Royal de Lux: A Kansas City Royals podcast

The Royals began the night with a stress-free ballgame, which is all I can ask for at this point even if they lose.  So be it!  Who cares if the Royals lose more games at this point!  Might as well!!  But then, as the night grows darker, the bullpen comes in and the tides change!  The fates of this game is about to change...!!  Okay, enough of that.  The bullpens came in and did some interesting stuff and it somehow led to a Royals win!  We'll take those.  Also, the Royals call up RHP Dylan Coleman and OF Brewer Hicklen in place of LHP Amir Garrett and OF Kyle Isbel, who are probably out with COVID for a bit.  It's not the call fans want to hear, but it's the right one for the occasion. 

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The Royals have lost like infinity games in a row for the eight thousandth time this season or whatever.  Who's even keeping track anymore.  Let's talk about where it all went wrong, how did the Royals get here?  Can they get out of it?  Is this even an original talking point?  I AM BECOMING ALL OF US AT THE SAME TIME!!  I guess that makes sense, given that I just went to see Everything Everywhere All At Once yesterday.  Pretty cool movie.  You know what's not cool?  THE ROYALS LOL

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This podcast is double-length for the absolutely LOADED day of baseball we got yesterday; it started with one of the worst games the Royals have played in 2022 (which says a lot given that we've had some baaaaaaaad games this year), and was followed up with a pivotal game for this team and organization.  Has Brady Singer truly evolved and will he finally reach his potential?  Also, how about MJ Melendez being an absolute workhorse yesterday?  Unfortunately, these things won't save an offense that cannot score to save their lives--which they often throw away on the base paths out of utter desperation.

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Although I planned on only doing series recaps for a little while, an emergency podcast had to be made because HOLY HECK.  THE ROYALS DID A THING.  Terry Bradshaw was fired as the Royals' hitting coach yesterday and was replaced by Alec Zumwalt and Mike Tosar, who have previously worked with both major and minor leaguers in the Royals organization.  I talk about what this could possibly mean for the Royals moving forward and speculate as to whether or not this is the end of the managerial shuffling.

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What do you MEAN the Royals scored 14 runs in a game?!  What do you MEAN Hunter Dozier is hitting .280?!  What do you MEAN Zack Greinke gave up 7 runs?!  Who ARE these guys?!?!?!?!  Oh, they blew a 6-run lead after leaving in a pitcher for too long and they have a starting pitcher whose ERA is above 9?  Yep, that's the Royals all right...

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Some good things kinda happened; Kris Bubic has been optioned to AAA and Jonathan Heasley gets to take his spot in the rotation.  But this move comes at least a day late, as the Royals take a huge risk by throwing a bullpen game in a grueling stretch of the season with no off days in sight.  And it's time for more Cal Eldred complaining.

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The Royals have lost again, and it seems like the boiling point has been reached among fans and even players.  This organization is incompetent.  And although they would like us to believe it will get better soon, no one is convinced it will mean anything.  At this point, the only thing that seems left for the Royals is a full-blown revolution.

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This is an episode I really did not want to do, which is kind of why I've been away for a little bit.  I didn't want to have to rant about Ryan O'Hearn for the 300th time in my life, I've already spewed my opinions on this organization's commitment to play everywhere on the internet, but now that I have a podcast it too has been exposed to the Ryan O'demic.  But that's not the only thing concerning me with the Royals, today I'm going to air it all out and express my confusion and frustration as to what this team is doing in such a frustrating season, while offering solutions as to what can be done to make things right so that everything can (hopefully) get back on track.

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Oh hey, did you enjoy Tuesday's game?  Well, TOO BAD!  We're back to terrible starting pitching and non-existent offense!  WOOOOOOOO!  Kris Bubic melted down for the third or fourth or idk I lost counteth time this season, leading to an immediately disappointing game that probably made everyone in attendance regret buying a $20 parking pass.  OK, I'm being like really mean about this, but it's not like there's a whole lot to talk about today.  Hopefully reinforcements continue to arrive to Kansas City to get the season back on track.

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The Royals let the kids play for a change, and it had an immediate, immense payoff.  Edward Olivares slaps four hits around the field and Bobby Witt Jr. golfs his first home run of the year.  They and MJ Melendez in his MLB debut contribute to a big offensive outburst from the Royals, one that has been desperately needed for this struggling team.

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