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Alex Gordon Wins AL Gold Glove in Left Field

What a difference 18 months makes. Back in May of 2010, Alex Gordon was jettisoned to Omaha to learn left field. After coming up through the minors as a College Baseball Player of the Year and 2006′s…Read More

Alex Gordon and Jeff Francoeur: Mining For Gold

Finalists for the American League Gold Glove Awards were announced today and Royals outfielders are well-represented. Alex Gordon and Jeff Francoeur are both finalists for their respective positions. Unlike…Read More

Royals Stuck With Loss

In losing 3-2 on Wednesday, most everyone will mention the eighth inning double – no, triple – no wait, inside the park homer – no, double – by Mike Aviles. They’ll probably…Read More

The Best of the Worst?

Billy Butler was just named as the Les Milgram Player of the Year for the Royals. It was well-deserved, too, as Billy hit .318/.388/.469 this season – definitely his best season yet – at the…Read More

KoK Offseason Proposal 2: Felix Pie, a Punt of Coco, and a Plan

MLB Trade Rumors provided the following list of 2011 MLB Free Agents a while back.  This is a list of potential free agents after the 2010 season.  Since the 2010 Royals will be fortunate just to be…Read More