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• Weekend Rumblings - News for June 14, 2025

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Happy Birthday, Bobby Witt Jr.! Jonathan India exited last night’s game after he appeared to injure his shoulder. David Lesky is running out of things to say about the lack of hitting. I have nothing to say about this offense. Something has to change, but I’m just not sure it will. As I said yesterday, the biggest hope right now is to get to a point when o...2025
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• Royals vs Athletics Game 70 Gamethread

AL Player of the Week Vinnie Pasquantino needs to keep his tear going. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images The not-Sacramento Athletics bring Brent Rooker to town. The 34-35 Kansas City Royals are happy to see the Yankees leave town and welcome the 26-44 Athletics. At one point earlier this season, the Athletics were showing some scrappy, feisty play and were threatening the Mariners and Astros in...2025
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• Does Salvador Perez has one more great stretch in him?

Salvador Pérez #13 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after striking out during the sixth inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on April 12, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio. | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Some not great performances lately Baseball players all age out of the game, but they take different paths. Some players reach their athletic peak in ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 6, 2025

It was a good series | Photo by Ali Overstreet/MLB Photos via Getty Images I know it was just a doubleheader split and the first game was a letdown, but it was really nice to take 2 of 3 After the games were over last night the Royals signed RHP Justin Dunn to a minor league deal, per Jaylon Thompson. Thompson also wrote about the other (perplexing?) roster moves yesterday: Cameron didn’t...2025
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• The Royals Quarter-Century Team

Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images 25 years? Wait, what? Recently, esteemed baseball writer Jayson Stark complied his First Quarter Century baseball team for a story which ran in the Athletic. Has it already been 25 years since Y2K? Crazy how time slips away. I didn’t see much to argue about with Stark’s selections. The team is loaded with Hall of Famers and all-time greats as you would expect. St...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 3, 2025

Jac Caglianone for the Omaha Storm Chasers | Minda Haas Kuhlmann It’s time for Jac. Vahe Gregorian writes about the decision to call up Jac Caglianone. While he certainly seems to have demonstrated that he’s beyond Triple-A, that’s not the same as being ready for this. No matter how hard the Royals will try to cushion and support him, he’ll surely be the story for weeks to come among fan...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 15, 2025

Photo by Aryanna Frank/MLB Photos via Getty Images Did Jac Caglianone have a spring breakout? Carlos Estévez made his spring debut on Friday. The important thing is the 32-year-old is healthy and getting into a game groove. He was delayed getting into games this spring after experiencing mild back tightness in the early part of camp. The Royals slowed down his progression and had him thro...2025
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• A history of Royals infielders moving to the outfield

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Can the Royals transition more infielders to the outfield? The Royals had one of the worst outfields in baseball offensively last year. Their solution to that was to not acquire a single regular outfielder, but instead try converting some of their infielders into outfielders. The team plans to use spring training as a crash course in “how to play the outfield...2025
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• The Royals need something extra out of their farm system this time around

Jac Caglianone #15 and Tre’ Morgan #26 of the American League Fall Stars run around second and third bases to score in the second inning during the 2024 Fall Stars Game between the American League Fall Stars and the National League Fall Stars at Sloan Park on Saturday, November 9, 2024 in Mesa, Arizona. | Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images The ghosts of the past are knocki...2025
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• Royals Review holiday mailbag

Photo by Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images You give the gift of questions about the Royals! December can be the most wonderful time of the year for baseball fans. Michael Wacha realized there’s no place like home for the holidays, and the Royals acquired Jonathan India as a present without a bow. But since then, baby, it’s cold outside. It has been a silent night for Royals f...2024
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• Danny Jansen career introspective

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images It’s been the best of times, the worst of times for Rays new catcher The Rays recently signed Danny Jansen to be their primary catcher. Jansen has had some very bad years and some amazing good years. Here we are taking you on a walk through his career to help familiarize you with the newest Ray. Way back when in the world before COVID19 and $800M contract...2024
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• We have to get Witt back to the playoffs

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals walks through the dugout after a loss to the New York Yankees during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images A great player deserves a stage A young superstar, not yet 25 years old, stands watching the opposing team celebrate an American League Divisio...2024
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• Royals RBI men

For just the sixth time in franchise history, two Royals have surpassed 100 RBIs in the same season. | Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Hey, Dirty, baby I got your RBIs, don’t you worry Back in 1999, Jermaine Dye, Carlos Beltran, and Mike Sweeney accomplished something that no other trio of Kansas City Royal teammates had done in the franchise’s history: they each collected at least 100 runs ...2024
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• The All-Star game is coming. Are you ready to vote?

Maikel Garcia #11 and Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals are splashed by MJ Melendez #1 after the Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers 10-3 to win the game at Kauffman Stadium on May 21, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images How many Royals will be headed to Arlington instead of on a vacation? Believe it or not, the All-Star Game is coming up fast. Voti...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 3, 2023

I searched on “Kansas City Royals” and “Disney”. Why did I get Terry Pendleton? Pitchers and Catchers report in just over 3 months Max already covered that Salvy and Witt are Silver Slugger finalists. At the Star, Pete Grathoff compares them to the competition: Silver Slugger award winners will be revealed on the MLB Network on Thursday, Nov. 9 at 5 p.m. Max also covered all you need to kn...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 13, 2023

Halloween, 8 years ago | Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Hey, it’s Friday the 13th in October A headline that just hit The Star (Mike Hendricks) in the late afternoon: “Mayor asks and Royals agree to pay Kansas City’s legal fees in downtown ballpark talks” In another sign that negotiations over a possible downtown ballpark are getting serious, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said Thursday tha...2023
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• Nothing new under the sun
Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images The Yellowstone baseball edition. The other day I was standing in my bathroom, wondering who the old man was looking at me in the mirror, when I came to the realization that the Yellowstone series is nothing more than Sons of Anarchy on horses. For some reason I get most of my ideas in the shower. My lovely wife, who is a big baseball fan, has me on a Yell...2023
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9 (+6): Who Has the Edge in Royals-Mets World Series?
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"The Royals announced that Alex Gordon will be the 2025 inductee into the Royals Hall of Fame."

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"In 2014, the Royals lost starting first baseman Eric Hosmer for the entire month of August, and the 2015 Royals lost left fielder Alex Gordon and pitcher Danny Duffy for a month, starting pitcher Jason Vargas for most of the year, and closer Greg Holland for the entire season."

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"Cain was reportedly open to a six-year deal with the Royals that would have run through 2021, but the Royals did not want both Cain and Alex Gordon tied up to long-term deals."

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"C Yadier Molina wins his ninth and LF Alex Gordon and 3B Nolan Arenado both win their sixth."

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"The Royals are “getting close” to a one-year agreement with outfielder Alex Gordon, according to Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB."

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"Gentry remains one of the few active players — along with perhaps Jarrod Dyson of the Diamondbacks and Alex Gordon of the Royals — to sustain elite outfield defense well into his mid-30s."

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"In this case, Alex Gordon and Ian Kennedy stand out as underperforming contracts."

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"Royals left fielder Alex Gordon and his wife, Jamie, welcomed their third child to the world Monday, a girl named Joey Lynn."

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"According to sources, the Royals and Alex Gordon have agreed to a multiyear deal, pending a physical."

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"On Thursday, Major League Baseball announced that the Yankees outfielder has made the American League's roster as a replacement for Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, who is expected to miss eight weeks after straining his left groin on Wednesday night."

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"We'll never know what would have happened if Kansas City third-base coach Mike Jirschele had sent Alex Gordon home with two outs in the ninth inning of Wednesday night's World Series Game 7."

• Royals vs Athletics Game 70 Gamethread
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• The Royals Quarter-Century Team
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• Alex Gordon to be inducted into Royals Hall of Fame

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Gordo! The Royals announced that Alex Gordon will be the 2025 inductee into the Royals Hall of Fame. After teasing the selection earlier this week with a funny video, they provided a fitting ending to the piece. Introducing the newest member of the Royals Hall of Fame, Alex Gordon! pic.twitter.com/AmNmj9nOJ7— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) March 14, 2025 ...2025
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• The Moose is Loose - a Mike Moustakas retrospective

Mike Moustakas #8 of the Kansas City Royals hits against the Minnesota Twins the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium on July 22, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images What a wild career the infielder had Last week, former Royal Mike Moustakas announced his intent to sign a one-day contract with the Royals to officially retire with the team that had drafted him. Mo...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for February 8, 2025

Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How will the outfield shake out? Dan Szymborski at Fangraphs writes that the Royals missed an opportunity to improve the outfield. We have position-specific data going back to 2002, so starting in that year, I looked at the positional WAR for every single team that made the playoffs. I omitted DH for NL teams during the non-DH seas...2025
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• The Royals need something extra out of their farm system this time around
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• Kansas City Royals Top 15 Prospects: 6-10

We continue our dive into the Royals Top 15 Prospects with 6-10 We continue our rankings of the top prospects in the Royals’ farm system with #6-10. You can read previous rankings here: Honorable Mentions #11-15 The middle of the rankings features a number of Royals pitching prospects and a former first-round pick. Wolters was a curious case in 2024. Coming out of the draft, Wolters was heav...2025
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• Does Salvador Perez has one more great stretch in him?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 6, 2025
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• Vinnie Pasquantino should unleash his inner Billy Butler

Vinnie Pasquantino #9 of the Kansas City Royals hits an RBI double in the first inning against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium on April 07, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Embrace the double There’s nothing quite as iconic as a big dude stepping up to the plate and whacking a baseball over the fence by swinging a bat very, very hard. Smaller players ...2025
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• Danny Jansen career introspective
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• A look at some other players with multiple 30-30 MLB seasons

Alfonso Soriano #12 of the New York Yankees bats against the Boston Red Sox during an Major League Baseball game circa 2002 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Soriano played for the Yankees from 1999-03 and 2013-14. | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Who has Witt joined? Power and speed generally exist on a spectrum. If you’re very strong or very fast, you likely don’t have the o...2024
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• Hok’s 2024 Royals HOF ballot

Kansas City Royals center fielder Jarrod Dyson (1) steals third base against Oakland Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson (20) during the eighth inning of the 2014 American League Wild Card playoff baseball game at Kauffman Stadium. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images The Royals Hall of Fame is about to get MUCH bigger. The Royals have an absolutely STACKED Hall of Fame ballot, this year. Were t...2024
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• Royals Rally to be held this Saturday

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Rally for the Royals! Before the trucks Kauffman Stadium for the warm climate in Arizona, the Royals will host their third annual Royals Rally this Saturday, Febuary 1 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fans can purchase general admission tickets for $25 that gives them access to one player autograph session per two-hour period and a roundtable discussion with play...2025
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• The Royals have overtaken the Cardinals as Missouri’s better baseball team

The Royals host the Cardinals. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Vibes around Kansas City are much more positive than around St. Louis For years, despite living in the suburbs of Kansas City, I rooted for the St. Louis Cardinals over the Kansas City Royals. The reason is simple: my family all rooted for the Cardinals. Of the seven people in my immediate family, I arrived last, but more import...2025
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• A look at some other players with multiple 30-30 MLB seasons
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• The Twelve Days of Royalsmas

JON RATHBUN / Herkimer Times Telegram / USA TODAY NETWORK Spoiler: there will be no gifting of birds. It’s the holiday season. It’s also a rather busy point in the baseball offseason. The Winter Meetings took place earlier this week. The Mets just signed a player to what will end up being the worst contract in the history of professional sports. The Red Sox picked up Garrett Crochet. The D...2024
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• Baseball is a game of numbers that’s about more than numbers

Peter G. Aiken-Imagn Images The beauty lies beyond the figures. After turning away from baseball for a while, earlier this week I returned to thinking about the game I love as there are a lot of things happening right now: Draft Lottery took place—Congratulations, Washington! St. Louis had a nice jump to No. 5. Free agency—With Juan Soto, Blake Snell, and Max Fried, among others, dominos ...2024
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• 3 sports debates you can deploy at Thanksgiving dinner if things get uncomfortable

Freddy Fermin #34 of the Kansas City Royals takes batting practice prior to the game against the New York Yankees during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Some lighthearted sports arguments! Thanksgiving is a holiday where we celebrate the basics in life: our family, our friends, our food,...2024
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• The greatest baseball game of all time was played 10 years ago

The Kansas City Royals celebrate their 9 to 8 win over the Oakland Athletics in the 12th inning of their American League Wild Card game at Kauffman Stadium on September 30, 2014 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Long live the Wild Card Game My favorite memory of the 2014 Wild Card Game between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics is not, in fact,...2024
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• Gardner subs for Gordon on AL All-Star roster
Brett Gardner's push to reach Tuesday's All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile has paid off. On Thursday, Major League Baseball announced that the Yankees outfielder has made the American League's roster as a replacement for Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, who is expected to miss eight weeks after straining his left groin on Wednesday night....2015
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• Gardner subs for Gordon on AL All-Star roster
Brett Gardner's push to reach Tuesday's All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile has paid off. On Thursday, Major League Baseball announced that the Yankees outfielder has made the American League's roster as a replacement for Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, who is expected to miss eight weeks after straining his left groin on Wednesday night....2015
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• Sources: Gordon returns to Royals
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• Three Royals homer to take opener vs. Cubs
Lorenzo Cain hit a tie-breaking RBI double in the eighth, and Alcides Escobar, Alex Gordon and Salvador Perez each smacked solo homers to power the Royals to a 8-4 victory Friday over the Cubs, who were playing their first Interleague series....2015
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• Royals ride four-run sixth for DH sweep of Rays
Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar drilled a bases-clearing double in the sixth inning that broke the game open, and Alex Gordon had four hits and four RBIs as the Royals completed a doubleheader sweep with a 7-1 victory over the Rays on Tuesday night....2015
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• Royals raise division lead by sweeping Twins
Alex Gordon clubbed a three-run homer and Edinson Volquez fired seven strong innings as the Royals rolled to a 7-2 win over the Twins on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep at Target Field....2015
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• Sharp Volquez, 2 Royals homers sink A's
Right-hander Edinson Volquez tossed seven strong innings, and Kendrys Morales and Alex Gordon each homered, as the Royals held off the Oakland A's 5-2 on Friday night....2015
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• Gordon, Hosmer back Ventura in win over O's
The Royals got home runs from Alex Gordon and Eric Hosmer to back the strong pitching of Yordano Ventura in the series finale against the Orioles....2016
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2023 season begins
Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images What do our writers think of the upcoming season? The Royals made some big changes in the front office and the dugout, with general manager J.J. Picollo now in charge, and Matt Quatraro coming over from the Rays to lead the field staff. But aside from that and some other coaching changes, it was a quiet off-season for the Royals. They have staked their fut...2023
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• Onus Now Heavy on Yordano Ventura, Royals' Bats to Bring Home Pivotal Game 2
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• Speed Demon Royals Are Sign of Where Baseball Could Be Headed
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• Can Royals Become 1st Undefeated Champion in Modern MLB Postseason History?
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• Vinnie Pasquantino should unleash his inner Billy Butler
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• The best pictures from 2025 Spring Training photo day

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Say cheese! The regular season looms. Spring Training is coming to a close. And in just under the wire is our annual look at the best pictures from Royals Spring Training photo day, which we have run here at Royals Review for a decade. Yes, in years past, this post happened shortly after the pictures were originally snapped. This year, well, not so much. But ...2025
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• Alex Gordon to be inducted into Royals Hall of Fame
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• The Moose is Loose - a Mike Moustakas retrospective
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• Hok’s 2024 Royals HOF ballot
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• Why none of us should worry about Royals home game attendance

Fans of the Kansas City Royals react during the game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday, August 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/MLB Photos via Getty Images We’re fine On August 26, 2014, the Kansas City Royals roared back in the bottom of the ninth to walk off the Minnesota Twins. It was an extraordinarily qui...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 20, 2024

That was a fun moment between Butler and Gordon | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Thursdays are the new Friday! Ed note: Yes, I know, it’s not Friday. But when we get down to OT, this will make sense. Greg was gracious enough to switch when I realized the game today fit with the topic. For those of you who skip Friday Rumblings... shame on you. Or not. But this is the wild and bori...2024
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• The NBC World Series

Top flight baseball in Wichita. From July 25 to August 3, the National Baseball Congress will hold and celebrate the 90th anniversary of the NBC World Series. The World Series used to be held at the old Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita, Kansas, and will feature the very best amateur teams from locales across this great country of ours. The NBC World Series is now played at Eck Stadium on the cam...2024
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• Royals trade partner history: The White Sox

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images Here we are now going to the south side. This is a series that looks back at their trade history with each team in baseball. So far, we have looked back at trades with the Braves, Cubs, Diamondbacks, and Orioles. Today we look at the history of deals with the Chicago White Sox. Total number of Royals/White Sox trades: 19 Dayton Moore dealt with the Whi...2024
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