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Changes and Uncertain Futures (BP Kansas City Episode 78)

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2017/11/10/changes-and-uncertain-futures-bp-kansas-city-episode-78.mp3 This week, we covered some 2017 Awards and the Royals who received qualifying offers (and reiterated their impact). We also looked at what’s ahead. The Royals are in transition, with players leaving, new coaches coming in, and some hints at drama behind the scenes. We knew this offseason would have some intrigue, but may […]

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U.L.’s Toothpick: The Year Of The Card–Jose Offerman, 1998

It is perhaps the best tricky trivia question about Royals’ history: which player has the highest career batting average in franchise history (minimum 1,000 at-bats)? Most people, unsuspecting, would guess George Brett. Someone expecting an unusual answer might throw out Hal McRae or Mike Sweeney or someone like that. Most people probably don’t know the […]

Friday Notes

Friday Notes

If this was a few years ago, I think there would be a new Royals blog called Ned Yost’s Broken Pelvis already up somewhere on the internet. Instead, the Royals manager just had to recover from a terribly painful sounding injury. Thankfully, the word is he’s going to be just fine, but man, that doesn’t […]