Comments on: On Being a Kansas City Royals Fan

By: Love it or Hate it « FeFNet

Love it or Hate it « FeFNet — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:38:27 +0000

[...] Sometimes people say things you’re thinking much better than you can. I’ll just leave it at that, and use it as another explanation of why I love baseball. [...]

By: The Difference a Year Makes : FeFNet

The Difference a Year Makes : FeFNet — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:19:07 +0000

[...] over a year ago, I wrote about why I’m a Kansas City Royals fan. A few days after that (one year ago yesterday), the Royals were no-hit by Jon Lester and the Red [...]

By: Kath

Kath — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:19:37 +0000

I didn’t know you read all the articles in the Joplin Globe. I thought we all only “read” the weather map. I’m so glad you blog so I can learn what I should have heard … am I not listening closely enough? I remember you did lots of reports on the baseball teams. Glad you have that covered for us, just in case I need to “phone a friend”.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:42:41 +0000

Yeah, Dale Murphy is Mormon. He was a mission president in Boston from 1997-2000, also, which was just before Walt got there. The Braves were always on TV, too. He became interested in the church because of a teammate of his when he was in the Minor Leagues, Barry Bonnell. You can read more about that in a very old article in the Ensign (from 1985).

So a couple things have changed since the 80s, but you probably already knew about most of them. The Montreal Expos moved to D.C. and are now the Washington Nationals, the Milwaukee Brewers are in the National League. There are four new teams, and I know you know about the older ones, the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins. You’ve probably heard of the Arizona Diamondbacks, but you might have missed the Tampa Bay Rays. They were called the Devil Rays for their first ten years, but they were renamed at the beginning of this season. And that about sums it up for the last 18 years or so of baseball history

I’m excited to see the Cubs with you guys when we go up there. Every baseball fan should have some desire to see a game in Wrigley Field.

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:23:32 +0000

I like that you like the Royals. It is unique.

You missed mentioning the team I liked (I picked a couple so I could fit in with you boys): the A’s (’cause I was born near Oakland) and then later the Braves (’cause didn’t Dale Murphy play for them, and wasn’t he Mormon? Also, it seemed like the Braves were good.)

I never actually watched their games, though. You know I wasn’t into baseball as much as you. But I *did* have a really fun time at those two Royals games (didn’t the Royals win that first game, 4-3? WHY do I remember that??). And I now know the names of all the MLB teams (whereas Nathan, a BOY, does not). All because of you! (I can often assign them to the appropriate league, also. Unless they’ve changed since the 80s. Have they changed since the 80s??)

A heck of a lot of people like the Cubs out here — and EVERYWHERE, really — and gosh, they really aren’t very good. It can’t be the only reason that people follow teams.