Friday, April 04, 2008

I'm not impressed


The Royals swept the Tigers.
The Royals, who lose 100 games every year, swept the Tigers, who are supposed to be the best team like, ever.
Gil Meche, Brian 'son of Floyd' Bannister and Zack Greinke are three pretty solid starters, and they shoved it up the Tigers' butts.

But before we all jump on the Royals bandwagon, let's rewind five years.

It was 2003, and the Royals had a rookie manager, like they do now. The Twins and White Sox were the heavy favorites in the AL Central, much like the Indians and Tigers are now.
The Royals opened the season by sweeping the White Sox, and soon ran their record to 9-0. Everyone was excited. The new manager was a new celebrity.
After sweeping a two-game series from the Twins, the Royals record was at 16-3.
16-3!
But it was all downhill from there. They ended up 83-79, a fluke season in the middle of a series of 100-loss seasons.

The Royals are better than they were last year. But I'm not buying in based on three games.

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