A lot of people celebrate Memorial Day (or as it’s known in the Deep South, the Official Start of Grilling, Drinking and Wearing American Flags Somewhere On Your Person Day) with a baseball game. I am not some people; I celebrated it with two. First, there were my hometown Nashville Sounds, who had a 12:05 […]
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Series Preview: Royals vs. Minnesota Twins, May 28-30
The Royals return home and face off against the Minnesota Twins for the first time in 2018. After surprising last season, the Twins were expecting to take another step forward this year but that hasn’t come to fruition just yet. They’ve dealt with a few injuries, losing Jason Castro, Joe Mauer, Miguel Sano, Byron Buxon […]
Series Preview: Royals at St. Louis Cardinals, May 21-23
The I-70 Series resumes this week as the Royals head across the state to take on the St. Louis Cardinals for three. The Cardinals are involved in a current four-team race in the NL Central, and at least three of those teams appear to have staying power. They are not a perfect team, but they […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. New York Yankees, May 18-20
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. The New York Yankees are very good at baseball. Wait. Don’t stop me. This preview isn’t over. As you know, the Yankees had a bit of a surprise season last year, almost making the World Series, so they added to their already impressive team and may now be […]
Series Preview: Royals at Cleveland Indians, May 11-13
The Cleveland Indians should count themselves lucky they get to play in the American League Central, where a .500 record is good for first place at this point in the season. That’s not to say they might not have to play better as the season progresses, but it’s not exactly a division of heavyweights, so […]
Friday Notes
We are now just 81 days until the 2018 MLB Trade Deadline, which is really the story of this season for the Royals as we count down the days until we find out who they trade and who they get back. Some early surprise contenders (to some) like the Braves and Phillies are helpful for […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, May 3-6
The Tigers are multiple games under .500, multiple games out of first place and aren’t very good. And they’re still overachieving to start this season. They were expected to occupy the basement of the American League Central with the Royals and White Sox, and so far haven’t really been that bad, which does kind of […]
RECAP: A pulse is found
Jakob Junis vs. Chris Sale may not be a traditional matchup between front line starters, but fortunately Junis didn’t let a little thing like narrative slow him down. The righty didn’t factor into Tuesday night’s decision. It wasn’t his best start of the season and I’d wager he didn’t quite have his best stuff, or […]
Series Preview: Royals at Boston Red Sox, April 30-May 2
The Red Sox just ended the eight-game winning streak against the Rays and now have to take on the red-hot (for them) Royals who are the winners of a whopping two in a row. The Red Sox can score with the best of them and they can pitch with the best of them. It’s no […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, April 26-29
The Royals welcome the White Sox back to town for a slightly warmer set than what they encountered during the first series of the year in late March. As expected, the two teams are jockeying for draft position and both are sitting with an embarrassingly low number of wins. The White Sox offense has really […]