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Lifelong Kansas Citian looking for a reason to believe. Still looking. You can reach me on twitter @KCSportsCorner.
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Free Agent Pitcher Preview: 8 Pitchers That Should Draw the Royals’ Interest
As the Kansas City Royals 2012 campaign meets its ultimate conclusion, the organization must improve their starting pitching heading into 2013. With a roster burgeoning of young, capable talent in the field, the 2012 rotation pitched the Royals from relevance and into a top-ten draft slot next season. Although likely to field a 2013 rotation Keep Reading
A Sneak Peek at the Royals 2013 Rotation
Starting pitching is the name of the game. As the season winds down into another losing campaign, the Royals have one clear problem to address in the offseason—starting pitching. Fielding a rotation with a record of 36-50 and an ERA of 5.22 (as of August 16th), the Royals’ rotation has effectively decimated their chances of Keep Reading
With the Season in Full Bloom, Many Question Still Remain About the Kansas City Royals
A .440 winning percentage. A staff ERA of 4.35. Four pitchers lost to Tommy John. The 8th worst offense in the Major Leagues. A young stud blocked in AAA. Yuniesky Betancourt in the five hole. David Glass walking away from an interview when asked the tough questions (audio and transcript found here, via Rambling Morons Keep Reading
Kansas City has the Most Loyal Fans in Baseball + the Weekend 6 Pack
We have seen it all. Well, we have seen a lot. We have seen the bad, in all its depths, deceits, and Desi Relafords. We have endured 100 loss seasons (2002, 2004-2006), managers fleeing the country (Tony Pena in 2004, lest you forget), and even a September collapse (2003). Since the Royals’ lone World Series Keep Reading
Recent Success Muddles the Picture of Luke Hochevar
This is a story all Royals fans know well. Drafted number one overall in 2006 ahead of future All Stars, Cy Young winners, and World Series Champions, Luke Hochevar has been a massive disappointment. Following the All Star break in 2011, Hochevar had pitched up to his potential, pitching 79 innings to the tune of a Keep Reading
The Young Royals Are Not Ready to Win
It is hard to be a Royals fan. For a generation, no Royals team has made a playoff appearance, truly contended, or even retained a perennial All Star. Aside from the fluke 2003 season, the Royals would be approaching, or even owning, the record for most consecutive losing seasons in professional sports. In short, Royals Keep Reading
Has the Time Come for the Royals to Fire GM Dayton Moore?
Roll the clock back to 2006. The Kansas City Royals were in the midst of another losing campaign and had just come off a year in which they had compiled a record of 56-106. The Royals ranked 13th out of 14 teams in American League attendance and had the first overall pick in the upcoming Keep Reading
The Time Has Come for the Royals to put Aaron Crow in the Rotation
As the Royals’ season began, many personnel, analysts, and fans across the nation saw Kansas City as a team on the cusp of a breakthrough. Possessing a team with mounds of young talent—Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Alcides Escobar, Salvador Perez, Johnny Giavotella, Danny Duffy, Alex Gordon, Billy Butler—Kansas City had finally identified a core on Keep Reading
Impending Irrelevance of the Hall of Fame
As the Roger Clemens perjury trial reaches its ultimate conclusion, baseball is witnessing the end of an era. Roger Clemens is one of a litany of players who dominated baseball with never before seen power, aggression, and strength as performance-enhancing drugs permeated throughout America’s past time. Baseball reached new highs as records were broken, fastballs Keep Reading
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