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Saturday Royals Links- Royals Sign Wil Myers
August 15, 2009 by
Royals Review
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by Duane Burleson - AP
Jim Halpert: I mean it's just that, you know Pam and I are still dating so, and I just mean that things are going really well so I didn't want to see, you.
Karen: Oh things are going...
Pitching Perspectives (5/4-5/10)
May 14, 2009 by
Kings of Kauffman
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The Royals finished the week with a 4-3 record. They are now 18-14 and percentage points behind the Tigers for 1st place in the division.
Kansas City
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Zack Greinke...
Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros, Jun 25, 2009 1:05 PM CDT
June 25, 2009 by
Crawfish Boxes
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by Pat Sullivan - AP
about 14 hours ago:
Houston Astros' Miguel Tejada disagrees with a third strike call to end the 10th inning against the Kansas City Royals as Royals catcher Miguel Olivo leaves the...
Pitching Perspectives (6/8-6/14)
June 14, 2009 by
Kings of Kauffman
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Was this the week of the long awaited turnaround? After 2 straight weeks of 1-5, the Royals bounced back to go 4-2. It was their first winning week since early May. They are now 28-34 and remain 5.5 games behind the Tigers for 1st place in the division.
The Rotation:
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Open Thread: Game 109 - A's at Royals
August 07, 2009 by
Athletics Nation
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The A's return to (one of) their old stomping grounds to begin a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals, one of the few teams with a worse record (42-66) than Oakland.
Tonight's pitching matchup features a struggling Vin Mazarro vs. Brian Bannister.
The lineups...
Overthrown
July 11, 2009 by
Empyreal Environs
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Game 86: July 10, 2009 Royals0L: Brian Bannister (6-7)37-49, 1 game losing streak Red Sox1W: Jon Lester (8-6)S: Jonathan Papelbon (23)52-34, 1 game winning streak Highlights: The Royals took the suspense out of a perfect game bid with leadoff batter David DeJesus walking in the first...
8/28: Open Game Thread
August 28, 2009 by
Lookout Landing
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Felix Hernandez
#34 / Pitcher / Seattle Mariners
Height: 6-3
Weight: 225
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: Apr 08, 1986
Brian Bannister
#19 / Pitcher / Kansas City Royals
Height: 6-2
Weight: 215
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: Feb 28, 1981
I wonder...
Laugh it up big guy... It was supposed to be easier than that.
April 21, 2009 by
The Tribe Daily
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Well thank god for Jensen Lewis and Victor Martinez.Without either of them, who knows where this would have been.Kerry Wood pulled a little trick on us there at the end.But...It is a win.I missed most of Laffey's performance due to work, but I saw him in the seventh and man was...
Game of the Day Red Sox 1, Royals 0
Boston's Jon Lester (right) won a duel of hot pitchers with Kansas City's Brian Bannister when Dustin Pedroia doubled in a run in the eighth inning to lift the Red Sox over the Royals 1-0 on Friday night. Lester was 4-1 in his previous seven starts with a...
With Willie Gone, How Long Until Minaya Joins Him?
June 20, 2008 by
Hot Stove New York
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"Willie was my hire. It was my decision, and I decided to fire Willie. It was my decision
Cashman's Non-Moves Working Out Well For Yankees
August 24, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Sometimes as a General Manager, your success and failure is measured not by the moves you make, but the moves you don't.
For the Yankees' Brian Cashman, this saying rings true.
As the trading deadline approached, it became clear the Blue Jays asking price for Roy Halladay was...
Pacifying Piniella - Cubs 9 Royals 1
March 09, 2009 by
Chicago Cubs Online
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Game Fourteen - Cubs 9 Royals 1
WP - Chad Gaudin (2-0) LP - Brian Bannister (0-1) Save - NoneThe message Sweet Lou sent through the media about the offense needing to step it up was apparently heard loud and clear. The Cubs ended the six-game losing streak with a lot of offense and very good ...
The Fabulous Baker Boy
March 08, 2009 by
Over The Baggy
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For his first several years of MLB service time, Scott Baker enjoyed building his frequent flyer portfolio by bouncing between Minneapolis and Rochester from 2005 until this past season where, without an identifiable frontline starter (unless you consider Livan Hernandez a frontline...
2009 Kansas City Royals Projection
March 12, 2009 by
Eli's MLB Rumors
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DH Billy Butler.293 AVG, 18 HR, 86 RBIC Miguel Olivo.247 AVG, 14 HR, 51 RBI1B Mike Jacobs.272 AVG, 24 HR, 82 RBI2B Alberto Callaspo.281 AVG, 4 HR, 33 RBI3B Alex Gordon.269 AVG, 20 HR, 72 RBISS Mike Aviles.270 AVG, 8 HR, 66 RBLF David DeJesus.286 AVG, 11 HR, 64 RBICF Coco Crisp.267...
Failure to Spend Is Not the Problem, Part 3
January 29, 2009 by
Mike's Mets
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Before I get into this, a reader named Cliff pointed me to a couple of User Journals he contributed to the MetsGeek.com web site: Dead Dollars and Dollars and Sense on the subject of payroll. Check them out.
The New York Mets franchise was at a crossroad in the off-season of 2003-04. Steve ...
Now that 4.01 PM has come and gone...
July 31, 2009 by
This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes
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The Yankees were relatively quiet on the trade front today, acquiring utility infielder for minor-league catcher Chase Weems.They did not acquire a pitcher, though it is important to remember that waiver deals may be made until the end of August.There's lot to digest here, but...
10 Fantasy Stars I Didn't See Coming
May 15, 2009 by
Simon On Sports
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This isn't necassarily a breakdown of guys that have moved up the charts like a 100 or so ranking spots, but rather a list of players whom I never thought would have major relivence this year. So Zach Greinke moving up to #1 from the 100s is shocking but not as shocking as it would...
Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals: Rematch
July 10, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Jon Lester (7-6, 4.16 ERA) takes the hill tonight against Brian Bannister (6-6, 3.87 ERA), as the Red Sox try to apologize to their fans for losing a 4-0 lead last night.
The bullpen, which until recently has been phenomenal, has been laying a few more eggs the past few weeks...
Fantasy Baseball Happy Recap - 4/2/08
April 03, 2008 by
Fantasy Sports Experience
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Wednesday brought us a full slate of games and some mixed results for many of the preseason favorites. Pitching was again the story of the night with 5 teams posting shut outs and 8 other staffs allowing 2 or less runs. The powerful offenses of the Tigers and Phillies were shut out...
Football: Coaches' Poll Released
August 07, 2009 by
SCACC Hoops
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-- Say it proud: we're number 43! Four ACC teams cracked the top 25: Virginia Tech (7), Georgia Tech (15), Florida State (19), North Carolina (20).
-- The Pittsburgh game will kickoff at 3:30 PM on ESPNU.
-- They've instituted some tailgating restrictions at UCF for the upcoming...
Uggla Beats Marlins in Salary Arbitration. Players 2, Owners 1
February 12, 2009 by
Biz of Baseball
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Second baseman Dan Uggla won his salary arbitration case with theFlorida Marlins today.Second baseman Dan Uggla won his salary arbitration hearing with the Florida Marlins today, and in doing so was awarded his requesting salary of $5.35 million for 2009 over the Marlins offering salary...
The bats turn up lame in a 7-1 loss to the Royals
The Jays could only muster two hits in last night's game against the Royals,while Purcey displayed another poor effort on the mound allowing six earned in five innings. Purcey is now 0-2 with an ERA of 7.01. He has been getting into similar problems in all of his outings this...
Forget it.... It's over
May 17, 2009 by
The Tribe Daily
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Wow we might as well pack it in.Even the umpires are out to get us, so what is the point to playing this season?I've never seen a worse officiated game, in a non-strike zone sense.I mean they let the Rays gaff with their lineup card go unnoticed, which is not on them, it's...
SlumpBot .200: Joba morphs into a late season question mark
September 07, 2009 by
Big League Stew
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Using the best technology available today, SlumpBot
.200 identifies a few players who are currently having trouble and
then offers solutions for recovery. Joba Chamberlain(notes), New York Yankees
Data: 8-5, 4.41 ERA, 1.53 WHIPMalfunction:
In six starts since the end of July, Joba...
Minnesota Twins Sweep Kansas City Royals with Big Seventh Inning
August 23, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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The Twins and Royals played two games of baseball today, and I’m not referring to a doubleheader. Through the first six innings, the game was about how far you could stretch a single run. And then it became a classic clobbering, with the Twins raining down hits to sweep the...
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