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The Monday Rant – Butler Is An All-Star, Gordon Continues To Star, Francoeur Still Struggles
The Royals lost three games over the weekend to the Twins and in all of those losses the glaring deficiencies of the roster shined through and displayed themselves for the reason the Royals lose so many…Read More
Who Will Be the Royals Best Player in 2013?
I waste an inordinate amount of time staring down the statistical columns of the Baseball Reference web site, trying to find meaning in the numbers. Sometimes everything makes perfect sense to me and…Read More
The Monday Rant
In the midst of preparing for today’s Rant I went out to have a nice dinner with the lady friend at one of our favorite places that sits atop a hill looking out at the Pacific Ocean. During what was…Read More
The Roller Coaster Royals
I don’t know what’s gotten into the Royals the last few days but I like it. In a season that’s seen a complete 0-fer during the first homestand as part of a 12 game losing streak and…Read More
The Case for Leaving Wil Myers in AAA … Sort Of … But not Really
This is going to sound crazy. It kind of sounds crazy to me. But I’m going to make the case for why Wil Myers should not be brought up. Let me start by stating that I believe it’s time to bring…Read More
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Is Ned Yost the Worst Manager in the Major Leagues?
Anytime things don’t go as expected, we all look for a reason. Why did it happen? Who is to blame? …Read More
Return of Greinke Day
Tuesday night the Royals return home to the K but that’s overshadowed by the return of Zack Greinke…Read More
The Monday Rant
Challenge accepted. Kind of. Last week on Twitter I was challenged to write 7,500 words on Yuniesky Betancourt…Read More
Royals Hold On To 1-0 Lead as Bruce Chen Rolls
Bruce Chen kept Minnesota off balance all night, with five strikeouts and multiple weak popouts to keep…Read More
Getting Runs When You Need Them
I remember thinking about how the Royals might go about winning games with such a terrible starting…Read More
The Monday Rant
Today is the MLB Rule IV First-Year Player Draft, which is to say today is the day the Royals will either…Read More
Felipe Paulino, Bullpen Shut Out Oakland
Four Royals pitchers combined to shut out a slumping Oakland team on Friday, led by Felipe Paulino‘s…Read More
Keep Your Head Up, Alex
Dear Alex, Things are not going well. It’s pretty obvious. The smile and the swing you had last year…Read More
Royals Lose, By A Lot, Again
The career resurgence and rebuilding of Jason Hammel continued Friday night as he battled his way out…Read More
Kansas City Baseball Vault: George Toma and John Sadak Starting at 6 p.m. CST on ESPN 1510 AM
Tonight we continue an exciting new venture for Kings of Kauffman and its podcast, the Royalman Report. Jeff…Read More
Royalman Report 5/20/12 – Fake Ned’s Trip to Omaha Recap – LIVE 7 p.m. CST
Fake Ned took a trip up to Omaha to watch the Storm Chasers and was lucky enough to catch Jake Odorizzi‘s…Read More
Saying Good-bye
My wife and I flew from Dallas, Texas to Kansas City, Missouri with a newborn baby for a job interview. …Read More
Jeff Francoeur, the Greatest Outfield Arm of Our Generation
There are thousands of different statistics in baseball. Some statistics get lots of press – home…Read More
Royals All-Star Power Rankings
With the Major League Baseball season inching ever closer towards the All-Star break, now is as good…Read More
My Ideal Lineup
We’ve been hit with injuries and other factors during this 11-19 start. I’ve written about the madness…Read More
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