As delicious as the barbecue southern-style chicken, ribs, corn, fries and coleslaw tastes at the Royals All-Star Barbecue, a 500-seat pavilion located in the newly renovated Kauffman Stadium, offers slews of refinement when ever the Kansas City Royals preserves wins or when talent stands on the mound every five days. Of course, barbecue dinners aren't the only thing worth tasting at Kauffman.
Maybe suggesting an additional zest for an unhittable experience is enough to complete a savory meal, with the incredible emergence of Zack Greinke, an astounding left-hander with superb fastball delivery. His name perpetuates more talk than the luscious barbecue, and it’s a no-brainer he’s the best pitcher in the league.
Meats aren’t the only thing heating on the grills or smoking up the venue. It’s the comeback kid, whose glove has heated up with fastballs and strikeouts, dismissing depression and social anxiety to alter into a big league ace thus far with the knack and prodigy to subdue and dictate tempo.
Three years ago, Greinke wasn’t nearly the pitcher he modifies into today. With indications of positive body language and self-nature, it allows him to implement dominance. After ousting adversity Greinke illustrates prowess, excellence that remained veiling when anxiety almost self-destructed his promising future. Well, that promising future reappears at a time when many aren’t paying attention to the Royals, and for years now they haven’t earned spotlight. Instead it was a franchise known for sporting indignities, but having a 25-year old unhittable ace, in a town that disbelieved, now could convince themselves there’s a great chance to reach new heights by making a playoff appearance. Now days, effective pitching wins championship, and if you don’t believe pitchers are the cornerstone to reign in the postseason, there’s a need for reminder.
Just a year ago, left-handed World Series MVP Cole Hamels, led the Phillies to the World Series, where they clinched Philly’s first major sporting title in 25 years and their first in 28 years. Still, Greinke isn’t ensured for transpiring postseason miracles, though anything eccentric could happen until then. But in the meantime, Greinke is a premier event in Kansas City, salvaging a demoralize town and a depleted stadium, which witnessed only .500-plus excellence once in 15 years. You must realize this is the greatest thing to transpire in a long time for the Royals. You must realize Greinke embodies pitching prevalence and he’s unhittable, very seldom yielding hits. With lingering talk, many know or hear of the six-hit shutout, done with brilliancy against the Chicago White Sox, striking out overwhelmingly 10 batters in fewer than 105 pitches with double-figure strikeouts.
Yes, enough to make Mark Buehrle lower his jaw and muffle.
Secrets, of course to Greinke’s sudden pitching ideal is his velocity, throwing solid and impressive 95-mph fastballs, untouchable curveballs and disadvantage sliders many have being disallowed to defy. No other pitcher could top Greinke’s splendor, currently sitting atop the majors with 0.70 ERA and improving to a 7-1 record in another sublime night before a lively crowd against the Baltimore Orioles. In eight starts, marvel has emerged as the Royals’ theme, when before the theme was a befuddled mess. Now, fans could save their appetites and witness baseball’s comeback player, emerging from a bust into a talented superstar who has inherited four complete games and two shutouts.
Given that Greinke is compared to former major-league hard-throwers Fernando Valenzuela and John Smoltz, characterizes him among major league greats before reaching his prime. It's rational comparisons with the numbers almost identical, when Valenzula went 6-0 with a 0.30 ERA with 50 strikeouts and only a 11 walks in 1981. He's even a resemblance of Smoltz with the slider he presents, remarkable pitches that enlarges Greinke's sudden unhittable fastball command, carrying the Royals in each mound appearance and earns comparison after what has transpired.
Just enough to bring baseball back to life in Kansas City.
Put that in your barbecue grill.
