Will The Royals Break The Record?

tdydynasty · 08-14-2005, 08:53 PM

If they don't win any against the Mariners in the upcoming series, I see them being the 1st team in history to not win in a full month of baseball.

kcchief19 · 08-14-2005, 09:06 PM

I'm crossing my fingers that they'll stumble to a win over Seattle in the next three days. If not, it's got a real chance to go 20-plus with a series at Oakland before coming home to Boston, then at the Yankees and home to Minnesota. Vicious schedule for a slumping team.

It just breaks my heart. It's distressing because there are a lot of young kids on the team right now that are part of the team's long-term future and they just aren't learning and taking the next step. John Buck is regressing on offense and defense, Gotay has been shipped out, Berroa got his contract and got complacent, Teahen shows no signs of being coachable at the plate and other than DeJesus the outfield is full of retreaded minor league vets. Grienke and Hernandez have live arms, but the rest of the rotation is sketchy.

Like I said last week, I think it's time the Royals jettison Allard Baird and revamp the front office. They need a fresh approach at the top. If the Glass family is interested in spending some money to improve the team, it's time to let go of Baird so he can go be chief scout for the Braves or something and pay through the nose for either a veteran GM or the ever-present Billy Beane disciples. Let the new GM decided whether to to continue the Buddy Bell era or buy him out and bring in someone fresh and revamp the coaching staff.

Baird's approach, management and player pocurement are weak at best. It just kills me to see this storied franchise in throes of agony.

Lathum · 08-14-2005, 10:03 PM

umm

they suck

or something

samifan24 · 08-14-2005, 10:56 PM

I can't see them being swept by Seattle. Sooner or later they have to win a game.

Cringer · 08-15-2005, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samifan24

Sooner or later they have to win a game.

Last I heard, that wasn't a rule.

sterlingice · 08-15-2005, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cringer

Last I heard, that wasn't a rule.

It is in baseball. All it takes is one halfways decent pitching performance on a day when the other pitcher does poorly and that's the end of a losing/winning streak. They've scored 7-1-2-0-7 in the last week against 13-6-4-8-1. With those scores, you could be anywhere from 3-2 to 0-5 and they just happen to be the latter.

SI

Ragone · 08-15-2005, 05:41 AM

Yea, its gotten to the point that i'll turn off sports radio if they start talking about Baseball.. or local racing(who wants to listen to 2 guys talk about local racing like its the freaking daytona 500).. OOH or k-state anything (did you know the k-state intramural croquet team won their division! wait.. did i care?)

But i digress.. My rooting interest in the royals is purely monetary.. i bet a co-worker 20 bucks the royals wouldn't win 51 games

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08-14-2005, 10:56 PM	#4
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	I can't see them being swept by Seattle. Sooner or later they have to win a game. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

08-14-2005, 09:06 PM	#2
kcchief19 Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Kansas City, MO	I'm crossing my fingers that they'll stumble to a win over Seattle in the next three days. If not, it's got a real chance to go 20-plus with a series at Oakland before coming home to Boston, then at the Yankees and home to Minnesota. Vicious schedule for a slumping team. It just breaks my heart. It's distressing because there are a lot of young kids on the team right now that are part of the team's long-term future and they just aren't learning and taking the next step. John Buck is regressing on offense and defense, Gotay has been shipped out, Berroa got his contract and got complacent, Teahen shows no signs of being coachable at the plate and other than DeJesus the outfield is full of retreaded minor league vets. Grienke and Hernandez have live arms, but the rest of the rotation is sketchy. Like I said last week, I think it's time the Royals jettison Allard Baird and revamp the front office. They need a fresh approach at the top. If the Glass family is interested in spending some money to improve the team, it's time to let go of Baird so he can go be chief scout for the Braves or something and pay through the nose for either a veteran GM or the ever-present Billy Beane disciples. Let the new GM decided whether to to continue the Buddy Bell era or buy him out and bring in someone fresh and revamp the coaching staff. Baird's approach, management and player pocurement are weak at best. It just kills me to see this storied franchise in throes of agony.

08-14-2005, 10:03 PM	#3
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	umm they suck or something

08-15-2005, 05:41 AM	#7
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Yea, its gotten to the point that i'll turn off sports radio if they start talking about Baseball.. or local racing(who wants to listen to 2 guys talk about local racing like its the freaking daytona 500).. OOH or k-state anything (did you know the k-state intramural croquet team won their division! wait.. did i care?) But i digress.. My rooting interest in the royals is purely monetary.. i bet a co-worker 20 bucks the royals wouldn't win 51 games

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