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Former Royalty: Mike Sweeney to retire?

Former “milk and cookies” captain Mike Sweeney let it be known that he will retire if he isn’t on a major league roster on opening day. Read | Share

Rejoice! Mike Jacobs and John Bale Released

That folks is a beautiful headline and it’s not a misprint.  Just before the onset of this morning’s Rule 5 draft the Kansas City Royals released Mike Jacobs and John Bale.  I mentioned in…Read More

Breaking My Silence on Mahay and Yabuta

I had planned to keep quiet about the Mahay for Yabuta move when it went down.  After the Twins signed Ron on Friday night, I could no longer keep quiet.  Now I am compelled to react to the latest puzzling…Read More

Pitching Perspectives (7/6-7/19)

Due to the All-Star break and my vacation last week, this edition of Pitching Perspectives covers the last 2 weeks of the season. The Royals are now 37-54, in 4th place, and 11.5 games back of the 1st…Read More

Pitching Perspectives (6/29-7/5)

The Royals finished the week with a 3-4 record and at the end of the week were 35-46 on the season.  They remain in 4th place in the AL Central. Read | Share

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Fixing the Royals

If you read my last post, you know that I have already fired Trey Hillman and have named John Gibbons…Read More

Pitching Perspectives (6/22-6/28)

The Royals finished the week with a 3-3 record, and are now 32-42 on the season.  They remain in 4th…Read More

Pitching Perspectives (6/15-6/21)

Last week I led off with the question, “was this the week of the long awaited turnaround?” …Read More

Hillman Blunders with Bale and Bloomquist

I think I have been pretty reasonable in my assessment of Trey Hillman thus far, but this weekend he…Read More

Sunday’s Roster Moves

RHP-Luke Hochevar was optioned to Triple-A Omaha after his best start of the season on Saturday.  Since…Read More