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CRIMINAL MISDEMEANOR FILINGS:
Jerry Beauchamp, 20, Haileyville â Public intoxication, disturbing the peace
Who could the Royals have drafted in the 80s?
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This is the second installment looking back at who the Royals could have selected in past drafts, by the decade. I’m not sure if there is anything more difficult in life than identifying baseball talent. Brain surgery? Talking to women? The list is pretty short. Staking your career as a scout or General Manager to the analysis of 18–22-year-old ball players is a risky endeavor. Why do some players make it and some do not? That remains the million-dollar question that vexes all teams.
1980
The 1980 draft was the Darryl Strawberry draft. There was little doubt about the straw man going #1. Even the Mets, who held the pick, couldn’t have blown that one. Kansas City held the 16
A look back at the 1997 Royals
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The 1997 Royals were a zombie franchise. The franchise that was once a crown jewel and a champion a decade before were now set adrift, without an owner or any sense of direction. The team was ostensibly in a youth movement, but seemed focused on adding veterans to prop up a Potemkin village for a potential new owner. The result would be one of the worst seasons in franchise history.
The 1997 Royals
Record: 67-94, 5th place, 19 games back
Say hello to: Jay Bell, Ricky Bones, Hector Carrasco, Scott Cooper, Chili Davis, Jermaine Dye, Jeff King, Gregg Olson, Dean Palmer, Scott Service, Jaime Walker
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Baseball is cruel to all of its children, but it’s particularly harsh on relievers. Even with the trend towards shorter appearances, it’s starters who hog the glory. They’re the ones who rack up the big numbers, most of the awards and most of the money. They’re the ones with the shots at perfect games and no-hitters. Ok, so sometimes there are
combined no-hitters, but who remembers that Kirk Saarloos threw an inning and a third of a Houston Astros no-hitter? Not even his family, I bet.
Relievers get saves and holds, but the save is so contrived that one was recorded in a game won by 27 runs, and I think everyone knows the only people who pay attention to holds are the folks who care way too much about fantasy baseball. Besides, both saves and holds are too common to be properly exciting. What’s the pinnacle of relieverism? What’s the most incredible thing a reliever could do in a single game?
the swing ride lost power. forcing the ride to slam to a halt and sending riders many kids flying. wabc s lucy yang has the story. reporter: rides under the long crescent moon were understandably empty sunday night. this after a freak accident here in norwalk, connecticut. this swing ride is called the zummer. at 2:00 sunday afternoon, the ride came to a violent stop. laughter turning into cries of terror. i heard a big bang, the whole apparatus, came smashing down. bottom of the swing. i looked to my left. i saw the swing ride it collapsed. all the people were there. i actually saw someone fall out of the cart. officials confirmed the halt sent children flying out of their seat. dean palmer took the video from the ferris wheel. we heard a loud noise. we saw everything gathering, looking. everyone was screaming. the chains, the swings. everything swinging and crashing