2012 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread

[alnorth]

2012 Slogan: Our Time

A better, more accurate 2012 Slogan: It is Finally Next Year
(from Great Expectations)

An alternative slogan if you don't like that one: Someone has to win this crappy division
(from alnorth)

With the beginning of a new year, it is time for the 2012 version of the Royals Repository Thread. We've got Hosmer, we've got a 2011-dominating Gordon, we've got Moose, we've got hopefully a killer bullpen, we've got a stereotypical slow slugging DH, we've got easily one of the best defensive shortstops in the AL, we've got a promising catcher in Salvador Perez. Hell, we've got offense and promising prospects galore.

We do not have starting pitching.

Oh yeah, we've also got this:



Get ready for, (as of January 2012 anyway), one of the most confusing puzzles of a baseball season in recent Royals history. Will they suck? Maybe, I don't know. Will we be given a year of 0.500 baseball? Possibly, I don't know. Will they win the division and go to the playoffs for the first time in 27 years? For the first time in a long time, it could happen, I don't know. 92 losses, 92 wins, or anything in between would not surprise a lot of us.

Everything goes here except Gameday threads and really big news. If a giant story breaks, the Royals achieve some awesome milestone, or we sign/lose a highly significant player/coach/mascot/whatever, then it might also deserve its own thread. This being Chiefs Planet, please do not clutter the board with new threads about trivial Royals news or you will only annoy those who come here for just Chiefs football. If you aren't sure and its not a Gameday thread, it goes here.

What sort of stuff often goes here? SPchief explained it well, so I'll just copy that:

If you locate something of interest.. ANYTHING.. deals on apparel, best ways in/out of the stadium, giveaways, great stories from this season or from seasons gone by, rumors, trades, anything.... feel free to post it here.

[tk13]

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

bob Dutton ‏@Royals_Report

Still awaiting official word from #Royals, but nothing at this point contradicts earlier indications that everyone will be tendered.

[siberian khatru]

I wonder if Moore is even aware there are Royals fans huddled around the Internet and starting threads titled "Luke Hochevar Doomsday Clock."

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

I'm scared to refresh Twitter

Twitter can sometimes be a terrible, frightful mistress. You know that what you seek will appear there first, but you are afraid to look...

[cabletech94]

Hoch Watch 2012
Its 1100. Deadline time.
What the hell happened.

[alnorth]

That dumbass Dutton thinks we probably offered Hoch a contract.

I'm encouraged, he's almost always wrong.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

bob Dutton ‏@Royals_Report

Still awaiting official word from #Royals, but nothing at this point contradicts earlier indications that everyone will be tendered.

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[Ebolapox]

I'm almost afraid to refresh THIS thread, let alone twitter.

[cabletech94]

Hoch Watch 2012
Its 1100. Deadline time.
What the hell happened.

[Infidel Goat]

Tim Ervin ‏@ervinTE
Luke Hochevar is tender and juicy and a fiscal cliff.

[siberian khatru]

Charlie Morton got tendered at the deadline.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

How has this not been an official slogan for a KC franchise yet? .

SECONDED!!!

Seriously, that should at least be a tertiary unofficial Royals slogan.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Bob Dutton ‏@Royals_Report

Now official. #Royals did tender contracts to all remaining unsigned players and, yes, that includes Luke Hochevar.

[Shogun]

@Royals_Report

Now official. #Royals did tender contracts to all remaining unsigned players and, yes, that includes Luke Hochevar.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Bob Dutton ‏@Royals_Report

Now official. #Royals did tender contracts to all remaining unsigned players and, yes, that includes Luke Hochevar.