Comments on: Pozterisks from Beijing

By: Dorasaga

Dorasaga — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:31:36 +0000

Dear Royal Fans,

Wow, this is the best discussion I’d ever read from the JoeBlog.

“The Baseball Economics” actually pointed one very little thing, that I take it as a good advice even in the post-Moneyball era: Teams can win not only after exploited market inefficiency, but also good management.

What’s going on with the board members who should be opening up their checkbook year after year? What has been the management difference between the 1980-1994 Royals and the past decade Royals?

This sounds like another interesting topic in addition to the “Big Red Machine.”

By: Mikey

Mikey — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:50:10 +0000

On an old topic, Nate Silver has a ranking up of his top fifty players you would build a team around if you had an open draft today.

Nate’s top ten: Ramirez, Wright, Pujols, Longoria, Sizemore, Reyes, Mauer, Rodriguez, Sabathia, Santana

http://baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7976

By: Mike Bagnall

Mike Bagnall — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:08:49 +0000

The compensation package is stated as:

There’ll be pie
In the sky
Bye and Bye

I believe it originally referred to religion, however, not basketball.

By: Man in Black

Man in Black — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:51:34 +0000

WELL, We’re waiting?!

By: Mikey

Mikey — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:51:30 +0000

Coach K got rich on the backs of mostly underpriveleged kids who are drastically and systematically undercompensated for their work.

No college basketball coach can be said to have class. The job is fundamentally tainted. The entire sport is the most corrupt legal business in America, bar none.

By: caryn

caryn — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:35:16 +0000

I’ve been on the road with zero time to read anything online. I came back to the hotel after the KC Springsteen show, filed my report for Backstreets/brucespringsteen.net, finished my STL review, and the first thing I did after that was come here hoping to find that a decision had been recorded as to whether or not Joe made it to the show.

And it’s 3:36am.

I’m going to have to wait to tomorrow, aren’t I? God I hope he saw this show.

Going to see the Royals tomorrow night… provided I wake up in time.

By: ajnrules

ajnrules — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:01:21 +0000

Heh, Expat. I was about to ask what dialect Joe learned, although I bet “Xie Xie” would confuse most Americans.

Anyways, the Nats are terrible this year, but in order to be on the same page as the Royals and the Pirates, they’d have to maintain this level of mediocrity for a couple more years. Of course, if they fail to sign a long-term deal with Zimmerman and he leaves to go with another team, it’s possible they may fall to that level. But hey, what more do you expect from the team formerly known as the Expos?

By: expat

expat — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:07:43 +0000

as a note, whoever told you that “thank you” was “yee-ha” was pulling your leg. “thank you” is “xie-xie” (pronounced shi-shia) – and not even remotely like yee-ha.

By: Richard Aronson

Richard Aronson — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:47:47 +0000

If you had a problem with the ending of the movie “The Return of the King” (last of the Lord of the Rings trilogy) then you should read the books. The ending took twice as long and the message was: wars abroad cause troubles at home. Or maybe it was: if you want to live forever with the elves, be a ring bearer. Or perhaps it was: never trust a guy nicknamed Wormtongue.

The Royals are proof that MLB needs revenue sharing akin to what the NFL has. Okay, so are the Nats. But the Marlins and the Twins have demonstrated how to be a successful small market team: spend all your money on scouts, and when you are certain you need to rebuild, trade everything worth trading. There are plenty of teams that would like to have the success of the Twins and Marlins even if it meant paying Dodger payroll levels.

By: Claiborne

Claiborne — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:53:56 +0000

With mens basketball winning it all, your previous article ripping Coach K for one answer he gave in one press conference seems even more ridiculous. Trite, would be better. Try devoting an entire article to something more substantial. Or, continue your hyperbolic fluff.
A quote from the games:
“Mike brought class,” Colangelo said. “He brought dignity. He brought organization. He’s a hall of fame coach. He bled red, white and blue. He was the right guy at the right time.”

I’ll take Colangelo’s view over yours, thanks. But by all means, keep blogging about Bruce Springsteen, music bands, blah, blah, blah…..