Soxplosion Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Does anyone think this KC team is the real deal? I thought they were a fluke after our series but now theyre beating up on other teams too. Im really not sure. We played pretty bad in our series so Im not surprised they won. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan420 Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 they will suck this year. remember the indians last year 13-0 last year until we sweept them, then where did they go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSOX45 Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Does anyone think this KC team is the real deal? I thought they were a fluke after our series but now theyre beating up on other teams too. Im really not sure. We played pretty bad in our series so Im not surprised they won. What do you guys think? Just like in 2000. They started out red hot out of spring training. Took about a month for them to fall back down to fourth place. Not only that but they haven't played a road game yet. Once the league sees Affledt and Ascencio the second time they'll get crushed. CWSOX45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxplosion Posted April 5, 2003 Author Share Posted April 5, 2003 11-1. Sweeping Cleveland and flushing their season (and probably this season too since they started rebuilding) down the toilet was the high point of last year. I hope when we meet up with KC again we show em whos boss. I really dont think theyre as good as they look. Brett freakin Maynes hitting .545. That wont continue. Harvey and the rest will come down to earth. The only really good players they have are Sweeney, Ibanez, Randa (I hate that guy) and Runelvys Hernandez (who threw a two hit shutout thru seven today). But thats not enough to compete. Theyll be gone soon and it will be just us and the Twins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 5 games. it's that simple....they aren't anything special, or the "real deal" as you say. but they'll finish 3rd in the central. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 It's all beginners luck. We played poorly and they capitalized on that. Give them a couple months and they'll be fighting the Indians for 3rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxplosion Posted April 5, 2003 Author Share Posted April 5, 2003 Yeah. I think KC will come in third but thats due more to the horridity of Cleveland and Detroit than to their own goodplay. Id say theyll finish something like ten games under. 76-86. I just hope we dont get to the point where KC trolls start to come into existence. Thatll be the day... And apu, I dont think Ive ever seen you post baseball. Maybe I just missed it but its nice to see everyone getting some baseball posts in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molto Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 the Royals have talented pitchers, I thought that before the season started, but in no way did I think they would come around this early and be able to make up for their very weak offense. they will most likely fall but it seems outsiders said the same about us in 2000 and the same about the Twins the past two season's. while others thought we were a fluke in 2000 (which we kinda were) we thought it was legit. could be the same thing, just vise versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan420 Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Yeah. I think KC will come in third but thats due more to the horridity of Cleveland and Detroit than to their own goodplay. Id say theyll finish something like ten games under. 76-86. I just hope we dont get to the point where KC trolls start to come into existence. Thatll be the day... And apu, I dont think Ive ever seen you post baseball. Maybe I just missed it but its nice to see everyone getting some baseball posts in... he did last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxplosion Posted April 5, 2003 Author Share Posted April 5, 2003 I guess some people just arent as interested with offseason/ST crap like others are. More people will be posting now that the seasons started I think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan420 Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 I guess some people just arent as interested with offseason/ST crap like others are. More people will be posting now that the seasons started I think... yup, thats how most baseball fans are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac9001 Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 KC has no real pitching, they'll crumble... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxplosion Posted April 5, 2003 Author Share Posted April 5, 2003 KC has no real pitching, they'll crumble... With the exception of Hernandez I agree. Affeldt and Ascencio are both jokes and I dont even know who their 4-5 are. But if theyre behind those two jokers they mustnt be very good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 I think they're going to give teams a hard time. They have some good hitters, they seem to play OK defense, and their pitching is young but decent. I was impressed with MacDougal as a closer - if they can get to him with the lead, I think he'll wrap up most of his save opportunities. I think it's good that there's a third competitive team in the Central - it'll give the Sox some tough games, which is ALWAYS good for the team's concentration and focus. Trust me, the Sox will come out blasting in the next KC series. I think they may have taken them for granted last time, but that won't happen twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac9001 Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 There's pitchers have no experience, there's absolutely no way in hell they can win with nothing but rookies(or close to it) in the rotaion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxplosion Posted April 6, 2003 Author Share Posted April 6, 2003 I think they're going to give teams a hard time. They have some good hitters, they seem to play OK defense, and their pitching is young but decent. I was impressed with MacDougal as a closer - if they can get to him with the lead, I think he'll wrap up most of his save opportunities. I think it's good that there's a third competitive team in the Central - it'll give the Sox some tough games, which is ALWAYS good for the team's concentration and focus. Trust me, the Sox will come out blasting in the next KC series. I think they may have taken them for granted last time, but that won't happen twice. I think theyll play the spoiler but if they do anything more Ill be very surprised... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 5 games. it's that simple....they aren't anything special, or the "real deal" as you say. but they'll finish 3rd in the central. they just might finish 3rd - I was thinking that today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hotsoxchick1 Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 hey as long as we dont finish third i dont care............was it rex who said that there would be a surprise team this year in our division??? i believe it was.. but im thinking he meant to say it would be cleveburg... i am thinking its gonna be kc..... sure its only the begining but they are lookin mighty fine for some reason........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.