http://royalsrealm.today.com Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:51:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Immediately after Alex Rodriguez’s two-run shot tied the game in the seventh inning, I was bracing for yet another stomach punch game. How can one fan base keep coming back from so many of these kind of defeats? In the past three weeks, we had endured a 12-game losing streak--Kansas City’s fourth ... http://royalsrealm.today.com/2008/06/10/jose-guillen-an-actual-power-source-for-royals/ Yeah, so I quit on this running diary out of sheer anger and much to my horror, things only got worse. Jon Lester ended up pitching a no-hitter. A freaking no-hitter. Something that had not been done to KC since Nolan Ryan in 1973. I felt really bad rooting passionately for ... http://royalsrealm.today.com/2008/05/20/diary-cut-short-by-near-perfect-performance/ Welcome to the first and possibly most profane or obscure running diary ever created about the Kansas City Royals. I’ve always wanted to do this, so here you go live from a Gladstone living room: Royals at Red Sox. 6:05 - Looks as though the lineup is back to normal tonight, ... http://royalsrealm.today.com/2008/05/19/rooting-against-a-cancer-survivors-day-in-the-sun/ This transformation is absolutely incredible. Just two years ago, this bullpen was the laughing stock of the major leagues with a 53-percent save success rate. Now, I’m tempted to change the channel when Soria toes the rubber in the ninth because I know the game is over. The Wolf (nickname I’ve given Soria; ... http://royalsrealm.today.com/2008/05/13/sorias-setup-crew-is-pitching-staffs-driving-force/ When I interviewed Brian Bannister this winter, I felt like Chris Farley on "The Chris Farley Show." Had I known he would throw his season's third masterful outing for my Royals by mid-May, I'm almost certain I wouldn't have been able to contain myself. I thought there was no way he could improve on what most experts ... http://royalsrealm.today.com/2008/05/11/another-bannister-masterpiece/ Luckily American Idol's David Cook was there or I would have had a bad time at the K tonight. It's a good thing he sang the national anthem and "Take me out to the Ballgame" because that took my focus off the fact that the Orioles have now beaten Kansas City ... http://royalsrealm.today.com/2008/05/10/orioles-stranglehold-on-royals-continues/ Luckily American Idol's David Cook was there or I would have had a bad time at the K tonight. It's a good thing he sang the national anthem and "Take me out to the Ballgame" because that took my focus off the fact that the Orioles have now beaten Kansas City ... http://royalsrealm.today.com/2008/05/09/orioles-stranglehold-on-royals-continues-2/ Where does Daniel Cabrera get off? The man is without question, a mediocre pitcher, as he sports a 4.90 career ERA in just over four years of Major League service. Well try telling that to the Kansas City Royals, a team who he owns. Cabrera, who has a 2.57 career ERA against the ... http://royalsrealm.today.com/2008/05/08/cabrera/