The Royals should move to AZ

The Royals won last night, squeezing out a 4-3 victory after Mike Moustakas accounted for all 4 runs. Moose had a home run, giving him 14 for the year (which leads the Royals), one night after the Royals pounded out 3 home runs against the Diamondbacks. Below are some news and notes:

On Tuesday, Alex Gordon collected his 1,000th hit. 

Nori Aoki hit his first home run for the Royals on Tuesday, which turned out to be a grand slam. After tearing up the Arizona Cactus League in Spring Training for what seems like 2 straight decades now, the Royals should play a third of their games at the K, a third on the road, and a third in Arizona. I fully support this. And now that former Royal Frank White won the primary for a seat on the Jackson County legislature, we can make this happen. Everyone vote for him in November and let’s get the “AZ Royals” train moving.*

*mind you, I do not want them to permanently move to AZ. Just for a third of the season so they can ensure they make the playoffs for the next 60 years and make up for the last pathetic 29 years of futility 

Last night, Greg Holland notched his 32nd save, which leads the American League and is tied for 3rd best in baseball.  The Royals’ set-up men and closer all have ERA’s below 2.00, and most teams are lucky to have one. Wouldn't it be great to watch them mow down hitters in October?!

Also last night, Ace Ventura struck out 8, and his record now stands at 9-8. Pretty solid for his first full year. There are so many amazing photos of Ventura pitching on the internet:

The Royals win last night gave them their 5th straight series win. As Sam Mellinger from the KC Star points out here , the Royals need to basically win every series the rest of the season to have any real hope for the playoffs. They are certainly on their way, barring any collapses, and have won 11 of their past 14. 

The Rangers won their last two games ensuring that the 2003 Detroit Tigers will remain firmly entrenched as the WORST AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM EVER TOPLAY THE GAME. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, suck it Detroit. I hate you.

The Royals are 3.5 games behind Detroit and half a game out of the second wild card. SWEEP THE D-BACKS AND THE MURDER THE GIANTS!!!!!!!!! The playoffs are so close I can actually smell the hot dogs and helmet nachos in the October air. GIVE KANSAS CITY MEANINGFUL SEPTEMBER BASEBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

The Chiefs play tonight and my sand volleyball team might play for the championship tonight and all I can think about is how close the Royals are to owning a wild card spot and/or maybe dethroning the Douche-troit Tigers. Happy Thursday!