to dress in the Home Locker Rooms at the K.......

Except for the fact that the stadium is never that full in August.

Paying close attention to who goes after the Royals pick so I know who to grab in my 2017 fantasy draft.

Grab the guy before and the guy after the R's pick.

If they're going to draft bats, I'd prefer to see them draft an advanced college guy or two, guys that are more finished products. They typically have tended towards HS bats with elite upside, but I could see them stepping away from that this year (just like they did in 2009 and 2010) to try to fill in holes in the next "wave" of players (A+ and AA). There are really not any OF bats other than Bonifacio, unless you're counting on Starling figuring it out (bad proposition). A college player or two could help with that.

Kyle Schwarber of Indiana fits that bill. Good plate discipline, elite power (not that it means anything with the Royals, who seem to thrive at turning guys with elite power into contact hitters). Probably is a LF/DH/1B type in the majors, but he'll be available at 17 and maybe even at 28.

Other names to watch:

Kodi Madeiros (Hawaiian who keeps getting connected to KC... raw lefty HS kid who throws from weird arm angles and seems very anti-KC approach)

Jeff Hoffman (East Carolina college hurler is currently on the shelf with TJ but might slip. Should be ready to throw by mid-season next year.)