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.

[kstater]

Nice

[stonedstooge]

Mazzaro gets 1st hit and 1st RBI with 1 swing.

[KcMizzou]

That was... unexpected.

[Canofbier]

Haha, Quintero is such a racist.

[-King-]

That....could get Quintero in some trouble.
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[dmahurin]

Originally Posted by -King-

That....could get Quintero in some trouble.
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What did he do?

[ChiefsCountry]

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[Mizzou_8541]

Originally Posted by -King-

That....could get Quintero in some trouble.
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Oh wow, yeah that's probably not the smartest move there...

[Canofbier]

Originally Posted by dmahurin

What did he do?

They were interviewing Bruce Chen in the dugout, and Quintero came up behind him and did that thing where you pull at the ends of your eyes to make them all squinty and asian-like.

[Reaper16]

Someone tell those of us suffering through a shitty Saturday MLB blackout just what it was that Quintero did? No one is even really saying specifics on Twitter.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Canofbier

They were interviewing Bruce Chen in the dugout, and Quintero came up behind him and did that thing where you pull at the ends of your eyes to make them all squinty and asian-like.

Oh geez. That's pretty racist, yeah.

Thanks for explaining.

[Mizzou_8541]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Someone tell those of us suffering through a shitty Saturday MLB blackout just what it was that Quintero did? No one is even really saying specifics on Twitter.

As Chen was being interviewed, he walked up behind him and pulled his eyelids so they became...uh, squinty-ish.

[dmahurin]

Originally Posted by Canofbier

They were interviewing Bruce Chen in the dugout, and Quintero came up behind him and did that thing where you pull at the ends of your eyes to make them all squinty and asian-like.

Lol, sounds like Quintero likes to party.

[stonedstooge]

Bases loaded with no outs on 1 hit. Damn

[KCUnited]