Kansas City Royals Blue October 2014

By Julie Wolfe

Billy Butler Rumors: Latest Buzz and Speculation Surrounding Star First Baseman
Bleacher Report - Mike Chiari
Billy Butler was a key contributor to the Kansas City Royals' magical run to the World Series this season, but the star first baseman has decided to leave Kansas City for the Oakland Athletics on a three-year
Top five catches from the Royals’ playoff run
kansascity.com
The Star’s special section looking back at the Royals’ season is coming in Sunday’s paper. In conjunction with that, here are the top five catches …
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K.C. Masterpiece
grantland.com - Rany Jazayerli
It’s weird to root for something that goes against what you believe in, but that’s where I found myself as I flew out of O’Hare yesterday morning to …
One Away: The Total Improbability of the Royals’ World Series Run and the Agony of Potential Defeat
grantland.com - Rany Jazayerli
There is a medical condition called refeeding syndrome that occurs in people who have been starved to the brink of death’s door, such as hunger …
Pain Demands to Be Felt
grantland.com - Rany Jazayerli
Sports are pain. That’s the dirty little secret you don’t learn until after they’ve sucked you into their addictive grasp. Sports are about losing …
Yordano Ventura Doesn't Seem Too Sad About Losing The World Series
Deadspin - Kevin Draper
Yordano Ventura pitched an exceptional game Tuesday night, holding the Giants to three hits over seven innings as the Royals won 10-0 to tie the …
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Deadspin - Dan McQuade
It’s back to real life, but what memories those Royals left us
kansascity.com
Wow! What a baseball season — now how about those gutters? And you haven’t checked the kids’ homework since Mike Moustakas hit that homer in the top …
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VIDEO: Salvador Perez takes Tim Hudson pitch off knee, stays in game
thescore.com - Greg Warren
The Kansas City Royals nearly lost their starting catcher to injury in the bottom of the second inning. Perez took a Tim Hudson pitch off his left …
Fielding Bible
fieldingbible.com
The new kids are in town. Half the award winners for 2018 are first-time winners. These five newbies join five repeat winners being recognized for …
Spirited Royals exit World Series
go.com - Jerry Crasnick
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The baseball fantasy camp that plops down once every three decades in Kansas City officially ended late Wednesday night, and it …
World Series 2014: Analyzing Royals' and Giants' Next Steps After Epic Series
Bleacher Report - Scott Polacek
The San Francisco Giants are your 2014 champions thanks to an all-time-great performance from World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner, but that’s old news now. Unless you are a Giants fan, you have likely turned
Holland's seven 2014 postseason saves ties MLB record
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They made up a fielding award for Lorenzo Cain
SB Nation - Steven Goldman
The Royals outfielder was snubbed by the Gold Glove Awards, but the Fielding Bible did their best to make up for it. Despite adding a "sabermetric component" to the voting in collaboration with, appropriately
Series loss won’t diminish Royals’ magical season
kansascity.com
After the last out of the last game of the World Series, the strangers from San Francisco turned an infield 1,800 miles from home into the happiest …
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World Series 2014: Recapping Most Memorable Moments from Giants vs. Royals Clash
Bleacher Report - Andrew Gould
Instead of the Kansas City Royals ending 29 years of suffering, the San Francisco Giants captured their third World Series title in five years, winning a closely contested Game 7 to continue their trend
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Giants vs. Royals: Breaking Down Historical Achievements from World Series
Bleacher Report - Scott Polacek
It was only fitting that the back-and-forth 2014 World Series went the full seven games, and it was only fitting that the superstar of the entire playoffs propelled the San Francisco Giants to yet another
Send Alex Gordon!
FiveThirtyEight - By Nate Silver
It would have been close. Alex Gordon might have scored, particularly if he’d been in the mindset to do so all along. Or maybe not. I’m sure there …
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K.C. won't have to wait 29 more years for a winner
USA TODAY Sports - John Perrotto
KANSAS CITY, Mo. --- Billy Butler, his eyes moist as he stood in front of his locker, tried to summarize the World Series. "It's still so fresh, the emotion so raw," the Kansas City Royals designated said
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World Series 2014: Most Impressive Performances from Giants vs. Royals Battle
Bleacher Report - Rob Goldberg
The San Francisco Giants won the World Series in a hard-fought battle against the Kansas City Royals, but there were some individual performances that stood above the rest. As a team, the Giants can now
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Giants vs. Royals: Breaking Down Best Performances from World Series Game 7
Bleacher Report - Sean ODonnell
It took some early fireworks at the plate followed by some incredible relief pitching, but after the dust settled in Game 7 of the 2014 World Series, the San Francisco Giants emerged as champions for third
San Francisco Giants
Mother and Daughter Share Good Omen for a Royals Game 7 Win
Bleacher Report - Tyler Brooke
Kansas City Royals fans are fired up for Game 7 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants, but we're pretty sure these are the only two fans with this story. A mother and daughter brought signs