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Royals rally against Houston, get back to .500

Kansas City Star — Kansas City gets a much-needed 7-3 win, scoring all seven of its runs against the Astros' bullpen. KC ended its four-game losing streak and avoided the possibility of getting swept by the Stros

New: 3 hr 6 min ago

Follow-up exam confirms Salvy Perez's hip injury is just a bruise

Kansas City Star — The day-after news Tuesday on Royals catcher Salvy Perez was mostly positive: He has a deep bruise to his right hip but no structural damage or other longer-term issues.

New: 8 hr 2 min ago

Royals fall below .500 as Guthrie struggles

Kansas City Star — The Royals suffered their fourth straight one-run loss Monday night -- they're now one game under .500. After the game, manager Ned Yost said that starter Jeremy Guthrie had struggled with...

16 hr 37 min ago

Royals continue slide in 6-5 loss to Houston

Kansas City Star — The Royals are flat-lining after Monday's depressing 6-5 loss to the Houston Astros. This makes four straight one-run losses; 10 losses overall in the last 14 games; and the Royals now find...

1 day 4 hr ago
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Royals' Francoeur says it's tough not to press as slump deepens

Kansas City Star — Veteran outfielder Jeff Francoeur admits it's tough not to press on those occasions when he now finds himself in the starting lineup. "Yes, absolutely," he said, "but I've got to find a way to...

1 day 8 hr ago

George Brett: Moustakas isn't the Royals' only young, struggling third baseman

Kansas City Star — The young third baseman, lugging a paltry batting average at the All-Star break in his first full major-league season, felt lost and dejected. Then George Brett and his hitting coach Charlie Lau...

1 day 9 hr ago

Services planned for Fred White

Kansas City Star — Services for former Royals broadcaster Fred White, who died on May 15, will take place on May 28 at the Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village.

1 day 10 hr ago

Royals Q&A: Fans ask how team can end recent funk

Kansas City Star — Forty games in, approximately one-fourth of the way through the season, and the Royals are 20-20 after suffering a weekend sweep in Oakland. Let's get this out of the way: It was a brutal weekend....

1 day 16 hr ago
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Ned Yost 'probably' will shift Kelvin Herrera out of eighth-inning role

Kansas City Star — After Sunday's crushing 4-3 loss to the Oakland A's, Royals manager Ned Yost acknowledged he "probably" will pull the eighth-inning duty away from struggling reliever Kelvin Herrera.

2 days ago
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More misery for Royals as A's sweep series with 4-3 win

Kansas City Star — The script changed Sunday for the Royals, but not the ending as they concluded a three-game weekend pratfall in the East Bay with a 4-3 loss to the Oakland A's.

2 days ago
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Royals should inspire as much hope as cynicism

Kansas City Star — The Royals should know why the city they play for is suspicious. Nothing personal, guys, but Alex Gordon and Sal Perez and especially James Shields and Jeremy Guthrie might want to know why a fan...

2 days ago
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Punchless attack sinks Royals in another 2-1 loss to A's

Kansas City Star — While the Royals' rotation is much improved over recent seasons, one run isn't often going to be enough. It was Ervin Santana who paid the price Saturday night for failing to pitch a shutout in a...

3 days ago
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Royals should inspire as much hope as cynicism

3 days ago
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Ned Yost vows to remain patient with Mike Moustakas and others

Kansas City Star — The questions to Royals manager Ned Yost Saturday afternoon concerned third baseman Mike Moustakas, his ongoing struggles and how patient the Royals were willing to remain and for how long.

3 days ago
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Is this variant of the Royals true blue or something less?

Kansas City Star — Roughly forty games into Kansas City's season, it's time to make some assessments of this team's advantages and its shortcomings.

3 days ago
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Royals again offer little support for Shields in 2-1 loss to A's

Kansas City Star — James Shields continues to pitch like the No. 1 guy the Royals expected when they acquired him in that big offseason deal from Tampa Bay. And the Royals continue to waste his efforts. Shields gave...

4 days ago
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Royals again offer little support for Shields in 2-1 loss to A's

Kansas City Star — James Shields continues to pitch like the No. 1 guy the Royals expected when they acquired him in that big off-season deal from Tampa Bay. And the Royals continue to waste his efforts. Shields...

4 days ago
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Royals again offer little support for Shields in 2-1 loss to A's

4 days ago
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Dyson returns to Kansas City after going on disabled list

Kansas City Star — Outfielder Jarrod Dyson returned Friday morning to Kansas City to undergo further examination on a sprained right ankle to forced him to the disabled list. Dyson, 28, suffered the injury in the...

4 days ago
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Royals put Dyson on disabled list, recall Lough from Omaha

Kansas City Star — The Royals' injury-free run ended Friday morning when they placed outfielder Jarrod Dyson on the 15-day disabled list because of a sprained right ankle suffered in Wednesday's 9-5 victory at Los...

4 days ago
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Royals Look To Cool Stuff In The Hopes of Avoiding Being Thunderstruck Twice By 'Stros

Royals Review (Old Man Duggan) — After having been thunderstruck by Jose Veras and the Houston Astros last night, the Royals are reeling, having recorded a mere three wins in their past 14 games and dipping below .500 for...

New: 11 hr 21 min ago

The Royals instant gratification crutch

Royals Review (Craig Brown) — We're a microwave society . We want it right now. -- Trey Hillman, October 2, 2008 In our immediate gratification society, everybody wants to point fingers. -- Dayton Moore, September...

14 hr 21 min ago

When You Are Really In It...and When You Are Out of It

Royals Review (Clark Fosler) — Once again, the Royals have fallen below the .500 mark before Memorial Day and so, to a tired fan base, they seem very much on their way out of contention. Are the truly 'out of it'? Or is May...

20 hr 21 min ago

The Royals slide continues; drop opener to Astros

Royals Review (Craig Brown) — Houston was supposed to provide the tonic to wash away the stink that was the Oakland experience. Of course it didn't work that way. -- Starter Jeremy Guthrie continues his freefall back to...

1 day 3 hr ago

A Royal Rebuttal: Dominic Ishmael Answers

Royals Review (RoyalsRetro) — Last week, I wrote a piece criticizing a piece run by Dominic Ishmael at Yahoo! Sports that called for Royals manager Ned Yost to be fired. As if there was a manager tree that produced...

1 day 13 hr ago
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New Shocking Scientific Breakthrough

Royals Review (im_not_that_bright) — Fresh off the heels of Ned Yost defiantly standing behind his struggling players, scientists today from the Agricultural Department of the University of Missouri announced a shocking...

1 day 17 hr ago
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Royals look completely mediocre in 4-3 loss to Athletics

Royals Review (Connor Moylan) — Don't look now, but the Kansas City Royals appear to be capable of playing completely mediocre baseball. The team lost 4-3 to the Oakland Athletics on Sunday, their third straight one-run...

2 days ago
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Game 40 Preview - Royals vs. Athletics

Royals Review (Connor Moylan) — The Kansas City Royals hope to avoid being swept by the Oakland Athletics today, as a loss would push the team to .500 at the 40 game mark of the season. Luis Mendoza , who is probably not...

2 days ago
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Royals offense continues to disappoint in 2-1 loss to Athletics

Royals Review (Connor Moylan) — It's Groundhog Day for the Kansas City Royals against the Oakland Athletics , as the team wasted a second strong pitching performance with another miserable offensive effort. Kansas City...

3 days ago
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Game 39 Preview - Oakland vs. Kansas City

Royals Review (Connor Moylan) — The Kansas City Royals hope to put Friday night's disappointing loss behind them, as the team plays their second game of the series Saturday against the Oakland Athletics. The Royals offense,...

3 days ago
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James Shields Officially Hates His Teammates Now; Royals Fall 2-1

Royals Review (RoyalsRetro) — James Shields looked like the true ace the Royals meant to acquire, going eight innings, tying a season high with nine strikeouts, walking just one, and sprinkling six hits and just two runs....

4 days ago
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Game 38 Open Thread: Kansas City Royals (20-17) vs. Oakland Athletics (20-22)

Royals Review (RoyalsRetro) — Big Game James goes to the hill and should expect another 1-0 game because (a) Oakland is a pitcher's park (b) Jarrod Parker was a pretty good pitcher last year (but has struggled this year);...

4 days ago
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Game 38 Preview: Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics

Royals Review (RoyalsRetro) — The Royals continue their West Coast swing by heading up to Oakland to face the Athletics this weekend. The A's have been celebrated by not only the stat community but by Michael Lewis, who wrote...

4 days ago
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It's not a platoon!

Royals Review (Craig Brown) — It's not a platoon, damnit. Both Jeff Francoeur and Chris Getz have seen their playing time reduced in the last week. You can't help but be shocked that these two have been drags on run...

4 days ago
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Jarrod Dyson to disabled list, David Lough likely promoted

Royals Review (Connor Moylan) — The Kansas City Royals are expected to place their first player on the disabled list this season, as Jarrod Dyson appears destined for the 15-day DL after suffering an ankle injury, Bob...

4 days ago
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Today in Royals history: Kauffman sells team

Royals Review (Craig Brown) — Ewing Kauffman had been in poor health. He worried about what would happen to the Kansas City Royals once he was gone. It sounds like a script from the early nineties, but this scenario actually...

4 days ago
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Royals Take Series from Angels

Royals Review (Clark Fosler) — The Royals erupted for seven runs in the third inning tonight (this morning) and after that it was really a question as to by how much the final margin would be. Wade Davis was adequate, but...

6 days ago
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Remembering Fred White

Royals Review (Craig Brown) — Baseball announcers have a special bond with their listeners. You invite them into your home or your car every evening, for six or seven months at a time. You depend on their words and...

6 days ago
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Preview of Rubber Match Between Royals and Angels

Royals Review (Jeff Zimmerman) — The Royals have lost seven of their last nine games, but given up little ground in the AL Central race. That is a scenario that certainly will not last. Kansas City needs to pick up the...

6 days ago
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The Royals Improved Baserunning

Royals Review (Connor Moylan) — The Los Angeles Angels made some truly horrendous baserunning decisions Tuesday night in the top of the third inning that cost the team at least one run. Chris Iannetta made the first out of...

6 days ago
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