Royals dismiss talk of switching leagues

[catsfan20052006]

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/columnists/jeffrey_flanagan/story/498675.html

It is a rumor that pops up every few years, and it is once again the buzz in many baseball forums on the Internet right now: That the Royals want to switch to the National League and the Brewers want to return to the American League.

The latest rumor may have started on an East Coast talk show.

The Royals, for now, are dismissing the talk as pure speculation.

“We haven’t heard a thing about that,” said Royals vice president of communications Mike Swanson. “I’ve talked to Dayton (Moore) and Dean (Taylor), and we were just floored by that (rumor).

“Dayton even kidded that if it’s true, someone better tell him soon because right now he’s putting together a team with a DH.”

The suggestion of a switch is hardly far-fetched, though, because the Royals entertained the notion quite seriously in 1997.

At the time, acting commissioner and Brewers owner Bud Selig wanted Milwaukee to return to its National League roots. But Selig gave the Royals first crack at the move.

The Royals surveyed their fans back then and while a slight majority favored a move to the NL, a vocal minority of fans insisted that Kansas City was and forever should be an American League town. The Royals respectfully declined the offer to move.

Now, though, the move probably would excite an ever greater majority of Royals fans, especially considering how tough the AL Central has become.

The bigger question is why Milwaukee would even consider the move.

[cyclist]

The Royals should just "jump" to the International league so that they could compete with teams like the Toledo Mudhens, and the Durham Bulls.

[catsfan20052006]

I like the idea of going to the National League 

[SuperSoulFighter]

Interesting.  A "highly vocal minority" forced the Royals to stay in the A.L. back in 1997?

10 years later, a "highly vocal minority" would be defined as 5-10 fans with loud voices.

Meanwhile, the only Royals games that sell out are opening day and whenever the Cardinals or Cubs are in town.

[Wildcat Jack]

Interesting.  A "highly vocal minority" forced the Royals to stay in the A.L. back in 1997?

10 years later, a "highly vocal minority" would be defined as 5-10 fans with loud voices.

Meanwhile, the only Royals games that sell out are opening day and whenever the Cardinals or Cubs are in town.

Nope....10 years later that would be a highly vocal majority....Royals are a farm team.

[2 Handed Finger Roll]

Interesting.  A "highly vocal minority" forced the Royals to stay in the A.L. back in 1997?

10 years later, a "highly vocal minority" would be defined as 5-10 fans with loud voices.

Meanwhile, the only Royals games that sell out are opening day and whenever the Cardinals or Cubs are in town.

Nope....10 years later that would be a highly vocal majority....Royals are a farm team.

The Royals would have been a middle of the pack team in the National League last year.

[catsfan20052006]

We would have finished just ahead of Pittsburgh in the division with the record we had last year but we would have played 90 games vs. the NL Central vs. 72 games that we play vs. the AL Central.

If we would have finished with the same winning % vs. the NL Central that we finished with vs. the AL Central that would have meant we would have won 76 games last season which would have been good for 4th place in the NL Central. We would have finished 9 games out of the playoffs in the division and 14 out of the wild card instead of the 27 games out we finished in the division and the 25 games out we finished in the wild card race in the AL. 

[cyclist]

meh.

AAA is the level for your Kansas City Royals...