OK. We just looked at Omaha's batting stats. Turns out, Butler is pretty much hitting the way he should be hitting down/up there. Also: Meier, Costa and Lubanski have nice numbers. And Jason Smith has 13 home runs! As far as pitching goes, Musser and Rosa (next year) are the only guys we want to see in KC.
P.S. Who had the better draft -- Royals or Chiefs -- and why?
P.P.S. It is true that Berroa got traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers of Chavez Ravine. We're pretty sure he's going to continue to swing at outside pitches in the dirt, no matter where he goes.
P.P.P.S. That Aviles guy looks pretty good with the bat to us. But the million dollar question is...How good does he look at SS?
Monday, June 9, 2008
Do unto others as Big Donkeys would do unto you
Well, we sank a flat-bottom boat about midnight Saturday, after about 75 beers. We lost the trolling motor under water but somehow managed to rescue the boat and salvage the battery. It was a very wet experience. By the time we made it to the bank, we had ruined two cell phones and at least one perfectly good beer (in addition to losing the trolling motor). It was all Cousin Farkle's fault. The next morning we found the trolling motor submerged in about four feet of water and proceeded to run the lines.
Earlier in the day (Saturday), we listened to the Royals blow a big lead to the Yankees. Even after Guillen's slam, we figured the Yankees would come back.
Guillen and Dejesus are real Major League Baseball players. Wish we had a few more of them in the lineup.
Word on the street in KC is that Billy Butler is a spoiled jerk. This is coming from our brother, who should know.
Butler can be as cocky and spoiled as he wants if he actually starts hitting the ball like bonafide thumper. Dunking little singles over the second baseman's head isn't what Big Donkeys do.
Greinke gives up too many gopher balls.
What do you know about this high school pitcher we drafted in the fourth round last week? He wants first round money. Will the Royals actually give it to him?
P.S. Whoever stole our minnow traps at the Low Water Bridge is going to pay if we ever catch them.
P.P.S. The Royals just beat the Bronx Yankees of New York, thanks to another dinger by Guillen.
P.P.P.S. As it turns out, Jose Guillen is better than Emil Brown.
Earlier in the day (Saturday), we listened to the Royals blow a big lead to the Yankees. Even after Guillen's slam, we figured the Yankees would come back.
Guillen and Dejesus are real Major League Baseball players. Wish we had a few more of them in the lineup.
Word on the street in KC is that Billy Butler is a spoiled jerk. This is coming from our brother, who should know.
Butler can be as cocky and spoiled as he wants if he actually starts hitting the ball like bonafide thumper. Dunking little singles over the second baseman's head isn't what Big Donkeys do.
Greinke gives up too many gopher balls.
What do you know about this high school pitcher we drafted in the fourth round last week? He wants first round money. Will the Royals actually give it to him?
P.S. Whoever stole our minnow traps at the Low Water Bridge is going to pay if we ever catch them.
P.P.S. The Royals just beat the Bronx Yankees of New York, thanks to another dinger by Guillen.
P.P.P.S. As it turns out, Jose Guillen is better than Emil Brown.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
A country boy can survive
Dang.
Is every run scored on the South Side a HR?
According to Ed Farmer, who should know, Teahen's HR to center was a "bomb into the wind."
Is it possible that Teahen's getting his mo-jo back?
Sounds like we're going to pick this Hosmer kid if the Bucs take Alvarez.
We're going catfishing in Kansas this weekend! Normally we prefer bass fishing, but this is a glamorous excuse to camp on the banks of the crik (which is what they call a stream or small river in Kansas) with our dad, brother, uncle and Cousin Farkle. Our life experiences (and politics) are very different from these guys, but, by God, we still know how to drink beer and run a trotline. If you can't drink beer and go catfishing with your kinfolk then, by God, you're not an American in our book.
P.S. We now require lots of bug spray and possibly a Red Bull for these kinds of outings, but that doesn't mean we're soft or too fancy. (Also, we're planning to take some Pepto. Getting old is a goddamned shame.)
Is every run scored on the South Side a HR?
According to Ed Farmer, who should know, Teahen's HR to center was a "bomb into the wind."
Is it possible that Teahen's getting his mo-jo back?
Sounds like we're going to pick this Hosmer kid if the Bucs take Alvarez.
We're going catfishing in Kansas this weekend! Normally we prefer bass fishing, but this is a glamorous excuse to camp on the banks of the crik (which is what they call a stream or small river in Kansas) with our dad, brother, uncle and Cousin Farkle. Our life experiences (and politics) are very different from these guys, but, by God, we still know how to drink beer and run a trotline. If you can't drink beer and go catfishing with your kinfolk then, by God, you're not an American in our book.
P.S. We now require lots of bug spray and possibly a Red Bull for these kinds of outings, but that doesn't mean we're soft or too fancy. (Also, we're planning to take some Pepto. Getting old is a goddamned shame.)
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Obama and the South Side 1, Royals-Hillary-McCain 0
What happened to Greinke last night? Oh well. Hopefully it was just one random, bumpy outing.
At least Teahen hit a jack -- to the opposite field, of course.
So who do we pick in the draft tomorrow?
Wow! Obama can give a freakin speech! We only agree intellectually with half of it. But this is a man who is standing on the shoulders of King Jr. and Lincoln. His place in American history is assured. (This is the power of words, the power of inspiration, things we have been sadly missing in this country for too long.) Nobody else is going to come within miles of this act. You'll be telling your grandchildren about this election, whether you're bitter about it or not. Go America!
(Wait, we forgot, Obama lost and Hillary won. Whatever. Time to ignore her and her husband. Thank God they're finally done.)
McCain is going to need a smaller boat (and somebody younger than 75 to row it). Did you see/hear his speech? Oh my.
P.S. We just heard Limbaugh's take on Obama's speech and now we take back everything we said earlier. As speech's go, this one was obviously a stinker.
At least Teahen hit a jack -- to the opposite field, of course.
So who do we pick in the draft tomorrow?
Wow! Obama can give a freakin speech! We only agree intellectually with half of it. But this is a man who is standing on the shoulders of King Jr. and Lincoln. His place in American history is assured. (This is the power of words, the power of inspiration, things we have been sadly missing in this country for too long.) Nobody else is going to come within miles of this act. You'll be telling your grandchildren about this election, whether you're bitter about it or not. Go America!
(Wait, we forgot, Obama lost and Hillary won. Whatever. Time to ignore her and her husband. Thank God they're finally done.)
McCain is going to need a smaller boat (and somebody younger than 75 to row it). Did you see/hear his speech? Oh my.
P.S. We just heard Limbaugh's take on Obama's speech and now we take back everything we said earlier. As speech's go, this one was obviously a stinker.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Two posts in one day!
We're on fire! And this one is actually about the Royals (actually the retro Royals).
In 1982, U.L. Washington hit .286/.338/.412 with 10 HR, 23 stolen bases and 60 RBI. U.L. was mostly known for the toothpick thing, and we remember him mostly as a back-up, pinch runner type, but what we wouldn't give to have a U.L. Washington clone playing shortstop every day for these Royals.
We met U.L. one time when he was trying to get into his Cadillac. Even though his very fat wife was yelling at him, he came over and gave us his autograph.
P.S. Willie Mays Aikens is free! Starting tomorrow.
P.P.S. We're going to get the White Sox radio broadcast tonight. That can be brutal.
In 1982, U.L. Washington hit .286/.338/.412 with 10 HR, 23 stolen bases and 60 RBI. U.L. was mostly known for the toothpick thing, and we remember him mostly as a back-up, pinch runner type, but what we wouldn't give to have a U.L. Washington clone playing shortstop every day for these Royals.
We met U.L. one time when he was trying to get into his Cadillac. Even though his very fat wife was yelling at him, he came over and gave us his autograph.
P.S. Willie Mays Aikens is free! Starting tomorrow.
P.P.S. We're going to get the White Sox radio broadcast tonight. That can be brutal.
More tokes for old folks
Optional headline: Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you
Or: We have not yet begun to defile ourselves
We're going to go ahead and order Big Donkeys' T-shirts (Royals Fans Do It Donkey Style, TM) for the regular commentators on this blog: Sconie, Dan Holden, Scott and Annonymous. Are we missing anyone? Keep in mind that we were going to go ahead and renew our passport two years ago, and we just got around to it.
Apparently you need a passport to go to Canada these days. In July, we're driving from Dallas to Calgary in a rented Dodge Caravan with a semi-famous folk-rock musician from the 1960s and 1970s. This is for work. We are taking our laptop but posts to this blog will be erratic in late July. (The good thing is that we can blast a "Royals" dispatch from Fargo or Moose Jaw, wherever.)
We don't really want to say any more about where we work, who we work with, or what we do (mainly because we've never really figured out what it is we actually do). Somehow, we're convinced that we're going to get into some kind of trouble eventually for this stupid blog. Probably when we run for congress.
We do want you to watch THIS (it's very funny):
P.S. Obama is a terrible general election candidate. He's suddenly got all kinds of baggage. He's not a good debator. But he's going to win IT based almost entirely on the speech he gives at the Decomcrat Convention. You watch. He's a one-trick pony. But that one trick is a very, very good one.
P.P.S. No more war pigs! Oh Lord, yeah!
P.P.P.S. Val Kilmer, even though (and especially because) we've heard he's an asshole, should win the Best Actor award every year for the rest of our lives for that performance years ago in Tombstone.
Or: We have not yet begun to defile ourselves
We're going to go ahead and order Big Donkeys' T-shirts (Royals Fans Do It Donkey Style, TM) for the regular commentators on this blog: Sconie, Dan Holden, Scott and Annonymous. Are we missing anyone? Keep in mind that we were going to go ahead and renew our passport two years ago, and we just got around to it.
Apparently you need a passport to go to Canada these days. In July, we're driving from Dallas to Calgary in a rented Dodge Caravan with a semi-famous folk-rock musician from the 1960s and 1970s. This is for work. We are taking our laptop but posts to this blog will be erratic in late July. (The good thing is that we can blast a "Royals" dispatch from Fargo or Moose Jaw, wherever.)
We don't really want to say any more about where we work, who we work with, or what we do (mainly because we've never really figured out what it is we actually do). Somehow, we're convinced that we're going to get into some kind of trouble eventually for this stupid blog. Probably when we run for congress.
We do want you to watch THIS (it's very funny):
P.S. Obama is a terrible general election candidate. He's suddenly got all kinds of baggage. He's not a good debator. But he's going to win IT based almost entirely on the speech he gives at the Decomcrat Convention. You watch. He's a one-trick pony. But that one trick is a very, very good one.
P.P.S. No more war pigs! Oh Lord, yeah!
P.P.P.S. Val Kilmer, even though (and especially because) we've heard he's an asshole, should win the Best Actor award every year for the rest of our lives for that performance years ago in Tombstone.
Monday, June 2, 2008
When is Big Donkey Bobblehead night?
What happened to the Indians?
Before the season started, we predicted that TPJ would be the worst offensive player in Major League Baseball this year. In retrospect, that was kind of like predicting that George Bush was going to be the worst president in history again this year. What we could have never predicted was that the Royals were planning a Tony Pena Junior Bobblehead giveaway. Seriously. It's Sept. 6. (If TPJ is still on the team by then, we're all doomed.)
We haven't checked yet -- Is Billy Butler hitting with any power up there in Nebraska?
Maybe we should trade for Chris Duncan and stick him at first. He strikes out a lot, but he definitely has power. Also, we need another RH bat somewhere. And a SS.
Nate Silver of Baseball Prospectus has a political blog filled with tons of stats, charts, maps, win percentages, and son on. If you're a political junkie, check it out.
Before the season started, we predicted that TPJ would be the worst offensive player in Major League Baseball this year. In retrospect, that was kind of like predicting that George Bush was going to be the worst president in history again this year. What we could have never predicted was that the Royals were planning a Tony Pena Junior Bobblehead giveaway. Seriously. It's Sept. 6. (If TPJ is still on the team by then, we're all doomed.)
We haven't checked yet -- Is Billy Butler hitting with any power up there in Nebraska?
Maybe we should trade for Chris Duncan and stick him at first. He strikes out a lot, but he definitely has power. Also, we need another RH bat somewhere. And a SS.
Nate Silver of Baseball Prospectus has a political blog filled with tons of stats, charts, maps, win percentages, and son on. If you're a political junkie, check it out.
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