Posted May 30, 200519 yr The Royals just replaced there hitting coach today. It's about time for us to do the same.
May 30, 200519 yr The Royals just replaced there hitting coach today. It's about time for us to do the same. 789579[/snapback] Who do you suggest we hire?
May 30, 200519 yr Bill Robinson must be fired. Sure, every once in a while we have a few good games but for the most part our offense is terrible. When you have one of the best left bats in baseball, the best leadoff man in the league, the second coming of Albert Pujols, and run producers at every position, it's inexcusable for our offense to be this bad. Also, anyone who blames Gonzalez for tonights loss is an idiot.
May 30, 200519 yr The Royals just replaced there hitting coach today. It's about time for us to do the same. 789579[/snapback] Who do you suggest we hire? 789582[/snapback] Tony Gwynn :mischief . yeah yeah I know...
May 30, 200519 yr is it really Robby's fault that Lowell and Pierre are s***ting the bed this year? 789585[/snapback] It's his job to "maintain" them. Regardless, our offense has been this bad for almost 1.5 seasons now and despite getting Delgado, we haven't improved.
May 30, 200519 yr is it really Robby's fault that Lowell and Pierre are s***ting the bed this year? 789585[/snapback] It's his job to "maintain" them. Regardless, our offense has been this bad for almost 1.5 seasons now and despite getting Delgado, we haven't improved. 789587[/snapback] someone get me the run differential from 2003 to 2004 to 2005 we havent improved because JP and Lowell are hitting like 1st graders
May 30, 200519 yr As long as we're tied for 1st in the league in batting average (yes, we're tied for 1st in the league), Robinson won't be fired. Sorry.
May 30, 200519 yr Author The Royals just replaced there hitting coach today. It's about time for us to do the same. 789579[/snapback] Who do you suggest we hire? 789582[/snapback] Tony Gwynn :mischief . yeah yeah I know... 789584[/snapback] Or John Kruk
May 30, 200519 yr Um, why not Edgar Martinez? I'd say he knows a thing or two. To my knowledge he has yet to take a position with the Seattle Mariners, and I think he'd want to be a manager some day. Start him on his way by making him a hitting coach. Tony Gwynn won't leave SDSU, it's his dream job.
May 30, 200519 yr The Royals are in the bowels of the league, the Marlins are among the best. This is NOT the time to make personell changes. But I'm not saying I don't agree that our offense needs improvement.
May 30, 200519 yr How long has Robinson been our hitting coach? I think it might be time for a change.
May 30, 200519 yr Author The Royals are in the bowels of the league, the Marlins are among the best. This is NOT the time to make personell changes. But I'm not saying I don't agree that our offense needs improvement. 789598[/snapback] If we don't do some changes soon we'll be in last place, because our pitching can't hold off every team. Just wait until we play the Rangers or Dback they will kick our a**.
May 30, 200519 yr because our pitching can't hold off every team. Yes they can. I don't like Bill Robinson, I'm not gonna call to fire him or defend him, but with the exception of Al Leiter our pitchers can beat anyone at any time on any day. End of conversation.
May 30, 200519 yr Author Are you saying that our pitchers could pitch shutouts against the Rangers, Cardinals, and Dbacks?
May 30, 200519 yr Are you saying that our pitchers could pitch shutouts against the Rangers, Cardinals, and Dbacks? 789638[/snapback] yes, that's what he's saying
May 31, 200519 yr Are you saying that our pitchers could pitch shutouts against the Rangers, Cardinals, and Dbacks? 789638[/snapback] Yes. Our pitchers can beat any offense at any time, thus is the nature of great pitching. Our top three if on can pitch hang a goose egg on any offense in the league, and they have shown this before. Moehler has dueled with Pedro and has an ERA below 2. If the starters are on, you don't need the pen, but just in case Jones has been perfect in save chances and you have the best non-closer in baseball sitting pretty in the bullpen just in case. This staff can beat anyone. Does that mean we don't need an offense? No. This offense has the capability to put up 6 runs a night whenever it sees fit. But to say we can't beat anyone with our pitching is incorrect.
May 31, 200519 yr Are you saying that our pitchers could pitch shutouts against the Rangers, Cardinals, and Dbacks? 789638[/snapback] Well Beckett pitched a shutout against the Cubs and the Yanks in 2003 :thumbup
May 31, 200519 yr OK, if the team is first in hitting, but no runs are crossing the plate often enough, it sounds like Bill R can do a few things with the hitters: 1) Work with the hitters on establishing the strike zone, not chase bad pitches, and learn some plate discipline...2) Work on situational hitting - hitting to the right side, advancing runners, etc... Need to find a way to get some better clutch hitting with runners on base
May 31, 200519 yr OK, I'm really late on this discussion, but I now no longer am in the "don't make a scapegoat of Robinson" camp...he has to go, I'm talking yesterday. Here are my three reasons why: 1) You can't take a lineup that features 7 former All-Star position players (Castillo, Cabrera, Delgado, Lowell, LoDuca, Gonzalez and Conine) and struggle to put up a 3 spot for almost a week, and still not call yourself part of the problem. 2) There are more capable hitting coaches within our own organization, sure Robinson was a former player (and a solid one), but when your organization has Tony Perez and Andre Dawson working for it, there are capable replacements even if it's only on an interim basis. 3) Firing the hitting coach is the first sign of saying "you guys are drasitically under-achieving, and if you have any moral fiber you'll step up your game because you feel bad that your performance just cost this guy his job." It's not like we're over-reacting, Robinson has had this offense woefully bad for about a season and a half now. Seriously, this guy must have black-mail quality pictures of Loria and/or Beinfest, because it's a mystery to me why he still has a job.
May 31, 200519 yr Let's start manufacturing runs instead of just expecting them to happen. Station to station, three run homer baseball isn't our style. We've been trying it and it isn't working. Run, baby, run. Suicide when possible. Bunt against the damn shift. Steal bases. Steal some more. Then steal again. If Pierre runs and gets caught, who cares, if he's not getting driven in anyways? However, today he singled, stole second, was moved to third with an out, and was brought in by a sac fly. Most efficient offense we've had in a week. Run, bunt, chip, productive out, run, sac fly, run, sac bunt, run, and then go run some more. Hey, it's not like we can do any worse.
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