2012 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread

[alnorth]

2012 Slogan: Our Time

A better, more accurate 2012 Slogan: It is Finally Next Year
(from Great Expectations)

An alternative slogan if you don't like that one: Someone has to win this crappy division
(from alnorth)

With the beginning of a new year, it is time for the 2012 version of the Royals Repository Thread. We've got Hosmer, we've got a 2011-dominating Gordon, we've got Moose, we've got hopefully a killer bullpen, we've got a stereotypical slow slugging DH, we've got easily one of the best defensive shortstops in the AL, we've got a promising catcher in Salvador Perez. Hell, we've got offense and promising prospects galore.

We do not have starting pitching.

Oh yeah, we've also got this:



Get ready for, (as of January 2012 anyway), one of the most confusing puzzles of a baseball season in recent Royals history. Will they suck? Maybe, I don't know. Will we be given a year of 0.500 baseball? Possibly, I don't know. Will they win the division and go to the playoffs for the first time in 27 years? For the first time in a long time, it could happen, I don't know. 92 losses, 92 wins, or anything in between would not surprise a lot of us.

Everything goes here except Gameday threads and really big news. If a giant story breaks, the Royals achieve some awesome milestone, or we sign/lose a highly significant player/coach/mascot/whatever, then it might also deserve its own thread. This being Chiefs Planet, please do not clutter the board with new threads about trivial Royals news or you will only annoy those who come here for just Chiefs football. If you aren't sure and its not a Gameday thread, it goes here.

What sort of stuff often goes here? SPchief explained it well, so I'll just copy that:

If you locate something of interest.. ANYTHING.. deals on apparel, best ways in/out of the stadium, giveaways, great stories from this season or from seasons gone by, rumors, trades, anything.... feel free to post it here.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by JohnnyV13

http://thevirilview.com/royals/2012/...live-and-well/

Culture of Losing Alive and Well

Dude stop spamming this thread w/ your crap blog.

[jbwm89]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

Dude stop spamming this thread w/ your crap blog.

I agree to a point. I don't mind reading your articles but you shouldn't just spam them in every 4 posts. If the topic we are discussing relates to the article then go for it, just my opinion.

[Cephalic Trauma]

Originally Posted by jbwm89

I agree to a point. I don't mind reading your articles but you shouldn't just spam them in every 4 posts. If the topic we are discussing relates to the article then go for it, just my opinion.

I would agree if they were well-written and interesting.

And they are not.

[JohnnyV13]

Originally Posted by Cephalic Trauma

I would agree if they were well-written and interesting.

And they are not.

I might care if you weren't an over-inflated little know-it-all. The biggest reason physicians fail in private practice isn't lack of technical ability, it's usually due to inability to handle patients, other doctors, and other support personnel.

You're exactly the kind of moron that dumps on a primary care physician to the patient, and wonders why you don't have any referrals.

[Great Expectations]

Johnny, that was below the belt.

[lewdog]

Rain delay huh?

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Rain delay huh?

http://weather.baltimore.cbslocal.co...st?query=21240

Hope it's not to long.

[Nightfyre]

Looks like it will blow through before 8 EST

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

http://weather.baltimore.cbslocal.co...st?query=21240

Hope it's not to long.

Yea I hope so too, although I am working on a presentation for work so I guess it won't matter. I will be here!

[KcMizzou]

We gonna get this game in?

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Steve Melewski ‏@masnSteve

Orioles tell the crowd here that they expect to announce a game time soon. Play ball soon at the Yard it looks like.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Eduardo A. Encina ‏@EddieInTheYard

First pitch scheduled for 9:35 p.m. #Orioles

[chefsos]

Originally Posted by KcMizzou

We gonna get this game in?

Looks like the worst of the rain has passed, but who knows?

EDIT: They're saying about a half hour to first pitch.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by chefsos

Looks like the worst of the rain has passed, but who knows?

EDIT: They're saying about a half hour to first pitch.

I like all the nice square shaped counties here in KC.

[chefsos]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

I like all the nice square shaped counties here in KC.

I think surveyors drank heavily in the Revolutionary era.