10/30/2008 | Royals trade for Florida slugger Jacobs
kansascity.com 11/1/2008 — Looks as if Dayton Moore is backing up those promises of major offseason changes. Less than 24 hours after the end of the World Series — the unofficial start of baseball’s hot stove time — the Royals completed a long-rumored deal ...

Plunging dollar gives sports leagues a currency conniption
globesports.com 10/30/2008 — The sudden nosedive of the loonie this month and its continuing volatility threaten to wreak havoc with the finances of Canadian sports businesses that face heavy expenses in U.S. dollars.

What Do Royals Fans Have to Be Thankful For?
royalsreview.com 11/26/2008 — What do Royals fans have to be thankful for? Quite a lot, actually. I'm not generally a voice of boosterism, but when I started thinking about it, there were a lot of positives. Zack Greinke : We -- and I was among the most guilty of this -- should ...

Hot Stove Interview: Royals GM Dayton Moore
nydailynews.com 11/14/2008 — The Royals have improved every year under the leadership of GM Dayton Moore, going from 100 losses in 2006 to to 93 in 2007 to 87 this year. And Moore has already been busy trying to help Kansas City take the next step in its upward journey, trading ...

Currency fluctuations have great effect on MLS, American players. - Greg Lalas - SI.com
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 12/9/2008 — If there's a silver lining in the economic crisis, it's that the U.S. dollar has recovered somewhat. This is good news for all those shaggy-haired backpackers swarming over the Acropolis and puffing away in Amsterdam's coffee shops, but it turns out ...

Red Sox trade Crisp to Royals for relief help — FOXSports.com News for MLB 11/19/2008
Outfielder Coco Crisp was traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday for reliever Ramon Ramirez. Royals general manager Dayton Moore called the switch-hitting Crisp a "championship-caliber player" who will help Kansas City ...

Red Sox trade OF Crisp to Royals (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 11/19/2008
Outfielder Coco Crisp was traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday for reliever Ramon Ramirez. Royals general manager Dayton Moore called the switch-hitting Crisp a "championship-caliber player" who will help Kansas ...

Royals shift focus to depleted bullpen — Major League Baseball News 11/19/2008
Now Royals general manager Dayton Moore has another project: rebuilding the bullpen. Moving to increase run production, Moore has obtained fleet center fielder Coco Crisp and slugging first baseman Mike Jacobs but at the cost of two of his top ...

Dayton Moore and The Kansas City Royals Add a Bench Player — Bleacher Report - MLB 11/20/2008
Sometimes I am guilty of unfairly grading a trade based on the partners that are involved. I'm not referring to any extraordinary biases, nor am I claiming that my judgment is based on anything more then personal speculation. Either way, I am guilty ...

Where Will Teixeira Mark His Turf? — Bleacher Report - MLB 11/21/2008
While the Angels and Red Sox still appear the favorites for free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira, the Nationals remain a major player, the Yankees can not be discounted and other teams remain involved.   Teixeira's agent, Scott Boras, is ...