13-04-2003 05:23									#1
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I've been having a pretty good month. Two weeks ago, I found out I won a national writing contest. Last Friday, I found out that I'm going to Japan on the JET program. Now I have this to brighten my life...

quote: Royals off to majors' best start since '90 CLEVELAND (AP) -- Since the first day of spring training, Kansas City manager Tony Pena has preached one thing to his Royals: Believe in yourselves. Looks like the message sunk in. Kansas City extended baseball's best start in 13 years Saturday as Raul Ibanez and Michael Tucker hit two-run homers Saturday, leading the Royals to a 5-2 win over the Cleveland Indians. An unlikely 9-0, the Royals are the majors' only undefeated team and are the first club since the 1990 Cincinnati Reds to win its first nine games. Those Reds went on to win the World Series. It would be hard to imagine the small-market Royals duplicating that, but no one predicted their fast start, either -- especially after they went 62-100 last season. "I know we've surprised a lot of people," Pena said. "But we worked so hard this spring. I'm probably the only one not surprised."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ba...als_indians_ap/

It's a good time to be me!

	13-04-2003 05:27									#2
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Enjoy it while you can drake, cause it won't last.....

Poor, poor KC.

	13-04-2003 05:34									#3
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quote: Enjoy it while you can drake, cause it won't last.....

Don't I know it...

The Yanks will probably have bought up all the Royals' talent by mid-season.

	13-04-2003 05:37									#4
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Enjoy your fast start... there is nothing more exciting for a baseball fan to have his team go on such a streak to the start the season. Hope springs eternal... but it's a long season.

Kerry Wood pitched excellent today for the Cubs, and they beat Pitt 4 - 0.

Yes, hope does spring eternal

	13-04-2003 05:46									#5
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Cubs and Bosox fans are the only people us Royals fans can truly pity. The Royals may be hopelessly outmatched in today's game, but at least they have won a World Series in my lifetime.

	13-04-2003 06:02									#6
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kansas city hasn't been playing exactly stellar teams..... then again beltran has been on the dl since opening day so they've got another card up their sleeves

meanwhile i can only remember a few years during my life when the yankees haven't won a world series

	13-04-2003 06:03									#7
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quote: kansas city hasn't been playing exactly stellar teams.....

That's what happens when you play in the AL Central.

	13-04-2003 06:10									#8
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Minny and Chicago are solid teams... Detroit sucks

	13-04-2003 06:12									#9
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quote: Detroit sucks

God bless the Tigers! They're the only thing keeping the Royals out of the cellar most years.

	13-04-2003 06:18									#10
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After Kansas swept the White Sox to start the season, playing Detroit was a great pleasure

	13-04-2003 07:20									#11
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Two thoughts:

1) The last team to start this good (the '90 Reds) won the Series.

2) KC might actually do the smart thing for a change and give Sweeney a DAMN CONTRACT if they can keep this up. (They can afford him; you know it and I know it.)

May the Royals have the pleasure of meeting their end against the Yankees in the ALCS.

(We would be right there in the annals of unsmirched records... if Hammond and Osuna hadn't blow that one Saturday game against the DEVIL RAYS...)

	13-04-2003 07:22									#12
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quote: 2) KC might actually do the smart thing for a change and give Sweeney a DAMN CONTRACT if they can keep this up. (They can afford him; you know it and I know it.)

I can only hope...

BTW, feel free to talk about other MLB action. I think we've pretty well established that the Royals are the best team in baseball, so let's talk about the lesser teams...

	13-04-2003 22:13									#13
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Considering how many analysts were picking the Royals to lose 100 games again this year, it's worth asking: what's the worst record ever by a team that started a season 9-0? That would give us some kind of a lower bound on what to expect the rest of the way.

	13-04-2003 22:18									#14
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quote: what's the worst record ever by a team that started a season 9-0?

The 1966 Cleveland Indians started out 10-0 and ended up at 81-81 (no postseason). That's the worst I could find, so it looks like the Royals will at least finish above .500 this year.

	13-04-2003 22:21									#15
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Astros going all the way (Oswalt will get cy young)

Yankees will win 90+ games for sure, Oakland will too

No NL East will break .500

Every team that has lost to KC so far will not break .500

D-backs won't make playoffs

If the Red Sox can figure out how to play baseball (eg not by committee) they'll get the AL wild card

	13-04-2003 22:32									#16
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quote: Enjoy it while you can drake, cause it won't last.....

Isn't that what they said about '91 'worst to first' Braves and Twins?

	13-04-2003 22:47									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten The 1966 Cleveland Indians started out 10-0 and ended up at 81-81 (no postseason). That's the worst I could find, so it looks like the Royals will at least finish above .500 this year.

But they could set a precedent.

Go Angels! (though I doubt a repeat performance will happen).

	13-04-2003 22:49									#18
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congrats on the writing contest!

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quote: congrats on the writing contest!

Thanks.

	14-04-2003 00:03									#20
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KC not doing too hot today vs the indians

	14-04-2003 00:39									#21
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Well I'm glad you all are happy. My team on the other hand has decided to forget everything they know about good playing and suck. D'Backs need a swift kick in the ass and soon.

	14-04-2003 00:44									#22
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The Anaheim Angels started out the season 6-14 last year. A fast start means nothing in an endurance run.

	14-04-2003 00:49									#23
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True enough sava... but I would rather start 14 - 6 then 6 - 14.

But as a Cubs fan, I'm more used to 6 - 14 and out of the hunt by the end of May

	14-04-2003 01:02									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Ming True enough sava... but I would rather start 14 - 6 then 6 - 14. But as a Cubs fan, I'm more used to 6 - 14 and out of the hunt by the end of May

ditto...

I've got some confidence in Dusty, but I had confidence in Baylor, too. The Cubs have 3 pitchers in Clement, Wood, and Prior that could potentially shut out a team on any given day. Alou's not slumping... if only the defense holds up, we should be in good shape. We need to get rid of Bellhorn, though, and get a real third baseman. Getting rid of Hundley and Girardi were great moves. Did you hear Prior's comments about pitching with Damian Miller?

I'm going to the game on Wednesday vs the Reds (if it doesn't rain).

	14-04-2003 01:10									#25
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Enjoy the game... bring home a victory. But the Reds have had the Cubs number since a few years ago.

Hope Springs Eternal

	14-04-2003 01:29									#26
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It hasnt been such a great month for the Mets.

	14-04-2003 02:49									#27
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The Tigers won yesterday!

YAY!

It only took 10 games to get a win this year... that's two whole games better than last season! See? REAL IMPROVEMENT, PEOPLE!

	14-04-2003 02:51									#28
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Guynemer

	14-04-2003 02:56									#29
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Guynemer... spoken like a true fan...



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	14-04-2003 03:00									#30
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Laugh it up, friends.

But be honest--who do you think will win a World Series first: the Tigers, or the Cubs?

Cubs?

(Of course, both will win one before the Red Sox, naturally.)