Twenty years ago this summer, the Royals had a chance to move to the National League. The addition of expansion teams in Arizona and Tampa Bay meant one league needed 16 teams, as interleague play was so new no one knew if it would have staying power, and as we see today, two 15-team leagues […]
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U.L.’s Toothpick: The Year Of The Card–Mike Sweeney, 2002
As you might expect from a franchise that has spent 44 seasons in spacious Royals/Kauffman Stadium, the Royals don’t really have a lot of eye-popping offensive single seasons. Of course, George Brett has the most famous, and probably the best, with his .390/.454/.664 numbers in 1980. Brett did it again in 1985, going .335/.436/.585 to […]