As a Royals fan, there is a 25 year statute of limitations on me bagging on a first base umpire for a blown call. So if I’m going to be critical of Jim Joyce, you’ll have to wait until October 27, 2010. Don’t hold your breath, though.
Bill Ferris wrote an excellent article on the near [...]
Posted by Craig Brown on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Filed under Craig Brown, Main Page · Tagged Aftermath, Antics, Banquet Circuit, Bill Ferris, Chicken Dinner, Flyball, Galarraga, Imperfection, Jim Joyce, Joe West, October 27, Perfect Game, Ramifications, Seventh Inning, Spending Money, Statute Of Limitations, Tigers, Umpire, Watching The Game, Zen
Long story short: Last week I noticed base runners were attempting to steal against the Royals Jason Kendall like it was 1982. A commenter wondered if all of those steals were on Kendall, or if something more sinister was happening… And the plethora of stolen base attempts were coming off of Royals pitchers. I did [...]
Posted by Craig Brown on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Filed under Craig Brown, Main Page · Tagged Base Runners, Baseball Games, Best In The Business, Brunt, Cy Young, Cy Young Award, Cy Young Award Winner, Duane Kuiper, Fifth Inning, Jason Kendall, Mike Krukow, Nats, Pitchers, Rickey Henderson, Royals, Running Game, Sbo, Tim Lincecum, Washington Nationals, Willie Wilson
It’s cliched, but it’s one of the reasons I will always watch baseball – you never know when you will see something you’ve never seen before. As a Royals fan, I’m spoiled… Because my team always comes up with unique ways to lose. (Have you ever seen a ball hit a seagull in the outfield [...]
Posted by Craig Brown on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 11:58 am
Filed under Craig Brown, Main Page · Tagged Career Line, Doubleheader, Eighth Inning, Final Game, First Game, Last Game, Livan Hernandez, New York Giants, No Doubt, Outfielder, Pinch Hitter, Plate Appearances, Robin Roberts, Seagull, Seven Games, Six Degrees, Strikeout, Warning Track, Willie Mays, World Series Champion
Even though Royals General Manager Dayton Moore insisted just a few days ago that Trey Hillman was the man to lead the Royals, Thursday’s firing had an air of inevitability.
Although this action was long justified, the events of the recent days forced Moore’s hand. Hillman had lost the papers, he lost talk radio, he lost [...]
Posted by Craig Brown on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 11:58 am
Filed under Craig Brown, Main Page, Major League News · Tagged Awesomeness, Basebal, Bullpen, Few Days, Game Of The Year, Inevitability, Josh Rupe, Last Straw, Pitches, Rangers, Robinson Tejeda, Setup Man, Shortstop, Spring Training, Strike Zone, Tendency, Trey Hillman, Wild One, Wrong Decision, Yuniesky Betancourt
Six weeks into the season and there have been more than a few developments that have caught my attention…
The Washington Nationals bullpen is keeping them in games.
Livan Hernandez is getting all the attention when it comes to Washington pitchers, but have you seen what the relief corps has accomplished. Collectively, the Nationals bullpen has a [...]
Posted by Craig Brown on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Filed under Craig Brown, Main Page · Tagged Babip, Backbone, Batters, Batting Average, Brian Bruney, Bullpen, Different Story, Dynamic Duo, Free Agent, Jim Riggleman, Leverage, Livan Hernandez, Matt Capps, Mets, Pitchers, Runners, Seven Days, Six Weeks, Tyler Clippard, Washington Nationals, Whip
We’re almost two weeks into the season and it’s time to take a trip around the league to assess the action we’ve witnessed. As always, small sample size warnings abound.
We leadoff in the American League…
The Masters Of The Offense (AL Edition) live in Kansas City
Through Wednesday’s games the Kansas City Royals led the American League [...]
Posted by Craig Brown on Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Craig Brown, Main Page, Major League News · Tagged Bats, Batting Average, Bullpen Era, Giants, Jason Kendall, Joakim Soria, John Parrish, Jose Guillen, Kansas City Royals, Maniac, Matt Cain, Nine Times, Offensive Success, Pitchers, S Games, Scott Podsednik, Starters, Stunning Development, Tim Lincecum, West Side, Yuniesky Betancourt
There are about 33 or 34 positive things about this year’s Kansas City Royals. Someone else other than Zack Greinke will be starting the other 128 or 129 games though. Initially, this editor set out to be me more positive in introduction #4 but after reading Craig Brown’s Royals preview and trying to put myself [...]
Posted by Craig Brown on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 7:14 am
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Craig Brown, Main Page · Tagged Alex Gordon, Billy Butler, Brian Bannister, Coco Crisp, Craig Brown, Cy Young, Everyday Player, Foot Locker, Gil Meche, Hip Surgery, Introduction 4, Kansas City Royals, Kyle Davies, Kyle Farnsworth, Manager Buddy Bell, Mike Aviles, Pecota, Position Breakdowns, Spectacular Fashion, Team Previews, Tommy John, Tommy John Surgery, Yuniesky Betancourt, Zack Greinke
BDD’s Craig Brown is a Royals fan. We’re sorry. Here’s his response to our 20 questions…
(You can also find Craig’s excellent work at Royals Authority.)
How did you begin writing for Baseball Daily Digest?
Joe thought I was scooping him with all my great Royals dirt, so he brought me on as a writer. Sorry, that’s [...]
Posted by Brian Joseph on Monday, March 1, 2010 at 12:48 am
Filed under 20 Questions, Brian Joseph, Craig Brown · Tagged Allegiances, Alum, Autographed Baseballs, Basebal, Baseball Cards, Baseball Memorabilia, Baseball Musings, Baseball Reference, Baseball Writer, Craig Brown, Facial Hair, Favorite Team, Hanley Ramirez, Josh Wilker, Misery Loves Company, Miss Baseball, Ticket Stubs, Trade Rumors, University Of Kansas, World Series Games
For the second consecutive Cy Young award, the electorate seemingly ignored the Win stat and threw their support behind Tim Lincecum, who won all of 15 games for the San Francisco Giants.
The knee jerk reaction will be that the BBWAA got this one correct. I’m not so sure.
It was a tight vote between Lincecum and [...]
Posted by Craig Brown on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Filed under Craig Brown, Main Page, Major League News · Tagged Adam Wainwright, Alphabetical Order, Ballots, Bbwaa, Chris Carpenter, Closeness, Cy Young, Cy Young Award, Electorate, Haren, Knee Jerk Reaction, National League Pitchers, Nl Cy Young, Place Votes, Plurality, San Francisco Giants, Statistical Leaders, Tim Lincecum, Whips, Worth Noting That
Those of us in Kansas City have taken to wishing each other Happy Greinke Day on the days where Zack Greinke is scheduled to start. Cheesy? You betcha. But this is the Royals we’re talking about. It’s not like there are too many things that make us excited to watch a ballgame with the hometown [...]
Posted by Craig Brown on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Filed under Craig Brown, Main Page, Major League News · Tagged Ballgame, Buzz, Cc Sabathia, Chute, Collateral Issues, Cy Young, Fallout, Felix Hernandez, Inferiority Complex, Joe Posnanski, Kansas City, Landslide, Many Things, Margin Of Victory, Reverse Psychology, Rob Neyer, Royals, Sportswriters, Yuniesky Betancourt, Zack Greinke
