So my buddy Adam and I were planning to do one of those email pieces based on the old Rob and Rany on the Royals columns.  But I’m pretty terrible at keeping up on the emails, and us being under 40 means we text rather than email anyways.  (being over 15 means we text instead of twitter)  Adam’s stuff is in italics and preceded by an “A:” mine is in regular type and preceded by an “S:”.

A: Aaron Crow!  Great Pick

S: Luke Hochevar, the sequel

A: Only at the 12 pick and for less cash.  Not bad, I’ll take a potential number 2 starter anyday, even if he went to mizzou

S: I mean he’ll hold out and then not be as good as advertised.

A: He is a good prospect and close to the majors.  Already better than Colt Griffin ever was

S: Grant Green was still availalbe.  What the hell?

A: Green will be a light hitting 3b in the pros. had a bad year at ss and only hit four hr.  Crow was #9 pick last yr and has no leverage anymore in negotiations

S: Green also had a busted hand and was the #3 overall prospect going into last season.

A: Busted hands dont go away.  Ever.  See Ortiz, David or Garciaparra, Nomar.  Also Crosby, Bobby.

S: Nomar got old, Crosby was overrated, and ortiz played for the rsox.

A: Ok, Jason Kendall.  Carlos Febles.

S: Febles hurt every single part of his body.  You cna’t single out his hand.  Kendall led the league in hit by pitches every year and was a catcher.  No recipe for performance declining with age there.

S: In other news, Banny has a shutout going through five, which I have just jinzed by mentioning.

A: And it looks like Cliff Lees day is over.  Banny always looks good vs the injuns

S: Wow.  Four runs in one inning.  Remind me to be careful with the jinx mojo.

S: Another four runs.  My jinx is godly epic.

A: Aaron Crow would’ve won this game.

S: Roflcopter.  Maybe if he replaced Bale and Wright in the ‘pen.

S: Speaking of which, given how well greinke took to his pen stint, why don’t Luke and Kyle get one?  And Crow when he gets here.

A: Hillman isn’t that creative.

S: Sadly true.

A: Tom Gordon got 18 wins as a rookie swingman.

S: And we all know pitcher wins are the best way to tell pitcher effectiveness.  I does mean he had at least 18 holds that year though.

S: And that htye were all in high pressure situations.

S: We took William Myers in the third.  He’s the toolsy “might be a catcher” guy.

A: Moore?  Toolsy?

S: Yeah.  I know.  Trying to find out if this guy can take a walk in addition to being able to run fast.

S: Doesn’t look like he knows how to take a pitch.  All reports label him raw and athletic.  Translation: Roscoe Crosby: the sequel.

S: Edit: Apparently half the mocks had us taking him in the first round, so I guess he’s a bit better than I originally thought.

A: Crosby never really wanted to play baseball anyway.

S: Point.  I’m putting this convo up as Adam and Sean text the Royals on my blog thingy.

A: Mini convo.  Like twitter, except not stupid, inane, and only for corporations and people as brands

S: Hah!  I made fun of twitter in the intro I wrote.  Awesomesauce addition.

A: Myabe Crow will twitter his draft exp. “Royals took me.  Excited.  Moving back to Missouri!”  Or “Royals took me.  Can’t wait for hillman to ruin me”

S: Hillman hasn’t ruined anything like the number of pitchers Tony Muser did.

A: Jose Rosado agrees, rubs shoulder, winces.

S: And mac suzuki and runelvys hernandez and.. who else did muser abuse again?  I know we led the league in PAP (non livan hernandez edition) for years.

A: Dunno.  Can’t think of an arm worth abusing from that era.  and I tend to black out the years from 95 to 02 or so.

S: Good policy.  I fully support it.

A: Ah, its pouring back!  Billy brewer and felix martinez, dancing like the creepy midget in twin peaks

S: Remember when Felix thought you were really supposed to hit people during baseball fights and broke that guys jaw?  Best hit by any Royals player from 97 through 03.

A: Honestly I want to hit blackjack mcdowell too.

S: God.  Just remembered I worked for the Royals in 02.  saw every game.  It was very traumatic.  Must have repressed the memory.

A: I can’t remember our opening day catcher, somewhere between henry blanco and brent mayne reprise.  Was it you?

S: Ha. Ha.  McFarlane’s eigth trip through maybe?

A: Hinch, Zaun, that bald guy who thre the bats on the field, Sal Fasano.  A real shitstorm.

S: Greg Zaun, catching saviour.  Good god those teams were bad.  Ok, I’m outtie for tonight catch you later man.

A: later dude.

Tags: Adam Ross, Royals, Sean DeCoursey