Kansas City Royals
Evaluating the Braves’ Deadline Move
The Trade -Braves get Rick Ankiel, Kyle Farnsworth, and cash considerations reportedly worth around $2 million . -Royals get Gregor Blanco, Jesse Chavez, minor league LHP Tim Collins When evaluating a deadline move such as this there are three main points to analyze. 1) Did the team improve its chances of getting to the postseason/making [...]
1Aug2010 | Braves Blast | 0 comments | Continued
Get Well Soon, David DeJesus
Kansas City’s David DeJesus is out until at least September, if not for the remainder of the season. The Royals’ smokin’ hot left fielder tore a ligament in his thumb trying to make a play on Derek Jeter’s inside the park homer at Yankee Stadium on Thu…
23Jul2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Season Previews: Kansas City Royals
With pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training camps this week, it’s time for one of our favorite things in all the world: Season Previews. Three years ago, they began as a semi-serious analysis and ended up as half-assed haiku. We’re just gon…
26Feb2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Tragedy Befalls Kansas City
Tragedy has struck Kaufmann Stadium.Sluggerrr the Lion, mascot for the Kansas City Royals, is accused of mauling a fan at a September 2009 game. Ok. So he didn’t maul the guy, he merely attacked him with his weiner. Tee hee.Taking cues from Minnesot…
23Feb2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
A to Z Angels: Kevin Appier
Name: Kevin AppierNickname: ApePosition: PitcherThrows: RightBats: Right Number(s): With Angels (27,55)Years Played As an Angel: 2002-2003Angels’ Stats:W-L 21-19ERA 4.48ERA+ 98Strikeouts 182WHIP 1.409K/9 5.8K/BB…
10Dec2009 | AngelsWin | 0 comments | Continued
You’ve Come A Long Way, Greinke
Awards season continues with the American League Cy Young announced this afternoon. Hopefully none of you were surprised when it was given to the only logical pitcher: Mr. Badass himself, Zack Greinke. Man, we love this kid.The Kansas City Royals right…
17Nov2009 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Zack Greinke is a Bad Ass
Zack Greinke would have — at the very least — 20 wins by now if he pitched for a team that would give him a decent amount of run support. Unfortunately, such is not the case for anyone in the 63-88 Kansas City Royals rotation.Nevertheless, the lights…
23Sep2009 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
What’s That Sucking Sound? It’s the Twins.
Gil Meche was the big winner in his return from the disabled list Thursday as the Kansas City Royals crushed the Minnesota Twins’ hopes and dreams of gaining any ground in the American League Central with a 5-4 victory.Meche, who is notoriously pretty …
13Aug2009 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Man Muscles! Mauer Is Almost There
Joe Mauer has enough at bats to earn another American League batting championship, and pretty soon, he’ll have enough plate appearances.After going 3-for-3 with two walks Wednesday afternoon in the Minnesota Twins’ 5-1 victory over the Kansas City Ro…
1Jul2009 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
There’s The Greinke We Know and Love
Zack Greinke tossed eight solid innings for his first win in nearly a month Tuesday, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros, and snapping a five-game skid for his club who’s won just seven of their last 23 games.Greinke…
24Jun2009 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Shin-Soo Choo Thanks Bird for Win
Cleveland Indians out fielder Shin-Soo Choo was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts when he came up to the plate with two on and none out in the 10th inning last night against the Kansas City Royals.”When I got in the batter’s box, I thought they would wan…
12Jun2009 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Cards Sweep Cubs
We’re going to need more brooms.
First, the Brewers swept the Cardinals in a three game series with their win on Sunday in St. Louis. Then the Cards did some sweeping of their own, taking all three games from the visiting Chicago Cubs. And now, there’s a pile of broken glass somewhere under Big Mac Land [...]
The Alberto Callaspo Trade
Yesterday, Angelswin.com Executive Editor Chuck Richter posted his thoughts on Royals 2B Alberto Callaspo: “Despite his [Callaspo] off the field issue, the dude can hit. He has a 94 percent contact rate and a great batters eye. He’s hitting .358 and th…
8May2009 | AngelsWin | 0 comments | Continued
Was Zack Greinke Jinxed?
At what point do we bring up a pitcher’s scoreless streak without jinxing him? Do we keep it to ourselves? Whisper it to the dude sitting next to us? Write a giant cover story about it? That is, if you believe in that sort of thing.The same questio…
30Apr2009 | Babes Love Baseball | 1 comment | Continued
A One-Trick Purcey
If you watched every pitch of the game tonight, I both applaud and shake my head sadly at your dedication, as David Purcey looked absolutely horrible, alternating between not being able to find the plate with a map and giving up monster bombs to Jose Freaking Guillen and one of the worst offences in the [...]
