http://royalsandcelebs.today.com Just another Today.com weblog Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:40:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sorry I haven't written in a little over a week.  Once again, I've been a little preoccupied as of late.  I'm trying to organize some voiceover recording for my indie movie (Ron is an Island) and there are a few schedule bumps I'm trying to iron out.  I'm also still ... http://royalsandcelebs.today.com/2008/08/13/the-dayton-moore-era/ Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!  Brawl time!  Yes!  Finally!  Get out the champagne of beers!  The Royals finally got tired of being the league's punching bag and got to the punchin'!  I'm excited!  Who's with me? It's been two years since my last memory of a Royals brawl, and, I know it's not good to ... http://royalsandcelebs.today.com/2008/08/04/you-know-i-like-me-a-good-royals-brawl/ I decided to take a break from my usual Kansas City Royals analysis/crying in the fetal position due to, well, being out of things to write about.  The Royals have won four games in a row, and, as usual, some people (mostly 610 AM) have started talking about how things ... http://royalsandcelebs.today.com/2008/08/01/is-brett-favre-the-nfls-version-of-jimmy-mcnaulty/ Sorry I haven't written for a few days.  I'm unemployed, and apparently, the job market is weak.  I had no idea.  I should read one of those newspapers or watch some CNN.  Maybe that Larry King show.  I like his suspenders.  He's like an older, wiser Urkel, but without the inventions.  ... http://royalsandcelebs.today.com/2008/07/31/trade-deadlines-jose-guillen-again-and-whatever-else-strikes-my-fancy/ I come back from my weeks "off," writing about horrible line-ups, players, rotations, situations, and everything else the last 15 years, and secretly worried that, once I got back, I wouldn't have anything to talk about.  The team was hovering around that 10-12 games under .500 mark, and there were ... http://royalsandcelebs.today.com/2008/07/28/bannister-for-cabrera/ And now, coming into the game in the ninth inning,... whoever is seated in section 141, row w, seat 14! Between Jeff Montgomery's exit and Joakim Soria's arrival, Royals fans have lived with 12 or so years of roller-coaster baseball in the ninth inning.  Names like Ricky Bottalico, Roberto Hernandez, Mike ... http://royalsandcelebs.today.com/2008/07/27/closing-ceremonies/ I was going to do a post on the Worst Royals Relievers of the Last 15 Years, but after trying to compile a list, this has proven to be easily the most difficult list to compile.  Even though the game has changed so much in terms of the value we ... http://royalsandcelebs.today.com/2008/07/25/comic-relief/ Everyone get happy!  We're nearing the end of my Royals of the Damned list!  All-Star break is over, and we just took two out of three games in Chicago.  The trade deadline is coming up, too, and I can't wait to see what brand of ice cream sandwiches we get for Tony ... http://royalsandcelebs.today.com/2008/07/22/pitchers-belly-itchers/ Jimmy Gobble.  One inning.  10 runs--all earned.  FOUR walks.  Four.  His ERA is now 11.31. Apparently, he's out of options, so I'm pretty sure something pretty sad is about to happen to Jimmy Gobble, and I wanted to say a few things.  Here goes: Thank you for your two great years out ... http://royalsandcelebs.today.com/2008/07/22/jimmy-gobbles-last-day-as-a-kansas-city-royal/ Ugh... batting ninth and playing shortstop... Felix Martinez?!!  But what about... Angel Berroa?  Were you expecting Angel Berroa?  I know, it's the obvious choice.  Berroa was the "key" player in the Johnny Damon trade, the piece that made the trade look like it wasn't a complete and unmitigated disaster.  For a ... http://royalsandcelebs.today.com/2008/07/20/greatest-sucker-punches-by-a-middling-shortstop/