June 23, 2010 seems like not so long ago. But it was forever ago in baseball years and in internet years. The advanced analytics revolution that happened in the last five years had yet to occur in a baseball landscape where Moneyball tactics were still controversial. Baseball was also in the middle of a new deadball era, where teams were scoring fewer runs than ever before. And on the internet, well, everything was different. Nyan Cat hadn’t even happened yet, and wouldn’t for almost a year after this game.
One of the huge differences was in how Royals Review operated.