Kansas City Royals News

That's why I was saddened to learn Fred White passed away a week ago today. White, 76, died of complications from melanoma.

James Shields had another strong start for Kansas City on Wednesday night. Unfortunately for Shields and the Royals, the rest of the game was also familiar.

Here's a frightening thought. If the baseball major leagues were being formed at the start of the 21st century rather than at the start of the 20th, Austin and Charlotte and Portland and Nashville and Orlando would get teams; because those cities are growing.

Following two evening games against the Los Angeles Angels to start the homestand, the Royals will take on the Angels in 1:10 p.m. contests on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26.

May 13, 2013; Anaheim, CA, USA; Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost before the game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium.

Holy crap, this may be the greatest photo in Royals baseball card history. Ladies and gentlemen, on this day in 1992, Jim Eisenreich became the first player in Royals history to get to Second Base... with second base.

Royals center fielder Lorenzo Cain lives in Norman, Okla., in the offseason, not far from where a tornado tore through central Oklahoma on Monday.

Eric Hosmer tallied two hits with two runs scored and the Kansas City Royals used a four-run eighth inning to capture a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros in the middle test of a three-game set.

Royals catcher Salvador Perez left Monday night's 6-5 loss to the Astros in the middle of the sixth inning with discomfort in his right hip.

Matt Dominguez launched a three-run home run in the fourth inning that proved to be the difference as the Houston Astros topped the Kansas City Royals, 6-5, in the opener of a three-game set from Minute Maid Park Dominguez and Jimmy Paredes had two hits apiece to pace Houston, which won for the third time in five tries after dropping six in a row.

Yoenis Cespedes hit a leadoff home run in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.

For Houston, however, manager Bo Porter is encouraged by what he has seen from his team recently.

Buddy Baumann : Activated from the DL and assigned to NWA from Omaha on 5/12. Then promoted to Omaha on 5/18. He's pitched 6 innings of scoreless ball between two.

Kansas City Royals' Ervin Santana works against the Oakland Athletics in the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Oakland, Calif.

Kansas City Royals' Mike Moustakas drops the bat after striking out to end the second inning in front of New York Yankees catcher Chris Stewart during Sunday's baseball game on May 12, 2013, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.

I still strongly dislike the trade, and he would be better in right field today than Francoeur.

May 11, 2013; Kansas City, MO, USA; New York Yankees left fielder Vernon Wells runs the bases after hitting a 2 run home run in the fifth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.

Adam Rosales scorched a leadoff homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game set at the Coliseum.

Toronto Blue Jays Jose Reyes, who twisted his left ankle during a Friday game, watches from the dugout during the second inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday, April 13, 2013.

Ewing Kauffman had been in poor health. He worried about what would happen to the Kansas City Royals once he was gone.