The Kansas City Royals, based in Kansas City, Mo., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League Central Division. The Royals were founded in 1969 and since 1973.
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11/27/09 4:25 PM EST KANSAS CITY — Kevin Appier, one of the top pitchers in Royals history, is among 15 new candidates on the 2010 Hall of Fame ballot announced on Friday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The 15 newcomers join 11 holdover candidates on the ballot mailed to more than 575 voting [...]
11/25/09 4:00 PM EST KANSAS CITY — At City Union Mission, Thanksgiving comes every day. The homeless and hopeless are given shelter, food and a new chance 365 days a year at the Kansas City institution. That's what draws Royals Hall of Famer Frank White and outfielder David DeJesus to City Union Mission each year [...]
11/25/09 4:25 PM EST KANSAS CITY — Jose Guillen makes a couple of things very clear: He wants to play next season for the Kansas City Royals and he wants to be their right fielder, not the designated hitter. Guillen was in a bubbly, optimistic mood on Wednesday as he called from Miami, where he's [...]
11/23/09 8:56 PM EST KANSAS CITY — You'd have to pry the first baseman's mitt out of Billy Butler's hot, sweaty hand. Butler has no intention of letting go of the Royals' first-base position that he took for his own last season. He emerged the winner in a scrum that, in Spring Training, also included [...]
11/20/09 7:25 PM EST KANSAS CITY — Five prospects, including up-and-coming middle infielder Jeff Bianchi, were added to the Royals' 40-man winter roster Friday. The Royals also added outfielders Jarrod Dyson and Jordan Parraz, catcher Manuel Pina and pitcher Blake Wood. All of their contracts were selected from the Triple-A Omaha roster. Friday marked the [...]
11/20/09 1:29 AM EST KANSAS CITY — The 2012 All-Star Game seems to be edging closer to a home in Kansas City. That was the indication after Major League Baseball's Owners' Meetings on Thursday in Chicago, where Commissioner Bud Selig hinted that the newly renovated Kauffman Stadium would get the game. "I haven't made a [...]
11/19/09 1:00 AM EST KANSAS CITY — When Royals general manager Dayton Moore looks ahead to the 2010 season, he's obligated to steal a look backwards, too. And the bottom line on 2009 reads 97 losses and a fourth-place tie in the American League Central. So Moore promises not to be shy about making some [...]
11/17/09 5:15 PM EST KANSAS CITY — Zack Greinke won again on Tuesday — this time taking the Cy Young Award as the American League's best pitcher — and he did it in a landslide. The Royals' right-hander received a rousing 25 of 28 first-place votes and had 134 total points in the Baseball Writers' [...]
11/16/09 5:30 PM EST KANSAS CITY — Once last in the American League, Zack Greinke could be at the top of the heap on Tuesday. Greinke, the Royals' dominating right-hander, is a leading candidate for the AL's Cy Young Award as the league's best pitcher. The 2009 winner will be announced at 1 p.m. CT [...]