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Thursday Nov 5 | WHB-AM Independence

Things Get Easier...a Little

Over the first seven weeks of the season the Chiefs were able to scrape out one win, and that was against a Redskin team that seems to be in the middle of a revolt.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Kansas City Royals, Baseball Players, Miguel Olivo

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Baseball America

chatted about Indy prospects

Hey everyone. Welcome to our one and only indy chat of the year. I look forward to working on and rolling out the Indy Leagues top prospects list every year and the chat that goes with it, so thanks for coming out.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players

Wed Oct 07, 2009

Bleacher Report

A Blast from the Mets' Past Could Help in 2010

Flash back to Aug. 21, 2005. It was a hot late summer afternoon at Shea Stadium where the Mets were hosting the Washington Nationals.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Baseball Players, Carlos Delgado, Kansas City Royals, Jeff Francoeur

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Major League Baseball

Royals not likely to overhaul '10 roster

Lock and reload for 2010. That's the Royals' mission. There don't appear to be any far-reaching changes coming in the look of the roster.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Kansas City Royals, American League, American League Central, Coco Crisp, Baseball Players, Alex Gordon, Mike Aviles

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Kansas City Royals

Royals remain a factor at season's end

Right up to Sunday's season finale, the Royals are a factor in the American League Central pennant race.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League, American League Central, Major League Baseball, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Baseball Players, Mark Teahen

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Major League Baseball

Gaudin gets grand boost from Cano

That one of Monday's more thrilling moments came on a Ramiro Pena home run was no mistake.

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Related Topix: Sports, Ramiro Pena, Baseball Players, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Robinson Cano, Kansas City Royals, Mark Teahen

Tue Sep 29, 2009

Major League Baseball

One frame the difference for Red Sox

It was the type of in-game turnaround that would have served Paul Byrd well on many other nights.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Zack Greinke, Baseball Players, Kansas City Royals, Alberto Callaspo, Mark Teahen

Sun Sep 27, 2009

Boston Herald

Red Sox let it slip in rain

ANSAS CITY, Mo. - One loss to the Royals is not going to stop the Red Sox [ team stats ] from completing their march to the playoffs.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Baseball Players, Daniel Bard, Kansas City Royals, Manny Delcarmen, Tim Wakefield

Fri Sep 25, 2009

KansasCity.com

Rain didn't dampen comeback

Monday's game was cold, wet and definitely wild.Around the third inning, a light drizzle at Kauffman Stadium had turned into a steady downpour.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Kansas City Royals, American League, American League Central, Baseball Players, Billy Butler, Josh Anderson, Mark Teahen

Wed Sep 23, 2009

SI.com

Greinke wins No. 15, lowers AL-best ERA to 2.08

Greinke bolstered his Cy Young credentials by holding Boston to two hits in six scoreless innings, leading the Royals to a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, Zack Greinke, Baseball Players, Victor Martinez, Alex Gordon

Boston Herald

Easy Does it: The Royalsa Mike Jacobs lets teammate Alberto Callaspo...

ANSAS CITY, Mo. - Since the start of the season, the Red Sox [ team stats ] have employed four different starting shortstops, but as the postseason draws closer, the team might have difficulty finding a suitable backup at the position.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Alberto Callaspo, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Jed Lowrie, Kansas City Royals

Mon Sep 21, 2009

Seattle's WB

Mike Jacobs homers and Billy Butler has 2 doubles in Royals' 12-9 win over Red Sox

Mike Jacobs hit a three-run homer and Alberto Callaspo's two-run double keyed Kansas City's biggest inning in almost a year, rallying the Royals past the Boston Red Sox 12-9 on Monday night.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Kansas City Royals, Billy Butler, American League, American League Central, Baseball Players, Boston Red Sox, Alberto Callaspo

Thu Sep 17, 2009

Kansas City Star

Royals lose a lead and lose a game

Consider this a relapse for the Royals. Temporary, perhaps. But Wednesdays 4-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers contained a lot of elements that repeatedly torpedoed the Royals for much of the season.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Eddie Bonine, Baseball Players, Yuniesky Betancourt

Tue Sep 15, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Butler does it to Tigers

Billy Butler had three doubles and two RBIs as the Royals beat the Tigers, 5-1, tonight in Kansas City, Mo.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball, American League, American League Central, Kansas City Royals, Billy Butler, Baseball Players, Clete Thomas

Sun Sep 13, 2009

KansasCity.com

Royals make it two in a row by rallying for 7-5 win over Tigers

For the first time in 42 days, six long weeks, the Royals know how it feels to win back-to-back games after Tuesdays 7-5 comeback victory over the Detroit Tigers at Kauffman Stadium.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Kansas City Royals, American League, American League Central, Detroit Tigers, Billy Butler, Baseball Players

Fri Sep 11, 2009

Kansas City Star

Jacobs trying to open some eyes with late-season surge

Mike Jacobs isn't sure where he fits or even if he fits in the Royals' future as the off-season approaches.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, Kansas City Royals, Bruce Chen, Lenny DiNardo

Thu Sep 10, 2009

Fox Sports

Royals 5, Tigers 1

Butler's three-double game was his club-record fourth of the season, and he also posted his fifth consecutive multihit game.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League, American League Central, Major League Baseball, Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Baseball Players

Wed Sep 09, 2009

The Detroit News

Royals snap Tigers' six-game win streak

Kansas City, Mo. -- Cushions come in handy. Teams that lead by more than a handful of games can afford an occasional lapse -- although is it really a lapse when a six-game winning streak doesn't become seven? In any case, the more-than-a-handful Tigers didn't win a game on Tuesday night that they had a decent shot to win.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball, Kansas City Royals, Baseball Players, Ryan Perry, Billy Butler

Tue Sep 08, 2009

UPI

MLB: Kansas City 7, Detroit 5

Billy Butler drove in the game-tying run and Mike Jacobs drove in the game-winner Tuesday in the Kansas City Royals' 7-5 win over Detroit.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League, American League Central, Major League Baseball, Billy Butler, Baseball Players, Kansas City Royals, Bruce Chen

Sun Sep 06, 2009

BTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog

Dugout Central: White: Rob Neyer Interview

Dugout Central: Will the Royals ever be good? OK, leta s be more specific. Will the Royals have a chance at the playoffs while they have Zack Greinke under control? Rob Neyer: Oh gosh no.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Kansas City Royals, Zack Greinke, Baseball Players, Luke Hochevar

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