So, Zack Greinke will throw against the Kansas City Royals tonight at Kauffman Stadium, and the big question this morning has been whether Royals fans will boo him or not.
- I don’t think I could; not when the team he left is playing like it is.
- In its last eight games (a 2-6 stretch), Kansas City had as nearly many errors (8) as Luke Hochevar had innings pitched in two starts (10.2).
- It is even to the point where the legit “gamer” guys on the team, guys like Mike Moustakas, are forgetting to touch first base on a ball that rolls past an outfielder.
- Where, exactly, along the I-29 corridor between Omaha and Kansas City do successful individuals and/or groups check in their baseball instincts?
- And their winning ways?
- The Stormchasers are 40-25, 27-9 at home, and have an 11-game lead over Iowa in the Pacific Coast League American Northern Division.
- Wonder how many free outs that team gives away during the course of a ballgame…
- Nah, Zack, I don’t blame you at all, man. Just don’t no-hit KC Tuesday night, and we’re cool.
- A bigger whiff is not knowing who the people are in and around your basketball program, right Missouri?
- Levi McLean Franklin Cooley, a 33-year old dude, managed to slink his way into both Mike Anderson’s and Frank Haith’s programs — hitching rides on plane to games and receiving tickets from players.
- If he was hitting up multiple guys for tickets, his name was coming up in conversations. When players talk, at least one assistant hears it or sees him and asks who the guy is, eventually. Teams are tight like that.
- Where it goes from there is anybody’s guess, but plausible deniability is a wonderful thing.
- On the bright side, maybe Missouri could proactively approach the NCAA and remove the Norfolk State game from its history books as part of some self-imposed penalty.
- When the 2012 NFL season is history, will Kansas City Chiefs fans be celebrating an AFC West title while lauding the comeback seasons of Eric Berry, Jamaal Charles and others?
- I’d ask whether the public perception of Matt Cassel will have changed with another 10-win season and postseason appearance, but things don’t work that way.
- It only takes a play or two and a little revisionist history for the public to build a guy’s reputation; and the rest of his career for him to try and erase it.
- Wonder if Cassell could start rubber-banding $100 bills to footballs and tossing them into the stands…
- Hey, that C-Note thing seems to work for others.
- Regardless, if Cassel already is feeling any pressure to produce this season, his offensive coordinator isn’t helping.
- Chiefs OC Brian Daboll told Kansas City Star reporter Adam Teicher of his study of quarterbacks this past offseason, and the number of their recent 10-win seasons leads him to believe Cassel is in the same arena as Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan.
- Yep, no pressure at all, Matt.
- Just like there’s no pressure on LeBron.
- My brother is a huge Miami Heat fan, back to the old Glen Rice days, so we have a friendly but competitive rooting interest in the NBA Finals between Oklahoma City and his Heat.
- That said, Thunder in six.
- And, finally, on a much different note, congratulations to Fred Hoiberg, who signed an eight-year extension at his alma mater. The deal, which doubles his current salary, will pay him an average of $1.5M annually to stay at Iowa State through the 2021 season.
You must log in to post a comment.