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• 2024 Season in Review: Nick Pratto

Nick Pratto #32 of the Kansas City Royals makes his pitching debut against the New York Yankees during the ninth inning at Kauffman Stadium on June 11, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The most bizarre season Getting to the big leagues at all is an incredible accomplishment. Among the millions of college and professional baseball players who have stepped on...2024
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• Free agent swingman pitchers that could interest the Royals

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals still need pitching depth. The Royals finished with the seventh-best ERA in baseball, in large part due to their two All-Star pitchers Seth Lugo and Cole Ragans, as well as strong performances from Michael Wacha and Brady Singer. They traded Singer away, but will still have some rotation depth with Kris Bubic expected to re-join the rotation after ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 16, 2024

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Congrats to newlyweds Bobby and Maggie! David Laurila at Fangraphs asked Matt Quatraro how the team performed relative to their true talent level. “It’s an interesting question, because I really think at times I was disappointed that we hadn’t won more,” Quatraro told me in Dallas. “When you look back and think of where we had been, to where we had finished the ye...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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• How high can the Royals payroll go?

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals takes the field prior to Game 4 of the Division Series presented by Booking.com between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday, October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images $130 million? $140 million? Superstar quarterback Aaron Jets signed with the New Yor...2024
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• Championship Royals headline candidates on Royals Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Will all these guys get in? There are nine candidates for the Royals Hall of Fame in 2025, most of which have ties to the 2014-15 pennant-winning clubs. Carlos Beltrán, Billy Butler, Johnny Damon, Wade Davis, Jarrod Dyson, Alex Gordon, Kelvin Herrera, Joakim Soria, and Yordano Ventura are all up for enshrinement. ...2024
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• Non-tendered free agents that could benefit the Royals

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images More players became free agents. On Friday, 62 more players became free agents after they were non-tendered at the deadline for arbitration-eligible players. Some players non-tendered were not yet arbitration-eligible, but non-tendering them allows teams to get them off the 40-man roster while avoiding waivers, which can allow them to re-sign...2024
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• Potential trade target: Alec Bohm

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The All-Star third baseman could be on the move. The Royals have made offense a top priority this off-season, and while their main target is a leadoff hitter that can get on base, GM J.J. Picollo has also said he would like another middle-of-the-order bat that can lengthen the lineup. This year’s free agent class is a bit thin, with numerous buyers whi...2024
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• On-base options: Trade candidates

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Let’s make a deal! The Royals have made getting a leadoff hitter who can get on base a top priority this off-season, after the team got a line of .228/.270/.334 from the top spot. Last week I looked at free agents who could fill that void, but with a weak market, a trade might be a more effective route. The Royals are reportedly open to trading their...2024
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• On-base options: Free agents

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Get on base! Royals GM J.J. Picollo has highlighted an on-base hitter as his top priority this off-season, and for good reason. Royals leadoff hitters batted .228/.270/.334 this year, by far the worst in baseball. Bobby Witt Jr., Vinnie Pasquantino, and Salvador Perez all need more RBI opportunities from someone that can set the table. Free agency is now ...2024
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• Should the Royals trade Brady Singer this offseason?

Brady Singer #51 of the Kansas City Royals walks back to the dugout during Game 3 of the Division Series presented by Booking.com between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Kansas City Royals made the playoffs and even won a series, taking the New...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024

Salvy! | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Crashing from all the sugar last night? Per this completely unofficial website, it looks like 102 days until Pitchers and Catchers Report. It has the disclaimer of “Countdown is currently based on pitchers and catchers reporting on February 12, 2025”. That means roughly 3 months until we can start posting stories about who is in the best shape of their...2024
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• What to know about the MLB off-season

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Let the Hot Stove season begin. Now that the World Series is complete, the off-season can begin in earnest. Here is what you need to know about the Royals’ off-season. Which players become free agents? The Royals have seven players that automatically become free agents now - Paul DeJong, Yuli Gurriel, Garrett Hampson, Tommy Pham, Robbie Grossman, Michael Lor...2024
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• 2024 Season in Review: The best Royals games

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Royals games were better this year. It was a remarkable season for the Royals with 30 more wins this year than in 2023, one of the biggest improvements ever. That gave Royals fans a lot more games to be excited about! Here are the best Royals games of the year. March 31 - Royals blow out the Twins The Twins were expected to be the clas...2024
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• Ranking this off-season’s free agents

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Will the Royals spend on any? The World Series begins tomorrow, and immediately after they crown a champion, eligible players become free agents. The Royals were one of the most active teams last off-season, and GM J.J. Picollo has said he expects the same kind of financial flexibility from ownership this season. Which free agents could th...2024
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• Who makes this stuff up?

John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Baseball internet stuff The internet is an endless source of strange stuff, and I often find myself, like Alice, falling into endless rabbit holes. It’s filled with facts, fiction, comedy, tragedy, disinformation and enough people spewing out garbage that would trigger even a chill dude like Jeffrey Lebowski. Or me. I’m n...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 4, 2024

One more day of celebration before the ALDS | Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Let’s enjoy this ride one more day before the ALDS starts Make the playoffs and suddenly everyone wants to write about the Royals. Whereas normally, I’m looking for listicles and random tangential mentions of the team, I’m probably not going to be able to get to every single story posted yesterday. There’s just too...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024

Bubble! | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images With The Gauntlet over, just 15 games to go Let’s check in on those playoff odds, shall we? Baseball Prospectus: 92.7% to make playoffs, 3.2% to win division, 1.9% to win World Series Fangraphs: 94.3% to make playoffs, 6.8% to win division, 2.6% to win World Series Baseball-Reference: 94.1% to make playoffs, 3.4% to win division, 6.0% to win ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 1, 2024

Garfield is right about Mondays, lasagna, and much more | Photo by Steve Parsons - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images Very nice series over the weekend! Ed note: I was mistaken on Friday. I guess I will be doing one day of Rumblings this month as Max is out for a few days. That said, I’m leaving on vacation this week so we’re not getting the full Friday Rumblings experience. Also, I ...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 April 26, 2024

Seriously - that was a lot of rain | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Yesterday’s game was just weird and I was glad the Royals stole it Let’s talk about yesterday’s game for a minute. It really was odd. I know Ryan covered it here, but I just wanted to blather on more about it. Really, to have a clean game, they would have had to start it at least an hour earlier and we just don’t do that...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 5, 2024

Monday is Eclipse Day | Set Number: X161331 TK1 Anne Rogers with a pair of stories about injuries. The first is about Frank Mozzicato’s injury last season: Frank Mozzicato’s 2023 season can be broken into two parts: Before the collision and after the collision... On June 2, a day after Mozzicato struck out 10 in five innings for the Fireflies, he was in shallow center field during battin...2024
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• Who is John Sherman?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Like the guy next door, except richer In the past, I’ve written stories critical of how the Royals organization has handled their downtown stadium negotiations. And while I don’t back away from the ham-handed way that process has been going, I did start to wonder if perhaps I have gotten the wrong idea about Royals owner John Sherman. After all, I’ve never m...2024
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• What to know about 2024 Royals Opening Day

Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Baseball begins Thursday! Baseball season is back and Royals fans have reason to be hopeful for the first time in several years with a legit MVP candidate in Bobby Witt Jr., a Cy Young Award candidate in Cole Ragans, and one of the bigger spending sprees in free agency this off-season. The Royals will begin the 2024 season on Thursday, Mar...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 26, 2024

Photo by Brian Davidson/Getty Images Two more days! The Royals get some good news on Michael Wacha after he was hit in the finger by a comebacker. “We are really lucky, he is really lucky,” Quatraro said of Wacha, whose X-rays came back negative on Monday morning. “We feel fortunate that it wasn’t anything worse.” “It was a little bit of a bruise probably, but in terms of pain, we anticip...2024
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"He made his debut with the Royals that September, and his first MLB home run is believed to be the longest home run ever hit in Kauffman Stadium."

2023
"Lorenzo Cain has informed Andy McCullough of The Athletic that he will officially retire, and will return to Kauffman Stadium this season for a retirement ceremony."

2022
"The Royals' lease for Kauffman Stadium expires in 2030 and the Royals will then look to move"

2021
"After blowing leads in four straight innings — including twice when it would have sealed a victory — the Yankees got the last three outs from Wandy Peralta in a crazy, 8-6, 11-inning win over the Royals on Monday night at Kauffman Stadium."

2020
"Mahomes has been a big fan of the Royals since being drafted by the Chiefs in 2017 and has even taken batting practice with the club and thrown out the first pitch at Kauffman Stadium."

2019
" Royals' Kauffman Stadium hosts enormous game of Mario Kart on video board "

2018
"For the first time in 39 years, Kauffman Stadium will host a concert not associated with a baseball game."

2017
"The Royals provided the perfect tonic for Sabathia as he fired 6 2/3 shutout innings in a 7-1 win on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium."

2016
"Now, there are only two: Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium and Pittsburgh's PNC Park."

2015
"The Royals advanced to their second straight World Series for the first time in franchise history with a pulsating 4-3 win over the Blue Jays in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Friday night at Kauffman Stadium."

2014
"Then he astonished them with tickets to Game 1 of the Fall Classic between the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium."

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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 16, 2024
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• Hok’s 2024 Royals HOF ballot
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• The Royals are looking to trade for a slugger. Who’s available?

The Royals need run production. The Royals have been one of the most active teams so far this off-season, bringing back pitcher Michael Wacha on a three-year, $51 million deal, and acquiring second baseman Jonathan India and outfielder Joey Wiemer from the Reds for pitcher Brady Singer. But the team is far from done. According to a recent report from The Athletic, the Royals would like to add more...2024
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• Potential trade target: Nolan Arenado

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images The Cardinals are embarking on a weird offseason. The team has fallen short of expectations and this will be John Mozeliak’s last running the team before he hands things off to Chaim Bloom. They definitely have talent, but they need an organizational reset to shake up the roster and get younger. Veteran Nolan Arenado is one of the contracts they will b...2024
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• Royals trade for Jonathan India reflects an aggressive new front office

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The Royals aren’t afraid to make a bold move. The Royals struck early this off-season by re-signing Michael Wacha just after the World Series, and on Friday they made one of the first major trades of the off-season by acquiring second baseman Jonathan India and outfielder Joey Wiemer from the Reds for pitcher Brady Singer. The trade is an audacious on...2024
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• 2024 Season in Review: Nick Pratto
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 16, 2024
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• Hok’s 2024 Royals HOF ballot
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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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• Potential trade target: Alec Bohm
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 16, 2024
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• 2024 Royals Holiday Gift Guide

World Series champion merchandise is displayed for sale inside the fan shop of the stadium ahead of the Kansas City Royals opening day game against the New York Mets at Kauffman Stadium on April 3, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Let’s see what’s for sale! Ah yes, the holiday season—capitalism at its finest. No matter how much stuff you have, there’s alw...2024
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• 2024 Season in Review: The best Royals home runs

Photo by Kevin M. Cox/Getty Images What was your favorite dong? This year the Royals hit 170 home runs, second-most in club history behind only the 2017 team. Home run rates are up all over baseball, but even relative to the league, the Royals improved. They finished tenth in the American League in home runs, their best finish since 2003. Take them out of the K and they fared even better -...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: Underdog Guardians look to knock out big, bad Yankees

The Yankees’ championship drought is a feast compared to the Guardians’. Who will get a chance to snap it? The Championship Series is upon us and only four teams remain from the 30 who began the MLB season back in March. October winnowed the field to 12 playoff teams, the Wild Card round cut out four more, and now, the New York Yankees, Cleveland Guardians, New York Mets, and Los Angeles Dodgers a...2024
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• Kauffman Stadium is going to rock tonight, and the world isn’t ready

Eric Hosmer #35 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after hitting a triple in the 12th inning against the Oakland Athletics during the American League Wild Card game at Kauffman Stadium on September 30, 2014 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Playoff baseball is here! For the first time in nine years, Kauffman Stadium will host a playoff game. The venerable Kansas City...2024
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• Blazing Cain: Dash from first sends KC to WS
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• Gord-geous! KC's HR in 9th sparks epic G1 win
The Royals twice overcame deficits and won Game 1 of the 2015 World Series in the bottom of the 14th inning when Eric Hosmer, whose error gave the Mets a one-run lead in the eighth, hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded and none out, capping off a pulsating 5-4 win on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium....2015
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• David Ortiz Surprises Military Members with Tickets to 2014 World Series
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• Cueto's 2-hitter gives KC 2-0 Series lead
Johnny Cueto two-hit the Mets as the Royals roared to a 7-1 win on Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series....2015
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• Mets stymied by Cueto, face 2-0 Series deficit
Johnny Cueto two-hit the Mets as the Royals roared to a 7-1 win on Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series....2015
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• Royals stun Blue Jays in 7th, take 2-0 ALCS lead
These Royals just never realize they're out of it. For the second time this postseason, the Royals staged a highly improbable comeback, erupting for five runs in the bottom of the seventh off Blue Jays left-hander David Price, wiping out a three-run deficit and paving the way for a 6-3 victory Saturday at Kauffman Stadium in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series....2015
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• Cuet-0: KC ace twirls shutout in home debut
Royals right-hander Johnny Cueto, making his home debut at Kauffman Stadium, dazzled the Tigers with a four-hit shutout as the Royals won, 4-0, on Monday in front of 36,672 fans....2015
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• Tigers shut down by Cueto in opener vs. KC
Royals right-hander Johnny Cueto, making his home debut at Kauffman Stadium, dazzled the Tigers with a four-hit shutout as the Royals won, 4-0, on Monday in front of 36,672 fans....2015
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• 2024 Season in Review: Nick Pratto
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• Potential trade target: Alec Bohm
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• MLB Playoffs: Underdog Guardians look to knock out big, bad Yankees
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• Patrick Mahomes is celebrating the Royals’ return to the postseason

Photo by Jason Hanna/Getty Images As a part owner of the city’s MLB franchise, the Chiefs’ quarterback is excited for the team’s success. The city is buzzing with excitement as the Kansas City Royals gear up for their first postseason appearance since 2015 — and no one is more thrilled than the Kansas City Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who has been a part owner of the Royals since 2...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 6, 2024

I think we’re required by law to use a Mahomes and Witt picture today | Photo by Jason Hanna/Getty Images Six games left in The Gauntlet (TM) Manager Matt Quatraro missed some games earlier this week due his mother’s death. At the Star, Vahe Gregorian talked to the skipper about how her lessons influenced his managerial style: The last few days away from the team, he said, were “maddenin...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024

Salvy and Shin-Soo Choo | Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports I’m doing my part: Royals on a 7-week Thursday unbeaten streak! I was going to jump straight into the links but I think it’s time to stop and smell the context. The Royals are about to enter their 20-game gauntlet against some of the best teams in baseball: 3v PHI, 4@ CLE, 4@ HOU, 3v CLE, 3v MIN, and 3@ NYY. After that stretch, the r...2024
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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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