Royals Address Credential Situation

Did either one of the reporters get their credentials back?

"With that in mind, fans should feel they can come to this site to separate fact from fiction and hear the truth directly from the Royals."

It's too bad there aren't any fans left. Kudos for the reporters for actually caring enough to grill the Royals "brass" about whats going on. I dont even think brass describes it, that seems too much like a scuffed gold. There is no gold with the Royals. How about dirt?

royals in 2030.

This whole problem could have been deflected had Mr. Glass been available to answer questions about Allard Baird's dismissal prior to the Dayton Moore press conference or told reporters that he would answer their questions about Allard Baird at a later time. In addition, a media relations person should have stepped in a redirected the questioning when it became apparent that Mr. Glass was stumbling into a hornet's nest.

If Dayton Moore would play peacemaker now and restore the credentials of these reporters and make some reference to getting off to a fresh start, everyone would save face and Mr. Moore would look like he had the control the public hopes he has.

With the radio contract up this year, unless the Royals plan to buy a radio station like the Cardinals did, it wouldn't pay to have an antagonistic relationship with the two media outlets most likely to bid on the broadcast contract. The Royals don't appear to be in the best bargaining position.

i can see both sides. rhonda moss from 610 was obviously out of line. she could have asked her questions with so much more respect and still got the answers. if you ever listen to her on the radio she is proud of being "@itchy". Bob fescoe could have also asked his questions with more respect, but he does not have the same history that moss does. the royals should have reprimanded them for their behavior but took it too far with revoking credentials. it looks like the billionaire owner doesnt have the stones enough to answer questions about the mess he has turned this organization into. everyone comes out looking bad on this one.

I had the same questions the reporters did, but I don't understand why those very questions can't be asked in a civil way. Are these people professional or not? They had an opportunity to put Glass on the spot and instead made themselves sound like adolescents, which was counterproductive to their goals. It's such a sports media stereotype to be the tough guy or the "b@tch"...

Fescoe has admitted his questions were posed in an antagonist manner and he is sorry about his tone. Were his credentials restored? The Glass's should have anticipated the tough questions, and the tone in which the questions were presented. If Glass had treated Baird more respectfully during the GM search, perhaps this incident wouldn't have occurred. Glass has severely harmed his reputation in MLB circles, according to Front Office Personnel throughout MLB. Glass could right this situation by issuing a public apology to Baird. A little humility befits the Owner of a losing ballclub who's history has been one of continuous failure during said Owner's reign. Forthright communication to the fans, and media covering the Royals, could have averted the situation. As it stands, the arrogance of power was displayed by the Glass's by removing the credentials of the Reporters.
More bad PR, this time on a national scale. VERY poor PR dynamics.

You can ask the same question many different ways. Apparently, altho I wasn't there and don't know for sure, these 2 asked the question with an attitude and in the wrong way. Also, I don't think there is a trust level with the Glasses that should be there. Boy I miss Mr. "K" and his honesty and love for "HIS" Royals.

I don't live in the KC area, and I have not heard or seen the news conference. Apparently many fans who have heard the news conference feel that the reporters were out of line, so I will trust their judgement and assume they are right. However, my impression is that these "tough" questions needed to be asked. Admittedly, those questions needed to be asked in a different setting. But apparently some straight answers, which are what the club's longsuffering fans want and deserve, were not forthcoming, so the reporters chose to ask these questions at an unfortunate and arguably inappropriate occasion. I completely agree with jkpeterson's comments. Mr. Glass could not have gotten to his station in life without significant amounts of both business savvy and people skills. However, I am a little bewildered by what happened when heat was applied. Did not the Royals schedule and put on the news conference on their own volition? Then how did the Royals allow themselves to lose control of the press conference? I believe that Mr. Glass became defensive at least in part because he knew that Allard Baird did not deserve to be treated the way he was treated in the final days of his employment with the club. I have been a Royals fan since their inception in 1969, and I have never been as concerned about the direction of the club as I am now. I predict that six months from today, after the winter meetings are over and at least one sensible trade or signing has been nixed by ownership, Dayton Moore will be wanting to back out of his contract.

Read this post:

http://ballparkfrankly.mlblogs.com/slightly_ahead_of_the_cur/2006/05/10_reasons_i_sh.html

And tell him what you think

Royals were very much in line. Fescoe and Moss are hardly "journalists", just loud-mouth radio-jockeys, and bad ones at that.

There are plenty of Internet journalists that deserve credentials way before those two.

Old-media needs to wake up, they are quickly become irrelevant.

The blame for this incident falls squarely on the Royals PR department.

They botched this entire situation and botched this news conference.

You want the focus on Dayton Moore, put him on the podium BY HIMSELF.

Perhaps the Royals PR guys should go back to being a traveling secretary.

Allowing comments on this subject is a HUGE mistake.

The Royals did the right thing.

Is anyone buying this weak attempt to justify the actions of a short-tempered coward?

This blog is a terrible idea. Trying to combat the fans by posting "truths" on this blog is only going to get fans more riled up.

If David Glass is upset at the conclusions the media is coming to, he needs to prove them wrong with his actions... a lame PR blog like this is the move I would expect a coward to make.

The tryuth is non of us know, or even neccesarily need to kmow, what the arrangement was between Baird and Glass. We know Glass discussed the fact he was going to interview GM canidates. Baird could have then resigned. But he had the class to do what was best for KC and continued his duties, while being well compensated for it.
Fair deal.

What we would like to hear Glass say is: Thanks Allard. You did the best job you could, with endless and selfless dedication. We aren't laying all the blame on you and believe you will land another GM position soon. We just felt we had to change the direction of a failing organization, and that required the drastic step of replacing the GM. We feel we've now got a opportunity to see what Dayton Moore can do.

Isn't the fact that this is being "reported widely" itself an indication of what a PR nightmare the Royals have gotten themselves into?

I don't imagine there will be too much forthright self-examination on this "blog" either. No, instead just another propaganda outlet ill-equipped to deal with the fallout from another Royal embarrassment. It's no wonder that Dayton Moore insisted on a "no-meddling" clause in his contract - just cleaning up the mess from before is going to be enough of a full-time job and then some, without having to do interference for these ownership knuckleheads.

'tis very SAD what has happened to this once PROUD franchise.. 'cause it has become the laughing stock of MLB BOTH on & off the field.. & it will take a loooooooooooooong time 'fore ANYthing changes.. :(

This blog is quite evidently propaganda.

"With all of the media outlets in today’s world, stories often take on a life of their own. With that in mind, fans should feel they can come to this site to separate fact from fiction and hear the truth directly from the Royals."

garbage.

With all the other issues this club has, should you really be revoking press credentials for two people who actually have the guts to cover this train wreck everyday? If ever the national press was looking for a face to portray how deep the problems with this club go, you have served them that portrait on a silver platter.

If you want to start to rebuild good faith with fans, how about telling us who is writing this blog for the Royals? If this is meant to be a sign that the Royals care what their fans have to say, I would like to know who I'm writing to.

I don't think the reporters were out of line, and I think it is pathetic that the Royals chose to pull their credentials. To me, it sounds like the Royals are acting like a little kid that tried to play basketball with some other kids, and when the kids were playing too rough, the little kid threw a fit, and told the other kids that they weren't allowed to come over and play anymore, because they play too rough. Pathetic.

The people in charge of the Royals have run this franchise into the ground, and the least they could do is answer for it. The fact that this lack of professionalism is coming from the very top of the organization makes me sick to my stomach. It all makes me wonder if Mr. Glass has ever taken a single business class.

Where is the accountability? Do reporters need to talk in a whisper now, just so they won't sound too aggressive? Do reporters need to make sure they say "sir," so they don't run the risk of getting thrown out of the room for being to disrespectful? The reporters have an opportunity that I don’t have, to stand face to face with the Royals and ask the questions that I wish I could ask. Considering the actions of Mr. Glass, I don’t think I would have been as respectful as the reporters were.

The Royals are a bad team, but we've all lived with that for a long time now. The thing that makes my blood boil is that the organization acts like it has no class. It is unprofessional to interview candidates for a job that is still being held. It is unprofessional to avoid the media, so they can't ask you questions about the franchise that you own. It is unprofessional to take away someone's voice, just because they try to make you accountable for your actions.

Mr. Glass, you make me ashamed to be a Royals fan.

- David Fye

fyedavid@yahoo.com

Congratulations to the Royals front office for creating this blog to communicate directly to the fans!

Moss and Fesco did NOT need to ask those inappropriate questions at Dayton Moore's press conference because they had recently been answered by David Glass in the media. As far as Moss saying that Glass had "obviously decided to fire Baird 6 weeks ago" that was wrong. David Glass had already previously said to the media that he "did not know" what changes he would make and when he did, he'd let us know, which he did.

Bob Fesco's question implied that Dan Glass had "meddled" and was he going to do anything different with the new GM? David Glass had just recently said in the media that anybody who said Dan meddled was a liar.

The problem was that neither Moss or Fesco accepted the answers that were already out there. But just because they didn't like the answers, it was not true that Glass had not already answered those questions.

As far as I'm concerned, the Royals were completely justified in pulling their credentials.

Firstly, I'm not sure that stating one of the purposes of this blog as being to "educate" fans is going to endear many people: perhaps a replacement word might be considered.

Secondly, I think a major question has to be asked about how the media conference was set up in the first place.

As a previous poster has mentioned, having David and Dan Glass on the top table throughout, when neither had previously held a media conference to explain the reasons for sacking Allard Baird, meant that this was the first occasion that members of the media had to ask these questions.

Yes, it's unfortunate that Mr. Moore's public unveiling was overshadowed because of this (can you imagine what he must have been thinking about the organisation of the event as this was happening?), but it was an incident waiting to happen and the fact that the conference was staged in this manner in the first place, and the Royals' subsequent heavy-handed reaction to it reflects badly on it.

This franchise is a complete joke. And I feel vindicated that I can say that on the official web site of the Kansas City Royals.

That said, I will continue. David Glass has quickly become the most incompetent owner in sports. I am embarassed to be a fan of this pathetic franchise. If Dayton Moore had any brains, he'd run like ****. Considering KC has 17 victories on June 16, the Royals should feel fortunate that two radio stations still care enough to show up. Even if Rhonda and Bob were asking questions in a rude manner, a projected 500 losses in 5 seasons certainly warrants it. The fans of Kansas City -- the ones you haven't mercifully killed with mismanagement that'd make Enron blush -- want answers as to why their heart is broken every single night.

Ewing Kauffman is looking down on Kansas City right now and bawling like a baby at what has become of his team. Does that make you feel good, David Glass?

I wish for nothing more than for David Glass to just go away. If it means that 10 years from now, the Las Vegas Royals win the World Series, I will still cheer like ****. I just want to cheer.

I agree with some of you that Mr. Moore should give the credentials back in an effort to make peace and start over. However whos to say that Rhonda will not do this again trying to be the B!$$$ she so proudly accepts and tries to make this organization look bad when it is clear we dont need it.

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.--John Wooden said this and it seems to represent the situation with the reporters. I have to agree with the Royals in that it is their work, their environment and they should be able to have some control of who is in that envoronment. Consider a drunk who is a life long Royals fan. He may be accurate in his statements as he spews his opinions towards the field, but most fans want him removed or to stop. There are two factors to consider when communicating, what one says and how one says it.

Just imagine the tone and nature of the questions if this press conference was in say NEW YORK, or PHILLY, and not in KC.
glass, and this organization, with the exception of Mr. Moore, have a lot of s'plainin to do, and the half a-- job that has been happing is not acceptable to any self respecting Royals fan! The fact of the matter is that the David Glass was offering Dayton Moore a job that was still occupied by Allard Baird! That is news worthy! glass denied that he was shopping the GM job when it is obvious that he had been and decried the reports as rumors, when they were based in FACTS, as evident that MOORE is now our GM. The "unwritten rules of etiquette and professionalism" call for a news conference to answer such questions as those asked by the reporters in question, before the introduction of the new GM.

"Given several comments by” those on this blog and the general feeling of Royals Fans "and others who" watched /listened to "the press conference, the Royals" fans "believe the overall situation" was called for and the reaction by the ROYALS was over blown.

The way that the situation was handled by the Royals "offended many", and I salute the local media asking the questions that I, as a ROYALS fan, thought need to be asked, in the manner that reflect the attitude, and concern of the general public.

why doesn't everyone get over this moss and fesco (second rate shock jocks) and the glass family (medlers). wow moss is a woman with an attitude that regurgitates info she has read and fesco doesn't even regurgitate he just talks nonsense, he's as politicians would say a flip flopper...fescoism 2003 "angel berroa is the best shortstop prospect in baseball" fescoism 2006 "angel berroa is the worst shortstop in the big leagues and we should trade him for a bag of sand for our infield" sure i just made this up, but it gives you an idea of how he is. at least he tried to do what his job is ask irrelevant tough questions that don't even matter now...i bet they both went home with smiles on their faces "wow i got one over on a millionaire i showed them who is smarter" the glass family and not to sound like i am smooching, but they have the right to answer or not answer questions. i agree they should let moore and should have let baird have autonomy, baird's hands were tied...let's don't forget that the glasses don't believe in long term deals over 3 years, that's why we did not sign damon when he wanted a long term deal, ibanez wanted a 3 year deal that was a steal for us for say about 4 million a year for his productivity and popularity (juan gone) so for them to say that they do not meddle is wrong...i don't listen to these radio shows or read much of the columnist who slam everything and then move onto the clubhouse sink. i'm more interested in the minor leagues and the young guys at the pro ball level (what few we have that play regularly) it is the only hope i have as a lifelong royals fan. welcome and good luck dayton moore we are not all drama queens or kings, i like what i am hearing and seeing from you so far.

rob

independence, mo

I did not hear the press conference so I dont know how the reporters tone was, but this organization is indeed in shambles. Someone needs to make a public announcement and thanks AB for his time as the Royals GM. It has been widely speculated that he didnt have all the right ammo in the chamber when he was the GM.

AB seems to be a great person and a good baseball guy. The least this organization could do is give this man a public apology. Only after confronting this GM search fiasco will the Royals be back on the road to respectability. At this point the organization has no credibility IMO.

I have seen far worse done by ballplayers on and off the field when it comes to civility. Give me a break. David Glass is a rich puss and a bully. Like all bullies, he runs from a REAL fight. These millionaires are taking in too much hard earned tax money to shut out reporters for not following "the unwritten rules of proper etiquette and professionalism when asking questions."

What kind of ettiquette did the Glass family take with Allard Baird? Was that polite and civil? Can we reovke the owners credentials....pleeeease? This is the equivalent of suspending a pitcher for the entire season on a brushback pitch. This whole blog response is a joke as well. No name, no source to quote. Just a nameless faceless response. Nobody in the royals organization has any stones or brains. When will the grownups take over our ballclub.

The first post on this blog by some anonymous Royals staffer is a joke. Is this April Fool's day? How can anyone believe anything that comes out of the Royals at this point? Hey, did anyone notice they hired a new GM? Maybe they better send a memo to their new GM, telling him it is OK to start acting like one, and take advantage of all of the control that the Glasses gave him.

Until the Royals restore the press credentials to the two wronged journalists, and publicly apologize for being idiots in this matter, they will get no respect from anyone. Perhaps they enjoy the hugely negative public image they are actively cultivating?

This blog would be better titled "Down the Drain in KC"

Thank you Mr. Glass for all of your hard work at making it more embarrassing to be a Royals employee than a Wal-Mart employee.

This is so typical of the Glasses, they do everything wrong. They could have avoided this whole mess if they would have just addressed firing Allaird Baird after they fired him just like every other major league sports team would have. But we are not talking about every other major league team. We are talking about the most pethetic team in MLB history. The Glasses have single handedly taken a once proud franchise into the sewer and made it the laughing stock in all of professional sports. I am a die hard Royals fan that has been froced to watch the Royals on television this year. Normally I go to the games but I am not giving the Glasses another cent until they run this team like an owner should. I know it will not make a difference but i am also no longer going to Wal-Mart. I live about two miles from a Target and will go there for all of my shopping needs until the Glasses get serious and act like the are more interested in baseball then making a profit. David says he represents the fans but he must have Ewing Kaufman rolling over in his grave regreting asking Glass to take over the team. The only way for the Glasses to show us how much they love baseball is to SELL THE ROYALS. I am sure George Brett and his group of people would love to take over the Royals still. SCREW YOU DAVID GLASS AND GET THE HECK OUT OF TOWN (wait a minute you don't live here, well stay out and give us back our team).

First of all, it is spelled Fescoe. For all of you ripping into Bob, at least spell his name correctly so it makes you a little more credible. He is an outstanding journalist and radio host and worked very hard to get where he is. A good journalist asks simple questions in a fair manner and may or may not get the answer in which they are looking, but a fantastic journalist asks questions and probes until they get the answer in which they know is truth. Therefore, Fescoe and Moss are fantastic journalists. These two work for the fans who want the dirt, and they were trying to get the dirt.

It is too bad that the Royals organization is run so poorly that they need to respond to this by posting a blog, which is named after a tv show on ESPN. They can't even come up with a creative name. The Royals have already embarrassed themselves on the field, NOW they are embarrassing themselves behind the scenes. There is no way for them to dig out of the hole now.

The Royals have come up with their own propaganda site to compete with the Chiefs Rufus Dawes. Has this franchise really stooped this low?

The Royals state that they have pulled the credentials of Bob Fescoe and Rhonda Moss, not for the questions they asked, but for the tone and lack of civility in which they were asked.

How about the lack of respect this ownership has shown the fans of Kansas City with the product they have placed on the field for four of the last five years?

What about a shortstop who'll swing at a bag of peanuts thrown by a vendor in the stands because he thinks it's close to the strike zone?

The h#*% with civility, I want players who have the attitude the reporters have. At least they want answers and action.

The Royals front office could have at least avoided the Dayton Moore news conference fiasco by stepping up and answering questions the week before when Allard Baird was officially fired. David and Dan Glass could have explained why they didn't communicate at all with Baird in the last few weeks of his tenure and left him hanging while negotiating for the services of Moore.

Instead, the Royals front office decided to put David and Dan front and center with microphones in front of them at Moore's introduction, indicating they were there to speak and answer questions.

You can say you don't like Rhonda and Bob or the way they ask their questions, but the bottom line is they were asking questions the public and their listeners wanted answers to.

This is the big leagues and big money and David Glass has been handed tough questions before in his job at Wal-Mart. He should know better.

The problem is, he's chosen to walk out on those tough questions before, such as during an interview with MSNBC. When he was asked about children in foriegn countries working in factories making products that Wal-Mart sold as Made-in-America he got up and left instead of answering the question. So what should we expect in this case?

This ball club wasting one ounce of energy on getting upset over the tone of reporters questions just indicates that their priorities are so out of wack they have no chance to improve on the field.

I only hope Dayton Moore can convince David and Dan to stand by and let a professional do the job and just keep their mouths shut and their pocketbooks open when necessary.

I admire someone, anyone will stand up to the press today. For too long the media has tainted everything they get their hands on. They print smears and opinions instead of the facts, all because the public has a right to know...a right to know what the media wants us to know.

Well done Royals, well done indeed.

OK. this seems like a Glass hugger blog. Made by none other but a glass hugger. Truth be told the Glass Regime needs not to explain anything. it is clear to me that they are in it for the money. Case in point the royals were one of few teams that actually proffited last year with ticket and K sales . All while setting record low attendance records. The only time it doesnt look like a farm team crowd is on buck nite and even themn it is not sold out. I Remeber when we had a real owner that actaully liked baseball. True the Ball players now make and want more money but that doesn't you cant keep some around. Our franchice player is Sweeney give me a break the guy cant stay healthy and even if he does get healthy his back will go out again. Kudos for the hire of Dayton, remember though glass is a business man not a fan. How do you get a guy a like glass to come here. 17-47 are you kidding me Detroit is good now we have ****** since the change of ownership so you cant blame the players you must blame the Management and the front office. The players are living a dream that otherwise would not have come true if it were not for the Glass regime. As for the reporters getting bagged thats ****. They are asking questions that we deserve to know. 810 and the royals front office ****

Key phrase so far:
"You can say you don't like Rhonda and Bob or the way they ask their questions, but the bottom line is they were asking questions the public and their listeners wanted answers to."

Yep. What management is really saying here is that they don't want to have to deal with the mess they've made.

It is very sad the the Glass Family are digging a grave for this team. I guarrantee the Kaufman's would puke at the way the team is being handled. Due to the number of issues with the Glass family and the front office, I am boycotting attending anymore games. I have been to 10 this season. I am tired of the losing and the way they have handled the press pass revoking's, I have no other choice. Hopefully, they will opt to sell the team in the near future to people that care about the Royals and Kansas City.

Go Mets!

Much like the Bush administration, if you insulate yourselves from tough questions, it still does not alter the obvious facts and events. If we all adhered to someone else's idea of decorum, we would have a lily-white milk-toast world that corporations like the Royals (and wal-mart) would love, but would be quite uninteresting. The thing that the Glasses can't change is that they undermining the spirit of the first ammendment of the constitution. Wahh! You guys asked a tough question. Wahh! The Royals are not the Glasses possession. They are mine, they are yours, they are WHB's, and anyone (or group) else that has lived and died and bled Royal blue our entire lives.

The truth? I'll get my Royals news from somewhere else then.

If the Royals are this concerned with getting the truth out...how about hold another press conference to "seperate fact from fiction"? If Glass has nothing to hide and wants to show a true commitment to giving the fans the truth, hold an open forum press conference.

With what we have endured as fans, we deserve to listen to Glass explain himself.

Keep it in the back of your mind that that confrence was about the announcment of a new GM. These credentials are a privladge not a right, Much as your Drivers license. Forget Moss and Fesco and get New reporters to represent the stations.

If the Glass families held any press conferences other than hirings & firings, I would agree with you. However, since they do not live here and allow for questioning, the media has to jump at all opportunities.

Mr. Glass needs to be a man and answer the questions that the media ask. Why doesn't he spend money on the team? Why does he draft players on signability and not just draft the best player available??? Why did he fire several scouts??? You can't build a winning team through the draft if you fire half the scouting department and draft players that are cheaper just to save money. THIS ISN'T WAL-MART!!!! If he isn't going to run the team the proper way then please sell the team to someone who will. Also please stop using excuses about small market teams can't compete with big market teams. It's been proven by several small market teams that its possible. You have to have a great scouting department that can evaluate talent and you have to draft the BEST PLAYERS AVAILABLE IN THE DRAFT. I give Mr. Glass a little credit for hiring Mr. Moore but if Mr. Glass doesn't let him run the team how Mr. Moore wants than nothing is going to change. Also why hasn't the number 1 pick signed yet??? I think i know the answer because Mr. Glass is wasting time trying to save a buck. If he isn't signed in the next week than it appears Mr. Glass isn't changing his ways and nothing else will change. How long can Mr. Glass take being the laughing stock of baseball??? OPEN YOU POCKETS MR. GLASS! BEYOND FRUSTRATED FAN!! I still plan on attending one baseball game this year. I will be wearing a brown paper bag on my head with signs DAVID GLASS AND DAN GLASS MUST GO!!!

This is just a simple matter of ego. Mr. Glass and the Royals were embarrassed in front of their new GM hire. It was not the questions, nor the tone of the questions. They were questions that the Royals fanbase wanted answers to, and the questions were asked in the same tone and tenor of the fanbase.....and probably in much more mild of a fashion.

Even if the Royals didn't like the tone of the questions, it by no means warrants that the reporters credentials be revoked. Mr. Glass and the Royals need to take responsibility for these questions having to be asked at the press conference to introduce Dayton Moore. It doesn't surprise me that he(Mr. Glass) doesn't take any responsibility for this fiasco. He hasn't been accountable for the poor state of this franchise since he purchased it. Just as Allard Baird was his scapegoat for that, the reporters and their "tone" is his scapegoat for this.

Revoking these credentials is an absolute joke. These reporters were just doing their jobs. David Glass promised major changes and then left a lame duck Allard Baird flapping in the wind for a month. Allard Baird was a terrible GM but he did not deserve that.

This thing could have been resolved very easily.

1. David Glass fires Baird a month before the actually firing and makes Muzzy Jackson interim GM.

2. David Glass makes himself available to answer questions in the month leading up to firing of Baird and hiring of Dayton Moore.

3. If David Glass did not want to answer question about his horrific handling of this situation he should not have been at the Dayton Moore press conference.

Frankly, I don't care what the tone of the questions was. They were questions that needed to be asked and answered. This franchise is a joke and the owner is a joke and its a **** good thing Glass does not own a team in NY, LA, Philadelphia or Boston. The KC media is about as easy as it gets

I would be very disappointed if the Royals were to cave in and give the credentials back to Moss and Fescoe. It wasn't the questions that were asked but the way that that the two have attacked the Royals for a long time (and in the press conference). Both of them have not interest except to dig up negative stories.

Also, to everyone that uses the First Admendment argument, you are wrong.

Give me a break, Mr. Glass! You have to be either out of touch with public sentiment, or you're arrogant enough to believe that you are right and the majority of the public is wrong. Are you sure your name isn't Bill Bidwell? Why can't you simply admit that you made some mistakes and move on instead of digging the hole deeper and deeper.

Since we're posting comments that may get seen by the Royals, here's one for Buddy Bell: why the heck are you giving more at-bats to Graffanino than German?
And why didn't you give any to Huber when he was called up? You're obviously giving these guys PT based on seniority. We're losing games a record pace, forget about seniority already...

Wow. I love reading these comments. While think it is a bad idea for the Royals to create this site, I would say thank you for FINALLY giving Royals fans a little tiny voice in this process. Maybe David Glass should peruse these comments to get a sense of the "pulse" of the fan base.... Can you take the action item to do that, Mystery Royals Blogger? Since we don't know your name, may I refer to you as Mr. B or Rufus?

Anyway, Rufus, revoking press credentials and creating this web site to "educate" fans are examples of the poor management pervasive in the Royals organization. I can only hope Dayton Moore is allowed to be a catalyst for change in your organization. A good start would be to quell the fan resentment you seem to be intent to create by reestablishing the credentials, or you will continue to lose the media and the fans.

I wish somebody would revoke my season tickets so I don't have to sit through these games with my 10 year old who still loves to go.

What is this preschool??? last time I checked EVERYONE involved in this are adults and SHOULD be able to handle tough questions. SO WHAT if you didn't like the tone of the questions. You know what??? WE DON'T LIKE THE TONE OF YOUR BALLCLUB SINCE YOU'VE OWNED IT!!!! I say lets envoke our TAXPAYING RIGHTS and REMOVE YOU MR.GLASS FROM OWNERSHIP!!! EFFECTIVELY NOW!!!

Yet, another bone headed move by the Royals!! Mr. Glass you have made so many bone-headed moves in the last 3+ years it's unbelievable. You should be man enough to admit you have made mistakes in your time as owner. I hope your pleased with turning OUR (The Real fans)team into a laughing stock of baseball because of your cowardes actions with the media.

I beg of you, please, don't do this. Don't turn into the Chiefs with your smear campaigns and spin tactics on the official team website. I hope you didn't just sign up Rusty Dawes to a three-year deal. Please don't do this. You're in the wrong for pulling credentials. Sorry, that's just how it is. A team that has been so clueless on the field, especially the ownership of said team, is deserving of nothing but unsparing punishment, which they rightfully received in that press conference. Don't do this. This organization is far better than this, or at least it has been.

Well....this is just yet another in a line of STUPID moves by once what was a great organization...I have never been embarrassed to be a fan of any team, but I am horribly ashamed to be a Royals fan, but my heart wont let me change teams. Let it die Royals...you didn't like how a couple of questions were asked..deal with it. It all makes me sad and ashamed...I wish I hadn't voted to give all my tax dollars to this **** team and pitiful owner. Jeff, Blue Springs, MO

And another thing:

No matter how many waaaahmbulances the Royals call because of those mean people asking those mean mean questions, it doesn't change this: the Royals are the joke of the baseball world. Devil Ray fans are thinking "Man, at least we're not the Royals!"

Score so far: 8 commenters supporting management, 31 commenters opposing management. Hmmm. An 8-31 record is about right for the Royals, yeah?

This is obscene.

Are my foremerly beloved Royals now the team that has become the first team ever to revoke press passes in the history of major professional sports? This has never happened anywhere, has it?

I used to attend 30+ games per year. I had season tickets in 2004. I haven't been to a game since the Royals proved they didn't care about winning when they hired Buddy Bell.

I won't be returning. I am furious that Mr Kauffman's beloved team has been managed in a way that he would never have done. This team was the pride of the metro area. It is now the embarrassment.

MR GLASS: YOU MUST DEAL WITH THE MEDIA. YOU JUST RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER IMPROVEMENTS TO YOUR STADIUM. THE MEDIA ARE ASKING THE QUESTIONS WE WANT ASKED.

www.selltheroyals.com

So sad...

Former Royal Lover,

Charles

Get rid of this stupid blog and move on with your season. This is going to cause more problems than help. The main thing to do is WIN! Can you guys do that?

I agree with the Royals. I am not from KC but listen to the two stations and enjoy the on air personalities including the two that had their credentials pulled. But they were out of line and wrong. And while one has shown some contrition they and some of the others at the stations are still very defensive and blaming the Royals for what happened. That is nonsense. The fault lies with the Reporters and only them. They can and should control their behavior and the "They made me do it" defense does not cut it with me. I will still listen to the stations and to the two reporters. Perhaps they will learn their lesson and move on better for it. Its a big story now but honestly I feel only because the media is making it a big story. Its time to get back to sports and hope the Royals will get better with the new GM and changes. And frankl;y I disagree that the questions had to be ask. I really do not care about the past ans was ready to move on with the new GM.

8-32.. We just lost another one!

The questions didn't need to be asked, jgreen? Have you watched this team?

It is the worst team in modern history, by far.

It is very rare in baseball history to post 3 consecutive 100-loss seasons. I know of no team that has posted 5 consecutive, and I fully believe the Royals will have done that by 2007.

When I was a kid, my life revolved around Royals baseball. I have never lost that gut-level attachment to the team, & it breaks my heart to see the franchise destroyed after Mr. K's death.

Mr. Glass, get over yourself. You have bigger things to worry about than the "tone" of a couple of reporters. You have the unenviable task of turning the Wal-Mart Royals back into the Kansas City Royals.

JP - Shawnee, KS

Since Bill Gates is stepping down from day to day opperations at Microsoft, maybe he can buy the Royals. At least his blog would look cooler.

I don't know whether to laugh, cry, puke, hang my head in shame or turn on the "numb the Royals out" switch in reaction to this blog.

When does Training Camp start for the Chiefs again?

Just more proof that this team is a joke, on the field and in the front office. As a lifetime Royals fan, it is getting nearly impossible to defend and support the actions of this team. The "truth" is the Royals handled the whole thing like babies. How can the questions asked offend anyone? I, as a fan (for now,) would have asked the same things. It's laughable what is happening to this team. Stop being babies, grow a pair, answer some questions, AND STOP LOSING 100+ GAMES EVERY YEAR!!!

Today's pace: 42-120 RIGHT ON!!

This is evidently created by the public relations geniuses that created Rufus T. Dawes of the Chiefs.

Mr. Glass, you can fool people into shopping at Wal Mart, but you can't fool the fans of Kansas City by creating this lame attempt at "educating" those of us who have been following this team before you ever gave it a thought.

Pitiful.

"The Royals are committed to using Royals.com to educate, inform and entertain our fans."

Why doesn't the Royal's front office start working on entertaining us on the field?

So when will Dave and Dan stop coming to the press conferences and really give Moore "total control" so that we don't continue to have incidents like this one? Next time maybe they can tele-conference from Arkansas so they can just turn off the TV like most other fans have lately. I can't believe this is the team ownership that Sweeny stayed for. Maybe Damon, Dye, Randa, and Grenke have the right idea and why Brett and White don't want anything to do with the big league club. For next years promotions, could we get David and Dan Glass bobble-heads? Guaranteed sell-out.

Well said JP... There is ALOT bigger things on Glass' plate than getting bent out of shape from a couple of reporters asking questions...

I'd love to see Glass squirm at a press conference in Philidelphia...

Yes, Shawn and JP, and judging from these posts, the "tones" are only going to get worse. I'm pretty sure if they worry about the play on the field, the "tones" will take care of themselves!

I think the Royals were justified in revoking the press credentials from Moss and Fescoe. They gave their reasons and I agree. That said, I hope everyone calms down and the Royals restore them in due time. Press credentials are a privilege, they should be treated as such. I'm assuming some of these comments will get back to the Glass's and Dayton Moore. How can that be bad thing.

The actions that David Glass took in this situation just disgusts me. I've been a lifelong Royals fan and season ticket holder and I can't believe this was done. They only asked the questions that tons of Royals fans wanted answers to. There IS no nice tone to those kind of questions.

Mr Glass is screwing up this franchise as bad as he screws with his Walmart employees with their pathetic pay.

Yes Charles, there has been one other owner that has pulled press credentials. Any guess?

It was Marge Schott.

You're in great company Mr. Glass.

Tough questions and tone of questions are the nature of the beast. I wonder how management would handle Chicago or New York media. Poor choice. Your press.

Dear Dan&David,

Thank you for educating my son and I with your informative and entertaining baseball. I can only wish you the same success with your new BLOG.

Sincerly,

ConvertedCardinalFans

Toughen up, buttercup.

You boys want to play in the big leagues, you better step up to the plate.

I hate the way you have destroyed the team I grew up with and loved.

If you can't defend your actions, then get the **** out of the way and let some people that know their butts from holes in the ground run the team.

What you know about Wal Mart won't apply here.

You are the worst owners in baseball, now that Marge Schott is dead, and Bud is in the commissioner's office.

It is really pathetic that both the Royals organization and the media have to whine and cry over Q&A's. Frankly quit the BS, Royals if you want the media off you back let Moore do what he was hired to do and make this a Major League ball team again. Give the 2 back there credentials so they can ask irrelevant ?'s in order to entertain their fans.
Media quit thinking that everyone should bow too you just because you have a voice over the airway or print. players and owners owe you nothing but to put a good product on the field and win or contend.

Everyone shut up and PLAY BALL.

(If a good team isn't put on the field I am going to quit watching)

Maybe this would have more credibility if the author actually sacked up and put his/her name behind their words-this is just another Rufus Dawes fiasco-
I won't argue that Rhonda Moss and Bob Fesco are ****** and attention seeking rodents but The Royals and Mr. Glass have no one to blame but themselves for not providing a forum to have questions about the previous GM answered. Don't let the tabloid reporters get in position to ruin your press conference.

Sign your name if you are going to editoralize- it's about credibility

I have been following this story with some amazement. 2 reporters have their credentials pulled from the Royals clubhouse and you would think from all the hysteria that Hitler was back from the dead and invading! All the handwringing over what is to be done! The press, and talk radio in particular, long ago stopped reporting news and our now more often THE NEWS. Those two reporters were more interested in their agendas and their fame than covering the story. Which if you have forgotten was about the hiring of the new GM. Which people around baseball seem to think was a great hire! So your this down and out team trying to have something positive for the fans to focus on for at least a few hours, if not days, and you get these two doing the LOOK AT ME AND MY TOUGH QUESTIONS THING! I say more power to the Royals for standing up to these bullies. By the way, contrary to the radio reports about this we will survive without Rhonda and Bob asking those tough questions. Just imagine, we could actually survive without knowing the whole truth about the Baird firing!

This site was created to tell us the truth?

Here's another truth-we're paying major league prices here for minor league baseball.

At least the T-Bones don't try to put sh*t on a plate and tell you it's steak.

This is absolutely unbelievable. Just when I think the Royals can’t possibly figure out a way to become an even bigger laughingstock, they prove me wrong.

The entire country was laughing at Kansas City because we **** so badly. But now, everyone is laughing hilariously that the Royals can’t even control a simple press conference.

Thanks to the Royals, our community is the subject of punch lines during Leno and Letterman. The Royals are the subject of deriding jokes in major movies. And now the ONLY public comment the Royals make on this national PR debacle they’ve created is via an anonymous propaganda blog? This gutless, B.S. ridden, anonymous blog is a direct insult to everyone, matter what side of the “credential revoking” issue you’re on.

How can this organization be this inept? I am literally amazed. It’s like they stay awake at night thinking of ways to screw up.

Media credentials are a privilege. They aren't guaranteed by the Constitution or by the First Amendment, nor is access to the press box and the lockeroom.

That said, David Glass & family should feel privileged that the voters of Jackson County agreed to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to support his 96 or 97 million dollar investment in the team. By doing so, they increased the value of his franchise by nearly double.

At the least he should feel obligated to answer the media/fans questions due to their investment in his franchise.

This isn't a First Amendment issue, but when you receive tax supported financing and you rely on the support of the paying public to fill the seats, you have a moral obligation to answer them, even if you don't like the way they asked you.

We (and that includes Rhonda Moss and Bob Fescoe) aren't your petulant children Mr. Glass. You can't send us to the corner because we popped off at the dinner table.

All of this hoopla could have been averted if the Glass family had talked to the media re Baird's firing AFTER introducing the new GM and leaving the podium for D. Moore to have the spotlight. Let the GM have his moment then scoot him off the stage and put the Glass family up there BY THEMSELVES to answer questions. The Royals PR staff and the Glass family really screwed this one up royally so to speak. Maybe the radio people did ask questions in a less than genteel manner but for crying out loud, the Royals stink now and the Glass family is to blame. Until the Royals get back to winning, even a little, the baseball public here and accross the nation will view the Glass family as a bunch of buffons, rich ones but still buffoons.

The Royals are the worst franchise in professional sports, and it really isn't even close. Everything about this team is bush league: The pitching, the defense, the bats, the handling of Baird's firing, the handling of the draft and now the handling of the media.

I am absolutely disgusted right now. This organization has brought so much shame to a great city.

What a joke!! Did Rufes Dawes write this blog entry?

As a season ticket holder I would feel better if the Royals would concentrate on putting a winning product on the field rather than wasting time putting their version of 'facts' out. This is just another example of the Royals being poorly run on the field and in the business offices.

The hiring of Moore should be providing us a sense of hope; instead the Royals have bungled this situation from the start. This blog is just another mistake in a long string of mistakes that have culminated in the Royals being one of the worst franchises in all of sports.

The reality is that the Royals stink and until improvement is shown they will have to take all of the flack & ‘hard’ questions that fans and reporters throw their way. That being said – I still enjoy the Royals and do have hope for the future. Hopefully, my ‘tone’ will not result in my season tickets being revoked.

Moss I tolerate; Fescoe I can't stand--so this is really a non-event for me. And it should be for most fans. Frankly I'm surprised the Chiefs haven't done the same thing to Fescoe (although they should).

The Royals problem right now is credibility with the fans--not the media. There are enough jackasses to go around at the local radio stations and the KC Star that I pretty much take what I hear and read with skepticism.

This blog is a GOOD first step. Allowing comments is a GREAT second step. That's more than WHB and the Star will do.

The Royals hire a gm that all of baseball loves and all thats talked about is how some reporters didn't say please and thank you so our wonderful owner gets his panties in a bunch and once again we are the laughing stock of baseball. You would think atleast for one day we could of had hope for the future. But nooooooo Mr. Glass managed to screw that up too. Also you cheap s.o.b (Mr. Glass) sign our #1 pick already. You should of had a pre-draft contract worked out before you drafted him. Quit trying to save a buck and sign him. What a complete utter joke of a baseball owner you are. Also whoever started this blog can't talk about creditability if you won't even identify yourself. What a joke. You don't even have enough creativity to come up with an original name for this blog. Last time i checked around the horn is a show on espn. Everything the royals touch turns to ****. Its comical at this point.

i thought the pulling of the credentials was completely appropriate.

Chaswinters, I agree the team is bad and has been bad for awhile. But how does grilling David or Dan Glass about the firing of Baird address or resolve those issues. Maybe questions to the new GM about tose issues would have got to the real answers. By the time Baird was fired(and everyone I know thought he should be)I could care less about the details or whether he was left twisting in the wind or anything else about that issue and I frankly feel most fans feel the same way too. IT seems to me attendance has stayed the same since the change(but bad I know) so I do not think the vast majority of fans care(except us hotheads who read blogs!).

Can someone in the Royals front office please change David Glass's DEPENDS???? What a baby!!! Answer the questions like a man or stay in Arkansas!!!!!!

I grew up in KC and desperetly want to be a Royals fan.
I was 3 years old in 85 when they won the WS, so I've never seen the good times (except a couple years back when they went .500, amazing)

When I went off to school I got paired up with some STL guys. It's amazing how big of fans they are over there, baseball season is like chiefs season over here. In KC, baseball season is just that much closer to football season.

I hate fair weather fan, but 17-48 on June 16th, come on! We can't pitch, hit, or even field consistantly. We keep getting #1 picks that go NOWHERE. I guess what I'm tring to ask is when do I give up on them? I'd hate for them to go to another city, but I'm tired of defending them. They've been losers ever since I can remember.

Let's see if I can get myself banned on here by the Royals... because I call for a boycott of this joke of a major league team.

The fact that people in KC not only still go and support this joke of a franchise.. but the people in Jackson County just voted to hand them millions of dollars just goes to show how badly we want a winning/professional franchise.

Pulling press credentials and then starting an 'ownership' run blog to try and explain things your way... and THEN not even having the guts to put your name on it to show who wrote it....

childish.

BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT

Until David Glass sells the team or does a complete reverse on how he runs the team.. do not waste your money on a franchise that no longer cares about the fans.

i like the boycott idea. But i say we show up for one game with brown paper bags on our heads with signs DAVID GLASS MUST GO!!!

Just one more thought...

Do we have to brownnose the owner on this comment page, so we don't get our "blog credentials" pulled?