It was time. You’re going to read plenty the next few days about Dayton Moore’s firing. Columns documenting the Royals’ failure to develop players since the 2015 World Series, notably pitching. Hot takes about his stubbornness and loyalty to not only people, but also an outdated philosophy. Blogs on signings that didn’t pan out and […]
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From 1995 through 2012, I remember only one Kansas City Royals game that had a playoff atmosphere. It was 2005, a year the Royals lost a franchise-worst 106 games. They had three managers – Tony Pena, Bob Schaefer and Buddy Bell – and were outscored by 234 runs. That team started the season 3-3, yet
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June 26, 2014. That day is one of a handful that stand out when I think about the Kansas City Royals of Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain and Alcides Escobar. Two days earlier, I watched from the press box as the Royals struggled, as everybody does, against Clayton Kershaw. I was there to interview
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Several hours after the Royals flailed their way to a fourth straight loss and 34 innings without scoring a run Sunday, I grabbed my iPhone, tapped on the YouTube app and typed in “2015 World Series Game 1.” I spent 30 minutes scrolling through various points of that game, from Alcides Escobar’s inside-the-park home run
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“Let’s throw fire.” Those three words became Yordano Ventura’s calling card during a career and life that was far too short, yet long on promise. I still can’t believe he’s dead at 25 years old, a shooting star who often burned so brightly but was gone in the blink of an eye. As I woke
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Baseball is a team sport. Blaming one player typically is short-sighted. In 2016, there’s been plenty of blame to go around for the Kansas City Royals. The offense is among the worst in baseball. The starting rotation has been mediocre to awful much of the season. The Royals just have not been good enough in
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A few weeks, on my step-daugther’s birthday, I stopped by Dick’s Sporting Goods in Leawood on the way home from work to pick up a basketball. She wants to learn how to play, so it seemed like the perfect gift. As I walked to the front of the store, basketball in tow, I did a
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“Time, why you punish me, like a wave passing into the shore, you wash away my dreams …” I was going to blog about 2009. Seemed to make sense considering today is the last of the year. It was an interesting year. One that included everything from three apartments to two jobs to one (or
