Royals bring out the brooms vs. Tigers

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Game 40: Detroit @ Kansas City
Published 5/16/2008 by Lee Warren (noreply@blogger.com) at Royal Reflections
Game Date: May 15, 2008 Royals 8, Tigers 4 / Box Score WP: Meche (3-5), LP: Rogers (3-4)  Royal Home Runs: Guillen (4) Royals Record: 19-21 When you look at the Tigers on paper, they look far too good to be swept by the Royals twice in one year. But the game isn't played on paper and thankfully the Tigers haven't found a way to play as a team yet. The Royals will see them again in Kansas City July 21-23. It'll be interesting to see if the Tigers still look as lost as they do right now. With Gordon, DeJesus, and Grudzielanek on the bench this afternoon, you had to wonder how the Royals were going to score runs. The short answer was, walks, infield ...

Buck's Bouncing Baby Boys...
Published 5/16/2008 by royalsbaseball at Around the Horn in KC
Catcher John Buck, along with his wife Brooke, capped the Royals sweep over the Tigers Thursday by adding a couple more names to the Buck Family Lineup... At 5:29 p.m. - just more than an hour after KC's 8-4 win - Cooper Buck entered the world...and, at 5:31 p.m., Brody Buck joined the party!  Yup, John and Brooke welcomed their twin boys to our extended Royals family - and mom, dad and babies are all doing great! John, who didn't start behind the plate Thursday as he awaited news from the doctor, actually left the game with a few innings remaining in order to reach Brooke at the hospital in time. In the end, he got to be there for the birth ...