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Leftridge: Ladies and Gentlemen, Your First Place Kansas City Royals
“Nothing gold can stay.” –Robert Frost It’s too early to get excited. I get it. I get that the Royals are in first place at 6-3, but it’s NINE GAMES. A lot can happen in nine games, and even the … Continue reading
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Leftridge: Seven Completely Accurate Predictions for the 2013 Royals
Although Mother Nature’s grand witchery seems to indicate otherwise, it is officially Spring which means that trees are (theoretically) in full bloom, the grass is (supposed to be) turning green and baseball—that grand, old tradition that perfectly embodies the spirit … Continue reading
Leftridge: Bob Davis Ends 16-Year Reign of Terror
Here’s a hypothetical scenario. Bottom of the 9th. Royals trailing the White Sox by 5 runs. One out. Lorenzo Cain on first. Eric Hosmer, who’d had the day off, is pinch-hitting. He watches the first pitch sail high for ball … Continue reading
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Leftridge: Royals’ Offseason Soldiers On, Apparent Satan Pact Maker Hochevar Avoids Axe
So they haven’t signed Zack Greinke. The fact of the matter is, they probably won’t. Get over it. And to ESPN’s Jim Bowden, who, upon the announcement of Jeremy Guthrie’s signing tweeted, “Royals signing of Jeremy Guthrie ridiculous….now paying Ervin … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Leftridge, Hot Stove, KC Royals, Luke Hochevar
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Leftridge: Royals’ Season Recap (From a Guy Who Watched More Than Just Opening Day)
Somewhere long before Wednesday’s season finale– before Eric Hosmer’s grand regression, before all of the season-ending ligament surgeries, before Royals’ fans realized with wretched horror that Bruce Chen was the ace of this ball club– before any of this, Sports … Continue reading
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Leftridge: August Royals’ Recap: The Blessed End is Near
The infuriating thing about the Kansas City Royals is that baseball doesn’t exist in a world of “coulda.” Baseball is a universally black and white affair (hold the Dominican jokes, please), wherein a team plays 162 games during the course … Continue reading
Leftridge: Mr. Brightside Presents a Royals’ July Recap
Someone needs to head down to the Safeway, because we’re running out of Turd Polish. It’s getting bad out there—like, regular Royals bad. Gone are the days of “fun team to watch!” and, “lookit the little roses bloom!” Everything has … Continue reading
