Bumgarner, Giants lead KC 3-2 in Series Game 7
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Madison Bumgarner trotted in from the bullpen and kept San Francisco out of trouble, helping the Giants cling to a 3-2 lead over the Kansas City Royals after six innings in Game 7 of...
View ArticleTrip down memory lane for 1985 champion Royals (MLB - Major League Baseball)
(Source: MLB - Major League Baseball) Like Yordano Ventura, Saberhagen had an early lead, 5-0, after the third inning and 11-0 after the fifth. Ventura got seven runs of support in the second inning....
View ArticleGame Six ceremonial and off-field activity details (Kansas City Royals)
(Source: Kansas City Royals) 6:19 PM ET Email Print Press Release | 6:19 PM ET MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OSCAR TAVERAS AND EDILIA ARVELO: Major League Baseball will hold a moment of silence prior to...
View ArticleRoyals fans hoping for more Game 6 magic, just like 1985
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Nobody here is worried, at least not the people who know better. It is worth worrying about a baseball team without an owner, as the Kansas City Royals subsisted for almost seven...
View ArticleRoyals rout Giants 10-0 to force Game 7 in Series
Click photo to enlarge Kansas City Royals' Lorenzo Cain celebrates with fans after Game 6 of baseball's World Series against the San Francisco Giants Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. The...
View ArticleGiants beat KC 3-2 to win World Series
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) — Madison Bumgarner pitched five innings of near-perfect relief as the San Francisco Giants held off the Kansas City Royals 3-2 Wednesday night in Game 7 of the World Series...
View ArticleRoyals sweep Orioles to reach first World Series since 1985
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A bullpen seemingly built out of steel and gloves that swallow baseballs like they have ball magnets inside are taking the Royals to the World Series. In a baseball mad city that has...
View ArticleWhy Royals great Frank White no longer associates with the team whose stadium...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On the biggest night of baseball this city has seen in nearly 30 years, the man responsible for so many great moments here was just like the 40,000-plus people losing their minds...
View ArticleRoyals headed to World Series after ALCS sweep
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the final out was made on another improbable night, and the Kansas City Royals were headed back to the World Series, Ned Yost stood in the dugout and watched. He watched as a...
View ArticleSan Francisco Giants v Kansas City Royals: 2014 World Series guide
Want to follow the World Series but have questions you were too afraid to ask? This guide will tell you all you really need to know about the two teams battling for the title ...
View ArticleRoyals Run Recalls Memories of Rooting Against the Dreaded New York Yankees
Their center fielder introduced me to the beauty of an inside-the-park home run. Their submarine closer seemed to scrape his knuckles on the mound with every pitch. And one of their shortstops played...
View ArticleGiants, Royals tied thru 3 in World Series Game 7
Add comment Reprints + - San Francisco Giants second baseman Joe Panik flips the ball to Brandon Crawford for a double play on a grounder by Kansas City Royals Eric Hosmer during the third inning of...
View ArticleWorld Series Game 2: Giants vs. Royals
Advertisement Advertise here The Kansas City Royals look to bounce back in Game 2 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium. The Giants lead the series, 1-0....
View ArticleHal McRae’s Favorite Swiss Steak, and Other Reasons to Love the Royals
When the Kansas City Royals sprinted into the postseason for the first time in twenty-nine years, I felt like an atheist who’d died and been ushered through the pearly gates into Heaven, no questions...
View ArticleRoyals, fans bond over improbable postseason run
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The game had been over for hours. Kauffman Stadium had gone dark. The roars of a sold-out crowd, which had rooted the Kansas City Royals to a sweep of the mighty Los Angeles Angels,...
View ArticleSilverman: Rooting for his Royals (quietly)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Over the course of covering thousands of big league games since I began reporting on the Red Sox and baseball in 1995, I’ve lived up to the sportswriters’ First Commandment: “Thou...
View ArticleWorld Series decider captivates host city
KANSAS CITY Missouri (Reuters) - Buses roll through the downtown streets alternating their destination with the message "Go Royals" -- the same rousing chant that took over Pizza Bar near closing time...
View ArticleRooting for his Royals (quietly)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Over the course of covering thousands of big league games since I began reporting on the Red Sox and baseball in 1995, I’ve lived up to the sportswriters’ First Commandment: “Thou...
View ArticleMLB playoffs: Royals clinch first AL pennant since 1985
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — James Shields led thousands of fans in a celebratory chant. Lorenzo Cain pranced along the warning track, cradling his newborn son. Ned Yost finally allowed himself to smile. After...
View ArticleKansas City Royals fans declare desire to party like it's 1985, but would...
Published October 18, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Email Print KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A popular refrain for Kansas City baseball fans as their team blazes through the playoffs is that they're...
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