OT: For those of you pissed off at the Cubs... ponder this.

by nickler on Sep 2, 2009 5:45 AM CDT

I was just thinking about how annoyed I am at all the bad moves Cubs management (yes, that means you Mr. Hendry) have made over the past few years. Then, I managed to stumble across this. Having lived in KC, I occasionally follow the Royals.

Lucky me. A lifelong Cubs fan, then I live in KC for a few years to watch the Royals and see the Chiefs get dominated by the Broncos. Now, I live in Cleveland and my AL team is the Indians who just happen to be the team with the longest WS drought in baseball other than... well, you know that answer by now.

And of course I get to watch the Browns. Lovely.

Dayton Moore was just given a 4 year... FOUR YEAR... extension for his work on making the Royals the last place team in the entire league while increasing payroll dramatically.

http://kaegel.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/08/royals_to_extend_gm_moores_con.html

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/08/royals-to-extend-dayton-moore-through-2014.html

http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1416151.html

WTF????? Makes me wonder how the hey the Glass family made the money they did. Are they on drugs??

Let's count the moves Mr. Moore has made:

1. Trading for Yuniesky Betancourt

2. Paying for Kyle Farnsworth-less

3. Paying for Juan Cruz (did he have to give up draft picks for this?)

4. Paying a LOT OF MONEY for Jose Guillen, who not only sucks but is also possibly a bigger psycho than Bradley

5. Trading for Mike Jacobs

6. Bringing in Sidney Ponson

7. Bringing in Willie Bloomquist

8. Wasting money on Leo Nunez and Dan Cortes

9. Trading Ramon Rodriguez for Coco Crisp

10. Trading for Yuniesky Betancourt (I have to include this one again, since it counts as two bad moves)

At least they win the award for "lowest OBP aquisitions, last 2 years." Good LORD.

I pity the fans of this sad, sad, sad organization. I feel like boycotting Wal-Mart just hearing about this.

Mr. Moore, for God's sake, will you please trade your pieces of value and start over like Pittsburgh. What on earth are you doing? Trying to drive Zach Greinke back into mental illness??

Maybe we can get in on that fire sale if it ever happens. A trade for DeJesus, anyone? Try to dump Bradley and put DeJesus in RF. Don't really need Teahen now that we have Baker.

[[ BTW, not to say "I told you so" but a while ago I had strongly, strongly suggested that we do whatever it takes to get Greinke, even trading both Hill and Pie for him. Now you know why. This kid had pretty unbelieveable ability from the start... even someone with my limited knowledge could see this even when he was getting beaten up at first. How Hendry could not have seen this, or how he could have felt that Hill and Pie were worth more is beyond me. ]]

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Just to emphasize a certain point:

“With the structure of (Yuniesky) Betancourt’s contract, the Royals will be on the hook for 11.5 million dollars through 2011, and then another 2 million if they choose to buy out his option in 2012, and another 6 million if they pick it up. "

by nickler on Sep 2, 2009 5:56 AM CDT reply actions

Here is his line:

.239 / .269 / .347

.347 is not his BA. It is also not his OBP. It is his SLG!

I hear he’s not a very good defensive player, either.

And that the Royals gave up two pretty good arms for the privilege.

by nickler on Sep 2, 2009 5:59 AM CDT up reply actions

"Don't need Teehan

because we have Baker", I will take Teehan in trade.
However it is a shame the Royals were such a solid franchise.
Farnsworth becomes one of the biggest “What ifs”

by Grockcubs on Sep 2, 2009 6:33 AM CDT reply actions

You will get flames for call Bradley Psycho

but I agree completely on your assessment of each player.

The sun will shine in '69

by gaclaudy on Sep 2, 2009 6:55 AM CDT reply actions

some good points

but if we’re trying to feel better about the Cubs mgmt comparing them to the Royals, this season looks like even more of a disaster.

by VillanuevaExperience on Sep 2, 2009 8:36 AM CDT reply actions

I took a day trip out to Cleveland

two months ago. Didn’t seem like such a bad place to live. I even took a ride on the “lolly trolly” to understand the history of the city. Very nice, actually.

But yeah, their sports teams suck, except for LeBron.

by Neifi Puppy on Sep 2, 2009 8:37 AM CDT reply actions

Cleveland is a great place to live.

I love it here. I wasn’t saying Cleveland was bad at all. Cleveland is a great town.

And even though sports can be a downer sometimes, we have die hard fans and still get the benefit of having 2 sports franchises. Most cities can’t say that.

However, it really seems like the Cleveland teams are snakebitten. In KC, nobody thought they had a chance and they were resigned to lose. Here, they always get so close and fail at the last minute. At least they make it exciting.

by nickler on Sep 2, 2009 9:00 AM CDT reply actions

I mean 3 franchises.

by nickler on Sep 2, 2009 9:01 AM CDT reply actions

As for the above comment about calling Bradley a "psycho"

I actually think he adds a lot to this team and would far rather Soriano be traded than Bradley. I love watching people who can actually get on base. Which is why the Royals are unwatchable, except the way you’d stare at a disaster scene in a form of horrified awe.

That said, the man has problems. It probably doesn’t warrant my calling him a “psycho” (sorry if I offended anyone) but I think you catch my drift.

by nickler on Sep 2, 2009 9:04 AM CDT reply actions