drivelinemechanics.com - 6/16/2009
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Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Luke Hochevar (44) is congratulated by catcher Miguel Olivo and his 3.5% career walk rate, after throwing just 80 pitches in a complete ...
baseballreflections.com - 6/20/2009
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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. ...
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Royals Showcase Textbook Bad Baseball
ranyontheroyals.com - 6/17/2009
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ranyontheroyals.com —
If you haven’t listened to this week’s show,
please do so. Will Leitch stayed out of the...
range of bicycles only long enough to join us for 20 minutes, but we covered more material than you’d expect to hear in an hour-long show. Leitch is, apparently, ...
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Are The Royals In The Wrong League?
royalsauthority.com - 6/19/2009
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royalsauthority.com —
I was out of touch most of the
day on Thursday and did not read Craig's post...
from yesterday until I logged on tonight to write virtually the same thing. Sadly, I could change about two words in each of Craig's bullet points on defense ...
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