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The Dugout: The 'Royals' are 'Flush' With 'Good Poker Cards'!

So far, The Dugout has established three relatively static "straight man" characters on the Royals: pitchers Zack Greinke, Brian Bannister, and Joakim Soria. This season, of course, they're joined by perennial Dugout man-children Kyle Farnsworth and Sidney Ponson. So we can say that the Royals have a Full House, Aces full...

Beware the Dugouts of March: the Kansas City Royals' 2009 Preview

As longtime readers of The Dugout are aware, the Royals are one of our pet franchises. We tend to ignore teams like the Astros, mostly because we're too busy writing story arcs about an obscure Royals utility infielder possessing superhuman abilities, or the Royals' owner assuming the role of a contemporary Satan, or the...

The Dugout: Movin' On/The End

What's great is that that guy on the right can reuse his sign if it doesn't snow in Philadelphia until January. Why did he draw snowflakes in the corners? Did he need to fill the negative space that badly? Maybe this is his 756th sign and there was a problem.In case you did not read part 1 and are unable to scroll your...

The Dugout: Grand Theft Ponson

When the Rangers released northpaw manimal Sidney Ponson a couple of weeks ago, I rightly predicted that he would he would be captured and employed by another team within a month's time. I wrongly predicted the team, but the fact remains: we have not seen the last of this feral lump; this undomesticated Grendel.In this...

The Dugout: Sidney Ponson's Next Move

Professional fat man Sidney Ponson somehow possesses a 4-1 record with a 3.88 ERA this season. So why did the Rangers, a team so desperate for pitching that it signed him in the first place, let him loose? The team is citing chemistry issues. As Mr. Lackey pointed out, it was easy to see this coming, but it's just as easy...