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As the Royals finished their homestand, the Royalman Report added another episode of discussion. This week, we recapped Fake Ned’s trip to Omaha and listened to comments from Storm Chasers General Manager Martie Cordero and pitchers Tommy Hotto...

May 8, 2012; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Royals outfielders I have an office mate; it’s like a roommate only if we’re hanging socks on the door we’re probably getting fired. He’s a smart guy. He’s a former college baseball player, and...

Entering the season, everyone knew that the Royals’ starting rotation was probably going to be a weak point. There were a lot of unknowns as we started out. There was* hope for Luke Hochevar to finally put things together. Jonathan Sanchez was...

The Royalman Report - logo by @AHairOffSquare Fake Ned took a trip up to Omaha to watch the Storm Chasers and was lucky enough to catch Jake Odorizzi‘s debut and some great play by Wil Myers. Tonight, he’ll recap what he saw, who he talk...

Despite a lot of hoping it wouldn’t turn out like this, Dr. Lewis Yocum confirmed the tear in Danny Duffy’s UCL and he’ll undergo Tommy John surgery. That puts him out of action for all of 2012 and most of 2013 (though recovery time...

The Royals made the promotion of Jake Odorizzi to Omaha official last night, sending him to the mound against Tacoma for his first start in Triple A. Jake Odorizzi delivers a pitch in his Triple A debut. Photo: Minda Haas - mindahaas.net He held his...

Download the Full mp3 here or listen in the embedded player above.This week on the Kansas City Baseball Vault, we jumped right into the future of Royals baseball, welcoming Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus and ESPN.com and discussing Wil Myers,...

On May 11, Jake Odorizzi rolled through a seven inning start, striking out seven, walking just one and giving up two runs. Over a four start stretch, he’d given up a total of six runs in 27.1 innings. In 2012 for Northwest Arkansas, he threw 38...

My wife and I flew from Dallas, Texas to Kansas City, Missouri with a newborn baby for a job interview.  I was finishing up my Master’s degree and looking for a place where we could spend the rest of our lives.  A young church in Lee’s Summit &...

Albert Pujols welcomed his new hitting coach to town with a go-ahead three-run homer and Vernon Wells added a two-run shot to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.

And not the beautiful kind of mess either. The Tigers fell to18-20 overall today after getting swept…yeah, swept, by the last place Minnesota Twins at home. Not just the last place in the Central Minnesota Twins, the worst team in all of …...

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