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The Advanced Scout – Kansas City Royals
The Advanced Scout wipes the barbecue sauce from his face and analyzes the Kansas City Royals.
BOS 9, KC 2: Do Unto Others…
Just one night after Paul Byrd dropped five runs in the first frame against the Kansas City Royals, KC found out what it was like to watch an entire game slip away in one inning. Behind a six run fifth inning, the Boston Red Sox gave the Royals one such beat down, taking their first win of the series off of KC, 9-2, last night. The win was their 90th of the season, and brought the magic number in the Wild Card Race down to five.
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Today's trades show how lucky Sox fans are
Today, two extremely puzzling trades occurred. Check out the trades and my reaction to them.
Then, just be happy you’re not a Royals or Mets fan.
Five shortstops Red Sox could pursue
As Nick Green and Julio Lugo team up in an attempt to break the record for most errors out of shortstop (and we thought Edgar Renteria was bad), it’s time to start looking at outside options.
Green has been a great fill-in with the bat after no one expected him to even get a single at-bat on the year. On defense, however, his lead glove is starting to raise concerns. And Julio Lugo, of course, is Julio Lugo. We’ll get to our internal option, Jed Lowrie, in a moment. But for now, let’s focus on five shortstops the Sox could go after.
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2013 FIRE BRAND = SCOTT ATCHISON
“The Fire Brand of the American League is a Red Sox player who exhibits character under pressure, an unassuming man who leaves the spotlight for other people but makes his indelible mark on the past season’s Boston Red Sox. A piece most people take for granted, but whom we would have missed dearly.”