he's got a point. bubba's in the midst of a six-game hitting streak and his line is still .163/.285/.298 in high-a. and he's almost 22.
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
When it comes to demonstrating that he's TRYING REALLY HARD, YOU GUYS, Aoki might have Teixeira beat.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 21:48 (nine years ago) link
Andy McCullough @McCulloughStarNed Yost on starting Danny Valencia over Mike Moustakas against a RHP: "I don't have a plan."
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 21:46 (nine years ago) link
moustakas to triple-a
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 May 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
fuuuuck i am dead in HACKING MASS
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 May 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link
despair really setting in as royals are swept at home by houston
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
Astros have been playing pretty well lately fwiw
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
Rany Jazayerli @jazayerliI just came to the realization that I've spent the last 8 years - roughly 10% of a long human life span - waiting for nothing. #Royals
Rany Jazayerli @jazayerliLook at the bright side, Royals fans: we finally got a chance to see what a competent rebuilding process looks like at the K.
Rany Jazayerli @jazayerliThe Royals got swept. No, slaughtered. By the Astros. At home. By the combined score of 21-5. The Process, everyone.
Rany Jazayerli @jazayerliAnd that, my friends, concludes the easy part of the Royals schedule. Coming up next: Toronto, STL, Yankees, White Sox, Cleveland, Detroit.
Rany Jazayerli @jazayerliPerhaps not the best time to remind everyone that Saturday is the 8-year anniversary of Dayton Moore's hiring.
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
Home runs hit by Royals: 21
Home runs hit by Nelson Cruz: 19
― Andy K, Thursday, 29 May 2014 12:16 (nine years ago) link
and a bunch of those are from guys who are now in omaha
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 May 2014 13:00 (nine years ago) link
dale sveum is the new royals hitting coach, which apparently means pedro grifol was fired
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 May 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
Andy McCullough @McCulloughStarNed Yost on the shakeup: "It was just time to do something. We needed to do something. We couldn't keep going the way we were going."
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
Down nine, Yost had the infield playing in -- guess he didn't want to waist an opportunity to work on situations.
― Andy K, Saturday, 31 May 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
Down 10 now.
Jazayerli:
http://www.kansascity.com/2014/05/31/5059231/the-royals-inability-to-develop.html
― Andy K, Sunday, 1 June 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link
mooses triumphant return -
T2 -Strike (swinging), M Moustakas flied out to leftT5 -M Moustakas lined out to secondT7 -Ball, Strike (looking), M Moustakas flied out to right
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 1 June 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
@BNightengaleDale Sceum, the #Royals mew hitting coach, has unleashed the offense w team scoring 14 runs in 2 days
― Andy K, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 02:43 (nine years ago) link
Best AL Central DIFF
― Andy K, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 01:35 (nine years ago) link
~sveum unleashing~
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 01:37 (nine years ago) link
first place!
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 04:29 (nine years ago) link
Moustakas leads the way, MVP candidate
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 10:17 (nine years ago) link
Welcome back, Raúl.
― Andy K, Monday, 30 June 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
Ibanez homer
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 July 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
if ned finishes the season with them, he will be the longest-tenured royals manager ever
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link
Great article by Posnanski about the Royals, strikezones, balls in play and baseball philosophy.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
@jazayerliSince the beginning of the 2012 season, the Kansas City Royals have a better record (215-219) than the Boston Red Sox (215-220).
― Andy K, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 17:44 (nine years ago) link
Only 1.5 games back.
Currently facing the A's but their schedule through early September is really soft.
― Andy K, Sunday, 10 August 2014 15:37 (nine years ago) link
About to face the A's, that is.
― Andy K, Sunday, 10 August 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
first place
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 03:13 (nine years ago) link
oh god i hope this lasts
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 04:59 (nine years ago) link
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/baseball-joe/blog/royals-first-place-jarrod-dyson-backflip-081214
― Andy K, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:15 (nine years ago) link
too good for the A's
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
so, per BP, they're up to a 75% postseason shot. Is mookieproof a believer yet?
Interesting BP podcast today on Alex Gordon getting sabermetric MVP support, largely on what defensive metrics add, and whether that's legit.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 13:24 (nine years ago) link
^^ on that same note, i meant to share this dave cameron post from the other day about gordon. just a wonderfully-written piece -- explains the defensive numbers so well
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/so-lets-talk-about-alex-gordon/
― k3vin k., Saturday, 23 August 2014 05:02 (nine years ago) link
imo gordon is still a notch below felix and trout in the MVP race
― k3vin k., Saturday, 23 August 2014 05:03 (nine years ago) link
just won on a 2-run Gordon HR
i smell magic
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 02:51 (nine years ago) link
On a glorious night for the Royals, Ned Yost manages to dump on the fans
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:41 (nine years ago) link
"that'll sure get me to exist" -- nascent royals fans
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 28 August 2014 01:15 (nine years ago) link
I don't think what he said was so bad. Yost is the wrong guy to be delivering the message, and the timing was poor, but at least he's saying the right things.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 28 August 2014 06:27 (nine years ago) link
25 years of baseball hell will do that to you. If they feel they can believe in the team I suspect the fans will show up en masse.
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 28 August 2014 12:43 (nine years ago) link
It's true, teams usually see a big rise in attendance the year after a successful season. I've never understood that mentality though. Fans have every reason to be skeptical at the start of the season, but having a winning team in KC isn't some vague promise for the future dreamed up by the front office, it's happening right now, and it might not happen again next year.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 28 August 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link
i understand where yost is coming from, but it's a position that is very well insulated from real life. very rich ppl in very rich industries complaining that they are owed attention (and money) is nagl.
the pirates' president did something similar a few years ago, saying that fans had to come out before the team would raise its payroll. fuck that -- the fans already paid for yr fuckin stadium.
It's not even about the fact that a manager fired six years ago with 12 games left and his team holding a playoff spot at least in part because he wasn’t handling pressure well might not want to pick unnecessary fights with fans after the best win of the season.
^^^quality zing tho
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 August 2014 14:21 (nine years ago) link
http://joeposnanski.com/joeblogs/alex-gordon-and-the-m-v-p-chants/
That’s where Wins Above Replacement come in.
Gordon’ is second in the major leagues in Fangraphs WAR – that would be AHEAD of Giancarlo Stanton. He’s fourth in the American League in Baseball Reference WAR. How is this possible? Well, he plays spectacular defense in left field (and it really is special defense). He’s also an excellent base runner. We’ve already pointed out that his offensive numbers, in context, are better than they look. When you add it all up WAR style – you get a legitimate MVP candidate.
Or do you? This, to me, becomes a more and more interesting question. I’m working on a piece now about the statistical revolution in baseball, and among the statistical people I’m speaking with there seems to be a growing concern that we as a so called “advanced-statistics community” are beginning to make many of the same leaps of faith and broad generalizations that doomed the old statistics. I don’t want to give away too much of the story, but it’s fair to say there’s a growing sense among some that WAR is becoming the advanced version of RBIs or batting average or pitcher wins – that is to say that people, to quote Vin Scully, are using WAR the way a drunk using a lamppost, for support and not illumination. Heck, I might be the Foster Brooks of WAR.
this is a really good point that i would spend 10000 words on if i had like, a new yorker salary
― k3vin k., Thursday, 28 August 2014 23:42 (nine years ago) link
true
otoh awards as a whole are weird, it's weird that there are so many piles of "how do we decide these awards" and nothing about "why do these awards exist and why do we act like they're so necessary that we treat them with the seriousness of like the debate over global warming"
i'm derailing aren't i
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 29 August 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link
the weirdness just occasionally sticks out to me, like here, when really there's no way to determine who's the best at a baseball season so whatever
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 29 August 2014 00:21 (nine years ago) link
(oh and more importantly why does it matter so much)
it's fun to debate maybe it's just poz's obsessive need to rank ballplayers correctly that brings it out in me
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 29 August 2014 00:31 (nine years ago) link
So over the weekend, Royals fans came to Kaufman Stadium en masse, selling the place out. Here’s Yost (Sunday) night:
“The crowds have been fantastic,” Yost said. “I think it’s got them juiced up. They want to really perform for them. And that never works. You’ve got to stay disciplined.”
Maybe Yost should just tell Royals fans the exact number of people he needs in the seats for his team to play at its best.
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/01/ned-yost-says-his-players-tried-too-hard-in-front-of-large-crowds/
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 15:16 (nine years ago) link
makes sense that they suddenly have stage fright
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
"Juiced up"? Lil' choke 'n' poke? Knock in some ribbies or ribeyes?
― Andy K, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 01:07 (nine years ago) link
Think I just heard Hudler(?) refer to Jeremy Guthrie as "J-Guts."
― Andy K, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 03:04 (nine years ago) link
yea that was wild
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 20 September 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
Guess we're still wondering what Nathan has to do to lose his job.
― Andy K, Saturday, 20 September 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
pretty much. 14 swings-and-misses in his last 13 innings, i'm told
lol aoki has 13 hits in his last 18 at bats, so naturally bunt him twice
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 September 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
there goes the Cinderella costume
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 September 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
"We wanted a professional hitter in a professional at-bat." -- Ned Yost
(Hear that, Billy Butler?)
― Andy K, Saturday, 20 September 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
Kahrl:
http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/51636/royals-botching-both-little-big-things
― Andy K, Sunday, 21 September 2014 12:37 (nine years ago) link
Kansas City - Bottom of 4th SCORERick Porcello pitching for Detroit DET KCO Infante walked. 2 2M Moustakas singled to right, O Infante to second. 2 2A Escobar bunt popped out to pitcher. 2 2
Escobar was two-for-two prior to this at-bat. Infante and Moustakas were the Royals' ninth and tenth base runners against Porcello, whose stuff has been LOUSY today.
Luckily for Yost, Aoki tripled after Escobar's pop-out (which occurred on a second attempt; there were boos the moment Escobar squared the first time).
― Andy K, Sunday, 21 September 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
And Jim Johnson is Ausmus' first choice from the pen. OK.
― Andy K, Sunday, 21 September 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
Aoki bunted on his own at least once on Saturday btw
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 September 2014 11:04 (nine years ago) link
jazayerli:
Afterwards we learned that Aoki bunted on his own his first time up. Sorry, but that’s no excuse. It’s the manager’s job to make sure when his players should NOT be bunting, and man oh man was that a situation in which the batter should not be bunting.And anyway, Yost did put the bunt on with Aoki his second time up, proving he had learned nothing from how the first inning ended.
And anyway, Yost did put the bunt on with Aoki his second time up, proving he had learned nothing from how the first inning ended.
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 September 2014 11:15 (nine years ago) link
yes i wd agree
KC crowd booed the bunts too
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 September 2014 11:32 (nine years ago) link
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/96076652/royals-2014-success-translate-to-2015
― Andy K, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 13:59 (nine years ago) link
royals
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 September 2014 02:54 (nine years ago) link
yostseason
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 September 2014 02:57 (nine years ago) link
your skepticism is yosttoast
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 27 September 2014 02:58 (nine years ago) link
ok, where is the Central playoff if there is a tie on Sunday night?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 27 September 2014 03:15 (nine years ago) link
I propose the Big O.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 27 September 2014 03:56 (nine years ago) link
^^^pvmic
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 September 2014 03:58 (nine years ago) link
pvmic?
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 27 September 2014 04:00 (nine years ago) link
oh i get it
am i the only one who still doesn't really count the new one game playoff as the "playoffs"
― snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 27 September 2014 04:02 (nine years ago) link
fuck you, fan of a team that's won two championships without ever winning a division
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 September 2014 04:10 (nine years ago) link
if the first wild card series was three games or something i'd count it, but one game feels too impermanent to me
cool for the royals though (go A's nonetheless)
― snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 27 September 2014 04:12 (nine years ago) link
it's the postseason, "the playoffs" are that 2-month NBA joke perpetuated with everyone who's .400+
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 27 September 2014 04:15 (nine years ago) link
also the primary benefit of the one-game 'play-in' crapshoot was to make a first place finish meaningful
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 27 September 2014 04:22 (nine years ago) link
lol that was like benefit #15
the rest of the benefits are about $$$$$ and bud's sense of self-importance
and even then "allowing more teams to contend" was the biggest line given
and the one-game playoff is a fucking travesty
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Saturday, 27 September 2014 07:56 (nine years ago) link
Compared to the previous system, I disagree. Allowing more teams to contend -- nothing was gonna stop that.
anyway:
http://www.royalsreview.com/2014/9/26/6842301/royals-playoff-scenarios-and-tiebreakers
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 27 September 2014 09:21 (nine years ago) link
Sorry, Royals -- the Tigers have Lobstein going tonight.
― Andy K, Saturday, 27 September 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
Season head-to-head should break the tie, not determine the damn location of the tiebreaker.
― Andy K, Saturday, 27 September 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
otm
― it's taco science, but it works like taco magic (WilliamC), Saturday, 27 September 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
no.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 27 September 2014 23:15 (nine years ago) link
^^^
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 September 2014 23:25 (nine years ago) link
if first place is important yes let's use some willynilly cumulative BS to determine it, huh?
anyway, looks like all the AL CONTENDERS MAY LOSE AGAIN TONIGHT! I don't think they understand last-weekend clutchiness. At least that would eliminate Seattle.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 September 2014 02:28 (nine years ago) link
You think the result of one game is less willynilly than the results of 19? OK.
― Andy K, Sunday, 28 September 2014 04:19 (nine years ago) link
I think the entire 162-game season record should have primacy, howzthat?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 September 2014 04:21 (nine years ago) link
(or 163)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 September 2014 04:22 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CC13T6-VAAARR3q.jpg
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 April 2015 02:49 (nine years ago) link