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Kansas Approves Plan to Lure Chiefs, Royals Across State Line

Legislators overwhelmingly support measure to finance new stadiums for Missouri teams

(Newser) - Kansas is making a serious run at becoming the new home for the reigning Super Bowl champions with legislators approving a plan Tuesday to lure the Chiefs and Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals away from Missouri.
  • Bipartisan legislative supermajorities OK'd the measure to authorize state bonds to
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Kansas Weighs Making a Move on Royals, Chiefs

Legislative plan runs out of time, but lawmakers could try again

(Newser) - Some Kansas lawmakers see a chance to lure Kansas City's two biggest professional sports teams across the Missouri border. But an effort to help the Super Bowl champion Chiefs and Major League Baseball's Royals finance new stadiums in Kansas fizzed over concerns about how it might look to...

Teams' Future Unclear After Voters Reject Stadium Tax

Tax would have been in place for 40 years

(Newser) - The future of the Royals and Chiefs in Kansas City was thrown into question Tuesday night when residents of Jackson County, Missouri, resoundingly voted down a sales tax measure that would have helped to fund a new downtown ballpark along with major renovations to Arrowhead Stadium. Royals owner John Sherman...

10 Unvaccinated Royals Can't Go to Toronto

Team calls up minor leaguers for trip to Canada, which requires the shots for arrivals

(Newser) - The Kansas City Royals expect to have a full roster of players for their four-game series in Toronto, but they won't all be the major leaguers who played for the team Wednesday. Ten players won't be making the trip because they haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19, USA ...

A Baseball Team Just Sold for $1B
A Baseball Team
Just Sold for $1B
Aug 30, 2019 4:15 PM CDT

A Baseball Team Just Sold for $1B

Kansas City businessman is buying his hometown Royals

(Newser) - A Kansas City businessman has made a $1 billion offer to buy the Royals from David Glass. John Sherman has raised the needed capital, per USA Today , and the deal will be ready for approval by Major League Baseball's owners in November. Glass, 83, paid $96 million for the...

'Worst First Pitch Ever' Beans Cameraman
This Might Be the Worst
Ceremonial First Pitch Ever
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jun 2, 2019 10:31 AM CDT

This Might Be the Worst Ceremonial First Pitch Ever

White Sox employee hit team cameraman

(Newser) - A Chicago White Sox employee may have made baseball history with the ceremonial first pitch against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday—and not in a good way. In what Deadspin describes as a strong contender for the worst ceremonial first pitch of all time, the pitch from the team'...

He Got a $4.5M MLB Signing Bonus. He Used It for a Christmas Gift

Brady Singer, top prospect for Kansas City Royals, paid off mom and dad's bank loan, all other debt

(Newser) - Imagine being 22 years old and able to offer your parents the ultimate Christmas gift: freedom from debt. That's a feeling just experienced by Brady Singer, a first-round draft pick in this year's MLB draft and now a prospect for the Kansas City Royals, after he made the...

This Astros Player Came to the 4th Inning Looking ... Different

Alex Bregman decided to shave his mustache right in the middle of the game

(Newser) - Hair today, gone … by the fourth inning? That's what happened with the Houston Astros' Alex Bregman Sunday during his team's game against the Kansas City Royals. MLB.com reports the third baseman got a walk in the second inning, then didn't come to the plate again...

Things Looked Dire for MLB Team. Then a Cat Showed Up

'Rally Cat' getting credit for dramatic St. Louis Cardinals victory

(Newser) - The Cardinals needed help. They got "Rally Cat"—and now baseball has a new hero and meme. MLB.com explains: The St. Louis Cardinals trailed the Kansas City Royals 5-4 in the bottom of the sixth in a crucial playoff-race game Wednesday, but they had the bases loaded....

2 Baseball Stars Die in Car Wrecks
2 Baseball Stars
Die in Car Wrecks
Jan 22, 2017 11:57 AM CST

2 Baseball Stars Die in Car Wrecks

Yordano Ventura, Andy Marte killed in separate accidents in Dominican Republic

(Newser) - Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura, whose electric arm and confident demeanor helped lead his long-suffering team to the 2015 World Series title, died in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic early Sunday. He was 25. With the fitting nickname of "Ace," Ventura burst onto the baseball scene...

How One Man Made $2.5M Betting on the World Series

'Vegas Dave' and his history of long-shot sports bets

(Newser) - "Vegas" Dave Oancea started his career as a professional gambler by taking out a $10,000 student loan, going straight to Vegas, and putting it all on red. Telling his story to Mel Magazine , Dave says: "It hit, and I turned the 10 grand into 20. That started...

Salvador Perez Is World Series MVP

'Now I don't feel pain,' says tough Royals catcher

(Newser) - Salvador Perez took foul balls off his mask, collarbone, and fingers, and the Kansas City catcher kept on bouncing back, like some indestructible test dummy. No bruise was too painful; no ache was too much to overcome. Not only did he anchor the pitching staff, he hit .364 (8 for...

Royals Win World Series in Extra Innings

They stage yet another rally

(Newser) - The Kansas City Royals won their first World Series crown since 1985, rallying in the ninth inning when Eric Hosmer scrambled home to tie it and then breaking away in the 12th to beat the New York Mets 7-2 in Game 5 Sunday night. The daring Royals capped their postseason...

Huge Error Late Puts Mets in Big World Series Hole

Kansas City goes up 3-1, with help from mistake by Daniel Murphy

(Newser) - The Kansas City Royals rallied for three runs in the eighth inning after second baseman Daniel Murphy's error and startled the New York Mets 5-3 Saturday night for a 3-1 lead in the World Series. Mets rookie Michael Conforto hit two home runs, and a sellout crowd kept getting...

Mets Back in World Series With 9-3 Win

They can level it on Saturday night

(Newser) - Two balls launched over the wall, one fired over an opponent's head, and just like that, David Wright and the New York Mets are right back in this World Series. Wright homered and drove in four runs, Curtis Granderson also connected, and rookie Noah Syndergaard set a nasty tone...

Royals Go Up 2-0 in World Series

They beat the Mets 7-1 in Kansas City

(Newser) - Johnny Cueto pitched a two-hitter, Eric Hosmer drove in two more runs, and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Mets 7-1 in Kansas City Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series. Cueto struck out four, walked three, and reinforced why the Royals got the...

Royals Win Longest-Ever World Series Opener

They beat the Mets 5-4 in 14 innings

(Newser) - Alcides Escobar started the World Series with a jolt. Five hours later, he ended the longest opener ever with a jump—into the arms of his joyous Kansas City Royals teammates. Saved by Alex Gordon's tying home run in the ninth inning off Mets closer Jeurys Familia, the Royals...

It's a World Series First: Royals vs. the Mets

Kansas City beats Toronto in Game 6 to advance

(Newser) - Yoenis Cespedes launching long drives, Lorenzo Cain dashing to catch them. Noah Syndergaard zinging 100 mph heat, Alcides Escobar trying to catch up. The pitching-rich New York Mets, boosted by Daniel Murphy's power surge. The plucky Kansas City Royals, aiming to atone for last year's near-miss. Served up...

Giants Win World Series
 Giants Win World Series 
Oct 29, 2014 10:31 PM CDT

Giants Win World Series

San Francisco takes third championship in five years

(Newser) - Madison Bumgarner pitched five innings of near-perfect relief as the San Francisco Giants held off the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in Game 7 of the World Series for their third championship in five seasons. With both starters chased early, this became a matchup of bullpens. And no one stood taller...

With 10-0 Rout, Royals Force Game 7

World Series tied 3-3 after Giants battered

(Newser) - Lorenzo Cain looped a two-run single and Eric Hosmer chopped a two-run double over the shortstop in a seven-run second inning as the Kansas City Royals battered the San Francisco Giants 10-0 to force a decisive Game 7 in the World Series. Pitching with the initials of late St. Louis...

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