On Thursday, I attended my fourth-straight Opening Day at Kauffman Stadium. It was a beautiful day at the Truman Sports Complex, packed to capacity. (The image above was the parking lot just over three hours before the first pitch.) Despite all the hoopla about the stadium vote on April 2nd and the tension between KC… Read More Royals Fall on Opening Day…What Are Some Takeaways We Can Have?
Oof. It’s been a rough couple of weeks of work, which explains why I have not posted here in nearly 14 days. Hopefully, things will die soon, allowing me to post more frequently, starting in April. I am certainly paying attention to the Royals’ upcoming season. Still, my lack of Tweets has also demonstrated that… Read More Five Bold Royals Predictions for the 2024 Season
Sorry for the lack of posts and Tweets over the past two days. I am on Spring Break, and I spent the last two days watching Big 12 basketball all day at the T-Mobile Center (and fared pretty unsuccessfully betting-wise, too). Now that I am no longer in conference tournament basketball mode, I can focus… Read More Royals Opening Day Lineup and Bench Predictions (Volume 1)
We are 16 days away from Opening Day, and as I talked about in my most recent post, some recent transactions are starting to make the 2024 Opening Day roster a little more transparent. I will release my roster predictions over the next few weeks, with separate posts focusing on the pitching staff and position… Read More Royals Opening Day Pitching Staff Predictions (Volume 1)
After two interview-focused episodes with Chandler Champlain and Javier Vaz, Cristian and I got back to just talking between the two of us. In this almost hour-long episode, we broke down a variety of different topics. That includes our review of the Champlain and Vaz interviews; the Royals’ International Signing Class; Spring Training non-roster invitees… Read More “KC Chase to the Pennant”: Breakdown of Royals News Items from the Past Week
This is a little late, but I didn’t have the most energy after a long day and night of celebrating this big moment, which occurred before the Royals’ Opening Day contest at Kauffman. It was a beautiful day for baseball, and there definitely was a different energy at Kauffman compared to the past couple of… Read More Three Things Royals Fans Can Take Away from the Opening Day Loss
Today was the last day of Spring Training for the Kansas City Royals, and as expected, there was a lot of news to break, especially from MLB.com Royals beat writer Anne Rogers. Nothing has been made official just yet, but it’s likely that we will see an official Opening Day roster announcement from the Royals… Read More “Reporter Jottings”: Royals Add Three NRI Hitters; Bubic Makes Rotation; and Cuas to Fill Out Bullpen
It’s been a while since I posted here, which isn’t by choice. If there’s one difficult thing about working in educational administration, it is this: when it rains it pours. Well for the last week, it’s been an absolute torrential downpour professionally, which has left me with either no time or no energy left to… Read More Five Fearless Royals Predictions for the Upcoming Season
Opening Day is swiftly approaching, as we are 12 days away, as of Saturday, March 18th. NCAA March Madness is capturing the sports nation right now, especially here in the Kansas City area (due to Kansas and Kansas State’s participation and a regional being hosted in Kansas City). That said, baseball fans are ready for… Read More Predicting the Royals’ Opening Day Roster (Version 2.0)
I was hoping to have this post out on Tuesday, but it’s been a busier-than-expected couple of days of work. Nonetheless, while this post didn’t go out yesterday as planned, the Royals Spring camp did officially begin, with some early shots surfacing from the Royals camp in Surprise, Arizona. Safe to say, those photos should… Read More Predicting the Royals’ Opening Day Roster (Version 1.0)