Author: Clark Fosler

Cheslor Cuthbert and Mike Aviles have nothing in common. Aviles, born in New York, was signed for $1,000 at the age of twenty-two after expending his college eligibility. Cuthbert, born in Nicaragua, signed for $1.3 million at the age of just sixteen. An organizational afterthought, Aviles never generated much buzz (okay, no buzz) as a […]

Life is better when the Royals win, isn’t it? Back to back thrashings after the come from behind win that was supposed to launch this team back onto its expected trajectory had this writer and many others a little less than content. Nothing seven innings of great starting pitching from Ian Kennedy and seven runs […]

Right now, the only thing 1986 and 2016 have in common is that they are the seasons that came after the Kansas City Royals won the World Series. This column in no way is meant to imply that the 2016 Royals will follow their cousins of thirty years prior into a dismal ten games under […]

It is rainy and cold here on my deck today, not unlike your thoughts might be of the current state of the Kansas City Royals. Losers of five straight, shutout two nights in a row and scoreless for 26 straight innings, this squad is currently not the ‘fun’ version of the Royals. They are, in […]

If I told you that Kris Medlen would walk two batters in the first and two batters in the second with Felix Hernandez pitching for the other side, my guess is you would have shrugged and chalked it up as another bad game in what is becoming one rough road trip. Except that very believable […]

The Royals were swept in Anaheim earlier this week. It did not feel good, not good at all. The games against the Angels were not particularly well played by the boys in blue, and, while it is not reason for panic, it is certainly a reason to be annoyed. After all, those three losses caused […]

Thirty-six. That is the Kansas City Royals’ team record for most home runs in one season. Thirty-freaking-six. Of course, we all know the holder of that record is Steve Balboni from the 1985 World Series Champions. Many of you also know that when Mike Moustakas clubbed his sixth homer of the season, he surpassed Balboni’s […]

What if I told you the bottom third of the Kansas City Royals’ batting order (Perez, Infante and Dyson) would combine for five doubles on the night?  What if I told you Anaheim starting pitcher would not throw a pitch faster than 85 mph all night?  What if, my friends, I told you that your […]