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Kansas City Royals P John Bale, he of the portly 7.63 ERA, recently went on the disabled list with a tight throwing shoulder.
Elements of his rehab probably included ice treatment, stretching, and rest. Punching a door in a hotel? Not so much. Read more…
As a Royals fan, we’re constantly scouring the four corners of the sports universe for ways to stay interested in baseball’s Wal-Martians.
(The Royals aren’t faking their dismay - unlike the lungs on KTCK’s Claudia)
Jeff Flanagan keeps us going for another week, reporting today that some show hosts on KTCK-AM in Dallas played “stupid b—-” drops during an on-air interview with the wives of Royals players Alex Gordon and Luke Hochevar.
The fun part is that Gordon and Hochevar are slightly pissed - and the Royals are playing the Rangers in Big D beginning tonight. Read more…
• YOU BEEN BLINDED tunes in to see the gang at “South Park” taking a run at Bill Belichick.
• THREE STRIKES AND OUT wants to invoke the Patriot Act, as an American basketball player will suit up for the Russian women’s Olympic team.
• EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY has found the perfect halftime entertainment for next year’s gridiron games in Tuscaloosa.
We remember the Alamo, but forget to bribe Alamodome security.
• SbB is in San Antonio this weekend to take part in the fun & frivolity of the Final Four!
• Fresh off the Ernie Banks crisis, another sports statue has been punctured for punctuation problems.
• If a Browns cornerback can’t outrun the cops, how’s he gonna do against the Steelers receivers?
• The Kansas City Royals are hot, but their calendar’s even hotter!
It’s great to see the Kansas City Royals start the season on a hot streak. And now the KC ladies can hang some of that hotness on their home walls.
Sam Mellinger of the KC STAR’s BALL STAR blog comes across a calendar featuring the buff boys of your 2008 Royals. But don’t get too worried or too jealous, fellas - the monthly-featured men are presented in the classic casual style. Meaning - no speedos. But maybe next year.
Will wonders never cease? The Kansas City Royals - yes, the Royals - are still sitting atop the AL Central, as they completed a sweep of the Detroit Tigers with a 4-1 victory at Comerica Park on Thursday.
These are historic times in KC, indeed, as it’s been a while since Royals fans have witnessed success of any kind.
Here’s a surreal sight we might never see again, so we’ve captured it for posterity’s sake:
Yes, both the Kansas City Royals and Tampa Bay Rays are in first place.
Granted, it’s very early in the season, and KC is technically tied for first, while TB was the benefactor of a Yanks-Jays rainout.
But these aren’t some Grapefruit League don’t-really-count standings. This is the real deal. And it may be a sign of things to come in the 2008 season.
By now you’ve probably already seen this video of Royals outfielder Joey Gathwright jumping over Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda:
