Ouch!
royalsauthority.com 6/24/2009 — Earlier this month, in a couple of posts at Beyond The Boxscore , Jeff Zimmerman (aka Tuscon Royal) unveiled a detailed study on the disabled lists and the types of injuries suffered by both pitchers and hitters.  It was (to my knowledge) the ...

2007 Draft Class (Rounds 1-5)
kingsofkauffman.com 6/18/2009 — Since the 2006 draft remains the “ghost” draft that no one will claim during the period the team was transitioning from Allard Baird to Moore, 2007 is Dayton’s 1st official draft. Read on to see how the first 5 picks from that draft are faring in the system today. 3B-Mike ...

Royals Showcase Textbook Bad Baseball
baseballreflections.com 6/20/2009 — When I last reported on the Royals, the team was sitting just one game out of first place in the American League Central with a respectable 20-18 record. Sure, Kansas City had dropped seven of their last nine games to get to that mark, but all was still well in the land of blue.  ...

Notes from Wilmington
royallyspeaking.com 6/22/2009 — Our Wilmington Blue Rocks correspondent Jason Kaul provides us with another  update (and some pics) on the Royals minor league team. He wrote this last week but I am just now finding the time to post it. Apologies to Jason. Looking at the ...

KC Masterpieces: How Did That City Get All Those Excellent Sportswriters?
cantstopthebleeding.com 7/1/2009 — From where I sit, half a nation away and having driven through the place once eight years ago, it seems like there are a lot of things to like about Kansas City. There are the Royals, a baseball team for which I have long had a hard to explain soft spot. There is delicious barbecue, to which I ...

Thursday News, Notes, and Links
kingsofkauffman.com 6/26/2009 — Some news, notes, and links to enjoy this evening. It has been a rough week for Kyle Farnsworth. Last night he fell to his knees after throwing a pitch in the 8th inning of the Royals 4-3 win over the Astros. Today we learned that Farnsworth has a grade two tear of a muscle in the right ...

Royals' Moore lacks vision, should lack job
bases.newsvine.com 6/27/2009 — Disastrous.

2 + 2 = ?
joeposnanski.com 7/1/2009 — This is, on the surface, all about the Kansas City Royals. But really, I think, it’s not. It’s about unexpected consequences, the vision thing and why two plus two does not always equal four. So, here’s the thing: Royals ...

Hochevar Tosses Seven Shutout Innings
royalreflectionsblog.com 6/30/2009 — Game Date: June 29, 2009 Minnesota @ Kansas City Royals 4, Pirates 2 / Box Score WP: Hochevar (3-3), LP: Blackburn (6-4), SV: Soria (10) KC Home Runs: Olivo (12), Callaspo (5) Royals Record: 33-42 / Record in June 10-15 The entire day had ...

Go Read Rany's Post
royalsreview.com 6/25/2009 — Yeah, read Rant's post, but read this, too. Royals Review gets to the point quickly in his inimitable style and brings out some other dimensions to this issue with the Royals' seemingly horrible training staff at a time when Royals are going down left and right. And look out for those absolute lies.

Royals avoid sweep, Greinke beats Pirates 3-2 — Boston.com -- Baseball News 6/28/2009
Zack Greinke didn't allow a run until making his final pitch before a rain delay in the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals kept the Pittsburgh Pirates from sweeping an interleague series for the first time since 2001 by winning 3-2 on Sunday.

Greinke wins 10th as K.C. avoids Pirates sweep — ESPN.com - MLB 6/28/2009
Zack Greinke didn't allow a run until making his final pitch before a rain delay in the seventh inning, and the Royals kept the Pirates from sweeping an interleague series for the first time since 2001 by winning 3-2.

Royals 3, Pirates 2 — NYT > Baseball 6/28/2009
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Zack Greinke didn't allow a run until making his final pitch before a rain delay in the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals kept the Pittsburgh Pirates from sweeping an interleague series for the first time since 2001 by ...

Phillies 5, Blue Jays 4 — NYT > Baseball 6/28/2009
TORONTO (AP) -- Chase Utley hit a two-run triple, Jamie Moyer won back-to-back starts for the first time in more than two months and the Philadelphia Phillies held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Sunday afternoon.

Royals' Greinke gets to 10 wins (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 6/28/2009
Zack Greinke didn't allow a run until making his final pitch before a rain delay in the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals kept the Pittsburgh Pirates from sweeping an interleague series for the first time since 2001 by winning 3-2 on ...