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The Kansas
City Royals are one of two Major League Baseball teams to call
the state of Missouri home. The other team is that of the St.
Louis Cardinals.
The Royals
home field is Kauffman Stadium which is a part of the Truman Sports
Complex in Kansas City. The complex also features Arrowhead Stadium
which is the home of the National Football Leagues Kansas City
Chiefs. The Royals ballpark was renamed Kauffman Stadium after
team owner Ewing Kauffman on July 2, 1993.
The Royals
played their first game on April 3, 1973 and beat the Texas Rangers
in that game.
The Kansas
City Royals are a part of the Central Division of the American
League. The team was formed in 1969 as an American League expansion.
The Royals
have won their division 7 times in there teams history, making
the League Championship Series in 6 of those years. In those 6
Series, the Royals have won 2, earning there way into the World
Series. The Royals won one World Championship in their two attempts,
winning in 1985.
The 1985
World Series was known as the “I-70 Series” because
it pitted the Royals against the St. Louis Cardinals who were
literally just down the road from Kansas City. In a 7 game series
that saw one of the most controversial “non-called-outs”
in baseball history, the Royals came back to win their only World
Championship. BUY ROYALS TICKETS The 2002 season would start out
slow for the Royals, as the started 8-15, and saw their manager
get fired. Mike Sweeney would be the shining star for the Royals
throughout the season as he battled for the top batting average
in the American League. At seasons end, he had a .340 average,
but could not capture the title. The Royals finished the season
62-100, marking the first time in franchise history the team lost
100 games in a season. The Royals started the 2003 season on fire
winning 16 of there first 19 games. But by early June, the Royals
were struggling to get back to .500. Injuries plagued the Kansas
City pitching staff, but got resurged with the acquisition of
Jose Lima who won his first 4 decisions with the team. At the
mid-point in the season, the Royals were 10 games above .500,
and led the AL Central by 7 games. The Royals would melt down
in the second half finishing in 3rd with a record of 83-79. Expectations
were high for the 2004 season, but they were quickly abandoned.
Injuries to additions that were brought in to make a run at the
postseason severely hurt the Royals. Kansas City finished the
regular season with a franchise worst 104 losses, and finished
well out of playoff contention. After the season, the Royals re-signed
Jose Lima in an effort to get the team back to there 2003 form
for the 2005 season.
A year after they led the AL in errors, the Kansas City Royals have been making defense a focus in spring training. On Sunday, they took a step backward with four errors and a passed ball in their 11-11 tie with the Colorado Rockies. "There was good and there was bad," Royals manager Trey Hillman said.
AL Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke gave up two runs in five innings of a minor league game Sunday. Pitching for Triple-A Omaha, Kansas City's Greinke allowed six hits, including a home run, walked three and struck out two. He threw more balls, 39, than strikes, 38. "I was trying to throw a strike every pitch, so that was really bad," Greinke said.
<p>Roman Colon could be developing into the valuable setup man the Royals so desperately needed in 2009.</p>
<p>After trading Leo Nunez to the Marlins and Ramon Ramirez to the Red Sox after the 2008 season, the Royals lacked a trustworthy eighth-inning setup reliever last year. They signed free agent right-handers Juan Cruz and Kyle Farnsworth to fill that role, but both veterans had down years.</p>
<p>Colon, who began last season with Class AAA Omaha (Neb.) before a May 24 promotion, is showing signs in spring training he could be that guy to bridge the gap between the starter and closer Joakim Soria.</p>
<p>Colon, who went 2-3 with a 4.83 ERA in 43 relief appearances last season, was been nearly perfect in his first four March outings.
Though nearly infatuated with future shortstop Starlin Castro, Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella likes present shortstop Ryan Theriot plenty, too. What's not to like about Theriot? He is batting .533, best in the majors this spring. His average actually fell slightly Saturday after he went 1 for 2 with a three-run double in Chicago's 4-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals in a matchup of...
Yovani Gallardo pitched five shutout innings and provided all the offense Milwaukee needed with a solo home run, leading the Brewers to a 1-0 victory over a split squad of Kansas City Royals on Saturday. Gallardo allowed four hits with two walks and struck out three. After allowing two base runners in the first inning, he had two 1-2-3 innings and allowed only two runners to reach second base.
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig admitted Saturday that he has put his ideas for realignment on paper, but that's as far as it has gone thus far. "When I am on long airport rides I will fiddle around with divisions and things," Selig said at Maryvale Baseball Park during a spring training game between the Kansas City Royals and Milwaukee Brewers.
Matt Herges turns 40 on April 1 and is the oldest Kansas City Royals player in camp. Herges, who pitched last season with Cleveland and Colorado, is in spring training for the fourth time in the past five years as a non-roster invitee, trying to earn a major league job in the Royals' bullpen. "I know that's just the way it's going to be," Herges said.
Brian Anderson said the only other times he hit for the cycle were in rookie ball and video games. He accomplished the feat in the first four innings of the Kansas City Royals' 24-9 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday. He went 5 for 5 with seven RBIs to raise his average to .407. "It doesn't really hit you until you get in and your teammates start mocking you," said...
San Diego left-hander Clayton Richard spent more time in the dugout watching the Padres score than on the mound. The Padres put together three five-run innings as they outslugged the Kansas City Royals 16-14 on Wednesday. Tony Gwynn and Lance Blanks each drove in three runs for the Padres. The game included 31 hits, 10 doubles, three triples, 11 walks, a wild pitch, five errors, a passed ball and 12...
Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Chris Narveson's only scare Tuesday was not from the Kansas City Royals' offense. Narveson, who is a candidate for the Milwaukee rotation, pitched four scoreless innings as the Brewers shut out the Kansas City Royals 2-0 Tuesday. Narveson gave up five hits, struck out four, walked one and hit a batter.
Former major league infielder Chuck Knoblauch has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault on his common-law wife. According to court records, Knoblauch entered his plea Tuesday in exchange for deferred-adjudication probation. Successful completion of his one-year probation could mean the conviction on the assault of a family member would be expunged from the record.
Zack Greinke got the best of a matchup with Mark Buehrle and the Kansas City Royals earned a 9-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night. Greinke, unscored upon in his first two spring training outings, was effective again, allowing one run and two hits in four innings. The 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner struck out three and retired the side in order in three innings, throwing 41 of his 61...
Manager Trey Hillman is still looking for a fifth starter for the Kansas City Royals rotation. Zack Greinke, the 2009 American League Cy Young award winner, and Gil Meche will be the first two starters. Hillman said he likes Brian Bannister and Luke Hochevar in the next two rotation slots. "It's really more of a question of five," Hillman said.
Eric Chavez's bat may have been quiet but his glove was active. Playing in two consecutive games for the first time since last April, Chavez handled seven chances in the field flawlessly Sunday in Oakland's 10-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Chavez, who was 0-for-3 at the plate, will sit out two days and then play in two consecutive games again.
Kansas City Royals outfielder Rick Ankiel will miss at least a week of spring training with a right ankle injury. Manager Trey Hillman said Sunday he would hold Ankiel out for another six to seven games with the sore right ankle. Ankiel was scratched from the lineup Friday and Hillman was optimistic Ankiel could return after a couple of days of rest, but the Royals opted to give him additional time...
All the Kansas City Royals' offensive damage was done after Los Angeles Angels starter Ervin Santana had left Saturday. Chris Getz and Mitch Maier hit two-run homers in the fourth inning off reliever Rafael Rodriguez and the Royals defeated the Angels 12-3. The Royals collected 15 hits, including six for extra bases, but the only hit Santana permitted was a Willie Bloomquist leadoff infield...
Luke Hochevar showed the Kansas City Royals he's learning to work out of jams. Ichiro Suzuki led off the Seattle Mariners' first inning with a single. After an out, Hochevar allowed a double to Milton Bradley to put runners on second and third. Hochevar then gave up a sacrifice fly to Ken Griffey Jr.
Chone Figgins and Ken Griffey Jr. are finally on the board. Figgins ended his spring slump with two hits, including a two-run triple during Seattle's four-run fifth inning, and the Mariners tied the Kansas City Royals 6-6 on Friday. Figgins, who signed a free-agent deal with Seattle over the winter, was 0 for 11 this spring.
Russ Ortiz is battling tall odds to earn a rotation slot, but if he continues to pitch as well as he did for Los Angeles on Thursday it will be difficult for the Dodgers not to keep him. Ortiz gave up two singles, one not leaving the infield, and struck out three in three scoreless innings as the Dodgers defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-4.
Third baseman Mike Moustakas, the second overall pick in the 2007 amateur draft, was among seven players reassigned to minor league camp Thursday by the Kansas City Royals. Also sent down were outfielder David Lough, who hit .325 last season and was the Royals' 2009 minor league player of the year, and left-hander Danny Duffy, who pitched in the Futures Game and was 9-3 with a 2.98 ERA with...
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