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Chasing Balboni: Billy Butler

I love writing about Billy Butler. In the last couple of years, Butler’s gotten a bad  rap. He’s always been a good contact hitter and one of the best at hitting doubles. His size, though,…Read More

Royals August 10th Minors Recap

Omaha held on to beat Tuscon, 4-3. After Tuscon tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the 5th inning, the Storm Chasers came right back to re-take the lead in the top of the 6th inning on an Anthony Seratelli…Read More

Kansas City Baseball Vault Episode 14: Freddie Patek, Johnny Giavotella and David Lough

Download the full mp3 here or listen in the embedded player above. Freddie Patek was a fixture in the middle of the infield during some of the most successful days in Royals history. The diminutive shortstop…Read More

Royals August 9th Minors Recap

Omaha enjoyed their day off (I think they had a golf outing) and begin a seven-game road trip to Tuscon and Las Vegas. Down 4-1 heading into the bottom of the 9th inning, the NW Arkansas Naturals made…Read More

Blue Rocks vs Dash Live Blog

It’s been awhile since I’ve been to a Wilmington Blue Rocks game, and there have been quite a few changes to the roster since I have last been to Frawley Stadium. Yordano Ventura , Nick Rogers, Sam…Read More

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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…Read More

Freddie Patek, Johnny Giavotella and David Lough – Tonight’s Kansas City Baseball Vault Guests – 6pm CST

Tonight we continue an exciting new venture for Kings of Kauffman and its podcast, the Royalman Report. Jeff…Read More

Royals August 8th Minors Recap

With the game tied at 2-2, Colorado Springs scored two runs in the top of the 9th inning en route to…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…Read More

Kelvin Herrera’s Nasty Changeup

In Tuesday’s win over the White Sox, Kelvin Herrera came in to finish the seventh inning and stayed…Read More

Kings of Kauffman Talks with John Ackeren of FanSided Radio

One of the more recent developments on the FanSided Network was the launch FanSided Radio, another level…Read More

Moving Forward

This is my first post in nearly two months.  A lot of things have come up in the past two months that…Read More

Royals August 6th Minors Recap

With the bases loaded and two outs, Clint Robinson (2-for-5) flied out to end the game, as Omaha lost…Read More

Chasing The Storm

Frustrated with the current atmosphere here in Kansas City, I decided to take a road trip over the weekend.…Read More

Royals Literally Give Jose Mijares Away to San Francisco Giants

Jose Mijares has thrown 38.2 innings as a Royal. Over that span, he has a 2.56 ERA, a 1.267 WHIP and…Read More

Royals Weekly Rookie Ball Recap

It wasn’t a great week for rookie ball teams affiliated with the Kansas City Royals. Burlington…Read More

Royalman Report 8/5: Dog Days of Summer and Yuniesky Betancourt’s DFA

Following a sweep-saving, extra-innings win by the Royals over the Rangers witnessed by the Royalmen…Read More

Royals August 5th Minors Recap

Omaha began their series with Colorado Springs with a 10-3 loss. A five-run top of the 5th inning did…Read More

The Frenchy Connection

One of the most overused phrases in professional sports is the mantra that “it’s a business.”…Read More

Royalman Report – 5:30 p.m. CST – Special Post-Game Time

We’ve talked a lot about what the Royals need to be doing this year, and or a while, they showed…Read More