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Old 12-11-2012, 09:59 AM  
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2013 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread
Proposed 2013 Slogan: Tigers: They're what's for dinner
Actual 2013 Slogan: Come to Play
A better, more accurate, or alternative slogan: All in, no panic, we promise.

Dayton Moore has pushed all his chips in and is riding on King/Jack suited, hoping it comes together, he gets some good luck, and he hits the nuts by the river card. There's potential, oh yes, there's potential. There's also risk.

At the midway point, Dayton is left counting on the river card. The flop and turn didn't help him, and he's looking at the Tigers holding a pair of Queens and the Indians holding a pair of 9s. His 2013 plan hasn't failed - yet - but the odds are not in his favor.

Burning questions updates below.

Burning Questions for 2013:

1) Will the improve rotation be improved enough? Does James Shields pitch like a fringe No. 1 away from Tampa Bay? Does Ervin Santana pitch to his highest upside in his walk year? Can Jeremy Guthrie build on his strong performance as a Royal in 2012? Can Wade Davis bring his new mentality- and velocity - back to the rotation?

Midseason check-in: Yes, the rotation is certainly improved enough. Shields has pitched like a fringe No. 1 and Santana is having his best season. Guthrie has horrible peripherals but has continued to perform well at his home park and eat innings on the road. Davis brought neither his kick-ass mentality or improved velocity back to the rotation and is in Luke Hochevar/Hiram Davies territory.

2) When will Luke Hochevar be shown the door?
Midseason check-in: It appears, never, at this point. Hochevar has been solid in non-leverage situations, though pretty much every time he has been used with men on base in an inning, it has been a disaster.

3) Does Hosmer bounce back?
Midseason check-in: It took some time, but Hosmer's performance from June 1 on is probably the most encouraging thing about the 2013 season so far.
4) Can Moustakas hit for a whole season like he did in the first half of 2012?
Midseason check-in: Nope. Moustakas was god-awful, then great for about 3 weeks, then god-awful again. He has been better since he started working with Brett and Grafol but still has a long way to go.
5) Who regresses?
Midseason check-in: Welp, Alicides Escobar is not a surprising name here (though Yost's stubborn insistence on hitting him second is ridiculous). Billy Butler is a surprise. He isn't having a terrible year - still contributing a lot to the offense - but he's not hitting for the average or power he has displayed over the past several years.
6) Who plays 2B?
Midseason check-in: A whole bunch of people, and not that great. Gio is at least getting a shot, though he once again is not doing much with it.
7) Can Jeff Francoeur be at least replacement level, rather than epic horrible level?
Midseason check-in: Hahahahahahahahahahaha
8) Will Dayton Moore survive to see 2014?
Midseason check-in: Outlook uncertain. Probably still around, unless the team completely tanks in the second half and he does something foolish. My guess - he sacrifices Ned Yost this offseason and gets one more shot with a new manager in 2014.
9) Will Danny Duffy come back healthy? And if he does, is he the same, better or worse?
Midseason check-in: Yes. Velocity looks the same, and it looks likely he is the same guy as before.
10) And the big one: Has KC added enough to run down the big-money Detroit Tigers?
Midseason check-in: Doesn't look like it, does it?
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Old 04-11-2013, 10:11 AM   #2746
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I guess KC could do a light rail sytem like St Louie does if they build a downtown ballpark.


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I'd kill for a Topeka-Lawrence-KC-St. Louis kind of light rail. I live in Lawrence, so I always have to leave work extra early to beat traffic on 70 to get to the stadium on time.
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Old 04-11-2013, 10:18 AM   #2747
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I'd kill for a Topeka-Lawrence-KC-St. Louis kind of light rail. I live in Lawrence, so I always have to leave work extra early to beat traffic on 70 to get to the stadium on time.
convince your brethren on the Kansas side.

Mass transit would do a lot for Kansas City, but Jackson County isn't going to pay for it all by itself.
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Old 04-11-2013, 10:19 AM   #2748
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Are you Kevin Keitzman's Evil Twin???

Hey, there are merits to downtown and NOT downtown.

I like it where it is.

If you must have downtown baseball, move to St. Louis and become a Cardinal fan.
Enjoy all that parking in your empty stadium.
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Old 04-11-2013, 10:26 AM   #2749
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Old 04-11-2013, 10:28 AM   #2750
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Royals Review did a little retrospective on the building of the Truman Sports Complex. I did not know that the other proposed site for the stadium is where the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts now sits.

http://www.royalsreview.com/2013/4/1...-stadium-opens



Tell me for one second that would not be a fantastic location. Also a stone's throw from the Boulevard brewery.
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Old 04-11-2013, 10:30 AM   #2751
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The problem with where the stadiums are now, is that there is no AFTER party potential... for some reason the prime area that they COULD have built out is a MODOT equipment parking lot and garage.

Poor vision by whoever planned the area AROUND Truman.
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Old 04-11-2013, 10:33 AM   #2752
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Old 04-11-2013, 10:36 AM   #2753
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The problem with where the stadiums are now, is that there is no AFTER party potential... for some reason the prime area that they COULD have built out is a MODOT equipment parking lot and garage.

Poor vision by whoever planned the area AROUND Truman.
But $300,000,000 got you a carousel and a sports bar. What else do you need? (I guess the deck could be cool if it was ever not closed for a private event).
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Old 04-11-2013, 10:39 AM   #2754
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Sorry I should have been more specific and said Johnson County Douchebags.

I don't see Johnson County stepping up with any stadium proposals. Johnson County is all about gated communities and private golf courses. They offer NOTHING for the greater community good. Platte County has the Airport, Clay County has Worlds of Fun and Casinos, Wyandotte County has Sporting, Kansas Speedway and the T-Bones, Jackson County has all the museums and major sports venues.

Johnson County just uses the stuff everybody else paid for, then bitches about the condition of the stadium or roads. That's just the way they roll.
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Sorry I should have been more specific and said Johnson County Douchebags.

I don't see Johnson County stepping up with any stadium proposals. Johnson County is all about gated communities and private golf courses. They offer NOTHING for the greater community good. Platte County has the Airport, Clay County has Worlds of Fun and Casinos, Wyandotte County has Sporting, Kansas Speedway and the T-Bones, Jackson County has all the museums and major sports venues.

Johnson County just uses the stuff everybody else paid for, then bitches about the condition of the stadium or roads. That's just the way they roll.
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Johnson County is to Kansas City what Canada is to the United States.

Sitting on the border, leeching benefits and contributing absolutely nothing to the overall area.
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Johnson County is to Kansas City what Canada is to the United States.

Sitting on the border, leeching benefits and contributing absolutely nothing to the overall area.

So, you think Canada leeches benefits and contributes nothing to the US? I'm confused by your analogy.
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So, you think Canada leeches benefits and contributes nothing to the US? I'm confused by your analogy.
Canada leeches the benefit of being on the doorstep of the most powerful military in the world. It is able to spend practically no money on national defense because it knows the U.S. would never allow a foreign military to screw with someone that shares that much border with the United States.

Johnson County leeches all the benefits of being part of a major city (arts, entertainment, transportation hub, etc) without contributing in any way to those things.
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