Athletes Who’ll Pop A Cap In An Animal For Thanksgiving Dinner
It’s a Busted Coverage tradition unlike any other. The annual “Athletes Killing Animals” post always seems to fire up the PETA crowd, give hunters an erection and cause tofurkey eaters to puke. But it’s that time of year when we celebrate dropping an 8-point buck or blasting a round into a turkey that’s turned into a meal.
And before you condemn BC for only showing NASCAR...
The Rich Get Richer: The Failure Of Competitive Balance In Baseball
In 2003, when baseball enacted the “Competitive Balance Tax”, the concept was that it would force large market teams to spend less. After all, there was nothing inherently fair about watching the New York Yankees have a payroll of $188 million, and the Kansas City Royals have a payroll of $39 million. When one team has all of the resources, there is no question...
The Rich Get Richer: The Failure Of Competitive Balance In Baseball
In 2003, when baseball enacted the “Competitive Balance Tax”, the concept was that it would force large market teams to spend less. After all, there was nothing inherently fair about watching the New York Yankees have a payroll of $188 million, and the Kansas City Royals have a payroll of $39 million. When one team has all of the resources, there is no question which team a...
A powerful breakfast
As a guy who has lacked in home run power over the beginning of his career in Kansas City, Billy Butler, has taken the bull by the horns this season setting a new career high in home runs only 111 games into the 2012 season. Butler is on pace to become the first Royal to hit 30 home runs in a season since Jermaine Dye did it in 2000. A 12 year drought could be broken by a player...
Countdown to Cooperstown: Class of 2015
<img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TCrCFpoa5Y4/Tie4KQ8pziI/AAAAAAAACLM/m3yKTVgFo3o/s1600/johnson.jpg" t$="true" />What's interesting about the Hall of Fame Class of 2015 is the same as the Classes of 2013 and 2014...there are some definite shoe-ins.Truth is, I don't know if the Hall of Fame has had back-to-back-to-back years...
siphotos: The future of the Royals — Johnny Damon, Carlos...
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The future of the Royals — Johnny Damon, Carlos Beltran and Jermaine Dye — pose during a 2000 SI photo shoot in Kansas City. (Chuck Solomon/SI)
Beltran returns to Kansas City for first time
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Nearly eight years to the day since he was traded out of town, outfielder Carlos Beltran returned to Kauffman Stadium for the first time Friday.
And while the stadium hardly looks the same and nearly nobody except a few stadium security guards look familiar to him, the memories of his first six-plus years in the big leagues remain strong.
"I only have good...
Beltran returns to Kansas City for first time
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Nearly eight years to the day since he was traded out of town, outfielder Carlos Beltran returned to Kauffman Stadium for the first time Friday.
And while the stadium hardly looks the same and nearly nobody except a few stadium security guards look familiar to him, the memories of his first six-plus years in the big leagues remain strong.
"I only have good...
#OurTime to have more than one All-Star again?
It has been 12 years since the Royals have had multiple players in the MLB All-Star Game, but this could be the year that streak ends.
The 2012 All-Star Game will be played at beautiful Kauffman Stadium on July 10. For 3 days, the city of Kansas City and the Kansas City Royals organization will take center stage in the baseball world. The hope was that the Royals would have an exciting...
My Second-Favorite Royals: Position by Position
The lists that show us the best all-time of a team or a certain position bore me. Plus, they always have that, "How can you leave out [Player X]?!!!" element to them. To change it up a bit, I came up with a list of my own second-favorite Kansas City Royals based on their position. This is neither statistical nor scouting based; it is just based on the illogical observations...
2012 Big Ten Tournament Preview & Predictions
The Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament tips off Thursday, March 8, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Heading into the tournament, the Big Ten continues to lead all conferences in the RPI and Sagarin ratings and is the only conference in the country with five top-15 teams.
So you could easily say it’s the toughest conference in college basketball. But it doesn’t...
This Week in Baseball Cards: February 29
<img border="0" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xp2g9kiquyU/ThFghawLbQI/AAAAAAAACI0/fi7CL0-kiE8/s1600/TWIBC.jpg" />Sure "Moneyball" struck out at the Academy Awards this past Sunday night, but...it doesn't mean we're done talking about it.Here's Bo Rosny with This Week in Baseball Cards!This past week’s Friday...
And the Jermaine Dye Award Goes To...
Trucking Day has come and gone for baseball teams and pitchers and catchers started reporting for duty and will continue to increase in the coming days. Spring Training engines are revving up in Florida and Arizona as teams try to ready themselves for the upcoming 2012 baseball season. How exciting is that!? But it's not so exciting for some fairly well known free agents that...
Black History Month: The All-Time Royals
The history of African Americans in baseball may not be represented better anywhere in the world than it is in Kansas City with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. From Buck O’Neil to Josh Gibson, you can learn about a plethora of black baseball players that excelled before they were allowed to compete in the ‘Major Leagues’. However, I’m not sure we in Kansas City fully recognize...
This Year’s Jermaine Dye
With only a few weeks remaining until pitchers and catchers report to camp and local media outlets pretend that truck day is ‘a thing’, there are still a handful of big name players left on without a job for 2012. Of those, the likes of Roy Oswalt and Edwin Jackson will eventually find themselves a big league deal somewhere, even if the dollar value and team don’t match their...
Worst Defenders Since 2002
The end of each year inspires many “Best Of” articles. Sports blogs, in particular, latch on to these types of posts. Best Plays of the Year. Best Games of the Year. Best Players of the Year. Even niche articles, such as Best Mustaches of the Year. The list goes on and on.
This list does not list the “Best Of” anything. Instead, it lists the worst five defenders since 2002...
Can the Royals Contend in 2012?
The Royals have been a scapegoat in the American League for years. They've finished above .500 just once in the last 17 years (2003, when the team finished 83-79), they've dealt away stars like Carlos Beltran and Jermaine Dye for far below market value, and they've handed playing time to some of the worst players you can imagine in baseball. But the team went on a full...
Can the Royals Contend in 2012?
The Royals have been a scapegoat in the American League for years. They've finished above .500 just once in the last 17 years (2003, when the team finished 83-79), they've dealt away stars like Carlos Beltran and Jermaine Dye for far below market value, and they've handed playing time to some of the worst players you can imagine in baseball. But the team went on a full...
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