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"My favorite fun fact about the World Series is we had a small market against a big market, and the small market had a higher payroll than the big market. Kansas City won its first title since 1985 with a five-game victory over the New York Mets, who were 19th at just under $110 million. We just have to care more than anyone else."Įveryone wants to be the Kansas City Royals at the GM Meetings because of how they won with a modest payroll.Įveryone wants to be the Kansas City Royals, who won the World Series with a young, athletic team that had a payroll of $128 million at the end of the regular season, 13th among the 30 big-league teams. Throughout the Royals’ incredible run from baseball’s depths to an 800,000 person parade in downtown Kansas City, the Royals’ public persona built around Moore’s basic philosophy: "We’re not smarter than anyone else. Moore and Picollo, the rest, they just can’t do it. It’s like the saying goes: Sometimes to be a star all you have to do is tell people you are one. There are some big talkers in baseball like in every other business, some self-promoters, some blowhards … and like in every other business, baseball blowhards often move up or get too much credit because arrogance can come off as conviction and bluster came come off as innovation.
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Picollo - do not know how to self-congratulate. I particularly like Bucksense because it incorporates two Kansas City legends - Harry Truman and his "Buck Stops Here" philosophy alongside of Buck O’Neil, who represented the soul of Kansas City baseball.īut the Royals - particularly general manager Dayton Moore and assistant general manager J.J. Maybe the Royals should have come up with a catchy name for what they did. Joe Posnanski has a word for Dayton Moore's process: Bucksense. While the team will maintain contact with Alex Gordon and Ben Zobrist, rival executives have speculated that outfielders such as Gerardo Parra or Denard Span could fit the Royals’ profile. These comments are far from surprising, though it does present a window into the outfielders the Royals may pursue this winter. So I would think that it’s going to be a goal of ours."
"Because we’ve seen how it can impact games and how much it’s helped us to be athletic. "I think that the preference would be to maintain athleticism," assistant general manager J.J. As the Royals attempt to fill holes in both their outfield corners, the team intends to fortify its defense and not commit to any plodding sluggers. It's still early in the offseason, but two things are clear, according to Andy McCullough: the Royals are interested in retaining Alex Gordon and Ben Zobrist, and athleticism remains a priority for the outfield. Royals Rumblings - News for November 11, 2015
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