In the minutes before the 2014 Wild Card game, the energy both at Kauffman Stadium and around Kansas City was so powerful that it could be felt by everyone. The Royals had made it. They were playing a postseason game for the first time in the life of many fans. Many had seen it before, […]
Author: David Lesky
Series Preview: Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, September 26-28
The final homestand begins with the Detroit Tigers, which is kind of sort of fitting as an end to this run for the core of the championship club seeing as they ended the Tigers division title run in 2015. The Tigers don’t much resemble that team that had a stranglehold on the division for a […]
Series Preview: Royals at Chicago White Sox, September 22-24
The Royals final road series of the year takes them to Chicago. They still have one more road game after that in New York, but the last series is against the White Sox, a team that has had some bright spots in the final few weeks of the season now that they have so much […]
Friday Notes
This is it. We’re down to 10 games to go in the 2017 season for the Kansas City Royals, and they’re still technically alive. What’s crazy is they’re alive for pretty much the same reason they’ve stayed alive this long and it’s that nobody is willing to run away with this thing. Of course, now […]
Replacing Cain No Easy Task
When the Royals stumbled down the stretch last season, they did so mostly without the services of Lorenzo Cain. I believed that a huge reason the Royals struggled was because they were missing their middle of the order bat who was kind of in the middle of everything. I thought he was the most valuable […]
Series Preview: Royals at Toronto Blue Jays, September 19-21
A little less than two years ago, the Royals and Blue Jays were fighting to determine who would represent the American League in the World Series. Now, both teams are still alive for the second Wild Card, but both are longshots. The shot is a little longer for the Blue Jays, though, as they’ve seen […]
Friday Notes
I guess you can never say never until there’s no way, but last night’s loss was probably the final final nail in the 2017 Royals coffin. In the end, they just didn’t have the firepower to play a full six months with various injuries to more than half of their rotation, some of their bullpen, […]
Series Preview: Royals at Cleveland Indians, September 14-17
The Royals get to play one of the hottest teams in baseball history this weekend, the Cleveland Indians. The good news is that it sure seems unlikely they’ll keep winning forever, but the bad news is that I can’t prove they will lose again. As a four-game set, if they can’t halt the Indians momentum, […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, September 11-13
With 20 games to play, the Royals have very little margin for error. In a way, they’re fortunate they get the opportunity to host the Chicago White Sox, a rebuilding team that should be good soon, but they aren’t there yet. These are the games the Royals need to take complete advantage of and sweep […]
Friday Notes
I know I’ve said this before, but this is one of the most infuriating teams I’ve ever followed/covered. Some days they look like world beaters then other days they look like they might be one of the worst teams you’ve ever seen. They can lose by 11 runs one day and win by 11 the next. […]