According to Baseball America.com, nine (8,9,10,18,19,51,68,69,83) of the top 100 major league prospects can be found within the Kansas City Royals system. On Friday the most highly touted of them made their Major League debut. After their starting First baseman Kila Ka’aihue (Ka-I-who-Ay) struggled to bat .200 at the big league level, it was decided [...]
Kings in Waiting in K.C.
By: AnnexNate | Wednesday May 11th, 2011
Verlander’s Second Scoop of History
By: AnnexNate | Sunday May 8th, 2011
That’s’s two! I can’t help but believe there will be more. Sometimes Justin Verlander’s pitch-count is at 108 in the sixth inning, but on Saturday that was all he threw to record his second career no-hitter; this to beat the Toronto Blue Jays. Without allowing a base-runner until the second batter of the Eighth inning, [...]
Sizemore-ing Up the Tigers
By: AnnexNate | Tuesday May 3rd, 2011
I love how baseball is so unpredictable. The last column I wrote was that of singing the praises of Will Rhymes. Well, this Monday night Rhymes was optioned back to class AAA Toledo. In his stead comes the guy I picked to be 2010 Rookie of the Year before his nagging ankle injury left him [...]
Plate Selectivity Rhymes With Success
By: AnnexNate | Sunday April 10th, 2011
Sometimes there are things more important than output in a batting order. While the Tigers may be struggling out of the gate in the AL Central, Will Rhymes, the winner of the Tigers Second base sweepstakes, has been showing a skill that is guaranteed to benefit the rest of Detroit’s lineup. I started writing this [...]
The Twilight Saga: Rising Sun
By: Tony Mangia | Friday July 2nd, 2010
SEATTLE’S ICHIRO SEEMS TO HIT FOREVER Out of the dampness of Washington, comes an indefatigable figure. He broke in as a rookie at age 27 and took the American League by storm–leading the league in batting and stolen bases. The Japanese import led his team, the Seattle Mariners, to a record 116 game winning season [...]
