impotence Stories - McCovey Chronicles
Yes, That Happened. Royals Lose 1-0 and Fail to Support Greinke Again
It's getting harder and harder to care about this team on a daily basis. I actively dislike about half the roster at this point and I'm somewhere between really and truly rooting for losses and rooting against seeing a mirage at the end of the season that makes everyone think that everything is ok....
Notes on Frustration: Apparently, This Giants Team Can't Hit
This might not be the right time to pose this question, as our judgment is a little cloudy, but here goes... What's more frustrating: watching a good pitching staff that's constantly undermined by an impotent offense, or watching an efficient offense that struggles to keep pace with a wretched...
Impotent Offense Dooms Royals, Wastes Nice Work by Ponson
Last night, due to a poor outing by Hiram Davies, the offensive ineptitude mattered little. Today however, it was a killer, as the Royals saw their already modest record in close games deprove. As mentioned in the game thread, baseball remains a complex sport: good pitching plus bad offense still...
A Perfect Fit
Grit's Honor: The Bavasiest Way to Build a Baseball Team It's turning into a real annus mirabalis for Dayton Moore. Between the second time we grabbed Ho-Ram, and when he snagged Willie B... Really, there are only two questions: do we bat him leadoff or second and how many promotional ads do we...
Kansas City Royals 2008 Season Review
The Royals won 75 games last season, their highest total since the glorious 2003 run and up from 69 in '07 and 62 in '06. In two years, with essentially nothing to work with other than Zack Greinke, Dayton Moore has built the foundations of a usable pitching staff. The offense, however, is the...
Ryan Shealy Now Leads All K.C. Firstbasemen in Home Runs By a Comfortable Margin
Ryan Shealy is evoking ancient memories of Mike Aviles. Or possibly Emil Brown, circa Spring Training 2006. Home Runs By Dudes Who Are Royals & Were Also Standing Near First-Base When the Other Team is Hitting During The Game When They Hit Ryan Shealy- 5 (36 PAs as a 1B) Ross Gload- 3 (374...
Impotence Update
Last season the Royals hit only 102 home runs, the lowest total in the Majors by a wide margin (Minnesota was 29th with 118) and 59 below the American League average of 161. (Oddly, the NL out-homered the AL last year, a signal of how many "defense/small ball first" wiseacres now reside in the...
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