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Royals pitchers become free agents
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Royals right-handed pitchers Doug Waechter and Devon Lowery each elected to become free agents, rather than accept assignments to Class AAA Omaha.
Not to worry, Baltimore project not trying to compete with KC's Negro Leagues Museum
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So, it turns out the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum won't have new competition from Baltimore after all.
A story in the Baltimore Sun this week detailing "the first East Coast museum devoted to Negro League baseball teams and players" caused concern around Kansas...
Royals set winter 40-man roster
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The Royals made their winter 40-man roster final on Friday, adding infielder Jeff Bianchi, outfielders Jarrod Dyson and Jordan Parraz, catcher Manuel Pina and pitcher Blake Wood. To make room on the roster, the Royals outrighted pitchers Devon Lowery and Doug Waechter, designated...
Royals set winter 40-man roster
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The Royals finalized their winter 40-man roster on Friday, adding infielder Jeff Bianchi, outfielders Jarrod Dyson and Jordan Parraz, catcher Manuel Pina and pitcher Blake Wood.
The one about Bret Saberhagen's fake job on the Dennis Miller show
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My cell phone buzzes and the two-time Cy Young winner's number lights up on caller ID."Hey," he says, "it's Bret with one 'T'."There's a pause."But I'm Saberhagen, not that other guy."He laughs, a minor mystery solved....
KU Basketball: That's more like it!
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66.4% Effective FG%After the Memphis game, I complained that KU didn’t shoot the trey often enough and that they didn’t press. Believe it or not, I actually saw a full court press against Central Arkansas. Ok, it was only once or twice, but that’s still infinitely...
Wilcats vs Huskers: For All The Marbles
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KSU FootballSnyder: "I have never been involved in a ballgame in which bowl eligibility and a division championship were on the line at the same time. I'm gratified on how much progress we make from week to week, but this past week, we didn't make much progress...
Royals sign right-hander
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The Royals began work on their bullpen with the signing of right-hander Brad Thompson to a minor-league contract on Thursday. Thompson, 27, was 2-6 with a 4.84 ERA in 32 games including eight starts for the Cardinals last year. His fastball is in the upper 80s, with a slider...
Royals 2010 Spring Training Schedule
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Royals 2010 spring reporting dates
Royals sign pitcher Brad Thompson
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The Royals began work on their bullpen with the signing of right-hander Brad Thompson to a minor-league contract on Thursday.
Mangino and KU football are headed for divorce because only one side worked on its faults
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Mark Mangino and Kansas football was a flawed marriage from the beginning. Each side knew what it was getting into, but accepted the other's faults because the partnership was their best shot at happiness -- for better or worse.The marriage is now ending because too many...
Royals to bring out powder blue hats in 2010
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The Royals announced Thursday that next year's team will wear a new powder blue hat with their powder blue jerseys, which have been worn every home day game since the 2008 season.
How does the Big 12 rate in Basketball?
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Big 12 vs SEC, Ken Johnson of Hoopszone sent me an email and made this comment. “My general take is that all conferences wax and wane from year to year, and if you take a long enough period (say a decade or more), they probably all average out to be about the same. ...
Tigers vs Cyclones
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Missouri FootballPinkel: “The football team is preparing for Iowa State. They are playing very well, and are bowl eligible. Paul Rhoads has done an exceptional job with the football program. They have a dual threat quarterback, probably the best in the league, and...
For Greinke and Royals, the clock is ticking
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Pardon this blog if the relief and pride of seeing Zack Greinke win baseball’s highest pitching honor hasn’t yet faded, but there is a fast-approaching reality that the Royals will have to face. They now have anywhere from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years to build a contender...
Henry will be pitching coach for Omaha Royals
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Doug Henry will be the new pitching coach for Class AAA Omaha after spending one season as the Royals’ roving pitching coach. Henry replaces Tom Burgmeier. The rest of the coaching staffs for the Royals’ top four affiliates will return intact, the organization...
Royals firm up minor-league coaching staffs
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Doug Henry will be the new pitching coach for Class AAA Omaha after spending one season as the Royals' roving pitching coach. Henry replaces Tom Burgmeier.
The rest of the coaching staffs for the Royals' top four affiliates will return intact, the organization announced...
Hey, everybody, we landed on the moon! (and we're getting the All-Star game in 2012)
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OK, well, enough of you have e-mailed or Tweeted about this "news" about Kansas City getting the All-Star game in 2012 that we may as well put something up here.Yes, it's true. And we reported it back in July, from the All-Star game in St. Louis:"...commissioner...
Reality check: Greinke's success means the clock is ticking on Dayton Moore and the Royals
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Pardon this blog if the relief and euphoria and pride of seeing Zack Greinke win baseball's highest pitching honor hasn't yet faded, but there is a fast-approaching reality that the Royals will have to face.They now have anywhere from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years to build...
Bill Self: Can You Not Hear My Cries?
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Too Close for ComfortThere are two things in the world that I can’t comprehend. The first is how something the size of an atom can be converted into enough explosive power to destroy a city. The second is why Bill Self refuses to press. Actually, make that one thing...
Jayhawks vs Longhorns
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Kansas FootballMangino: “Texas is an outstanding team, an excellent football team. No weaknesses on the offensive side of the ball. They feature a great quarterback in Colt McCoy. He can beat you throwing and he can beat you with his feet. Their defense gives you looks...
Greinke proves he's the best in the league
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Around here, among Royals fans in Kansas City, there’s been a persistent buzz about whether Zack Greinke would win the Cy Young Award as the American League’s best pitcher. Out there, in Zack Greinke’s offseason in Orlando, not so much.
A look at Cy Young winners in or before their age-25 seasons
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Zack Greinke is the ninth pitcher to win his first Cy Young Award in or before his age-25 season since 1985 — when Bret Saberhagen and Dwight Gooden exploded on the national scene. Each of the previous eight enjoyed at least good careers, and at least half of them could...
What they've said about Greinke
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•“He’s just kind of riding that wave. It’s not always going to be that easy as it is right now. But there’s no question he’s as good as there is right now.” | White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko, May 4, after Greinke has a complete...
Greinke gets almost unanimous support for Cy Young
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The headline on the announcement that Zack Greinke was the American League Cy Young winner called the voting a “landslide.” It figures, then, that most of the opinions among voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America followed. “I voted...
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