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Watch: Royals Manager Ned Yost Breaks Bricks

Mar 16, 2016

Is there anything Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost can't do? "Well, he probably can't break a pile of bricks with his bare hands," you say. Think again, friend! Add that to the list of accomplishment...

The Process of Building the Kansas City Royals

Gershon Rabinowitz

Oct 27, 2015

American League, American League Central, Features, Kansas City Royals, Postseason

The process of rebuilding a storied franchise takes unlimited patience with little margin for error for a general manager. Expectations are reduced to mediocrity as the pressure mounts for a quick turnaround. P...

Ned Yost Game 3 Notes

Steve Benko

Oct 11, 2015

American League, Breaking News, Headlines, Major League Baseball

Royals Lineup: SS - Alcides Escobar 2B - Ben Zobrist CF - Lorenzo Cain 1B - Eric Hosmer C - Salvador Perez LF - Alex Gordon RF - Alex Rios On the mound: Edinson Volquez (13-9, 3.55 ERA) ...

Ned Yost must get control of his team

Joshua Sadlock

Sep 12, 2015

American League, Baltimore Orioles, Features, Headlines, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

If you recall, two weeks ago, I penned a post titled The Kansas City Royals are impossible to hate. It made me, a Baltimore Orioles fan, a hero to the fine folks of Kansas City. I was praised effusively for my ...

What do the Kansas City Royals owe Johnny Cueto?

Joshua Sadlock

Sep 10, 2015

American League, American League Central, Features, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Johnny Cueto is a rental for the Kansas City Royals, brought into serve as the staff ace and propel the team back to the World Series. He will be gone following the final out of the 2015 season, off to a richer...

The Kansas City Royals are impossible to hate

Joshua Sadlock

Aug 28, 2015

American League, Baltimore Orioles, Features, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

I've tried, really I have. As a Baltimore Orioles fan, the Kansas City Royals should be my mortal enemy. I should hate them, their lousy outfield waterfalls, their goofy lion mascot (never mind, Sluggerrr is ac...

Blue Jays’ Aaron Sanchez and John Gibbons Handed Down Suspensions

Josh Eastern

Aug 4, 2015

Breaking News, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays

In wake of the hit-by-pitch fiasco and the benches clearing in Sunday's Blue Jays-Royals game, Toronto pitcher Aaron Sanchez and manager John Gibbons have been suspended by Major League Baseball for their actio...

Kansas City Royals’ Efficient Play Continues

Nick Schaeflein

Jun 1, 2015

American League, American League Central, Features, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball

The Kansas City Royals may not be flashy, but they win. This season, the defending American League champions have been known more for their brawls on the field than their play. Kansas City is a small-market fra...

Kelvin Herrera Must be Reined in by Royals

Joshua Sadlock

Apr 20, 2015

American League, American League Central, American League West, Features, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics, Opinions & Predictions

A wild weekend in Kansas City came roaring to a hostile conclusion yesterday afternoon. Little did new A's third baseman Brett Lawrie know when he slid hard into Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar on Friday night...

Ned Yost, Royals Agree To One-Year Contract Extension

Jesus Rivera

Jan 13, 2015

American League, American League Central, Contract, Features, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball

After managing the Kansas City Royals to their first American League pennant in nearly three decades, Ned Yost has been rewarded with a one-year contract extension. #Royals and manager Ned Yost agree to one-...

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