<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post2565176937210909300..comments</id><updated>2009-01-25T14:01:42.095-06:00</updated><category term='prospects'/><category term='T Smith'/><category term='Kevin Appier'/><category term='strategy'/><category term='Jose Rosado'/><category term='D Robinson'/><category term='lead off hitters'/><category term='Lorenzo Cain'/><category term='C Robinson'/><category term='Melky Cabrera'/><category term='E Hosmer'/><category term='vague opinions'/><category term='Joakim Soria'/><category term='E Paulino'/><category term='young core'/><category term='Wally Joyner'/><category term='Alberto Callaspo'/><category term='Naturals'/><category term='For Your Royal Information'/><category term='Angels'/><category term='J Romak'/><category term='standings'/><category term='balance'/><category term='H Barrera'/><category term='N Van Stratten'/><category term='BABIP'/><category term='losing close games'/><category term='Signing young players'/><category term='P Keating'/><category term='Royals'/><category term='Alcide Escobar'/><category term='Alex Gordon'/><category term='M Pina'/><category term='trading young players'/><category term='Mike Jacobs'/><category term='usage'/><category term='Jeff Francoeur'/><category term='David DeJesus'/><category term='MILB'/><category term='J Giavotella'/><category term='Royals history'/><category term='C McConnell'/><category term='Zack Greinke'/><category term='ending losing streaks'/><category term='Gil Meche'/><category term='farm system'/><category term='relief aces'/><category term='Trey Hillman'/><category term='Coco Crisp'/><title type='text'>Comments on Royally Speaking: Gobble has value (when used correctly)</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/feeds/2565176937210909300/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html'/><author><name>Jeff Parker</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113299886594736931275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VXtNBe5yryE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAhA/0_bkclTL77g/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-5082320465962249857</id><published>2009-01-25T14:01:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-25T14:01:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>&lt;i&gt;If those 25 hitters were named Morneau, Mauer, ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;I&gt;If those 25 hitters were named Morneau, Mauer, Sizemore, Thome, Span, Granderson among many, many others, I can't see how it would be silly or a waste.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In 2007 those hitters combined to go 3/24 (.125) against Gobble and in 2008 went 3/14 (.214). Thats a .157 avg for 5 big ALC bats against Gobble, yeah I'll take that.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/5082320465962249857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/5082320465962249857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html?showComment=1232913660000#c5082320465962249857' title=''/><author><name>Jeff</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02403850105548136267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ceel0s3MjEA/R5_toTcwg3I/AAAAAAAAAFs/tTtKOFrI7CQ/S220/kc.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-2565176937210909300' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/posts/default/2565176937210909300' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1090977665'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-2338880944865823975</id><published>2009-01-24T23:51:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T23:51:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations on the 204 ranking!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The #1 ...</title><content type='html'>Congratulations on the 204 ranking!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The #1 blog is an NFL site.  Weird.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/2338880944865823975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/2338880944865823975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html?showComment=1232862660000#c2338880944865823975' title=''/><author><name>Dr Thunder</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16647183934525515327</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rJvEA02pKoE/SXGM1l2i2QI/AAAAAAAAACE/FRoe9pTNqkc/S220/l_5aa2a64bd630a82f3305bea39c59ae20.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-2565176937210909300' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/posts/default/2565176937210909300' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-116599929'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-8848756897223215930</id><published>2009-01-24T23:44:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T23:44:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I still think he is on the outside looking in...do...</title><content type='html'>I still think he is on the outside looking in...do a 25 man roster prediction...tell me where he make the team? who does he beat out?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;schaum</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/8848756897223215930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/8848756897223215930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html?showComment=1232862240000#c8848756897223215930' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-2565176937210909300' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/posts/default/2565176937210909300' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-512830607'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-1177011381292551772</id><published>2009-01-24T22:53:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T22:53:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>According to top100baseballsites.com, we're number...</title><content type='html'>According to top100baseballsites.com, we're number 204.  Which isn't bad considering all of the blogs out there, but the thing that I really like is I went through until I found Royally Speaking and from what I could tell, we're the second best Royals blog after In Dayton We Trust.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/1177011381292551772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/1177011381292551772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html?showComment=1232859180000#c1177011381292551772' title=''/><author><name>Antonio.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08740155942210835984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00242178647372699084'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-2565176937210909300' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/posts/default/2565176937210909300' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-246316793'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-9130485733140622527</id><published>2009-01-24T22:39:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T22:39:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>If those 25 hitters were named Morneau, Mauer, Siz...</title><content type='html'>If those 25 hitters were named Morneau, Mauer, Sizemore, Thome, Span, Granderson among many, many others, I can't see how it would be silly or a waste.  I'd have to call it a good thing if those guys above combined with others to hit .200</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/9130485733140622527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/9130485733140622527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html?showComment=1232858340000#c9130485733140622527' title=''/><author><name>Antonio.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08740155942210835984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00242178647372699084'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-2565176937210909300' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/posts/default/2565176937210909300' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-246316793'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-4937856142097209450</id><published>2009-01-24T19:33:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T19:33:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Would I be upset if Gobble came in, did his job ,a...</title><content type='html'>Would I be upset if Gobble came in, did his job ,and then left the game? Uh not even a little.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/4937856142097209450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/4937856142097209450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html?showComment=1232847180000#c4937856142097209450' title=''/><author><name>Jeff</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02403850105548136267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ceel0s3MjEA/R5_toTcwg3I/AAAAAAAAAFs/tTtKOFrI7CQ/S220/kc.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-2565176937210909300' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/posts/default/2565176937210909300' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1090977665'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-1071222010537830941</id><published>2009-01-24T19:06:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T19:06:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>So you would be ok if he pitched 25 innings in 75 ...</title><content type='html'>So you would be ok if he pitched 25 innings in 75 games? Seems kinda silly and waste of money.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/1071222010537830941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/2565176937210909300/comments/default/1071222010537830941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html?showComment=1232845560000#c1071222010537830941' title=''/><author><name>Mel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08226970051052891668</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sIC7VwoObYU/R95uEcb52QI/AAAAAAAAAAM/FmSbAzLEXdA/S220/03-14-08_0730.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.royallyspeaking.com/2009/01/gobble-has-value-when-used-correctly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217917148450462571.post-2565176937210909300' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3217917148450462571/posts/default/2565176937210909300' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-482515801'/></entry></feed>
