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Series Preview Royals at Orioles August 9-12

Kansas City (47-63) took two-of-three on the South Side of Chicago to open their seven game road trip now heads to the inner harbor of Baltimore (60-51). The O’s are second in the AL East and are tied…Read More

Sneak Peek: Free Agent Pitchers the Royals Should Consider This Offseason

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you know the Royals have one glaring need, a shortcoming that will prevent the team from ever reaching the playoffs if it isn’t addressed. …Read More

Kansas City Baseball Vault 8/2: Closer’s Mentality, the Royals Hall of Fame and Waivers Fun

Download the full mp3 here or listen in the embedded player above. While we’d planned to talk to former Royal Joe Randa on the most recent Vault, we had problems getting ahold of him. No matter.…Read More

Tonight on the KC Baseball Vault (ESPN 1510 AM): Former Royal Joe Randa – 6:30 p.m. CST

Tonight we continue an exciting new venture for Kings of Kauffman and its podcast, the Royalman Report. Jeff Logan of the Kansas City Baseball Historical Society joins forces with us to form the Kansas…Read More

Replacing Jonathan Broxton: Greg Holland and Jeremy Jeffress

Yesterday, the Royals made the right move and traded reliever Jonathan Broxton to Cincinnati for pitchers J.C. Sulbaran and Donnie Joseph. The move did leave the Royals without a designated pitcher to…Read More

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Royals Trade Jonathan Broxton to Cincinnati Reds

After the Rangers dropped out of the discussion and the Orioles and Giants ended up being fringe trade…Read More

The Monday Rant: The Trade Deadline Cometh

There isn’t much to say that hasn’t already been said. This season has to rank among the most disappointing…Read More

Jonathan Broxton Trade Rumors Are Gaining Steam

On Sunday, the trade market for relief pitchers shifted a bit as the Padres signed Huston Street to an…Read More

Deadline Worries, Royals Delusions, and Tunnel Vision

With less than a week before the (non-waiver) trade deadline, the Royals have pieces to move. They’ve…Read More

Trade Rumors Swirl Around Current Royals As Deadline Approaches

It’s been a busy afternoon with the movement of Anibal Sanchez to Detroit, Ichiro to the Yankees…Read More

Series Preview Twins at Royals July 20-22

This weekend the battle for the AL Central basement begins when the Minnesota Twins (38-54) and their…Read More

Trade Bait: Jonathan Broxton

It’s the middle of July, which means rumors fly all over the place. Usually, teams are looking…Read More

For Want of a Stat, the Game Was Lost

Last night’s game against the White Sox was a mess. The Royals had a 5-3 lead when Bruce Chen took…Read More

Billy Butler to Represent Royals at 2012 MLB All-Star Game

The American League set most of its roster for the 2012 MLB All-Star Game on Sunday and the Royals were…Read More

I’m Just Not That Into You, Jonathan Broxton

Have you heard the one about the new Jonathan Broxton roller coaster ride at Worlds of Fun?  Everyone…Read More

I-70 Series Preview Cardinals at Royals June 22-24

This weekend the I-70 series has the defending champions making their way west to Kansas City. Last week…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…Read More

2012 KC Royals vs the 1990 Dallas Cowboys – Tale of the Missing Piece

A changing of the guard had taken place.  The team had a new General Manager, a new Director of Personnel,…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

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