Chiefs/Soccer/Royals

Chiefs

Just when I completely bought back into the Chiefs they broke my heart.  My views of the team has gone from I think they'll go 10-6 this year, to I doubt they will win a game, to I think their going to win the division, to who the hell knows.  The Chargers and Raiders both lost so they didn't lose any ground, but this was a game the Chiefs had to have with their upcoming schedule.  This was a classic look-ahead/hangover game but that is no excuse the Dolphins hadn't won a game and completely dominated the Chiefs.  Jake Long completely shut down Tamba and nobody else cared to step up.  That's one thing the Chiefs are really missing, a secondary pass rusher.  The Chiefs have 9 sacks as a team Tamba has 6.  With all that time Matt Moore looked like an All-Pro quarterback picking apart Flowers who played a sub-par game as well.  The Chiefs O-line did not block for Cassel, giving up a season high 5 sacks.  When a quarterback is getting pressured as much as he was it gets in his head and he is doomed (well that was my experience as backup quarterback in the fifth grade).  Hmm... A positive from this game... Nope not seeing any.

Soccer

Over the past four or five months I have become a soccer fan.  Between the success of the  women's World Cup team and Sporting KC, I have been drawn to the sport.  While I played soccer in high school I never considered watching it on TV or going to a game.  Now I  enjoy watching team U.S.A. play meaningless exhibitions, or watch an English Premier League match every now and then.  I wish I would have made it to a Sporting KC game this year, I hear the stadium is world class.  I've followed Sporting quite a bit this year, but It's tough to follow a team when their not on TV, I have to get most of my Sporting information on their Facebook page.  I don't think I'll become a huge soccer fan unless it really picks up in America.  And for it to become more popular, Team U.S.A needs to improve a lot, they are nowhere close to an elite international team.

Royals

The Royals traded Melky Cabrera to the Giants for starting pitcher Jonathan Sanchez and an average minor league pitcher.  This trade gives Lorenzo Cain his shot to prove himself as an everyday center fielder.  He has produced in the minors and looks to be a pretty solid prospect.  Jonathan Sanchez has been a pitcher that hasn't lived up to his potential.  He strikes out a lot of batters, but he walks too many batters right now to be dominant.  His best year was in 2010, when he had an ERA of 3.07 and a WHIP of 1.23 both good numbers.  Last year he stuggled with injuries making 19 starts, his ERA was above 4 and his WHIP was not good. He is 28 with one year left on his deal. 

Not all of Dayton Moore's trades and signee's have worked, but they have all made sense.  This sounds obvious but Royals management in the past has made some really dumb moves.  This trade probably isn't going to put the Royals over the top, they still need two more starting pitchers, and that's considering this trade works out.  

When I read an ESPN article on the trade it mentioned the "emergence" of Luke Hochevar and Danny Duffy, what emergence? Their combined ERA was above 5 last year, I don't see how you call that an emergence.  This trade was also really weird for me.  On Friday I was talking to Tiffany, a San Francisco native and huge Giants fan and we came up with the hypothetical trade of Melky Cabrera for Jonathan Sanchez, crazy how things work.