Royals Review

Ray Milland And Jean Peters In ‘It Happens Every Spring’ | Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images We went way back to watch this one. Royals Review reader RoyalDUF mentioned a baseball movie in last week’s post that I’d never heard of before. I decided to read up about it, and after reading about it decided I should give it a try. So here we are. The premise of this series … [Read more...] about It Happens Every Spring (1949) – Does it hold up?

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Who are the most influential figures in Kansas City sports? Weekend Rumblings - News for May 23, 2020 Lynn Worthy writes about the financial problems the Royals will face in the pandemic. The Royals , like other MLB clubs, are certainly enduring a financial hit because of the pandemic. Forbes had previously projected revenue for the … [Read more...] about Weekend Rumblings – News for May 23, 2020

Over the past two weeks, my wife and I watched The Lord of the Rings again. The films are true epics, especially in the special edition form which is really the only way to go. With basically six feature length films—corresponding to the six books that make up Tolkien’s original story—there are moments for every kind of viewer: battles, romance, drama, comedy, suspense. I … [Read more...] about Pop Culture Corner: Celebrating The Movies You Watch Over and Over

Remember when Salvy was World Series MVP? Royals Rumblings - News for May 22, 2020 Alec Lewis talks to Lonnie Goldberg about how to prepare for an unusual draft. In past years, during the weeks leading up to the draft, the Royals have their area scouts fly in, meet inside the glass-walled draft room at Kauffman Stadium and break down certain players in their areas. “The … [Read more...] about Royals Rumblings – News for May 22, 2020

Sep 24, 2019; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Royals center fielder Bubba Starling (11) hits a three run double in the third inning against the Atlanta Braves at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley | Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports It’s really the closest thing we have to baseball to discuss. I think it’s a good sign for baseball actually happening this year … [Read more...] about Lesky’s Notes: Let’s talk about the draft

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Good thing Manfred is not up for re-election. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts (formerly known as SB Nation Fanpulse - why they changed it I can’t say, people just liked it better this way), a survey of fans across MLB. Each week, we send 30 polls to plugged in fans from each team. Royals fans, sign up HERE to join SBN … [Read more...] about SBN Reacts: Fans disapprove of Commissioner Rob Manfred

Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports Who is the best Royals player not in the Hall of Fame? Royals Rumblings - News for May 21, 2020 Sam Mellinger writes how the Royals changed Kansas City’s relationship with baseball forever. This is easy to forget now, but those championship Royals were doing the same thing as late as July 2014. They’d won just three times in a stretch of more … [Read more...] about Royals Rumblings – News for May 21, 2020

(Photo: Nathan J Fish/Sun-News) Could the Royals grab one of the best college hitters in baseball? Losing 103 games stinks, but the upshot is the following June gives you an opportunity to pick near the top of the draft and re-stock your farm system with some of the best amateur talent available. For the second year in a row, the Royals will have a top pick in the draft, … [Read more...] about 2020 Draft Prospect: Nick Gonzales

At the Kansas City Star, Lynn Worthy looks at who would be added to the Royals’ 50-man roster. He includes pitching prospects Brady Singer, Daniel Lynch, Jackson Kowar, and Kris Bubic: All four have drawn high praise from both inside and outside the organization. Baseball America ranked Lynch the organization’s best pitching prospect. Bubic joined Singer in last year’s MLB … [Read more...] about Royals Rumblings – News for May 20, 2020