The Royals signed Bloomquist because they needed a bench guy not named TPJ who can play shortstop. It's not that big of a deal. They traded for Coco because he's a good CF, a switch hitter, and a decent bat. They traded for Jacobs because he can hit the ball a long way. We don't know why they signed the Meaty Sweathog for the bullpen, but the total meltdown in Royalsland is beyond us. Sure, we would have approached some things differently, and we'll probably be complaining as loud as anyone if things don't work out better than they've been working out for the past 20 or so years. But the 2009 Royals have a chance to compete for the division. Let's wait and see how things go in April.
We were watching Game Seven of the 1991 World Series between Minnesota and Atlanta last night. That series featured guys like Scott Leius, Rafael Belliard (lifetime OBP .270), Mark Lemke and Brian Hunter (lifetime OBP .298). Of course, both teams had some pretty excellent pitchers.
Here's the thing with the 2009 KC Royals...Three guys have to hit 25-plus home runs...Dayton knows Gordon, Guillen and Jacobs are capable of doing it. If that happens, a lot of other things will fall in place and a lot of these complaints about how the offense is constructed will be hollow.
P.S. Can't wait for Rickey Henderson's Hall of Fame speech. Somebody was telling a minor league story about him on XM last night. The game was out of hand and the manager had taken the steal sign off. Henderson proceeded to steal second and third anyway. The manager asked him if he got the sign, to which Henderson replied: "Rickey got the take off sign, so Rickey took off."
P.P.S. Yes, it would be more than nice to have an OBP guy like Rickey on the Royals. Rickey was one of the greatest players we ever got to watch play in person.
P.P.P.S. Our favorite outfield to watch was the mid-1980's Toronto Blue Jays (Moseby, Bell, Barfield). Those guys covered ground. Our favorite infielder to watch was Frank White. Our favorite guy to watch in batting practice was Dave Kingman (at Wrigley Field). These are all guys we saw live. Our favorite hitters to watch besides George Brett were John Olerud and Harold Baines, maybe Edgar Martinez. We also liked Chet Lemon a lot for some reason. (Also, here's a guy we always liked: Bip Roberts; he was better than people think.) Our favorite pitcher of all-time is Zack Greinke. Our favorite left-hander to watch in person was Randy Johnson. One of our favorite baserunners to watch, believe it or not, is Mark Teahen. The best shortstop we ever saw in person, including Ozzie Smith, was Omar Vizqel when he was with the Mariners.
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It would be nice to add Butler to the list of 25+ homerun guys on the team.
If adding Jacobs, Coco, and Willie B means ridding our bench of guys like TPJ, German, or Gload than I'm all for it. But if it means we will be keeping those same bench guys and trading away a Bulter, or DeJesus (or even Teahen) than I'm going to have a conniption. (Unless we get a major haul, especially in the pitching department. But this is unlikely)
Yeah, I'm worried that we're going to be stuck with Gload again, thanks to his two-year contract. (And I do see why people are mad about giving Bloomquist two years.) And we also need to find a taker for German. I've always kind of liked German, but he's not very good with the glove and he doesn't really have a place on this team anymore. I can't take the disappointment of counting on Teahen as a starter anymore, but I do hope he's a super sub this year. I think he'll play a lot of RF with Guillen DHing.
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