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  • Please welcome new writers Connor Moylan, Trenton Kraxner, and Kevin Ruprecht
    • Please welcome new writers Connor Moylan, Trenton Kraxner, and Kevin Ruprecht
    Old friend alert! The Royals still have yet to add the big bat to their lineup, but we went ahead and added a few of our own. Straight from the University of Kansas, please welcome Trenton Kraxner. He has written for the University Daily Kansan and will be writing recaps and other articles. Hi, my name is Trenton Kraxner, I am a senior at the University of Kansas currently. I will be graduating t...2025
  • Cubs vs. Guardians at Mesa and Royals at Surprise preview, Saturday 3/1
    • Cubs vs. Guardians at Mesa and Royals at Surprise preview, Saturday 3/1
    Justin Turner | Steve Sher The Cubs split their squad and play two games Saturday. Saturday notes... DOING THE SPLITS: Today is the only Cubs split squad date of Spring Training 2025. All the info you’ll need for today is here, except for the lineups for the night game. Those will be found in the day game recap. ALL TIED UP: No Major League team ever has played three consecutive regular...2025
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  • Why weren’t the Royals a match for Nolan Arenado?
    • Why weren’t the Royals a match for Nolan Arenado?
    Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images The Royals checked in on the Cardinals third baseman, but talks didn’t go anywhere. Last Friday, Katie Woo, the St. Louis Cardinals beat reporter for The Athletic, published an article on the Cardinals’ attempts to trade eight-time All-Star and ten-time Gold Glove-winning third baseman Nolan Arenado. Arenado is still a member of the Cardinals, so that tells yo...2025
  • Will Bluesky be a bigger deal in 2025 for baseball fans?
    • Will Bluesky be a bigger deal in 2025 for baseball fans?
    The Bluesky logo appears on a smartphone with Bluesky visible in the background in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on November 24, 2024. | Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images A new way to follow highlights is here Nothing encapsulates the essence of social media platforms like microblogging websites. Thanks to character limits, every post is bite-sized and therefo...2025
  • MJ Melendez is at the biggest turning point in his career
    • MJ Melendez is at the biggest turning point in his career
    MJ Melendez #1 of the Kansas City Royals hits a two run home run against the New York Yankees during the fourth inning in Game One of the Division Series at Yankee Stadium on October 05, 2024 in New York City. | Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images The clock is ticking From the moment a rookie steps onto a big league field for the first time, a clock starts ticking. That clock will eventually ...2025
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  • What to know about Royals’ 2025 spring training
    • What to know about Royals’ 2025 spring training
    Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images Get ready to baseball! Happy Pitchers and Catchers Report Day! The winter in Kansas City may be especially cold with several inches of snow on the ground, but in warm and sunny Arizona, Royals players are assembling to begin spring training. It is a season of renewed hope after a surprising post-season run last year, with the highest pre-season expect...2025
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  • • MJ Melendez is at the biggest turning point in his career
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  • Can The Royals (Mostly) Run It Back?
    • Can The Royals (Mostly) Run It Back?
    Denny Medley-Imagn Images The 2025 plan is very similar to the 2024. The success plan for the Kansas City Royals in 2024 was pretty simple. Have good starting pitchers every day, let Bobby, Salvy, and Vinnie power the offense, rebuild the bullpen, and hope everything else works out. The plan worked far better than any of us expected. The goal was not to be a laughingstock. By June, the goa...2025
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  • Royals Review holiday mailbag
    • 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
  • Year end recap
    • Year end recap
    The envelope please Now that Christmas and the end of the year is upon us, it’s a good time to look back and evaluate the year. In terms of the big picture, it was great. When the season started, who among us really believed that the Royals would develop into a playoff team? Certainly not yours truly. The starting pitchers delivered big time. Vinnie and Salvy put together solid seasons and Bobby J...2024
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  • The Royals Review Hall of Fame ballots
    • The Royals Review Hall of Fame ballots
    Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Who deserves enshrinement in Cooperstown? Baseball writers are currently mulling over this year’s Hall of Fame candidates, with selections to be announced on January 21. None of us at Royals Review have a vote but who would we vote for if we did? You can see the list of eligible candidates and their career statistics here. Here are our ballots with some wr...2024
  • Three things the Royals need to do this offseason
    • Three things the Royals need to do this offseason
    Ha-Seong Kim #7 of the San Diego Padres singles in the third inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on August 18, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. | Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The offseason blueprint For a dozen years, Royals Review hosted the annual SB Nation MLB Offseason Simulation, where 30 writers from the 30 team sites would get together digitally over the course of a...2024
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  • Remembering Doug Bird
    • Remembering Doug Bird
    Getty The former Royals pitcher died last month. Doug Bird, one of the Royals’ first closers, passed away recently at the age of 74. Closer wasn’t even the appropriate term for a pitcher like Bird. They were called “firemen.” These were hurlers who could throw multiple innings or start a game when needed. Closers are cool. Firemen were awesome. Bird was drafted four times, the first time b...2024
  • The mailbag column: Free agency, leadoff hitters, and MJ Melendez
    • The mailbag column: Free agency, leadoff hitters, and MJ Melendez
    Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images My attempt at being a better postman than Kevin Costner Earlier this week on X, Royals Review put out the call: send in your questions and we’ll answer them by the end of the week. Well, that time is upon us, and you had questions about the Royals’ offseason, some trade candidates, and potential free agent targets, among other topics. Let’s get to it. ...2024
  • Royals Review Roundtable: The 2024 season
    • Royals Review Roundtable: The 2024 season
    Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Our writers discuss the off-season and expectations for this year. After one of the busier off-seasons in recent Royals history, the 2024 regular season is finally here! The Royals spent over $100 million on free agents, adding infielder Adam Frazier and Garrett Hampson, outfielder Hunter Renfroe, starting pitchers Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, and relie...2024
  • Royals trade partner history: The Marlins
    • Royals trade partner history: The Marlins
    Photo by Brad Mangin/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Royals don’t deal with Fish too much. 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, Orioles, White Sox, and Angels. Today we look at the history of deals with the Miami Marlins. Total number of Royals/Marlins trades: 13 The tw...2024

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  • The best former Royals player for each MLB team
    • The best former Royals player for each MLB team
    Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images What Royals were great with other teams? There is a lull in the baseball season, the perfect time to engage in frivolities and shenanigans. You may have played the internet baseball trivia game Immaculate Grid that asks you to find players that meet specified requirements, many times, “who played for these two teams?” I don’t know if that in...2023
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  • • Former Royals pitcher Vida Blue dies at age 73
    Photo by Ron Vesely/Getty Images Blue was one of 11 players to win MVP and Cy Young in the same year. Six-time All-Star pitcher Vida Blue died at the age of 73 over the weekend, according to a statement by the Oakland Athletics. Blue won 209 games over 17-year career and is one of 11 players to win both the Cy Young Award and MVP in the same year. He spent two years with the Royals in 1982...2023
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  • 2025
    "com/JRRSYCpwym— Anne Rogers (@anne__rogers) February 13, 2025 I won’t go too into Melendez’s swing because friend of Royals Review Craig Brown already did a great deep dive into the swing differences and how a new, more compact swing could help MJ."

  • 2024
    "This year, I had the most faith in the team, picking them to bring home more wins than any other Royals Review writer."

  • 2023
    "As former Royals Review writer Shaun Newkirk pointed out on Twitter, this team was assembled via decisions made from two to four years ago."

  • 2018
    "Royals Review breaks down potential…"

  • 2015
    "He’s only 28, and Crasnick noted the interested parties believe Latos could regain his old form and become a viable contributor: There is a slight downside, however, as Latos has had a reputation as a clubhouse headache, which may turn some teams off, per Royals Review: Latos certainly won’t net the $9."

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  • • Why weren’t the Royals a match for Nolan Arenado?
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  • • MJ Melendez is at the biggest turning point in his career
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  • Royals Rundown: Kansas City Royals’ Free Game Simulcasts, Playoff Odds, and Orioles Outfield Help?
    • Royals Rundown: Kansas City Royals’ Free Game Simulcasts, Playoff Odds, and Orioles Outfield Help?
    MLB The Show snubs Bobby but might be best installment yet. The Kansas City Royals are shaking things up for the 2025 season! In this episode of Royals Rundown, Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco break down the Royals’ decision to simulcast ten games for free and what it means for fans, viewership, and the team’s growing audience. The duo also dives into the latest FanGraphs playoff odds, analyzing the...2025
  • Vinnie Pasquantino might have been the best RBI guy in baseball last year
    • Vinnie Pasquantino might have been the best RBI guy in baseball last year
    Vinnie Pasquantino #9 celebrates with Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals after Perez hit a grand slam during the sixth inning of game two of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on August 26, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. | Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Looking at RBIs from a different angle and adding some context can show who the truly elite run p...2025
  • Royals Rumblings - News for January 10, 2025
    • Royals Rumblings - News for January 10, 2025
    Sadly, there is no picture of the Royals Spring Training truck so we’re stuck with nonsense from Boston | Photo by MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Pitchers and Catchers report in a little over a month The Royals tweeted out some gorgeous pictures of Kauffman Stadium in the snow. ❄️ pic.twitter.com/5fDgNwVQbQ— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) January 9, 2025 Max covered t...2025
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  • Royals Rundown: Rumors, MLB Spending Woes, and Taylor Ward Trade Talk
    • Royals Rundown: Rumors, MLB Spending Woes, and Taylor Ward Trade Talk
    Join Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco on the latest Royals Rundown podcast as they navigate through a quiet Kansas City Royals front. With no major transactions to discuss, the duo dives into league-wide updates and explores the current state of MLB spending. Jeremy shares his insights on Ken Rosenthal’s recent article about revenue issues and the lack of spending by teams like the Marlins, Cardinals...2025
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  • Please welcome new writer Jared Perkins
    • Please welcome new writer Jared Perkins
    Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A new year brings a new writer. A new year means some new writers here at Royals Review. Some of you may be familiar with Jared Perkins from his time writing at Royals Farm Report and other publications. He has a lot of experience writing about Royals prospects and he’ll continue to cover the farm system here. Here is more from Jared...2025
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  • • MJ Melendez is at the biggest turning point in his career
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  • Why is the National Baseball Hall of Fame the most revered among sports?
    • Why is the National Baseball Hall of Fame the most revered among sports?
    Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Very well might be a question without an answer. On Tuesday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame will announce its newest class of inductees. Here at Royals Review, our writers took a look at the ballot and voted a few weeks ago. That’s just one of—what?—hundreds, if not thousands, of articles across the land about the Hall of Fame and who will get the call. Like...2025
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  • • Vinnie Pasquantino might have been the best RBI guy in baseball last year
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  • Come write for Royals Review!
    • Come write for Royals Review!
    Photo Illustration by Thomas Imo/Photothek via Getty Images Get paid for your baseball takes! Ever wanted to voice your opinions on the Royals on a platform of thousands of fans? Royals Review provides fans an opportunity to write about the team they love (and love to be mad at sometimes!) and we are hiring for the upcoming season! We are looking for all sorts of diverse backgrounds and vi...2025
  • Royals Rundown: Guardians’ Moves, Lorenzen’s Two-Way Potential, and Ricky Henderson Tribute
    • Royals Rundown: Guardians’ Moves, Lorenzen’s Two-Way Potential, and Ricky Henderson Tribute
    Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco bring you the Royals Rundown Podcast’s Christmas week edition! Despite the festive season, Jeremy isn’t feeling the holiday spirit, but that doesn’t stop the duo from diving into the latest Kansas City Royals updates. They discuss the surprising moves by the Cleveland Guardians and what it means for the Royals’ chances in 2025. Plus, they explore Michael Lorenzen’s po...2024
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  • The Diamond Sports bankruptcy is settled. Where does this leave MLB teams for local TV?
    • The Diamond Sports bankruptcy is settled. Where does this leave MLB teams for local TV?
    Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images The state of local baseball broadcasting is still in flux. I’ve been covering the continuing saga of the bankruptcy of Diamond Sports, which at one time had rights to about half of MLB teams’ local broadcasts, for some time. Evan Drellich of the Athletic reported last week that the bankruptcy case was settled, and that will leave six teams...2024
  • Which Royals should win Gold Gloves?
    • Which Royals should win Gold Gloves?
    Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Several Royals could take home some defensive hardware, but which are most deserving? Rawlings announced the finalists for this year’s Gold Glove awards. These finalists include four Royals, with each having a chance to win their first Gold Glove. An aside: it’s silly that they present these players as “finalists.” That implies that there’s another round of voti...2024

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  • • Please welcome new writers Connor Moylan, Trenton Kraxner, and Kevin Ruprecht
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  • • Why weren’t the Royals a match for Nolan Arenado?
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  • • Will Bluesky be a bigger deal in 2025 for baseball fans?
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  • • MJ Melendez is at the biggest turning point in his career
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  • • Why is the National Baseball Hall of Fame the most revered among sports?
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  • • Vinnie Pasquantino might have been the best RBI guy in baseball last year
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for January 10, 2025
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  • The Royals want your trust. Have they earned it?
    • The Royals want your trust. Have they earned it?
    The Royals are asking for a lot of money but are offering very little in the way of details about how they’ll spend it. Ordinarily in this space, you’d be reading right now A Noted Non-Overreactor’s over-reactions to Opening Day. I could be talking about how Cole Ragans is going to win the Cy Young and Maikel Garcia is going to be a huge breakout star this year and all manner of other more fun top...2024
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  • • There’s no shortcut to the Royals’ biggest problem
    Ronald Acuna Jr. #13 of the Atlanta Braves beats the tag by Michael Massey #19 of the Kansas City Royals during the eighth inning at Kauffman Stadium on April 16, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images A lack of talent on the roster Internet slang changes all the dang time, with older phrases falling out of favor and new ones seemingly appearing out of nowhere. A...2023
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  • Remembering the life of UL Washington
    • Remembering the life of UL Washington
    Photo by Ron Vesely/Getty Images The toothpick guy Stringtown, Oklahoma, population 410, sits in the southeast corner of the state. For a small village, it has produced some interesting people, most notably country music superstar Reba McEntire and lead singer and guitarist Jerry Cantrell of the rock band, Alice in Chains. Stringtown also produced one UL Washington. That’s UL with no perio...2024
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  • Historic 11-hit, nine-run first inning sweeps the Royals past Houston in a 13-3 win
    • Historic 11-hit, nine-run first inning sweeps the Royals past Houston in a 13-3 win
    Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Kansas City sweeps the bad guys and wins every game of the home stand I watched a 2003 Royals team led by Darrell May and Angel Berroa open its season with nine straight wins. I watched a 2013 team that had never won 15 of 20 games in the Dayton Moore era win 15 of 17. I watched a 29-32 Royals team that was dead to rights win 10 straight games and eventually ...2024
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  • Chiefs-Saints rapid reaction: Undefeated into the bye
    • Chiefs-Saints rapid reaction: Undefeated into the bye
    Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Kansas City battled its way through a lot of adversity to head into its bye week with a 5-0 record. The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the New Orleans Saints 26-13 on “Monday Night Football,” The Chiefs’ defense stays golden. The Chiefs’ defense has had an outstanding start to the 2024 season, holding opponents to 17 points a game. If there was anything to compla...2024
  • The Royals offense and season goes out with a whimper, falling 3-1 to the Yankees
    • The Royals offense and season goes out with a whimper, falling 3-1 to the Yankees
    Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images It was a heckuva season, friends Had every Kansas City Royals fan been asked how they would feel if the 2024 season ended with a loss to the New York Yankees in the American League Divisional Series, we would have all taken it in a heartbeat. Fangraphs projected 75 wins for Kansas City this season, a significant 19-game improvement off their 56 in 2023, but sti...2024
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  • • What to know about Royals 2023 Opening Day
    Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Baseball is back! Happy Opening Day! The 2023 MLB regular season begins today, with the Royals opening up at home in Kauffman Stadium against the Minnesota Twins. You can watch coverage on Bally Sports Kansas City beginning at 2 p.m. with Joel Goldberg and Jeff Montgomery hosting Price Chopper Royals Live pregame, plus pre-game festivities ...2023
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  • Royals get walked off by the worst team in baseball
    • Royals get walked off by the worst team in baseball
    Kansas City Royals center fielder Kyle Isbel (28) reacts after a called strike three Oakland Athletics during the fifth inning at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. | Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports Bad pitching. Bad. The Kansas City Royals lost to the Oakland Athletics tonight via a walkoff home run by Brent Rooker, sending a tied 4-4 score to its final 6-4 count in the bottom of the nin...2023

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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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  • • MJ Melendez is at the biggest turning point in his career
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  • Recap Coda: That time the Royals scored seven runs in the ninth inning to walk off the White Sox
    • Recap Coda: That time the Royals scored seven runs in the ninth inning to walk off the White Sox
    Brett Eibner #12 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates as runs to first after hitting a game winning RBI single against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium on May 28, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images What a game Welcome to Recap Coda, the series where we reminisce about past Royals games and look at what we wrote about them here at Royals Review. In toda...2025
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  • • Royals Review holiday mailbag
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  • Cubs vs. Royals at Surprise preview, Monday 2/26, 2:05 CT
    • Cubs vs. Royals at Surprise preview, Monday 2/26, 2:05 CT
    Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports Another away game for the boys in blue. There have been a few questions raised about when Cody Bellinger might play in a spring game. First, we only know about the signing through Jeff Passan and some Cubs reporters who confirmed it via a source. The team has not officially announced the signing, though it was reported that Bellinger was in Cubs camp Sunday tak...2024
  • • 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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  • • Better know a draft prospect: 2023 primer
    SCOTT CLAUSE/USA TODAY Network / USA TODAY NETWORK The draft will be here before you know it The 2023 MLB Draft will take place July 17-19 in Los Angeles. While that is still over three months away, teams have already begun preparations as colleges and high schools around the country begin their spring seasons. In that spirit, we will also begin preparations here at Royals Review. In the m...2023
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  • • Overreacting to Opening Day 2023
    Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images That didn’t go great Baseball is back! And now that we are through the euphoria of the first meaningful baseball games of 2023 it’s time to react completely rationally and reasonably to the results thereof. Since many of you think I’m a robot, who is better positioned to do this? The pitch clock is amazing In our first regular season game ...2023
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