Kansas City Royals baseball team

01/30/10 6:26 PM EST KANSAS CITY — When you go through the old-time turnstiles at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, you encounter the statue of Buck O'Neil, leaning and gazing through a chicken wire fence and onto the playing field. "Field of Legends" it's called and it's filled by statues of the Negro Leagues' greatest [...]

01/27/10 9:00 PM EST KANSAS CITY — The Royals' efforts to breathe new life into their Minor League system seem to be paying off. The organization has four players listed in MLB.com's Top 50 Prospects list for 2010. Third baseman Mike Moustakas is No. 32, catcher Wil Myers is No. 33, pitcher Aaron Crow is [...]

01/26/10 1:46 PM EST KANSAS CITY — Now here's what you call making your new players feel at home. Scott Podsednik, the Royals' recently signed outfielder, had never worn any uniform number except 22. Or so manager Trey Hillman was told. Small problem. That's the number that Hillman had worn during his two years at [...]

01/25/10 7:34 PM EST KANSAS CITY — So it'll be Rick Ankiel in center field, Scott Podsednik in left field and David DeJesus in right field for the Royals next season. Oh, and Jose Guillen as the designated hitter. At least that's the way Royals general manager Dayton Moore sees it. Moore's lineup preview came [...]

01/25/10 12:00 AM EST If the decision makers in baseball's financial lowlands have it right, Game 1 of the 2015 World Series could pit Kansas City left-hander Noel Arguelles against Cincinnati left-hander Aroldis Chapman. Dream on? The Royals haven't been in a World Series for a quarter century, and the Reds haven't even been in [...]

01/22/10 12:06 AM EST The Royals reached an agreement with free agent outfielder Rick Ankiel on a one-year deal worth $3.25 million with a mutual option for 2011 worth $6 million, Yahoo Sports reported late Thursday night. The converted pitcher, who made his first appearance as an outfielder in the Majors in 2007, batted .231 [...]

01/20/10 6:15 PM EST KANSAS CITY — Zack Greinke and David DeJesus of the Royals will team up with Heart to Heart International to aid the Haiti earthquake victims. They'll be at Sam's Club, 4100 Bolger Drive in Independence, Mo., between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. CT on Thursday to collect donations and items for Heart [...]

01/20/10 1:00 AM EST KANSAS CITY — For an innocent-looking blond kid who once was shy and introverted, today's Zack Greinke by comparison seems sociable and outgoing. This is the Cy Young Award-winning Zack Greinke, fresh off the kind of a baseball season that would give anyone a world of confidence. And this is the [...]

01/18/10 2:37 PM EST KANSAS CITY — Mike Moustakas, the Royals' first-round Draft selection in 2007, will get the once-over at Major League Spring Training this year. Moustakas is among four Minor League players added Monday to the camp roster. The others are pitcher Danny Duffy and outfielders David Lough and Derrick Robinson. Now a [...]

01/16/10 7:00 PM EST KANSAS CITY — So now another side of Zack Greinke is emerging: the laugh-maker. Greinke, the sometimes reluctant celebrity of Cy Young Award fame, is not exactly a comedian who might solve the NBC late-night situation, but he's got a wry, dry, sly and innocent wit. That was apparent on Saturday [...]