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
Curt Schilling Letter to BHOF (Does Not Want to Be Considered Anymore)
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I want to share with everyone the letter I wrote to the folks at the Hall of Fame yesterday. They’ve been otherworldly kind and gracious in every way possible and I’ll be forever grateful to them and for that. This was written privately and for their eyes only but I have always been fine with anyone knowing how I feel and what I think. “Hey guys. Couple things. First off I am not sure I can express my level of gratitude and sincere appreciation at the graciousness, kindness and desire on all your parts to help me navigate this process. I can say at this point I am mentally done. I know math and I know trends and I know I will not attain the 75% threshold for induction. As I’ve stated often over the past years to those I’ve spoken with in my heart I am at peace. Nothing, zero, none of the claims being made by any of the writers hold merit. In my 22 years playing professional baseball in the m
If there was ever a time the Colorado Rockies entered a rebuild, 2012 was it. The Rockies played the long-term game; years later, they won.
Colorado lost 98 games in 2012, the worst mark in franchise history. 49-year-old Jamie Moyer started the second game of the season. Jeremy Guthrie was the Opening Day starter and posted a 6.35 ERA before a trade to Kansas City. Jorge De La Rosa rehabbed from Tommy John surgery. Troy Tulowitzki’s season ended in May when he needed groin surgery. Todd Helton hit for his lowest average ever and would retire the following year. Outfielder Dexter Fowler and closer Rafeal Betancourt tied for the team lead in bWAR, and neither of them played for the Rockies two years later. Team payroll ranked 22nd in baseball, and the team entered a money-saving phase through the ensuing offseason.
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Col. Kevin Bradley and Command Sgt. Maj. Shade Munday, 3rd Cav. Regt. command team, alongside Lt. Col. Danilo Green and Command Sgt. Maj. David Schoettle, Regimental Support Squadron command team, award Staff Sgt. Jamie Moyer, RSS retention counselor with the Army Accommodation Medal for his efforts that resulted in Muleskinner Squadron receiving the Retention Early Bird and the Top Retention Unit Award for 2020.
Photo by Maj. Marion Jo Nederhoed, 3rd Cav. Regt. Public Affairs
Photo by Maj. Marion Jo Nederhoed, 3rd Cav. Regt. Public Affairs
Photo by Maj. Marion Jo Nederhoed, 3rd Cav. Regt. Public Affairs
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