Tyrone Brooks Discusses Small Market Strategy and Sal Bando Reminisces on the KC Baseball Vault
Download the full mp3 here or listen in the embedded player above. This was an interesting opportunity to talk to two men who’ve spent a lot of time inside the front offices of Major League Baseball…Read More
Royals Sign Jason Kendall (and Other Thoughts)
Mild panic and a touch of outrage spread amongst Royals fans when the team announced that they’d signed Jason Kendall to a minor league deal. Kendall, who last played in 2010, has become a notorious…Read More
A Lost Tradition
When most people watch a baseball game, they take for granted the fact that the Manager and his entire coaching staff are wearing the same uniform as their players. They have numbers, some of them even…Read More
The Ballad of the Journeyman Catcher
There are a few positions in sports where you can play professional sports for a long time. If you want to get close to guaranteeing your son gets such a spot, you can teach them to punt or kick field…Read More
Jason Kendall is (Probably) Done
Last summer, Jason Kendall won praise from the clubhouse for being a tough guy and playing with torn…Read More
Forward Thinking
With this week’s excitement of having the next in a loaded queue of Royals future stars making…Read More
A Catching Dilemma
The catching situation of the Royals has been a major source of debate in the past couple years. With…Read More
Free Aviles
It was only a matter of time, and I’m sure I’m not the first one to think or write it, until the…Read More
Catching Decisions
One of the murky questions in baseball, despite the cadre of researchers and baseball minds out there,…Read More
If Spring Training Stats Meant Something
After today’s game against the Giants, the Royals have ten spring training games left before opening…Read More
Eli’s Coming
Hopefully you’re familiar with the Aaron Sorkin series Sports Night. If not, here’s the…Read More
A Little Bird Told Me …
It’s really been a while since national baseball writers mentioned something about the Royals that…Read More
Another Catcher of the Future?
I was in Baltimore for a conference this past weekend and beginning of the week, which left me with…Read More
Predicting a 2011 Storyline
It’s time to take a step back from all the “Royals minor leaguers are super-unbelievably-awesome”…Read More
Royals Roundup: Rewind Yourself
I figure it’s my turn to weigh in on the Jason Kendall incident on 610 AM. Do I think it was out…Read More
Spring Training Notes – February 16
With the start of spring training, it seems the beat writers for the Royals were antsy to get to writing.…Read More
Catchers: Can anyone fill in for Kendall?
On Monday, February 14, pitchers and catchers will report to the Royals spring training facilities in…Read More
“Batting Second, Jason Kendall”
Last month, Wally, Gage and myself took a glance back at a significant event in the 2010 season –…Read More
The Curious Case of the Calendar Curse
With it being the end of January, most retail stores have calendars at a discount (if they have them…Read More








