Giants, Royals ready for wild World Series finish
Madison Bumgarner barely broke a smile walking around the San Francisco Giants' clubhouse late Sunday night following a brilliant pitching performance that has his team one win from another World...
View ArticleBirthday boy Hosmer gets the big hit at perfect time for Royals
SAN FRANCISCO — Eric Hosmer is the Royals’ cleanup hitter because, well, because it would be strange to have a lineup skip from third to fifth with no fourth-place batter. How would you feel about...
View ArticleRibcage injury kept Danny Duffy from the Royals playoff rotation
Royals manager Ned Yost revealed Wednesday night after the Royals fell, 3-2, in the seventh game of the World Series to San Francisco that he was prepared to start Danny Duffy in his postseason...
View ArticleMajor League Baseball: Rest or rust? Royals, Giants set for World Series
Kansas City, Mo. • Alex Gordon took a big rip at a batting-practice fastball, fouled it off badly into the cage and ducked when the carom nearly hit him in the head. Gordon let out a huge laugh, and so...
View Article>Royals, fans bond over improbable postseason run
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The game had been over for hours. Kauffman Stadium had gone dark. The roars of a sold-out crowd, which had rooted the Kansas City Royals to a sweep of the mighty Los Angeles...
View ArticleRoyals, fans bond over improbable postseason run
The game had been over for hours. Kauffman Stadium had gone dark. The roars of a sold-out crowd, which had rooted the Kansas City Royals to a sweep of the mighty Los Angeles Angels, had drifted away...
View ArticleWild postseason produces magical World Series
n">(Reuters) - One of Major League Baseball's wildest postseasons heads into its final chapter as the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants tangle in an unlikely World Series matchup. The...
View ArticleFormer White Sox star Paul Konerko saw Royals’ roll coming
The Royals didn’t win the AL Central Division, had few players with postseason experience and had to survive a crazy Wild Card Game. Who knew they’d wind up in the World Series? “I did,” said Paul...
View ArticleGiants @ Royals
Ace-off: Bumgarner, Shields to meet in Game 1 of WS KANSAS CITY -- Kansas City, with its couple hundred fountains and seemingly equal number of BBQ joints, is about to also take its place as the...
View Article>World Series: How the Giants and Royals match up
A position-by-position look at the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals going into the World Series, starting Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium: ___ First Base: Giants: Brandon Belt. After...
View ArticleRoyals’ Lorenzo Cain baseball’s new breakout star
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The breakout star on Fox this fall is not on “Gotham.” He is on Kansas City. Robin Lord Taylor is wowing critics for his portrayal of Oswald Cobblepot, who eventually will morph into...
View ArticleWorld Series: How the Giants and Royals match up
A position-by-position look at the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals going into the World Series, starting Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium: --- First Base: Giants: Brandon Belt. After...
View ArticleRounding Third: Royals hope to party like it's 1985
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - The Kansas City Royals are back in the World Series for the first time in 29 years. If they want to nail down their first title since that 1985 season, though,...
View ArticleThe Royals and Giants are in the World Series and it'll probably be wild
The Kansas City Royals have swept their way through the postseason after earning an American League wild-card spot, knocking off the two top teams in the AL in their first playoff berth since 1985. The...
View ArticleWorld Series 2014: Royals or Giants – the 'experts' try to pick a winner
The Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants are taking part in the 110th annual World Series. Game 1 is Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Both teams reached the postseason by virtue...
View ArticleSeasoned Giants face fresh Royals in the World Series
Alex Gordon, Lorenzo Cain and the go-go-go Kansas City Royals played perfect ball to zip through the playoffs. Plus, they recently flattened Buster Posey and his Giants. So how come this bunch that’s...
View ArticleWORLD SERIES: A GLANCE AT GIANTS, ROYALS WHERE THE WILD THINGS STAR
"> Giants: Although the Giants finished six games behind the Dodgers in the NL West and wound up with the National League’s second wild-card spot, they’ve ridden their arms (2.18 ERA) to an 8-2...
View ArticleNJCAA makes presence felt in MLB postseason again (NJCAA - National Junior...
(Source: NJCAA - National Junior College Athletic Association) National News NJCAA makes presence felt in MLB postseason again November 6, 2014 The 2014 Major League Baseball postseason, arguably one...
View ArticleRoyals' postseason win streak could be one for the ages
When last seen in the World Series 29 years ago, the Royals' de-facto MVP was Don Denkinger, a major league umpire whose blown call at first base helped them avoid losing in six games to the Cardinals....
View ArticleStar covers from the Royals' postseason
From solidifying a spot in the playoffs to Game 7 of the World Series, relive the Royals' postseason through every Star cover. … Click to Continue »...
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