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Actually now that I think about it, they both paid people for sex, so what's the difference exactly? Mr.

Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com. He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He began his journalism career at the Bay City Times in his native Michigan.

Was anybody else surprised to see Yuniesky Betancourt in a Royals uniform? I sure was.

Relief pitching is the most volatile commodity in modern big-league baseball. Year in, year out, teams struggle to find reliable arms to fill the various bullpen roles that have sprouted like weeds in the contemporary version of the game.

300, he had to hit Nos. 1-299. And needless to say, he has some favorites. One day after blasting the 300th homer of his career, Ortiz reflected on some of his other memorable regular-season shots, and No.

PAWSOX 3, CHIEFS 2 The highlights: The PawSox used clutch hitting and three strong pitching performances by ace Clay Buchholz and relievers Marcus McBeth and Hunter Jones who combined to limit Syracuse to four hits with nine strikeouts to survive a stiff test from the Chiefs, winning a thrilling battle, 3-2, in front of a crowd of 8,476 at McCoy ...

The Buffalo Bisons punched together four straight singles in the fifth inning - all with two outs - to rally and defeat the Syracuse Chiefs 3-2 in the nightcap of a double-header on Monday before 4,875 at Alliance Bank Stadium.

They have today off, too, before starting their first series of the season with the Iowa Cubs tomorrow.

After deciding that getting out of bed at 9:00 this morning wasn't going to work for me I took an extended nap.

Royals 7, Nashville 1 3B Metcalf 3-4, 2B , 3B , 4 RBI , RS -- .254 SS Lisson 3-3, HR , 2 RBI , RS -- .227, more AAA HRs than AA already 1B Ka'aihue 3-4, 2B , RS, CS -- .288 2B Hulett 1-4, 2B , RBI -- .297 C House 1-4, RS -- .296 DH Thorman 1-3, BB, 2 RS -- .242 * RF Irving Falu had an assist at second and the Royals turned 4 DPs.

The Kansas City Royals have recalled right-hander Luke Hochevar from Triple-A Omaha to start against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.

Ex-Tiger Matt Joyce is back in the big leagues and appears ready to stay. In his two games since his recall by the Rays, the outfielder has homered twice -- including a two-run shot in Tuesday's 6-2 victory over the Royals.

Matt Joyce basks in the moment after breaking a tie at 2 with a two-run double off lefty Horacio Ramirez in the sixth.

Now that Zack Greinke had a start in which he looked vaguely human, the sky has completely fallen in on the Royals.

Third baseman Mark Teahen walked through the Royals’ clubhouse, stopped and barked out “Hitting tip” in a serious voice.

Sweep avoided. The Royals pulled back to .500 on Sunday afternoon with a 3-2 victory over the St.

It might not yet be time for the Royals to hit the panic button, but they might want to locate it for future reference after Friday’s weak 5-0 surrender to the St.

In a battle of bullpens, fate favored the guys with all the blown saves. Cleveland's Luis Vizcaino , Matt Herges and Rafael Betancourt kept Kansas City at bay Thursday after Royals ace Zack Greinke departed with a one-run lead.

No victory for Zack Greinke, nor for the Royals on Thursday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium.

Brian Bannister didn't make the Kansas City Royals' roster out of spring training, but got an opportunity to return to the majors in late April against the Cleveland Indians.