Billy Butler News

It's been a rough couple of weeks as a Royals fan. They can't hit the ball. They can't get on base.

Angels are the first team at Kauffman Stadium this season with four players homering in one game, Mike Trout is the first to get to 10/10 The Angels began Thursday evening's game with a solo home run by Mike Trout .

May 15, 2013; Anaheim, CA, USA; Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon singles in the first inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium.

Three years after her brief — but dramatic — turn as the budget-slashing, union-rattling, performance-driving chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public schools, Michelle Rhee still draws a passionately polarized crowd, as demonstrated Wednesday night at the Plaza branch of the Kansas City Public Library.

Top of the eighth inning, bases loaded, nobody down, the Astros 3, the Royals 2 — the game on the line.

A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph.

Those cliches about it being a six-month season are based in reality. But so is this: The Royals, right now, are flat-lining after Monday’s depressing 6-5 loss to the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.

The Oakland Athletics seek their first three-game winning streak since late April on Sunday when they close out their three-game series against the Kansas City Royals at the O.co Coliseum.

The bacon hangovers are all but worn off, and it was back to baseball Saturday as the A's took on the Royals in game 2 of this weekend series.

For the second night in a row, the A's collect a 2-1 win behind a strong starting pitching performance and timely hitting.

The A's limp into the weekend series against the Royals having lost their last three series since winning in NY! Let's hope the A's are a Royal pain in KC's you-know-what! 2. Hot Coco: Crisp is back! How does he do in his first full series back from the DL? Guess his PA / H / XBH / K / BB for the series.

The possibility of winning a record Powerball jackpot was a big draw Saturday for area stores selling lottery tickets.

The Royals should know why the city they play for is suspicious. Nothing personal, guys, but Alex Gordon and Sal Perez and especially James Shields and Jeremy Guthrie might want to know why a fan base starved to watch a winner is watching their best team in 20 years like it's a wild grizzly bear.

James Shields continues to pitch like the No. 1 guy the Royals expected when they acquired him in that big off-season deal from Tampa Bay.

The suddenly reeling Athletics will look to get back on track in Friday's series opener against the Royals, though it won't be an easy task against Royals ace James Shields.

The good news for the Los Angeles Angels is that with Monday's off day, they can skip the fifth spot in the rotation, which, until Wednesday night, was held by Barry Enright, who opened the season in triple A and appears headed back there soon.

Jeremy Guthrie's 18-game unbeaten streak ended with a powerful display from the middle of the Los Angeles Angels' previously underachieving lineup.

Butler's hit total tied his career high, established on July 27, 2009, at Baltimore.

Billy Butler went 5-for-5 with two doubles and five RBI to lead the Kansas City Royals to an 11-4 rout of the LA Angels of Anaheim in the opener of a three-game set at Angel Stadium.

The Royals' Billy Butler was greeted by teammate after he scored on a single by Lorenzo Cain during Monday's game against the Angels in Anaheim, Calif.