What do the Royals have to do...

...to put a winning product on the field?

Obviously it won't happen this year, but what needs to be done to turn the Royals into a winning franchise?

Get somebody that has a clue.

Wait five years.

Problem solved.

It's our problem with the Orioles too but perhaps a new GM would help too. I've heard that Mark Cuban wants to buy the Pittsburgh Pirates while I think he won't get the Bucs to the World Series, I think he would improve them and they could eventually, I mean before the Mavs were owned by Cuban they weren't much than now look at em.

Hell I wish Mark Cuban would buy the Royals. That in itself would bring some pizzazz to the team.

but Hey, the games would certainly be more entertaining!

has Wal-Marted the Royals almost to extinction. Sad to say that they should be at the top of the list for contraction. (MLB should have contracted the Expos/Nationals.)

And Bud doesn't want a loose cannon like Cuban in the club.

That much is obvious by the way he's allowed the steroid situation to just explode in MLB's collective faces.

Cuban would make for GREAT PR.

He's a maverick. I think the guy would be a great fit for a baseball team. I'd like to see the Royals, Pirates, among others all do well.

But Bud's still obsessing over what to do about Balco Barry. That's his real PR concern.

Cuban, sadly, stands no chance of becoming a baseball owner. Bud Selig (even though he's a Democrat, which nearly no other baseball owners are) is conservative, deferential, and never rocks the boat. That's how he got to be commissioner in the first place.

Jeez, what is this talk about a basketball pariah getting into baseball? Sure the CEO and GM need to take a hike. But when Bell was in Colorado he was the laziest scum bag I've ever seen. And I used to really like him when he was player with the Rangers.

which is why there's talk.

The Royals need a manager with charisma who isn't afraid to be unconventional. That's why Royals fans loved Tony Pena. I'd bet good money that if you asked 100 Royals fans if they'd take Pena back, at least 95 would say yes. Not that that matters, but it's always nice to have a manager like that.

I really don't know what the hell Bell and Baird are thinking half the time.

The Royals should get rid of everything but George Brett, Alex Gordon, and Kauffman Stadium. Start from scratch. Sell the team to new owners, trade everyone off, hire new coaches, get new minor-league affiliates, hire a new front office. Get new uniforms as well. Just a completely new attitude.