Rany Has Been Banned By the Royals
Royals Review — Rany Has Been Banned By the Royals The BP Event at the K is part of the collateral damage.

Rany Gets Banned By The Geniuses Who Run the Royals
Driveline Mechanics — Rany Gets Banned By The Geniuses Who Run the Royals Read the link for the details... basically, in a previous blog entry he dared to criticize the Royals handling of injuries. So now they're going to "ban" him from the upcoming Baseball Prospectus ...

The Wil Cordero Memorial Linkpunch, Thursday, July 1st
Walkoff Walk — ... It's official. Rany Jazayerli and his happy traveling party of B.P. folks were blacklisted by the Royals for calling out their horrible training staff. I've been banned by better places than Kauffman Stadium, screw 'em. Rany on the Royals. ...

Rany is banned by the Royals
The Hardball Times — ... last week. The Royals read it. As a result, the Royals have banned him. Banned him from what is not exactly clear inasmuch as Rany lives and works in Chicago and isn't exactly a constant presence at Kaufman Stadium, but banned he is. ...

Conflict between Rany and the Royals
Lone Star Ball — ... and Royals blogger, wrote a scathing indictment of the Royals medical staff in the aftermath of season-ending injuries to Mike Aviles and Coco Crisp that, it appears, weren't initially properly diagnosed.  He brings up the Royals' poor history of dealing with injuries, and notes that Nick Swartz has been the Royals' trainer for the last 19 years, suggesting that there should be some accountability for such a long line of problems. As a result of all this, he says he has been blacklisted by the Royals. ...

KC Bans Writer For Thoughtful, Accurate Analysis
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... , he noted how the Royals have had a miserable history of injuries since 1995, with one common thread: Nick Swartz has been the trainer all this time. And this is a man who invented the statistic “Pitcher Abuse Points;” he might be worth listening to. While the Royals front office might not have been listening, they certainly read Jazayerli’s post . I was just informed last night that I’ve been blacklisted by the team. That’s right: I’ve been banned by the Royals! The way this team is playing, I’m not sure if the Royals are trying to punish me or reward me. Jazayerli admits ...

Potentially the Most Insanely Paranoid Aspect of the Rany Jazayerli Ban
Royals Review — From Rany's blog: Just to be clear here, since I think everyone's taking my words a little too literally: I don't think I've been "banned" in the sense that they're going to have security guards outside the stadium making sure that I don't buy a ticket. It does mean that the Royals have cut off any access I may have from the team for my radio show, and - this is critical - have intimated that any other radio show which has me on as a guest faces the same penalty. I see this as the equivalent of ...

Evening Shade: Brewers slide into Chicago for holiday weekend
Big League Stew — ... . But if you're a displaced blogger and write one bad thing about the Royals medical staff? Well, then may Willie Wilson have mercy on your soul. ...

Team "Bans" Baseball Prospectus Writer, Pain In The Royal Ass [Mlb]
Deadspin — ... , in a raging 3,000-word indictment of the way the Royals handle and mishandle injuries, the organization would do well to pay attention. The Royals, being the Royals, did no such thing. Today, Jazayerli writes: ...

Royals To Rany : Fuck Off
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... (above) of K.C.’s trainer of some 19 years. “If there was an award for worst training staff in the majors, the Royals would be the runaway leaders at this point in the season.” Despite providing rather compelling evidence that makes the Mets’ Ray Ramirez come off like a medical magician compared to Swartz, Jazayerli’s reward for such constructive criticism was an announcement from the Royals that he’d no longer have access to players for his radio show. You’d think if K.C. was really hellbent of stifling negativity about the team ...

Upsetting the Royals
baseballmusings.com — ... despite this, he enjoys unparalleled job security? Wouldn’t that trouble you a little? It certainly troubles me. It especially troubles me that, even though this person is having probably their worst year ever in 2009, no one – not the team, not the media, not even the fans – seems to be pointing fingers in his direction. So let me be the one to crash the party here and say what needs to be said: Nick Swartz needs to be fired. Immediately. For this, the Royals will not allow Rany any access: As those of you who follow me on ...

Royals ban blogger Jazayerli
Circling The Bases — ... . If I wanted attention, I should have instead recommended the dismissal of trainer Nick Swartz. That's what Baseball Prospectus writer and huge Royals fan Rany Jazayerli did recently. As a result, he's been banned by the team: "Just to be clear here, since I think everyone's taking my words a little too literally: I don't think I've been "banned" in the sense that they're going to have security guards outside the stadium making sure that I don't buy a ticket. It does mean that the Royals have cut off any access I may have from the team for my radio show, and - this is ...

Winning Streak Applesauce - Mets Sign Urbina, Royals Ban Rany, Joey Chestnut vs. Kobayashi
Amazin' Avenue — ... castoff Luis Ayala.  Enjoy him Fish fans, just don't let him face Greg Norton. The Fightins' wonders what's wrong with Ryan Madson.  I have a possible answer that isn't mentioned - maybe it's unsustainable for the guy to maintain a ~4 K/BB and 0 HR/FB%, as he had through June 14th? This is one TV show I will not be watching. Around MLB Blogger and Baseball Prospectus co-founder Rany Jazayerli was "banned" by the Royals after publishing some critical words about the ...

Note to the Royals: Focus On What Matters
Kansas City Royals — ... I debated about this column for a while,only because plenty (too much?) has already been written.   First, uber-blogger Rany was banned, then he ...

Cheer Up! Things Could be Much, Much Worse!
"MyTeamRivals" via MyTeamRivals.com in Google Reader — ... the Twins have slid back to the .500 mark for the hundred-somethingth time (oh, and you're welcome, Yankee fans).  They currently sit in third place, four games behind the division-leading Kittehs and two behind the second-place Pale Hosers.  All of which is very, very depressing.  But take heart Twins fans, we're not the only ones sharpening our razor blades and drawing a bath: The Royals are teh suck.  This is hardly news.  But this team has so many problems, it's difficult to know where to begin. I mean, good God, ...

Back In The High Life Again
Fack Youk — ... in the AL East and for the best record in the AL, thanks to the combination of yesterday's sweep of the Twins and a Royals comeback victory (after being down four runs) over the Sawx last night. Things are not good in Royal-land right now. They entered play yesterday with the third worst record in the AL and have had exactly one winning season (skippered by current Yankee Bench Coach Tony Pena) since the 1994 strike ended. Even longtime Royals optimists Joe Posnanski and Rany Jazayerli have apparently seen enough (h/t Rob Neyer for the links ...

Betancourt OPS + Franceour OPS ~ Pujols OPS
Camden Crazies — ... ) - “Uh-oh. I think I’m going to get banned again.” (referring to this episode in which the team punished him for saying they have some issues - generally, sucking, but namely excessive injuries) ...

Catching up with Sam Mellinger on the Royals, the Rany Ban, and an Increasingly Controversial Season
Royals Review — ... Since you're asking about Rany and not the Royals...I think Rany had an intriguing larger point that was clouded a bit by some holes in his arguments, which were made greater by focusing on the trainer (who really is low on the totem pole of decision making) and not at least making a phone call. Then after the Royals overreacted, I think Rany misrepresented what was happening with some of his wording. I think some would be surprised how often reporters and sources have big arguments on this level or higher, but they are usually handled privately. ...

Why We are Turning on Dayton Moore
Royal Reflections — ... In early July, as we began to openly question some of Moore’s decisions, Ranygate broke, causing us to wonder just what in the world was happening behind the scenes at Kauffman Stadium that would prompt such a reaction. ...

A Tale of Two GMs
Sabernomics — ... on the other hand, has had a disastrous year, and not just in terms of team performance. It began with the acquisition of Mike Jacobs, but the acquisition of Yuniesky Betancourt did the most damage to Moore’s reputation as an up-and-coming GM. His penchant for ex-Braves prospects is understandable, but is becoming embarrassing. He loves Tony Pena so much he can’t even give up on him properly—seriously, he’s being converted to a pitcher? And then there was the Rany Jazayerli incident, which makes Frank Wren’s PR gaffes look like subtle burps ...

Royal Embarrassment
Beyond the Box Score — ... I know I am putting my reputation on the line by bad mouthing the Royals as they will not tolerate criticism. First Rany Jazayerli gets banned for bad mouthing the process. Last week K ...

The Rest is Commentary
The Futility Infielder — ... — Mike Jacobs, Willie Bloomquist, Yuniesky Betancourt, Sidney Ponson, brutal injury management and the ability to alienate even the most devoted, intelligent Royals fans, and that's just the highlight film from GM Dayton Moore's past 12 months — makes me entirely unsympathetic to their plight. ...