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Dear Royals… America liked you better as a doormat
Dear Royals, I usually write my annual letter of disappointment to you early in Spring Training. I was so thankful to not have to write that this year because you took the season to the last possible out last year. What a ride! But America seems to have a beef with you now. They liked you better as doormats. But…
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The Blessed Hope
38 Days to Pitchers and Catchers Reporting!
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Royals
The headline this morning on kansascity.com says it all: Series loss won’t diminish Royals’ magic season Thank you, Royals!
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It’s Game Seven
No matter what happens tonight, it’s been a great series against a great team… and one incredible year for this Royals fan. THANK YOU KC!
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San Francisco bans a song
In the spirit of baseball superstition, the city of San Francisco will ban the Lorde song “Royals” from the airwaves for the duration of getting spanked by the KC Royals in the World Series. (Just wishful thinking on that last part.) Hey, FRISCO! (I know you hate that… so I’m saying it.) The song isn’t even about the Royals! DUH!…
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Thank you, Royals!
Just about every Spring Training I write my annual love letter to the Royals. Every year comes with that tinge of expectation… not of victory but of bringing me to the very edge of hope and then dropping me off a cliff. This year I didn’t write the letter. Hopes were too high. They had all the pieces in place.…
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Baseball in Cricket Territory
I now know why my friend Mark Stevens has given up Facebook for “Lent.” No spiritual reason. He is studying up on the greatest game ever… BASEBALL, because the Dodgers and Diamondbacks were playing in Australia to open up the MLB season. He has finally come to the light… and we rejoice!
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Talking baseball
It may come as a shock, but I LOVE baseball. I watch the Ken Burn series every spring. So I will say something probably only shocking to me. Its time to let Pete Rose into the Hall of Fame. And soon, we need to give it up for Mark McGuire and Barry Bonds.
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A Pep Talk for my Royals
Since my Royals can’t get above .500, I think they have a mental block. So, I’m doing my part to help them out.