I concur on the retirement of Phyz. I hated it when he was on tv. I'm sure he a fine gentleman, but a good play by play guy, he was not.He made too many mistakes and I got tired of his stories.
I am very much a Jake Eisenberg fan. I listen to quite a bit of Storm Chasers broadcasts, and Jake impressed me from the beginning with his game calling skills. He knows the players, adds some humor to his call, and is quite entertaining. I hope he’s a Royals broadcaster for a long time!
I’m not saying Phyz was good….but he’s better than Hudler. It is an upgrade though.
Is it normal to not have a pitching coach by now? It either tells me the front office already knows what they are doing with these guys and the pitching coach gets who he gets at this point. Seems like one should be in place by now so IDK if its good, bad, or doesn’t matter. My fear is that if you are hearing people want Keller that the Royals hear that as well and will bring him back for fear of being wrong. I’m certain they aren’t moving on from Mondesi so they will probably keep both Lopez and Mondesi. We’ll find out more later today…..you know where I’m going with this…..JJ…we can’t just bring everyone back for another go. Lol.
Thanks for the info! Personally, I am a fan of Garrett and Cuas. The energy that Garrett brings should be contagious and Cuas seems to never get rattled. It's like to see them with the new coach. Regarding innings, when did it stop, porches throwing complete games. Growing up, you would see 20 game winners, with double digit complete games. Not in today's game.
You said it, Mondesi is not reliable, with a high upside. Lopez is reliable, but below average with the bat. Lopez made the statement earlier in the season, when the rookies started arriving, he felt his role changed, becoming more of a leader and mentor to these younger players. I would think that should be a quality when making that decision. Mondesi can't say that, being hurt the past several years. Maybe keep both and trade Mondesi if he is healthy and can put up decent numbers. One you can count on and the other you can't be sure.
It's gonna be SO nice not having to flip to the "away" broadcast for innings 3-4 & 6-7. I'm sure Physioc's a nice fella, but man was he bad at his job. My main complaint was that every time he started a sentence, you could tell he had no idea when or how it was gonna end. Looking forward to hearing Jake with Denny. I wonder how Steve Stewart fits into all this - he's the only other member of the broadcast team I can tolerate. I assume he's gonna stay in his current role.
I'll never forget this moment in a game a few years ago: Martin Maldonado had walked, Lucas Duda was striding toward the plate and Phys intoned, "....and now Kansas City can deploy their speed game."
Clueless much?
I know nothing about Jake Eisenberg. But he can't possibly be any worse than Phys.
Now if they can just summon up the cojones to perform a Hudectomy on themselves....
Abandoning Kauffman stadium is crazy. Baseball fans tend to be older, family oriented foks, not young single people. 90 percent of people have absolutely no desire to go somewhere on the fringe of downtown to attend a baseball game. It will be a gigantic flop...
David, hearing they tendered everyone a contract from last year. Keller, Mondesi, Lopez, Garrett.
Might be time to give me re-assuring words that JJ is different than DM. At this point, every player is back on a 95+ loss team. All of which are bottom of the roster type players. Help me understand the direction here!!!! Come on Royals.
I concur on the retirement of Phyz. I hated it when he was on tv. I'm sure he a fine gentleman, but a good play by play guy, he was not.He made too many mistakes and I got tired of his stories.
I am very much a Jake Eisenberg fan. I listen to quite a bit of Storm Chasers broadcasts, and Jake impressed me from the beginning with his game calling skills. He knows the players, adds some humor to his call, and is quite entertaining. I hope he’s a Royals broadcaster for a long time!
I’m not saying Phyz was good….but he’s better than Hudler. It is an upgrade though.
Is it normal to not have a pitching coach by now? It either tells me the front office already knows what they are doing with these guys and the pitching coach gets who he gets at this point. Seems like one should be in place by now so IDK if its good, bad, or doesn’t matter. My fear is that if you are hearing people want Keller that the Royals hear that as well and will bring him back for fear of being wrong. I’m certain they aren’t moving on from Mondesi so they will probably keep both Lopez and Mondesi. We’ll find out more later today…..you know where I’m going with this…..JJ…we can’t just bring everyone back for another go. Lol.
Thanks for the info! Personally, I am a fan of Garrett and Cuas. The energy that Garrett brings should be contagious and Cuas seems to never get rattled. It's like to see them with the new coach. Regarding innings, when did it stop, porches throwing complete games. Growing up, you would see 20 game winners, with double digit complete games. Not in today's game.
You said it, Mondesi is not reliable, with a high upside. Lopez is reliable, but below average with the bat. Lopez made the statement earlier in the season, when the rookies started arriving, he felt his role changed, becoming more of a leader and mentor to these younger players. I would think that should be a quality when making that decision. Mondesi can't say that, being hurt the past several years. Maybe keep both and trade Mondesi if he is healthy and can put up decent numbers. One you can count on and the other you can't be sure.
Does the innings per start change through the #’s 1-5 starters,
Do you know why Gentry left the AFL
Well done David! I enjoyed Phyz…how much do we really need to know as we ploughed to 100?
It's gonna be SO nice not having to flip to the "away" broadcast for innings 3-4 & 6-7. I'm sure Physioc's a nice fella, but man was he bad at his job. My main complaint was that every time he started a sentence, you could tell he had no idea when or how it was gonna end. Looking forward to hearing Jake with Denny. I wonder how Steve Stewart fits into all this - he's the only other member of the broadcast team I can tolerate. I assume he's gonna stay in his current role.
I'll never forget this moment in a game a few years ago: Martin Maldonado had walked, Lucas Duda was striding toward the plate and Phys intoned, "....and now Kansas City can deploy their speed game."
Clueless much?
I know nothing about Jake Eisenberg. But he can't possibly be any worse than Phys.
Now if they can just summon up the cojones to perform a Hudectomy on themselves....
Abandoning Kauffman stadium is crazy. Baseball fans tend to be older, family oriented foks, not young single people. 90 percent of people have absolutely no desire to go somewhere on the fringe of downtown to attend a baseball game. It will be a gigantic flop...
I'm indifferent about Physioc, but I'm not a big fan of Rex Hudler. Agree or disagree?
David, hearing they tendered everyone a contract from last year. Keller, Mondesi, Lopez, Garrett.
Might be time to give me re-assuring words that JJ is different than DM. At this point, every player is back on a 95+ loss team. All of which are bottom of the roster type players. Help me understand the direction here!!!! Come on Royals.