Number 4 – The Smirk

I find explaining my opinions is sometimes a difficult task.  I like people such as NYRoyal, from Royals Review, because he often (publicly) draws attention to this weakness of mine.  But hey, it’s nothing personal — he emasculates many people(‘s opinions) every day.  Even so, I notice he does it with class – a kind of classiness that comes from superior knowledge and savvy intellect.   I picked his brain on a range of topics and will be posting a two part interview with him on this site.  Part 1 starts now.

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I’ve been trying to follow the Kauffman Stadium renovations thru the Kansas City Royals website, but for the last couple weeks (at least) the web cameras have been ‘down for maintenance’. I can’t tell they’re down for real or if they’re just trying to hide the new crown on top of the HD video board. If the cameras are down on purpose, then it’s pretty genius because it’s certainly making me even more antsy for opening day. I’m glad I have my tickets b/c they are getting expensive.

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mlbtraderumors has a Royals ‘offseason in review’ piece up. It’s a

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This is Part Two of my interview with NYRoyal — a blogger who contributes to Royals Review.  Find Part 1 here.

Q – What is your outlook for the Royals this year?

I’ll try to keep this short, because I could go player-by-player and anyone reading this would have fallen fast asleep before getting to the end.  I see the Royals as a better team in 2009 than in 2008.  For better or worse, I think 90% of that improvement will come from the development of talented young players.  I think the offseason moves have done very,

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