beyondtheboxscore.com - 12/29/2008
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In this space, I have been quite critical of the Royals this offseason – from the Coco Crisp trade to the Mike Jacobs deal to the Kyle Farnsworth signing, I disagreed with the direction that the team was heading. In short, I believed that the Royals were being short-sighted, and making ...
Kansas City Royals off Season Report
baseballreflections.com 11/28/2008 — Season Wrap Up For many other teams, posting a 75 win season isn’t exactly a cause for excitement, but for the first time in a while, the Royals were able to dig themselves out of the bottom spot in the American League Central. They finished fourth, but some improvement is better than none. ...
The Royals Could Win the Central
imwritingsports.com 2/27/2009 — I can’t think of a better time of year for sports. You could make a case for December and January when the Football playoffs and college bowl games are going on. You could argue for October, but for me it’s March, and now every two ...
The Power of One Draft
joeposnanski.com 1/20/2009 — We’re going to use the Kansas City Royals as an example, but you can obviously do the following with any team. The Royals are just a good example because they have been lousy for fifteen years. They are a good example because even after those fifteen ...
2009 MLB Previews - Kansas City Royals
spartyandfriends.com 3/2/2009 — The 133rd season of Major League Baseball is upon us. Over the next month and half, we will be taking a look at each ball club, leading up to the Expert Predictions of the esteemed staff at Sparty & Friends. We will be previewing each team, from worst to first . It is time we head out to ...
Early 2009 Power Rankings #26
thebaseballgods.blogspot.com 2/11/2009 — This post gives an in-depth look at the Kansas City Royals entering the 2009 and it is just one of a 30-part series of team-by-team breakdowns.
Teams 25-30 in the The Baseball Gods Power Rankings are on the site live with the rest to follow as Opening Day approaches.
The Best Free Agent Signings in Royals History
royalsreview.com 11/28/2008 — Last week we looked at the worst free agent signings in Royals history, today we look at the best. Again, the caveats: 1. I only included Major League free agents, not waiver wire pickups or minor league free agents. 2. I only included free agents ...
Royals exchange figures with four | royals.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 1/21/2009 — KANSAS CITY -- Now we know what pitcher Zack Greinke and three other Kansas City players think they're worth in 2009. Greinke and the Royals were a million bucks apart on Tuesday as teams and players filed their numbers in the salary arbitration ...
Guide Preview: Kansas City Royals
wezen-ball.com 3/19/2009 — Today, our string of preview guides brings us to the Kansas City Royals. Other than an out-of-nowhere, 83-victory season 6 years ago, the Royals have had a pretty poor 15 year run. I talked a little about the Royals history last week , but it was The Common Man who took that ball and ran with it ...
Royals Could Win AL Central
dugoutcentral.com 3/11/2009 — Kansas City is set to field its best team in 15 years, potentially making 2009 a season to remember. Post season play is not out of the realm of possibility and while most people may claim that a lot has to break right, I’m looking at it from a ...
The 100 Greatest Royals of All-Time - #35 Dick Drago
royalsreview.com 2/3/2009 — The 35th Greatest Royal of All-Time was one of the first good Royals pitchers in franchise history and a workhorse, pitcher Dick Drago . "We are judged by what we finish, not what we start." -Anonymous
Baseball men lament the passing of the "good ...
Aftermath of Teixeira Deal —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/29/2008
Despite their denials all along, it looks like the Yankees were scared off by the possibility of Manny Ramirez coming to the Bronx and being Manny enough to sign Mark Teixeira to a eight-year $180 million deal.
It sounds like a huge ...
