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  • The Royals Quarter-Century Team
    • 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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  • The Orioles are combusting, and the Royals can learn from it
    • The Orioles are combusting, and the Royals can learn from it
    Gunnar Henderson #2 of the Baltimore Orioles reacts after striking out in the fifth inning against the Washington Nationals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on May 16, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images So many similarities Ryan O’Hearn went to Baltimore and, like a werewolf in the full moonlight, turned into a monster. The onetime Royals first baseman had a fant...2025
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  • Bobby Witt Jr. is on track to do something no Royals player has done in nearly 50 years
    • Bobby Witt Jr. is on track to do something no Royals player has done in nearly 50 years
    Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (7) hits a single during the third inning against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images So many hits Hitting a baseball is arguably the hardest thing to do in professional sports, which is why a hit itself is perhaps the most iconic part about baseball. There’s just some inherent aesthetic beauty to a line driv...2025
  • Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025
    • Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025
    Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Have they tried turning the bats off and then on again? Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. and manager Matt Quatraro talk about a rough series opening against the New York Yankees. “You like to swing the bats a little bit better. Sometimes, you have to give credit to the opposing pitcher, too,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “...2025
  • Spring training battles: The bench
    • Spring training battles: The bench
    Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Who will be seated next to Matt Quatraro? With just over a week to before the Royals open the season against the Cleveland Guardians, the regular season roster is beginning to take shape. The Royals have assigned a number of promising prospects to minor league camp including pitcher Noah Cameron, outfielders John Rave and Tyler Gentry, and the impressiv...2025
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  • Video teases next member of the Royals Hall of Fame
    • Video teases next member of the Royals Hall of Fame
    Who will it be? The Royals will soon announce this year’s induction class for the Royals Hall of Fame. On this year’s ballot are Carlos Beltrán, Billy Butler, Johnny Damon, Wade Davis, Jarrod Dyson, Alex Gordon, Kelvin Herrera, Joakim Soria, and Yordano Ventura. But the Royals marketing department is teasing the newest inductee with a clever video showing the Royals Hall of Fame Lounge. The “exclu...2025

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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025
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  • The All Oft-Injured Team
    • The All Oft-Injured Team
    Photo by Dave Kaup/Getty Images A major dis from Sir Charles During the 1961-62 baseball season, the great Wilt Chamberlain averaged, AVERAGED, 48.5 minutes per game while playing in a league leading 80 games. Since an NBA game is only 48 minutes long, you must be asking if this is a misprint. No, it is not. Wilt played every minute of every game, plus most of the overtime minutes. In fact...2025
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  • Royals Rumblings - News for January 27, 2025
    • Royals Rumblings - News for January 27, 2025
    Photo by Jason Hanna/Getty Images GO CHIEFS! Alden Gonzalez and Jesse Rogers at ESPN talk to players like former Royals All-Star Mike Sweeney about Ichiro Suzuki. Sweeney: ”He leads off the game with a line drive to left-center field for a base hit and he gets over to first base, and all I could think about was when I was in Japan playing against the Japanese all-stars, anytime that an Am...2025
  • We have to get Witt back to the playoffs
    • 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
    • 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
  • Nobody deserves playoff baseball more than Salvador Perez
    • Nobody deserves playoff baseball more than Salvador Perez
    Anthony Gruppuso-Imagn Images Salvy stayed with Kansas City through the wilderness and made it to the other side On a brisk October night in 2010, Citizens Bank Park buzzed with anticipation and nervous energy. The back-to-back National League champs entered the seventh inning down a run against the Cincinnati Reds, facing rookie phenom Aroldis Chapman. They rallied. Chase Utley hustled P...2024
  • A look back at the 2003 Royals
    • A look back at the 2003 Royals
    Photo credit should read DAVE KAUP/AFP via Getty Images The Royals BELIEVED and made an unexpected run. The Royals were the laughingstock of baseball in the late 90s and early 2000s, but one oasis in that cesspool of bad baseball was the 2003 Royals. It was a season of stupefying wins, an amazing season from an emerging star player, unwavering optimism from the skipper, and donuts, so many...2024
  • A look back at the Royals’ 2019 draft class, five years later
    • A look back at the Royals’ 2019 draft class, five years later
    Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Could this be the best draft class in Royals history? Flags fly forever, but the post-championship hangover hit the Royals hard in 2018. Once the core of the championship team departed, what was left were over-the-hill veterans and not-ready-for-prime-time players. The 2018 Royals were dreadful, losing 104 games, but their reward for enduring that misery w...2024
  • Weekend Rumblings - News for May 11, 2024
    • Weekend Rumblings - News for May 11, 2024
    Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Wins are fun! Dairon Blanco talked about his big game on Thursday night. “It doesn’t matter if I’m starting or [coming in] late,” Blanco said through interpreter Luis Perez. “I’m always prepared. I keep working hard, and every time I get the opportunity to do it, it’s just a matter of being ready.” David Lesky reacts to Michael Wacha’s positive start. ...2024

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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for February 24, 2023
    This picture choice makes sense once you get to the OT section | Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images (Spring Training) Baseball games start today! Kansas City takes on Texas in Surprise at 2:05pm Royals time today. The Royals get the Cactus League opener! The Spring Training opener, even! I don’t think this is something that’s officially noted, but I’m making this call for us. The...2023
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "The full list of Royals hitters who have accomplished the feat since 1980 are as follows: Willie Wilson, 1980: 230 hits Kevin Seitzer, 1987: 207 hits Mike Sweeney, 2000: 206 hits Johnny Damon, 2000: 214 hits Melky Cabrera, 2011: 201 hits Whit Merrifield, 2019: 206 hits Brett was the last Royals player to get two 200-hit seasons, and he did so in 1976 and in 1979."

  • 2024
    "The crowd still buzzed as Mike Sweeney stepped to the plate for what would be the only postseason at-bat of his career."

  • 2023
    "Yost will be the first inductee into the Royals Hall of Fame since 2015, when Mike Sweeney was inducted."

  • 2018
    "'”The ESPN report adds that Caviezel is at Royals camp on the invitation of his friend, former Royals player and current front office employee Mike Sweeney."

  • 2016
    "CBS Eye on Baseball's Dave Brown reported Gordon's deal is the richest in Royals history, as the previous high was $55 million over five years for Gil Meche and Mike Sweeney."

  • 2015
    "As Mike Sweeney talked about becoming the 26th member of the Royals Hall of Fame on Saturday, his thoughts transferred to something far more important."

  • 2014
    "Although Mike Sweeney doesn't feel any pangs watching the Royals make their frenetic push through October, it does serve as a reminder that he wasn't able to do the same with the organization when he was in uniform."

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  • • The Royals Quarter-Century Team
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  • • The Orioles are combusting, and the Royals can learn from it
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025
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  • • The All Oft-Injured Team
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for January 27, 2025
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  • In memoriam: Royals that died in 2024
    • In memoriam: Royals that died in 2024
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Rest in peace. With the year concluding, it is time to reflect on those we lost this year. The baseball world lost greats like Willie “The Say Hey Kid” Mays, Hit King Pete Rose, and stolen base champ Rickey Henderson, as well as greats like Rico Carty, Ed Krranepool, Bud Harrrelson, Ferrnando Valenzuela, Luis Tiant, Ken Holtzman, Rudy May, Don Gullett, ...2024
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  • The Twelve Days of Royalsmas
    • 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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  • Royals Rumblings - News for December 13, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for December 13, 2024
    These jerseys scream “early 2000s Royals” | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Friday the 13th seems less intimidating in December At The Star, Taylor Eldridge, Wichita State beat reporter, writes about Mike Sweeney’s son, M.J. Sweeney, going to Wichita State: The son of Kansas City Royals legend Mike Sweeney will suit up for the Wichita State baseball team in 2026. M.J. Sweeney, a hig...2024
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  • • We have to get Witt back to the playoffs
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  • • Nobody deserves playoff baseball more than Salvador Perez
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  • • The Orioles are combusting, and the Royals can learn from it
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  • • Bobby Witt Jr. is on track to do something no Royals player has done in nearly 50 years
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for December 13, 2024
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  • • Royals RBI men
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  • • A look back at the 2003 Royals
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  • • A look back at the Royals’ 2019 draft class, five years later
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  • We need to re-calibrate our standards for what we want the Royals to be
    • We need to re-calibrate our standards for what we want the Royals to be
    Kansas City Royals left fielder MJ Melendez (1) celebrates with designated hitter Nelson Velazquez (17) after hitting a grand slam home run in the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. | Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports And it’s not our fault! The past three decades have, for the Kansas City Royals and their fans, have got to be one of the most bizarre stretches in base...2024
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  • • Weekend Rumblings - News for May 11, 2024
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  • Salvador Perez’s 1st Inning homer powers Royals to a rain-shortened 2-1 win
    • Salvador Perez’s 1st Inning homer powers Royals to a rain-shortened 2-1 win
    Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports And Kyle Isbel’s freak play helped the Royals get past the finish line With rain in the forecast, the Royals’ window to get a win and leave Kansas City with a 3-1 series win over Toronto was small. Salvador Perez creaked it open before Kyle Isbel slammed it shut right as the rain came to end a five-inning 2-1 Royals win. Kansas City improves to 16-10 while the...2024
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  • • The Royals Quarter-Century Team
    2025
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  • • The Twelve Days of Royalsmas
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for December 13, 2024
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  • In search of excellence
    • In search of excellence
    Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images You know it when it happens. Many of you watched Game One of the World Series, a classic game that ended when the Dodgers Freddie Freeman slammed a walk-off grand slam home run with two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning. Freeman’s game-winning blast overshadowed a fantastic catch by New York left fielder Alex Verdugo on a Shohei Ohtani fly ball that drif...2024
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  • • Nobody deserves playoff baseball more than Salvador Perez
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  • • We need to re-calibrate our standards for what we want the Royals to be
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  • It’s time for leadoff Bob
    • It’s time for leadoff Bob
    Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (7) hits a single during the sixth inning against the New York Yankees at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Let’s not overthink it! There are a few baseball-related arguments that I do not usually participate in. One is Opening Day lineup talk, because most teams end up using 30 or more players withi...2024
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  • Remembering Dave McCarty
    • Remembering Dave McCarty
    Dave McCarty wouldn’t give up on his big league dreams. David McCarty, who fashioned an 11-year major league career with seven teams, passed away on April 19. McCarty grew up in Houston and played collegiately at Stanford where he was named Baseball America College Player of the Year in 1991 after hitting .420 with 24 home runs. The Minnesota Twins took him with the third overall pick of the draft...2024
  • Backdoor sliders
    • Backdoor sliders
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Baseball’s mystical side With roster moves and opening day bearing down on us, I wanted to explore some of the oddball and sometimes almost mystical occurrences in the history of the Royals and in baseball. How rare is an Opening Day home run on the first pitch of the season? Turns out, it’s really rare. It happened only once, on Opening Day 1986, Bosto...2024
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  • • Royals lose 9-6, are swept by Brewers
    Jordan Lyles. That’s it. That’s the caption. | Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports This is a team only a mother could love. This was an ugly, ugly game. Most obviously, there is the two-error play that led to the complete evaporation of the early lead the Royals had achieved in the third inning. Christian Yelich attempted a steal of second only to see the throw skip into center when Maikel G...2023
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  • • Alex Gordon Re-Signs with Royals: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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  • • Former manager Ned Yost elected to Royals Hall of Fame
    Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Yost has more wins than any other manager in club history. The Royals announced today that former manager Ned Yost has been elected to the Royals Hall of Fame. The former manager has 746 wins with Kansas City, the most by any skipper in club history, and he led the team to pennants in 2014 and 2015, culminating in a title in 2015. He will be inducted before t...2023
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  • • Nobody deserves playoff baseball more than Salvador Perez
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  • • Sweeney enters Royals HOF with dad by his side
    As Mike Sweeney talked about becoming the 26th member of the Royals Hall of Fame on Saturday, his thoughts transferred to something far more important. Sweeney's father, Mike, was able to make the trip here from California as he battles cancer....2015
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  • • We have to get Witt back to the playoffs
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  • Time comes for us all
    • Time comes for us all
    Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images There is no escape. It has been fascinating to observe the offensive evolution of Salvador Perez. In his first few seasons in the show, the fresh-faced young catcher looked to be a .300 hitter that could give you 15 home runs over a full season. As he settled into his major league career, Perez lost some average in exchange for power, b...2023
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  • • Salvador Perez’s 1st Inning homer powers Royals to a rain-shortened 2-1 win
    2024
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  • • Zack Greinke has played for some bad Royals teams - is this the worst?
    Rhona Wise-USA TODAY Sports Royals fans have seen some bad baseball. Longtime Royals Review reader Roy from Omaha posed an interesting question last week: Ask Zach Greinke which team was the worst team he played on - the 2005 or the 2023 Royals, since he played for both. Great question! Let’s do a breakdown and see if we can make any sense of this. The 2005 Royals finished an all-time Roy...2023
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  • • The All Oft-Injured Team
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  • • In memoriam: Royals that died in 2024
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  • • The Twelve Days of Royalsmas
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