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Sunday, April 22, 2007

The 91st Greatest Royal of All Time is John Buck

Max, or ”Alex Gordon’s #1 Fan” around these parts, has one of the coolest baseball blogs out there, as you well know by now.

Well, in his ‘100 Greatest Royals of All Time’ series, he has reached number 91, who has turned out to be none other than young catcher John Buck.

I had intended to write a post about Buck soon, addressing the Buck/Jason LaRue platoon and Buck’s early success (he’s got an OPS+ of 274!), but I think that Max has it all covered.

He even has… (shudder)… hope for Buck’s future. Go check it out.

Sidenote: If 312 games of 84 OPS+ production gets you 91st in the Royals list, what does it do for you in the Devil Rays list?

Second sidenote: With the signing of Octavio Dotel, the Royals have had every single member of the infamous three-team Carlos Beltran trade on their 25-man roster—John Buck, Mark Teahen, Mike Wood, Carlos Beltran, Octavio Dotel.

Garth has been one-uped by Brian Bannister Posted: April 22, 2007 at 11:39 PM | 4 comment(s)
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1. Garth has been one-uped by Brian Bannister Posted: April 23, 2007 at 09:33 PM (#2343711)

And he had another dinger today. He has an OPS of 1.328.

2. Master of Karate and Friendship (Kyle C) Posted: April 23, 2007 at 10:13 PM (#2343777)

Roy Halladay and Jeff Kent are mormons?

My friend's dad (they're Mormons) was a scout leader or something for Kyle Farnsworth, so I'm not surprised he's Mormon, although I'm pretty sure he's not a practicing one.

I'm skeptical of that list, though. Bobby Crosby, Harmon Killebrew, and Jaret Wright are mormon?

3. Brandon in MO (for America!) Posted: April 23, 2007 at 10:25 PM (#2343786)

Jason LaRue is a proven veteran, and clearly that means that Pacman LaRue has to gobble up half of the playing time at catcher

4. Harold Reynolds: An Erotic Life (AG#1F) Posted: April 24, 2007 at 05:06 PM (#2344471)

Thanks for the plug. As long as we're plugging good Royals sites, Royals Corner has a really interesting interview with former Royal Kevin Koslofski. Very in-depth look at the life of an AAAA player.

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