Tag: Kansas City Royals

One week ago today, I did a post on the Kansas City Royals. I noted that they only need to win one of their remaining 24 games to avert another 100-loss season. Well, guess what? One week later, the Royals have lost seven straight games. **big sigh** Don't even get me started on the Chiefs.

Kansas City Star: Royals close to avoiding another 100-loss season Well, that was pretty miserable, huh? Here it is, September, stretch run of the baseball season, and the Royals lose one to last-place Texas. Need a hump-day pick-me-up? Try this one: the Royals, barring a collapse the likes of which baseball has never seen, will…

Kansas City Star: Royals get three-game sweep against Angels with 1-0 victory ANAHEIM, Calif. | Suddenly, the Royals have all the answers. Struggling lefty Jorge De La Rosa scrambled through six-plus scoreless innings Wednesday afternoon before the bullpen provided air-tight relief in a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. … The exciting news is…

KansasCity.com: Royals pound Cleveland Whatever the challenge, right now, the Royals have the answer. It took a muscle-flexing breakout Wednesday night from an inconsistent attack to pick up a struggling Scott Elarton. OK, no problem. The Royals hit a season-high four homers and rallied to an 11-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians at Kauffman Stadium.…

The Kansas City Royals escaped the cellar of Major League Baseball by beating the Tigers 10-8. That gives them a record of 62-100, one-half game better than the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at 61-100. Meanwhile, Detroit, who held first place in the division for almost the entire season, slipped out of first on the last…

This evening, Melissa and I are meeting up with the Reformed Angler and family to take in a Royals game at the K. The picture to the right should be our approximate vantage point. As I noted in an earlier post, the Royals are locked in a four-way battle for sole possession of last place…

Last year the Kansas City Royals finished the season with a franchise record of 105 losses. It is now September 9, and the 2006 regular season for Major League Baseball is in its final weeks. With twenty games left, they must play worse than 5-15 to set a new record. It is still clearly within…

The Kansas City Royals are still the only team besides the Pirates that has not won thirty games. However, they have moved ahead of Pittsburgh and are no longer the worst team in baseball. Next in their sites? The Cubbies. After that? Every team in the NL East except the Mets. As I reflect on…

Okay. So the Royals won last night and created a two-game winning streak. The reality is that this ties their longest winning streak of the season. It also gives them a 9-22 record versus the Marlins, who are at 8-22. That means the Royals are no longer the worst team in Major League Baseball by…

Royals on road to nowhere is a Kansas City Star piece about the Royals' "recording-breaking" season. They are 5-19 through 24, which ties their franchise-worst start in 1992. They have lost all 11 games on the road. Two more losses and they tie the major league record. Three more, and they own it. Franchise player…