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Bubba Starling Chooses the Kansas City Royals Over the Nebraska Cornhuskers

Friday, August 19th, 2011

The Nebraska Cornhuskers lost a quarterback. The Kansas City Royals gained an outfielder. Bubba Starling, the Royals' first-round pick in this year's Major League Baseball draft, signed a deal at the deadline Monday night that will pay him $7.5 million over the span of three years. It would have seemed weird ...

Jeff Francoeur Thinks Citi Field Is Too Tough On Mets Hitters

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Since getting his career off to a hot start in Atlanta, Jeff Francoeur hasn’t been able to find a permanent home since leaving Atlanta. However, it looks like he may have found something going from the National League to the American League. Francoeur looks rejuvenated in Kansas City where he ...

Someone Tell Ned Yost He’s Managing the Royals: “Everything That We Do is with the Mindset of us Winning the World Series.”

Monday, February 28th, 2011

With a stable full of prospects but no real established Big League talent, it's hard to blame anyone around Kansas City for believing that the Royals upcoming 2011 season will be much like recent years -- unsuccessful.  The team has drafted and traded its way to having a plethora of ...

The Royals Fire Another Manager

Monday, May 17th, 2010

The Kansas City Royals fired Trey Hillman last week, making him the first MLB manager to get let go of this season.  Adding a few new pieces and having Zach Greinke back following his Cy Young Award from last season, was reason for Kansas City to have higher expectations heading ...

George Brett’s Probably Enjoying the Royals Not Being Horrible

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

George Brett is a hothead. Which is why I like him even more than I should. He's also one of the few remnants/reminders of when the Royals didn't suck.  Now, they're good again this year, of course, but it's been a looong time coming. And Brett recently got into a little ...

SRIs 1st Annual MLB Spring Training Round-Up: American League Central Edition

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

SRI continues our MLB Spring Training Roundups with the American League Central.  I believe this will be the most competitive division in all of baseball.  Last year the Tigers were predicted by most experts to win the division and by many experts to win the World Series.  Their lineup was ...