Royals Straight Dope: All National MLB Writers Please Read

Jun 13, 2016; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Royals pitcher Wade Davis (17) delivers a pitch against the Cleveland Indians during the ninth inning at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals beat the Indians 2-1. Mandatory Credit: Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 13, 2016; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Royals pitcher Wade Davis (17) delivers a pitch against the Cleveland Indians during the ninth inning at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals beat the Indians 2-1. Mandatory Credit: Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports
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Are the KC Royals a good baseball team? How good? Why? How long has this been going on? What about their starting pitchers? How did the local KC radio jockeys miss it?

If you don’t ask the right questions, you’ll never find the answers.

You will learn more about the Kansas City Royals in this article than has ever been printed. Dayton Moore‘s book More Than A Season is very good and I recommend it highly. But Dayton Moore  CAN’T say his team is twice as good as yours and he WON’T tell you why they are. I will try. Please feel free to contact me for more information regarding this subject. Especially national sportswriters.

MLB writers; It’s not your fault. You are used to writing the scores, then out of the blue, the game itself changes. I know it’s not fair, but let’s move past that. I won’t ask you to forget everything you’ve been taught up to this point, we can use some of it. We just need to do some major altering.

Let’s get started:

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