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POTD 8 of 365: Dayton Moore

08 Jan 2009 21:32:03 PST

Written by nobody@flickr.com (Esp1077)
This is the autograph card of my boss, Dayton Moore. He's the General Manager of the Kansas City Royals after spending many years in the Braves system. I think the world of him. So much so, that I moved from Atlanta, GA to Kansas City, MO to follow his pursuit of a World Series. Our time will come.

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Midnight Moves Open Thread

08 Jan 2009 19:14:18 PST

Written by royalsreview
The Royals are close to a two-year agreement with free-agent reliever Kyle Farnsworth for $9.25 million. Accordingly, they are expected to cut at least one more player from their 40-man roster before the 11 p.m. deadline Friday for tendering contracts to players.

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What's in a Name? Will The Real Milton Bradley Please Stand Up

08 Jan 2009 19:06:25 PST

CA - He has spent time with both the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, and Kansas City Royals. He is best known for the brawl that he got in with Rays pitcher ...

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KC Chiefs Fanatic, Royal Blues, Rays Review and The No-Look Pass ...

08 Jan 2009 12:31:25 PST

MA - Chris Kolb blogs about the Kansas City Chiefs at KC Chiefs Fanatic. Minda Haas blogs about the Kansas City Royals at Royal Blues. ...

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Team Local Number 54 (all-grit team)

07 Jan 2009 23:19:11 PST

Written by tcon125
I googled all-grit after struggling to find a left fielder, and came across a similar article by the Brew Crew site. http://www.brewcrewball.com/2008/7/14/571285/the-all-grit-team And here was the team he put together. Not surprisingly we both liked the players who don't wear battin...

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Royals Awards winners announced

07 Jan 2009 20:19:14 PST

Kansas City Royals - By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com Perhaps an unlikely candidate coming into 2008, Mike Aviles nonetheless claimed the Les Milgram Award as the Royals' Player of the ... Royals announce 2009 Awards Night recipients Kansas City Royals AWARDS NIGHT Kansas City Royals

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Kansas City Royals news and blogs - January 09, 2009

09 Jan 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Kansas City Royals news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Smoltz leaves Atlanta for Boston -- from Kansas City Star
• BoSox sign Baldelli, add OF depth -- from FOXSports.com
• Competitive Balance Is A Joke! -- by kcdoc85 from Royals Review
• MLB -- 2009 Closer Rankings -- from Pro Fantasy Sports
• The K gets a bowl lift -- from Pitch Weekly
• Chiefs Have Six Unrestricted Free Agents -- from Arrowhead Pride
• School Day at the K 2009 Information -- from MyFox Kansas City
• Pacifica Tribune Staff -- from Pacifica Tribune
• Kansas City Royals Sign Vance Wilson to Minor League Contract with ... - MLN -- from The Raw Feed
• Drive Coaching Staff Remains Intact for 2009 - OurSports Central -- from press release

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Teahen talks fashion, versatility with fans

06 Jan 2009 17:10:57 PST

- None of my good friends are former Sooners. boomer84: What young Royals player do you think has the brightest future? Teahen: Even though Zack Greinke has ...

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Is Dayton Moore determined to make our middle infield worse?

06 Jan 2009 16:55:17 PST

Written by kcisbetterthanstlateverything
Manny joking with Satan about how much money Dayton Moore could pay him if he were just a crappy middle infielder... Poll Which middle infield is better? Aviles/Callaspo Eckstein/Aviles Hairston/Aviles Bloomquist/Aviles Is Dayton Moore serious? I thought our middle infield was good af...

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Did Someone Say The Battle for Grass Creek?

05 Jan 2009 13:31:53 PST

Written by royalsreview
The rivalry has become especially heated in the three years, as a number of high-profile Mariners -- Gil Meche, Jose Guillen, Miguel Olivo, Horacio Ramirez -- have been stolen away by the Royals. Of course, there's also been the Raul Ibanez back and forth. When ESPN ripped off the Idea

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Nosebleed Diaries: Yankees Should Make One More Move

03 Jan 2009 11:28:42 PST

Written by Ethan Gooderum
Would the Royals give him up? Yes. Kansas City's outfield is currently over-stocked with players, as they have Ross Gload, Jose Guillen, Mark Teahen, Coco Crisp, and DeJesus. Similarly, the Yankees have Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon, Brett Gardner, Xavier Nady, Melky Cabrera, and Nick Sw...

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2008 KC Royals "Who Said It?" Quotation Challenge

02 Jan 2009 10:06:45 PST

Written by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics
amp;lt;p>The end of the year always brings great traditions: optimistic resolutions, college football bowl mania, and end o' the year retrospectives, countdowns, and marathons (thank you VH1).&nbsp; But before 2008 is put to rest, let's take one last look back at the...

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Baseball's beauty wins out in 2008

26 Dec 2008 06:54:44 PST

- Dec 26, 2008 Zack Greinke finishes off the Royals' season-opening sweep of top-billed Detroit and declares, "That's not going to happen too many times to that team. ... Year in review: Phillies reign supreme, but Rays come close SportingNews.com all 21 news articles

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Opinion: Royals Radio Affiliate Profile: Shenandoah, Iowa [KMA 960 AM]

19 Nov 2008 09:11:02 PST

Written by royalsreview
Waynesville, Missouri Topeka, Kansas Storm Lake, Iowa Vinita, Oklahoma California, Missouri Garden City, Kansas Ulysses, Kansas Trenton, Missouri Fairbury, Nebraska Winfield, Kansas Mount Pleasant, Iowa Butler, Missouri Enid, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma Bolivar, Missouri

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Opinion: What Do Royals Fans Have to Be Thankful For?

10 Nov 2008 09:11:02 PST

Written by royalsreview
Mike Moustakas, Eric Hosmer, Billy Butler, Alex Gordon: The odds are that two of these guys will reach an All-Star level, perhaps higher, before its all said and done. It hasn't happened yet, but at least its possible. Again, it wasn't always like this.

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Podcast: How The Deadspin Editorship Ruins Your Personal Life, But Saves Your Team [World Series]

03 Nov 2008 08:30:23 PST

Written by DAULERIO
It wasn't long after Brad Lidge struck out Eric Hinske with a dirtball slider on Wednesday night that the posts started popping up about the eerie connection between being Deadspin's lead editor and the World Series champion. Fans of the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, l...

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Opinion: How good is a #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 starting pitcher? The NL remix!

23 Oct 2008 22:00:07 PDT

Written by Jim McLennan
For amusement, I also ran the same analysis over in the American League, using the 13,287.2 innings pitched by 145 different starters there. The methodology was the same, and the chart below shows the results, with the addition of an additional column - that shows the results obtained by Ro...

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Podcast: MLB Week 10: MLB Draft live highlights; Which teams screwed up their first-round pick? BoSox and Rays throw fisticuffs

05 Jun 2008 18:03:09 PDT

“The Pitch” was all over one of Major League Baseball’s biggest days of the year, covering the 2008 MLB Draft’s first round live. And in the podcast, listeners get the highlights from the two-hour live event, including interviews with Royals Authority’s Clark Fosler, MVN’s Eric SanInoc...

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Podcast: MLB Week 7: Stop blaming pitchers for lousy Tigers and Padres; Too much, too young for Kazmir and Braun?

15 May 2008 16:46:16 PDT

With Cubs homer Joe Aiello out of the picture on the Thursday show, host Brandon Rosage takes his shot at both questions following a pitiful Tigers loss in Kansas City and a fourth shutout loss by San Diego — this time at the hands of Cubs starter Ryan Dempster.

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Opinion: Announcing the Nominees for the 2008 Mark Quinn Award

21 Apr 2008 00:08:31 PDT

Written by royalsreview
Storm clouds actually began forming before the '07 season, when PECOTA saw him stagnating, which seemed alarming and silly at the time. Royals Review made him a pre-season nominee for the Quinn Award, which he would have likely won, had not Shealy turned in his memorable performance. Than...

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Baseball Season Preview: Kansas City Royals [Baseball Season Preview]

18 Mar 2008 10:35:20 PDT

Written by Leitch
Today: The Kansas City Royals. Your author is Will McDonald. Will McDonald writes Royals Review and is a grad student writing his dissertation on eighteenth-century American poetry. His words are after the jump. Are you ready for a universe in which the Royals are good?

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Opinion: Soria as a starter? Not everyone agrees

12 Mar 2008 20:24:34 PDT

Written by NYRoyal
The Royals situation with Soria is mirrored by the Yankees quandry with Joba Chamberlain. He dominated as a reliever and scouts think he has the stuff to be a very successful starting pitcher. Many commentators think the Yankees should keep in the bullpen and groom him to be Mariano River...

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Opinion: A Conversation with Kansas City Star's Sam Mellinger

28 Jun 2007 08:43:27 PDT

Written by marbotty
Sam Mellinger: I do think it's sustainable, if by "sustainable" you mean that the Royals will continue to progress --- not that they'll continue to beat John Lackey with John Thomson. The free agent thing, there is the argument that the Royals could be in line for an extra draft pick by losin...

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Podcast: Early runs enough for Beckett vs. Royals

05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PDT

J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell hit backtoback doubles in a threerun first inning, and Josh Beckett held Kansas City to two hits through five chilly innings Wednesday night, leading the Boston Red Sox past the Royals 71.

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Podcast: What's Eating Zack Greinke?

28 Mar 2007 12:30:12 PDT

We don't know Zack Greinke, but we have heard some interviews with him from 610-AM sports radio in Kansas City, and, well, we find it difficult to imagine that he's plagued by existential dread and angst. That is to say: We're not sure the elevator goes up to that floor.

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Podcast: What's Going On With Zack Greinke?

28 Feb 2006 21:30:41 PST

Written by Leitch
For those of you who don't have your Google News Alerts set to "Kansas City Royals," you might not being paying close attention to a truly bizarre story involving Zack Greinke. The one-time Royals phenom, once called "the future of pitching" by Baseball Prospectus, has left the team for an...

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