Kansas City Royals at Oakland A's-April 11

[stonedstooge]

Guess that alnorth not starting a thread today. If you have one al, I'll gladly cancel this one out

[SnakeXJones]

Rex is getting quite tongue tied today

[mnchiefsguy]

Originally Posted by PGM

Just curious, but why root for the Royals if your a Twins fan?

Long winded answer, but here goes. As a kid going up in Springfield, I was, like most of the population down there, a Cardinals fan (still am in the sense I cheer for them to win almost all the time). When we moved to KC, our family got season tickets for the Royals, we split them with a couple of other families, so I got to see the Royals a lot during the high water mark of their success (83-87), and become a fan of them as well.

The strike in 1994 made me forgo baseball altogether for a number of years. I was so pissed off that the Royals dismantled that team after the strike (dumping David Cone less the two seasons after making one of the biggest free agent signings in team history). Many folks seem to forget that when the 94 strike hit, the Royals had won like 18 of 20 games, and were either tied with the White Sox or just a game or so back of them in the standings. The Royals, as a team have never been the same since the 94 strike.

Fast forward to 2000. My wife is from MN and when I had the opportunity to take a good job up there, I did and we moved up there to be closer to her family. My wifes family are big into MN sports, and naturally, summertime focused on baseball, so I found myself down at the Metrodome on a number of occasions watching baseball...something I had not seen live since 94 in KC. The Twins were beginning to make their run of small market greatness, and I found myself caught up in the tide of fan resurgence up there, and found myself enjoying baseball again. So I have followed the Twins most closely in the last ten years or so, save for when the Cardinals have made their deep runs in the post season.

My loyalties to baseball teams are not nearly as set in stone as my devotion to the Chiefs or to Mizzou. When I asked BoneKrusher to make my sig bar, I debated between the Royals and the Twins, and went with the Twins, as much as they brought me back to baseball, but also as a reminder of my time in the Great North.

For what is it worth, I kind of feel like the Royals of this year are kind of like the Twins of 2000...a doormat team that has been down for a long, long, time, that is finally starting to awaken from its slumber. It took the Twins a couple of seasons after 2000 to make the playoffs, but they got it done. I think the Royals can do the same, and I hope that they do. My daughter wants to see the Royals live this year, and I have not been to Royals Stadium since 94 for a game, so I am thinking I will end my drought there this year and take her out to the park for a few games.

I am sure my explanation has now reached the tl;dr status, but there it is.

[rageeumr]

Originally Posted by SnakeXJones

Fantastic Crowd!! look at those filled seats

As they said on the broadcast the other night, "come on down to the ballpark fans, plenty of sections available!"

[SnakeXJones]

Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy

Long winded answer, but here goes. As a kid going up in Springfield, I was, like most of the population down there, a Cardinals fan (still am in the sense I cheer for them to win almost all the time). When we moved to KC, our family got season tickets for the Royals, we split them with a couple of other families, so I got to see the Royals a lot during the high water mark of their success (83-87), and become a fan of them as well.

The strike in 1994 made me forgo baseball altogether for a number of years. I was so pissed off that the Royals dismantled that team after the strike (dumping David Cone less the two seasons after making one of the biggest free agent signings in team history). Many folks seem to forget that when the 94 strike hit, the Royals had won like 18 of 20 games, and were either tied with the White Sox or just a game or so back of them in the standings. The Royals, as a team have never been the same since the 94 strike.

Fast forward to 2000. My wife is from MN and when I had the opportunity to take a good job up there, I did and we moved up there to be closer to her family. My wifes family are big into MN sports, and naturally, summertime focused on baseball, so I found myself down at the Metrodome on a number of occasions watching baseball...something I had not seen live since 94 in KC. The Twins were beginning to make their run of small market greatness, and I found myself caught up in the tide of fan resurgence up there, and found myself enjoying baseball again. So I have followed the Twins most closely in the last ten years or so, save for when the Cardinals have made their deep runs in the post season.

My loyalties to baseball teams are not nearly as set in stone as my devotion to the Chiefs or to Mizzou. When I asked BoneKrusher to make my sig bar, I debated between the Royals and the Twins, and went with the Twins, as much as they brought me back to baseball, but also as a reminder of my time in the Great North.

For what is it worth, I kind of feel like the Royals of this year are kind of like the Twins of 2000...a doormat team that has been down for a long, long, time, that is finally starting to awaken from its slumber. It took the Twins a couple of seasons after 2000 to make the playoffs, but they got it done. I think the Royals can do the same, and I hope that they do. My daughter wants to see the Royals live this year, and I have not been to Royals Stadium since 94 for a game, so I am thinking I will end my drought there this year and take her out to the park for a few games.

I am sure my explanation has now reached the tl;dr status, but there it is.

Is there a bigger crybaby then Mauer?

[stonedstooge]

Jesus Butler

[SnakeXJones]

Shit

[Canofbier]

What the hell was that?

[Archie F. Swin]

is rex jacked on cocaine today?

[SnakeXJones]

What a shitty throw from Pena

[Canofbier]

[Saul Good]

Gamecast shows Chen getting abused on balls and strikes calls. 5 strikes called balls, and no balls called strikes.

[noa]

Jesus Pena that wasn't even close. Should have held onto it.

[petegz28]

I have to admit that I was high on Pena a couple years ago but as of late not so much

[OmahaChief]

Originally Posted by noa

Jesus Pena that wasn't even close. Should have held onto it.

Pena is just a bad catcher.

[Archie F. Swin]

BP did make some big plays last season. But he owes us a a home run for today's shit