At least the Fans are doing their part

May 8, 2012 Nick Scott 49 comments

After a terrible losing streak, the Royals have settled into what they are likely to be this season: a team that shows flashes of greatness surrounded by some mediocrity, wrapped up in some odd ineptitude. Insert witty remark about a marketing slogan here. On the bright side, or possibly delusional side, the fans are doing their part and showing up to games in some really solid numbers.

There are certainly some unique circumstances to which some bump in attendance can be attributed to. A pair of series vs the Red Sox and Yankees, some really nice weather and a plethora of weekend series certainly help. However it’s not the entirety of the situation. Let’s look at some numbers. Below is a graph showing the game by game home attendance for the first 15 games in 2011 vs 201

As you can see, in every game but two the attendance in 2012 is higher than in 2011. To be fair, in 2012 there have so far been 9 Friday, Saturday or Sunday games versus on ly 7 in 2011. But that doesn’t make up the entire difference. Nor does the Yankees and Red Sox as some of the biggest increases come from games 7, 8 and 9 where the Royals played the Blue Jays in 2012. The fans are clearly buying into the afore-not-mentioned slogan and coming out in increasing numbers.

Maybe baseball in general is up and the Royals are just part of a trend. Let’s find out. Here is the current season attendance for all MLB teams:

Tm	Attendance	Attend/G ▾
PHI	498,461	45,315
TEX	557,360	42,874
SFG	623,187	41,546
NYY	537,850	41,373
STL	494,550	41,213
LAD	518,816	39,909
BOS	526,209	37,586
CHC	634,215	37,307
MIL	463,096	35,623
DET	613,253	34,070
LAA	570,776	33,575
MIN	399,110	33,259
COL	574,595	31,922
MIA	337,494	30,681
ATL	361,736	27,826
NYM	431,056	26,941
ARI	365,571	26,112
WSN	412,651	25,791
CIN	350,030	25,002
TOR	364,069	24,271
SDP	486,596	23,171
PIT	276,698	23,058
HOU	363,346	22,709
BAL	290,251	22,327
KCR	329,000	21,933
SEA	275,191	21,169
OAK	270,848	20,834
TBR	328,005	20,500
CHW	278,763	19,912
CLE	234,651	14,666

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/8/2012.

The Royals aren’t near the top, but they are above five other teams, most notably two division rivals in bigger markets with better records. Now lets compare 2011 to 2012:

Rk	Tm	2011_Games	2011_Attend	2011_AttendpGm	2012_Games	2012_Attend	2012_AttendpGm	Difference	DiffPerGame ▾
1	MIA	11	213,659	19,424	11	337,494	30,681	123,835	11,258
2	DET	18	472,188	26,233	18	613,253	34,070	141,065	7,837
3	TEX	13	466,138	35,857	13	557,360	42,874	91,222	7,017
4	WSN	16	309,103	19,319	16	412,651	25,791	103,548	6,472
5	PIT	12	204,990	17,083	12	276,698	23,058	71,708	5,976
6	KCR	15	248,542	16,569	15	329,000	21,933	80,458	5,364
7	STL	12	444,566	37,047	12	494,550	41,213	49,984	4,165
8	TBR	16	276,893	17,306	16	328,005	20,500	51,112	3,195
9	ARI	14	324,985	23,213	14	365,571	26,112	40,586	2,899
10	CHC	17	592,281	34,840	17	634,215	37,307	41,934	2,467
11	LAD	13	489,104	37,623	13	518,816	39,909	29,712	2,286
12	CIN	14	319,705	22,836	14	350,030	25,002	30,325	2,166
13	SEA	13	249,104	19,162	13	275,191	21,169	26,087	2,007
14	TOR	15	336,099	22,407	15	364,069	24,271	27,970	1,865
15	BAL	13	267,207	20,554	13	290,251	22,327	23,044	1,773
16	MIL	13	440,179	33,860	13	463,096	35,623	22,917	1,763
17	OAK	13	262,311	20,178	13	270,848	20,834	8,537	657
18	CLE	16	227,683	14,230	16	234,651	14,666	6,968	436
19	ATL	13	356,182	27,399	13	361,736	27,826	5,554	427
20	BOS	14	524,490	37,464	14	526,209	37,586	1,719	123
21	NYM	16	431,073	26,942	16	431,056	26,941	-17	-1
22	NYY	13	539,832	41,526	13	537,850	41,373	-1,982	-152
23	PHI	11	500,319	45,484	11	498,461	45,315	-1,858	-169
24	SFG	15	626,782	41,785	15	623,187	41,546	-3,595	-240
25	COL	18	600,813	33,379	18	574,595	31,922	-26,218	-1,457
26	HOU	16	404,116	25,257	16	363,346	22,709	-40,770	-2,548
27	CHW	14	315,959	22,569	14	278,763	19,912	-37,196	-2,657
28	SDP	21	556,528	26,501	21	486,596	23,171	-69,932	-3,330
29	LAA	17	653,879	38,463	17	570,776	33,575	-83,103	-4,888
30	MIN	12	461,693	38,474	12	399,110	33,259	-62,583	-5,215
	total	434	12,116,403	27,918	434	12,767,434	29,418	651,031	1,500

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/8/2012.

The Royals are 6th in the MLB in per game attendance increase since over 2011. They’ve already attracted over 80,000 more fans to the ballpark. I’m going to take a stab and say that the Royals generate about $20 per person on average. That bump brings in an extra $1.6m in revenue. And all of this through a 12 game losing streak.

It’s too early to know if this season will really have an attendance increase. However, if somehow the Royals can continue to draw an additional 5,364 fans per game then in my estimation that’s a $8.7m bump in revenues. In other terms they’d only need to find another $4.8m to cover Jeff Francoeur’s contract.

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Comments

Written by KC-at-the-bat about 3 years ago.

Nice post today. Frenchy’s contract is spread over two years. So, the $8.7m bump in revenue more than covers his contract. Let’s get Myers up here!
Written by Chaim Mattis Keller about 3 years ago.

Are these actual attendance numbers? Or tickets-sold numbers, which may be inflated due to packages that include All-Star Game tickets, but might not have come?
Written by DanL about 3 years ago.

Last years attendance by month was interesting as the young guys were called up throughout the year, and the team started winning:
Apr 16,915
May 20,126
Jun 21,380
Jul 22,558
Aug 21,820
Sep 26,531

I would guess the bump in Apr 2012 was related to how the team ended last year. If they continue to struggle, the fans will stop going - how embarrassing is the All-Star game going to be for Kansas City…
Written by Axl about 3 years ago.

Opposing teams seem to make pitcher’s park Kauffman look small. I would at least like Dayton to come out and say, “I’m sorry. It’s not Our Time. I ignored the rotation once again and it shows”. We heard all along that Sanchez was a dfa candidate last year. Too bad it should be the Royals that do it instead of the Giants.

How long until the young core gets bitter like Greinke did? Greinke was surrounded by Emil Brown and Ross Gload…Hosmer and Moose are being surrounded by Chen, Sanchez, and Hochevar.

What phase of the process are we in?
Written by KC-at-the-bat about 3 years ago.

DanL - Why will the All-Star game be embarrassing for Kansas City? When they played the game in Pittsburgh, they didn’t run out a team of undeserving Pirates. In Gordon, Moose and Butler, the Royals actually have legitimate All-Star candidates and the stadium is beautiful, so it should be a great showcase for Kansas City.

Axl - There is legitimate reason to believe that next year will be different. The key will be the progress of the young pitching, Montgomery and Odorizzi specifically. If they both get to the Majors this year, we can hope they make similar advancements in the offseason that Duffy made this offseason. Add Chen and Paulino and that’s a viable rotation for a contending team (at least in the Central). The offense and defense is already above average and figures only to improve. You’ve ridden this wagon for far too long to get off now.
Written by Eric S about 3 years ago.

“There is legitimate reason to believe next year will be different” Seriously? I haven’t heard that for the better part of the last 3 decades. Next year you’ll say the same thing about ’13.
Written by DLew50 about 3 years ago.

These stats show us that there is no reason for Glass to spend any money on pitchers or any other players because he is still making more money than last year. He must be a financial genius, not a baseball genius. Plus, all the Royals fans like to put up with it for years. We’re like the stupid girlfriend that lets her boyfriend cheat on her all the time. “I’ll stop talking to her I promise.” or “It wasn’t what it looked like.” Instead, we hear from Dayton Moore and Glass, “It’s our time” and “We are continuing to build through our strong farm.” How good can our farm system be when I’m still convinced that none of our young pitchers will be worth a shit in the majors. It’s a continuous pattern. If fans really want to see KC win again, we need to get David Glass to sell the damn team. I’m sick of it. Watching the Royals’ pitching is like nails on the chalkboard.
Written by DanL about 3 years ago.

When the media comes to Kansas City, they will talk about the Royals - if the Royals have the worst record in baseball (currently only Minnesota is worse) and attendance is declining - that would be embarrassing - wouldn’t it???

And what gives any confidence that next year we’ll have a pitching staff that is any where near average? Counting on the prospect in the minors … seriously???
Written by Chad about 3 years ago.

I agree with Eric. How many years can you listen to anyone say “Next year’s team will contend” or “We’re almost there, we just need ___fill in the blank” I actually bought tickets for tonight’s game. I love baseball, win or lose. If we win I stay and spend more money on food, if we are losing early, I leave in the 7th. If Hoch was pitching, I leave in the third when the game’s over.
I am excited to see Duffy pitch and Moustakas do his thing. I would love to see the wizard of Hoz start a streak. This will probably be the only game I go to all year (T-shirt Tuesday doesn’t hurt either).
Do you know that teams like playing Kc because it seems to end their losing streaks.
Written by Danny about 3 years ago.

If we all stop going to the games, then we might be able to get Glass to leave. I’m tired of being embarassed to be a Royals fan
Written by Danny about 3 years ago.

We all continue to act like the stupid girlfriends that put up with their cheating boyfriends. He says things like “I won’t talk to her anymore” and “It’s not what it looks like” and she continues to take him back. He continues to get everything he wants, the girlfriend and the random girls. Moore and Glass tells us “It’s our time” and “Our farm is developing and this year we should contend” and we keep going back to the ballpark and waste our money on terrible pitching and cheap players. He continues to make money while we keep giving it to him. Thx for writing this article; maybe it will open some fans eyes that the team will never be worth a damn while Glass owns the team. He’s a financial genius, not a baseball genius.
Written by airgoesit about 3 years ago.

You might get Glass to leave. And you might get the Royals to leave with him.
Written by KC-at-the-bat about 3 years ago.

“And what gives any confidence that next year we’ll have a pitching staff that is any where near average? Counting on the prospect in the minors … seriously???”

Yes, I thought I was fairly clear about that. Montgomery and Odorizzi replacing Hochevar and Sanchez by year-end will improve the rotation. Montgomery is in AAA and Odorizzi has set the franchise record for strikeouts in 2 of his last 3 starts. These are reasonable expectations.

In the rotation now, Duffy is already at least average, if not above. Chen and Paulino are serviceable back of the rotation starters.

My question is why DanL and others appear surprised? I thought we all agreed that starting pitching would be the weak link this year. I didn’t expect it to be this bad, but you have to be pretty Polly Anna if you expected Hochevar and Sanchez to lead this team to contention. Paulino looks good, Chen is Chen and Duffy appears improved. That’s 3/5 of a solid starting rotation. The difference between this year and previous years is that this team doesn’t need a complete overhaul. Adding two solidly average starters to the rotation will make this a competitive team.
Written by Danny about 3 years ago.

Just because replacing those two guys doesn’t mean it will be enough to contend. We are just so used to absolutely terrible pitching, we don’t realize how good it needs to be. Let’s just say out of all the teams in baseball, our starting pitching has been around 30th forever. Even when Greinke won the Cy Young, who else was there? Are you really naive enough to think 2 good players in the minors will make the Royals contenders? It might move them to around 20-25th in pitching. And there’s still a chance that it won’t even be that good. Odirizzi and Montgomery could easily turn out like Hochever or many of the other “awesome pitchers in AAA” to come up and turn out to be duds. Why are people so optimistic anymore? What reason have the Royals given us the last 20 years to make us optmistic about anything?
Written by Danny about 3 years ago.

By the way, our great opening day starter Chen is 0-4.
Written by Sean about 3 years ago.

I’m not optomistic at all. I have no doubt that Jake and Monty will struggle. You can’t build a winner around hope. But the Glasses dont give to fks about winning so the Royals once again won’t be players in any off season that have front line starters, impact bats, or anything that would take this team to the next level. Paulino has had one good start and you would want him all ready in the mix for next year? The Royals would because he costs less than a million dollars. Of the 10 worst pitchers of all time with 100 starts, 3 of them are Elarton, Hochevar, and Davies. Zero Pride should have been the tag line over Our Time.
Written by Nick Scott about 3 years ago.

In the past 5 years I cannot say one bad thing about the Glass ownership. They’ve done absolutely everything that you could ask of a small-market owner. I literally can’t find a single fault with them.
Written by Nick Scott about 3 years ago.

“By the way, our great opening day starter Chen is 0-4.”

What is “0-4” and why is it important?
Written by Sean about 3 years ago.

He’s the owner of the team that finished in 4th or 5th place every single year. Is he going out swinging? It’s hard not to blame the Glass’s and Dayton for the lack of major league accomplishment. The last 5 years the Royals have finished 24, 27, 21.5, 13.5, and 27 games out of first place. It’s not like financially he’s taking losses or breaking even.

Vin Mazzaro just got called up to bring some sunshine to the bullpen.
Written by Nick Scott about 3 years ago.

“He’s the owner of the team that finished in 4th or 5th place every single year.”

And?

“It’s not like financially he’s taking losses or breaking even”

Every indication from actual numbers I’ve seen is that he is breaking even on average with some profitable and some unprofitable years.

There isn’t a 1:1 correlation with spending money and winning games. I believe in the past 5 years that Glass has done as much as a small-market owner can do other than lose tons of money. I don’t know that it’s fair to ask him to lose a ton of money every year and I would not put that as a requirement for a baseball owner.

What is one thing glass has done the past 5 years which has hurt this team’s ability to compete?
Written by Sean about 3 years ago.

So what’s your point then? It’s a small market team that slots into 5th place comfortably every year and just be happy that they are playing baseball? The payroll since Guillen and Meche have been off the books has been next to nothing. I love the early lock ups, no question. But this team is in dire need of front line starting pitching. That in the reality of baseball in 2012, is very expensive. If he can’t be pushed to allow them brought in, then the city after not sniffing a playoff game since 1985 deserves one that can. If true payroll was there, you think Dayton would have to move proven assets Callaspo, DeJesus, and Melky for hopes/dopes such as SOS, Mazzarro, and Sanchez? Nothing written in the Star or a blog can change things. But you can’t give Glass a free pass when a franchise with his name attached to it loses alot more games than they play year in and year out.
Written by Ted about 3 years ago.

Sean: Which free agent pitchers should the Royals have pursued? Which in trade? What are you willing to spend in terms of prospects and for which pitchers?

Glass has shown a willingness to spend when DM asks for the money (within limits, of course, we still are not even a mid-market team). But there has not been a lot of quality pitchers to invest in recently. We will most likely never afford a Hamels or Wilson or Darvish type free agent. Jackson we could have afforded, and he probably would have been a solid investment. Other than him, what options have we missed?

Would you have been comfortable with the a package of players comparable to what Washington paid for Gio Gonzalez? Laos?

I just don’t see how it makes sense to blame Glass for the starting pitching woes.
Written by Nick Scott about 3 years ago.

“So what’s your point then? It’s a small market team that slots into 5th place comfortably every year and just be happy that they are playing baseball?”

not my point at all.

“The payroll since Guillen and Meche have been off the books has been next to nothing.”

So? Are you saying that spending millions on a guy like Guillen to replace Guillen was the most prudent move?

“But this team is in dire need of front line starting pitching”

That’s Dayton’s problem, not Glass’.

“If true payroll was there, you think Dayton would have to move proven assets Callaspo, DeJesus, and Melky for hopes/dopes such as SOS, Mazzarro, and Sanchez?”

No, but that is getting to the point where you expect Glass to lose money which I believe is an unrealistic and unfair expectation of the owner. However I don’t believe that callaspo, dejesus or melky were financial moves nor were the direct result of glass.

“But you can’t give Glass a free pass when a franchise with his name attached to it loses alot more games than they play year in and year out.”

Being undefeated seems unreasonable.
Written by Chad about 3 years ago.

Wow! Now we have gone from “He hit me Officer!” to “He didn’t mean to hit me Officer!” Are you really defending the puppet master and his inability to finance a winning team? How do you know that winning would cause Glass to LOSE money? I believe that when you buy a sports Franchise, then you have the want to see it succeed. Success in Baseball means winning, not profits. Glass would do anything to see Wal-Mart atop the Fortune 500 because it means more money. He would spend money to make money at Wal-Mart such as building new buildings, hiring smart people, etc… Then why not spend money in Baseball to WIN and then see if the money starts rolling in. If not, then sell the team and move on. WE MUST WIN IN BASEBALL!!!!!!
Written by Sean about 3 years ago.

You got me Nick. Our Time. It’s clearly working. Maybe Dayton isn’t stressing winning. At the end of the day the attendance, the position in team MLB stats, and most importantly the standings is showing the fruits of their efforts. Maybe it’s not Glass’ fault nor Dayton’s but the fans who would have the nerve to expect better than .400 baseball.
Written by Eric S about 3 years ago.

In the past 5 years I cannot say one bad thing about the Glass ownership. They’ve done absolutely everything that you could ask of a small-market owner. I literally can’t find a single fault with them.

How about putting a crap product on the field every year? Last place is a fault in my book.
Written by Wes about 3 years ago.

Nick’s point is the blame can’t be on Glass alone, if at all.

No one expected our SP to be this bad, but no one thought Hosmer would be hitting sub-.200 going into tonight’s game either. The rotation needs improvement, but we won’t win games this year 3-2, 4-3, etc. We need to score 6 runs to win games. The crop of pitchers we could have reasonably acquired (or who would have come here a la Oswalt) was not good. Francoeur is proving he is NOT the answer in RF - we can’t trade Myers. We can blame management all we want, but at the end of the day we aren’t scoring enough runs anyway.
Written by Eric S about 3 years ago.

It doesn’t matter if Hoz is batting .200 or .400, we’re down by 5 runs before he ever gets to bat. All I got out of what you said Wes is that we suck at pitching and hitting. Double fail by the front office. Again.
Written by Nick Scott about 3 years ago.

“How about putting a crap product on the field every year? Last place is a fault in my book.”

That’s not David Glass’ job. That’s Dayton Moore’s job. Glass gives him all the resources he has at his disposal, for at least the previous 5 years to do that.

“Are you really defending the puppet master and his inability to finance a winning team?”

Glass is clearly at a disadvantage to other teams. I believe he is providing as much money as he can responsibly towards this team. In fact he’s done a much better job of that than a whole host of owners such as McCourt.

“Glass would do anything to see Wal-Mart atop the Fortune 500 because it means more money.”

That’s because the metrics of a fortune 500 company are for the most part identical to those of profit motive. You’re metrics for a team “wins” are not necessarily the same metrics that lead to profit.

Spending more money does not implicitly lead to profits. If wal-mart went out and spent 500 billion on unusable swamp land that they couldn’t use to generate revenue then they would not make more money. Just like Glass could’ve spent hundreds of millions on Pujols and not made back his investment. It might mean more wins, but it would cost millions of dollars that would not be beneficial.

The structure of baseball, while improving puts the Royals at a disadvantage. For the last 5 years I think Glass has done everthing at his disposal and within reason (important caveat) to make this team better.
Written by Chad about 3 years ago.

Any pitcher is better than the stats Hochevar has put up there. I’m sure we could have been avg in SP through FA and not at the worst ever with what we have now. Nobody is asking them to win the championship and go from worst to first in SP but at least get a little better each year. Don’t continue to say the SP FA crop is weak so we will stay with the crap we have — who does that? I know if my business is failing Badly like the Royals, I would not do a complete rehaul of all my upper staff but I would start with a few key positions and see what happens and improve over time. Glass is doing NOTHING and DM is doing NOTHING!
Written by Nick Scott about 3 years ago.

Maybe the real lesson here is that winning baseball isn’t something that can happen in the current financial structure of baseball in Kansas City. Maybe the only way to win in the smallest baseball market is to get exceedingly lucky.

Still, I haven’t heard a single actionable thing that glass could to to help the royals become a better franchise. “Win more games” isn’t something Glass can do as the owner directly.
Written by Nick Scott about 3 years ago.

“Don’t continue to say the SP FA crop is weak so we will stay with the crap we have — who does that?”

You need to provide an actual name or two the Royals should have went out and got. “get better” isn’t specific enough.
Written by Chad about 3 years ago.

More wins does mean more profits because it puts fans in the stands and people purchasing your trademark stuff. If we had Pujols, I gaurantee more fans in the stands and more wins in the column. I’m not saying that Wal-Mart will make money buying swamp land (that’s stupid) but they would buy quality land and make money. I;m not saying Glass should buy “swamp land quality” players either. Spend themoney on good players and reap the benefits.
Written by Nick Scott about 3 years ago.

“More wins does mean more profits because it puts fans in the stands and people purchasing your trademark stuff. ”

Agreed.

“If we had Pujols, I gaurantee more fans in the stands and more wins in the column.”

Agreed.

What you’re completely ignoring is whether that “more money” would at least pay for Pujols by himself. In kansas city the answer is absolutely not.

So what you’re asking is that David Glass to lose money in the quest for more wins.

yes, you are suggesting that Glass buy swamp land. youre suggesting he buy an asset which will not provide net positive money but rather cost money. That’s called a bad investment.
Written by Nick Scott about 3 years ago.

What you’re ignoring is the cost of those wins. If it costs you $5m for a win and that win nets you $1m in revenue then you lost $4m dollars. That can’t go on forever. Even Glass has a finite amount of money.
Written by Nick Scott about 3 years ago.

From all the research I’ve done, I believe that under current avg expenses of the royals for the past 5 years and their expected revenues that on avg the Royals break even. Some years they take a loss and some they make a profit. i don’t believe that a baseball team owner should be expected to take large losses every year in a quest for wins.

As a fan I’d like it…for awhile, but then it’s unsustainable and the franchise become unstable. An unstable franchise in kansas city is worse than a losing franchise in kansas city. Losing franchises don’t get moved, unstable ones do.
Written by Jeff E. about 3 years ago.

Nick you are right. We have a stable losing franchise.
Written by Eric S about 3 years ago.

As an owner of a team that represents a whole city/area you have a responsibility to do what you can to not make the people of that city a joke. If you don’t have the ability or the resources to do that then get out of the way so someone else can. Weasling your way into ownership of a proud franchise just to run it into the ground and make it a joke isn’t something I can defend.
Written by DanL about 3 years ago.

“As an owner of a team that represents a whole city/area you have a responsibility to do what you can to not make the people of that city a joke.”
That will happen when the media come to the All-Star game this summer.

If you take the 10,000 foot view - Dayton’s process makes all kinds of sense - spend on the draft. The problem has been the pitchers they have drafted have not progressed as fast as the positional players.

Not finding a way, or feeling the urgency, to speed up the results is the failure.
-maybe drafting more college pitchers early on would have worked
-maybe trading a bunch of talented, but effectively blocked players for a AAA pitcher
-maybe hiring scouts that have a history of successfully evaluating pitchers
-maybe upgrading the pitching coaches in the minors

Since you can’t change the past, Dayton needs to start putting together packages of three/four minor leaguers for a minor league pitcher that projects to be a starter (we have enough relievers). It is okay to overpay for the right pitcher - blocked players aren’t doing us any good.
Written by Eric S about 3 years ago.

“As an owner of a team that represents a whole city/area you have a responsibility to do what you can to not make the people of that city a joke.”

That will happen when the media come to the All-Star game this summer.

No, it will be magnifyed when they are here. It’s been happening for a long, long time.
Written by Ted about 3 years ago.

Pitchers develop in fits and starts, and their developmental pattern is almost never predictable.
Written by Brian H about 3 years ago.

What is one thing glass has done the past 5 years which has hurt this team’s ability to compete?

Continue to employ Dayton Moore for one.
Written by Brian H about 3 years ago.

Nick Scott defending Moore and Glass now?

Stockholm Syndrome.
Written by Wayland about 3 years ago.

I have a few questions to all the haters out there that are bashing the owner and GM for not signing or upgrading the rotation this past offseason: How many games have you been to this year? How much have you spent at the stadium? Do you have any Royals gear in your closet? It seems that there are a lot of people that complain about the Royals’ struggles and these same people don’t spend a dime out at the stadium to support the team. Here’s some advice; if you aren’t contributing something to make the team better maybe you should just shut your mouth! You are probably the same guys that sit on your butt while your wife is preparing your dinner and then have the nerve to criticize the cooking.

What is Glass doing? I would say that he is paying for a team right now that has a lot of promise and providing us with some affordable entertainment. One of the games that my girlfriend and I went to this year we spent $30 on tickets and $10 to park. For that $40 we got to watch a major league baseball game, got two jerseys, got a free buffet from Harrah’s (on the back of the parking pass), and a free taco. That seems like a pretty good deal to me. Go check out how much Yankees or Red Sox tickets are. You would spend twice as much to go see their games.

Everyone is bashing the starting pitching and rightfully so, but overall we have a very promising team. We have some guys who should produce for years to come that are under team control (Gordon, Moustakas, Escobar, Hosmer, Butler, Perez, Duffy, and a lot of bullpen arms). We need some starting pitching, and probably another outfielder to take over for Frenchy. Hopefully Myers will be that guy and hopefully we get a little bit of help from the minors for our starting rotation. Other than that, stop complaining about Glass and go out the K and watch some games this summer. Glass has shown that if he gets the revenue, he will invest it in the team. Lets help fund our offseason signing of a true #1 starter for our rotation.
Written by Ted about 3 years ago.

Too bad Butler still doesn’t hit for enough power.
Written by Brian H about 3 years ago.

Wayland aka Mr Glass wants us to go to a game and spend money. Thanks for the advice!
Written by KHAZAD about 3 years ago.

The Royals have made over $64 million in profit the last 5 years. This of course does not include any money paid to Glass as CEO, Dan Glass as president, or the 3 other members of the Glass family on the board of directors, (Only Ewing’s daughter is not a family member) which would be counted as an expense, not profit. That being said, you could take the total for the 5 of them per year, double it (taking it from expense to profit) and multiply it by the 5 years and add that on to the $64 million to get the total profit.

Glass had the Royals at their lowest payroll in 10 years last year, and publicly set a limit on payroll this year which virtually guaranteed we would not be able to pick up a quality starter in the free agent market, despite the entire world knowing we needed at least one, and having a bump in revenue this year due to increased season ticket sales. (A combination of the all star game and some excitement over last years young guys) We were left with resigning our own players and maintaining the status quo. But you keep drinking the Glass Kool Aid, Nick.

I would not be so sure that this year’s attendance will beat last year’s though, despite the season ticket bump. For one thing, last year’s attendance was very back loaded, as a lot of single game tickets were sold fro the buzz from prospect arrivals. This year, it may well be front loaded, as many casual fans have already put the Royals out of their mind after the losing streak. (and Casual fans drive the single game ticket sales) Last year’s weekday series against the Yankees got only 200 less per game than this year’s weekend series. The other thing is secondary ticket sales (Stub hub and the like) have more availability this year due to many of the season tickets being bought with getting all star tickets as the reason behind getting those tickets. They will get cheaper (and already are) as the season goes along, and many more fans will find their single game seats there, which adds nothing to the paid attendance, just different people sitting in seats that were already sold.
Written by kc-at-the-bat about 3 years ago.

DanL - Dayton Moore and the Royals already implemented all of your suggestions. So I’m not sure what you have to complain about…

Not finding a way, or feeling the urgency, to speed up the results is the failure.
-maybe drafting more college pitchers early on would have worked:
Hochevar was a college pitcher drafted in 2006
-maybe trading a bunch of talented, but effectively blocked players for a AAA pitcher
Melky Cabrera wasn’t blocked, but Cain was. Royals traded Cabrera for a AAAA pitcher (Sanchez)
-maybe hiring scouts that have a history of successfully evaluating pitchers:
In 2008, Mike Arbuckle, the man responsible for drafting Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard, Cole Hamels and other players who helped form the nucleus of the Philadelphia Phillies’ 2008 world championship club, was hired as senior adviser to general manager Dayton Moore
-maybe upgrading the pitching coaches in the minors:
Rick Knapp was hired in September of 2011. If you don’t know him, he made his resume as the minor league pitching coordinator for the Twins, reinforcing the philosophies of Minnesota pitching coach Rick Anderson and management, before the Tigers hired him as their pitching coach after the 2008 season.
Written by Axl about 3 years ago.

No one’s complaining. The comments have been a thank you to Dayton and the Glass family. Thanks for all the moves. Our Time.

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