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By: Spud

Spud — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:25:41 +0000

#35 – Ron Gant sorted himself out in the minors, came back as an outfielder and had a solid career.

By: Frankie and Rany

Frankie and Rany — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:48:08 +0000

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By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:57:23 +0000

Yes!!! A Jake Johansen reference. That routine was hysterical…”once you’ve taken a hostage and started a fire, you’ve committed a serious marketing error.”

Anyways, the rest of the piece was good, too.

By: David Wintheiser

David Wintheiser — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:27:13 +0000

Between Jeff Francoeur and Delmon Young, I’ve read a lot of ‘this guy needs to go to the minors and sort himself out’ talk of late. I realize this is traditional baseball thinking, but in the spirit of evidence-based baseball thinking:

Can anyone point me at examples of guys who have ’sucked’ for a full season or more, went to the minors, came back, and became consistent, star-caliber players (for, say, more than one season)? ‘Cause I can’t think of a one.

By: ANDY

ANDY — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:52:07 +0000

I hope Dayton is dropping a few hints to the Glass family that there will be a need to open the purse strings this next off-season for some free agent singingS. That is if they are interested in preventing the streaks of weeks of bad baseball that we are suffering through now. We will need some impact players, and I mean multiple players. I think we have developed some complementary players (i.e. Teahen, DeJesus, Gordon, etc), but we need some studs.

By: Not to beat a dead bat, but … « Rowland's Office

Not to beat a dead bat, but … « Rowland's Office — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:27:32 +0000

[...] 1:26 am | In Frenchy | No Comments Kansas City Star columnist Joe Posnanski does not want to see Frenchy in a Royals uniform: [Francoeur] has been playing every day since the beginning of the 2008 season. Over that time — [...]

By: Justyo

Justyo — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:31:28 +0000

Shortsided. Very funny.

You ask me – Britney Francoeur needs a long stint in the minors.

But this is America where magazine covers means talent.

Who is this guy’s agent?

.244/.287/.355
or
.315/ .390 /.601

Evan Longoria, who is almost 24, will not make Jeff Spears Annual Salary for about 5 more years.

By: Sirk

Sirk — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:44:03 +0000

Jake Johannsen is unquestionably my favorite comedian. Not many people seem to know him, so I love that Poz quoted him. Yet another reason why this blog is great.

By: NoisyDvL5

NoisyDvL5 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:01:18 +0000

I say no on Francoeur. I understand the economics of baseball, but I’m sick of getting players that “waaay to early to give up on” or that “need a new start”. Kansas City is not the place for these people.

I’m tired of the John Bales, Mark Redmans, Jason LaRues, Jaun Gonzalezs, Brandon Duckworths, Hideo Nomos, Brett Tomkos, Kip Wells, Jose Guillens, Kyle Davies, Scott Elartons, Odalis Perezs, Elmer Dessens, Jose Limas, Eli Marreros, Terrence Longs, Benito Santiagos….

Did miss anybody from the Post-Fluke (2003) era?

Let’s be done wasting time with players that need new starts. If our coaches can’t translate our ‘talented prospects’ into consistent quality ballplayers (Aviles, Gordon, Pena, Shealy, Berroa) then they can’t take broken players from other teams and ‘fix’ them. It’s ridiculous.

And don’t get me wrong. I love my Royals. I was heartbroken watching it slip through their fingers again tonight. But we need reliable performers, no more hard luck cases please.

By: Bret

Bret — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:26:31 +0000

Joe, can you please, please delete anyone who says first or circle me bert? I just hate it with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.