kingsofkauffman.com - 6/27/2009
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In honor of Michael Jackson’s life and recent passing, I thought it would be appropriate to pay his music its due respect, Kansas City Royals style. Michael Jackson was a legend, an icon, a musical genius, and a creative inspiration. I grew up listening to the music of MJ, and while I may ...
ranyontheroyals.com - 6/25/2009
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ranyontheroyals.com —
Among the many things that have made the
Royals’ long and almost uninterrupted stretch of futility even
more exasperating is that it has occurred under the watch of so many different people. Since 1995, when the Royals began their stretch of 13 losing ...
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Release The Hounds.
kingsofkauffman.com - 6/29/2009
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A lot of news items to catch up
on that have happened over the weekend. As expected,
the Royals placed Kyle Farnsworth on the 15-day DL Friday. Farnsworth is described as having “some small tearing” in his groin. The statment right now from Hillman is that Kyle may not return ...
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Recap of the Weekend’s Royals Related News Items
kingsofkauffman.com - 6/30/2009
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The Royals finished the week with a 3-3
record, and are now 32-42 on the season. They
remain in 4th place but lost a game in the standings to the 1st place Detroit Tigers and are now 9.5 games back. The offense has again disappeared as the Royals were outscored 18-22 in the 6 games. They ...
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Ebony Bird | A Baltimore Ravens blog —
... Ravens signed 3rd round pick Lardarius Webb. Aaron Wilson writes that the deal is a 3-year, $1.7 million contract, with a $529,000 signing bonus. Wilson also talks about Webb’s versatility, being able to play corner, safety and return kicks.
We’ve got some Michael Jackson themed posts on the FanSided network, Lombardi Ave, the Packers blog, writes about what M.J. and Brett Favre have in common, and Wally at Kings Of Kauffman, the KC Royals blog, compares his hits to Royals top draft picks.
Dawg Pound Daily writes that Roger ...
Royals Review Midafternoon Links: The Injury Excuse
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Remember the month-long obsession with the Rangers and their improved pitching and the magical power of Nolan Ryan's old school machismo? As Lookout Landing writes, " the Texas Rangers haven't had a single starting pitcher turn in an average or above-average season to date." Defense matters.
Luke looking good, but just how good is good? | Upon Further Review
A Little Luck - Royals Authority
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NYT > Baseball 6/27/2009
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Virgil Vasquez went six innings for his first major league win and the Pittsburgh Pirates got home runs from three unlikely power sources in a 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.
