kansascity.com - 7/3/2009
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One thing you can say about these Royals: They are reliable. I went out Thursday night with the tentative idea of writing about the remarkably bad base running they have exhibited this year. And it has been legendarily bad. But here’s the thing about choosing a column topic before the ...
ranyontheroyals.com - 7/2/2009
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PARENTAL ADVISORY: This blog has been deemed unsuitable
for children, small pets, and the innocent eyes of...
anyone working in the Royals’ front office.
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Rany on the Royals
kingsofkauffman.com - 7/3/2009
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If you read my last post, you know
that I have already fired Trey Hillman and have...
named John Gibbons interim manager of this team. Why should I stop at just the manager? If I were GM of the Royals, and what a wonderful world that would be, this is how I would proceed. First off I need to ...
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Fixing the Royals
kingsofkauffman.com - 7/2/2009
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Tomorrow, July 2nd, marks the beginning of the
international signing period. The Royals are expected to land...
one of the top Latin free agents by signing Nicaraguan 3B-Cheslor Cuthbert to an expected bonus of $1 million to $1.5 million. Cuthbert will most likely be the only high profile ...
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International Free Agents, Dayton Moore and Trey Hillman
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KansasCity.com/Posnanski: Royals are a terrible base-running team
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
KansasCity.com/Posnanski: Royals are a terrible base-running team One thing you can say about these Royals: They are reliable. I went out Thursday night with the tentative idea of writing about the remarkably bad base running they have exhibited this year. And it has been legendarily bad. But here’s the thing about choosing a column topic before the game — the game has a knack of killing early ideas. I mean: If you go out to write about how well a team is pitching, the starter probably will give up nine runs. If you go out to write about how well a team is fielding, they’ll ...
Link-O-Rama: Mets sign Ugueth Urbina's son
Circling The Bases —
... . Sort of. My guess is that if Joe Posnanski didn't have such a large, devoted following the Royals would probably try to blackball him too. After all, it's easier than actually improving the team. Kansas City has finished above .500 exactly one time since 1995, winning 83 games in 2003, so it's tough to blame their fans for speaking out. * Not wanting position players to corner the market on Tommy John surgery after this week's news on ...
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Ace Buehrle gets a grip —
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NYT > Baseball 7/3/2009
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Mark Buehrle was dominant into the ninth inning, allowing six hits and a run, and the surging Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City 4-1 Thursday night for their sixth victory in a row.
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