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Ep. 9 of the Royalman Report With Guest @fakenedyost

Michael Engel — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:36:07 +0000

For this week’s podcast, we were without Troy “Royalman” Olsen, but thankfully, I was able to find help in hosting the Royalman Report. Chris Kamler joined me to discuss the Royals – you might know him better as @fakenedyost on Twitter.

We discussed the “Blog Your Way to the K” event, which Chris and I both took part in. Other topics included the pitiful road trip, Joakim Soria, the passing of Paul Splittorff and his impact on the Royals.

We also discussed the upcoming MLB draft and the Royals strategy and approach and finished up with talk of potential June promotions – and more importantly, the timing involved.

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Soria’s Struggles Hurt Royals Again, Royals lose 10-8

Kevin Scobee — Tue, 31 May 2011 03:41:23 +0000

So is now a good time to question the health of Joakim Soria?

Fresh off an inning in Texas on Friday, an inning in which Royals fans could hope things had started to turn around for the All-Star closer, Soria entered yesterday’s game with a lead in the ninth inning looking to put a stop to all the worries about his health and effectiveness. With a little help from Brayan Pena, he did not. A homerun to Nelson Cruz and the lack of command in the strike zone that has been the 2011 season for Soria lead to another blown save and a 7-6 loss.

Today, was no different.

The Royals jumped out quickly on Angels starter Ervin Santana with Alex Gordon’s first career lead-off homerun, and a three-run shot by Eric Hosmer in the first inning. It wasn’t a surprise that it wasn’t smooth sailing from then on, Luke Hochevar was on the mound after all, but once the three-run lead heading into the eighth was established, the Royals bullpen that was a strength and an asset just a couple weeks ago, imploded. … [visit site to read more]

Name Game

Ethan Evans — Sun, 29 May 2011 17:00:58 +0000

It’s been a rough week.

As I’ve mentioned before, I live in an area of Missouri where it’s pretty difficult to actually get to watch the Royals on the tube so I’m often forced to watch the gamecasts from the website. The Royals website has significantly improved this experience this season, but it’s still not quite the same as getting to watch games. Sadly enough, the week we’ve had has been hard enough to watch on the gamecast, let alone in real time. After we got swept by the Orioles, I determined that it would just be too painful for me to write anything about the current state of the team this week. So I decided to go a different direction. … [visit site to read more]