RoyalReview's cri de coeur

This one was so good it made Rany Jazayerli take a break from his break from the Royals to sign up to SBN and say "well done." Also worth reading: Rany's final post of 2009.

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I don't think we ever had it as bad as the Royals do now.

by Manzanillos Cup on Oct 10, 2009 2:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't agree.

We may have had better talent than they do, but the front office was the same, if not worse.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Oct 10, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

At least Bill Bavasi wasn't a jerk about it.

Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.

by JAH on Oct 11, 2009 4:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You obviously weren't a Mariners fan in the 1980's

it was every inch this bad.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Oct 12, 2009 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Danny Tartabull!

by Poochie on Oct 12, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was disappointed when he wasn't as good as Jose Canseco or Wally Joyner,

then got traded when he became decent.

by Jed MC on Oct 12, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

171 OPS+ in 1991

by Poochie on Oct 12, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

125 OPS+ then traded.

He had a better career than I remember him having.

by Jed MC on Oct 12, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was one of the large crop of 80's Mariners

who got better once they left Seattle.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Oct 12, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That always happens

by Poochie on Oct 12, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yuniesky Betancourt didn't get any better

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Oct 12, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

SSS

by Poochie on Oct 12, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bret Boone didn't get any better

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Oct 13, 2009 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Richie Sexson

SHOW FiFi THE MONEY!!!!

by PositivePaul on Oct 14, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He did the first time.

50!

by joof on Oct 14, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think there are big differences, though.

1) Free agency was different in the 80’s.
2) Divisions were larger and there was no wild card, which reduced the odds of having success.
3) The Mariners were a young franchise.
4) The Royals were once a proud and successful franchise.
5) Player evaluation is (should be) better today.

I was too young to know what it was like to be a Mariners fan in the 80’s and how the FO operated, but the Royals are in a situation that could have been avoided. The Mariners took 15 years to have a season above .500; The Royals have had one above .500 season in 16 years. The Mariners in the 80’s may have had it this bad, but the Royals are quickly going to new depths with Dayton Moore at the helm.

After having gone through the Bavasi era, I think we can all sympathize how Royals fans feel about Dayton Moore.

by Wilder. on Oct 12, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The 80's Mariners were like the pre-Friedman Tampa teams.

Horrible teams, veterans that were signed as their careers were ending, good but not great homegrown players who were traded off right as they were hitting their peak, an ugly stadium with mediocre crowds, their sister expansion team had success, dysfunctional and incompetent front offices and owners, and ugly uniforms.

by Jed MC on Oct 13, 2009 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs