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To Be Or Not To Be, Merrifield Or Mondesi

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By: James Stanley With the Kansas City Royals sitting a half a game back of first place in the American League Central, it is important to know what things the Royals have done right and wrong through the first 14 games of the season. Last week the Royals called up prospect Whit Merrifield from Triple-A […]

KCOU Sports MLB Preview Podcast Series: American League Central

The Tigers have been high and mighty in the AL Central, but the rest of the division is catching up. Will the Tigers take the Central for the 5th straight year? Will the Twins not finish in last? What should we make of the jumble in the middle? Here’s what our guys think of the […]

Five MLB teams could make a Royals-esque run in 2015

By: Joey Schneider, KCOU Sports As pitchers and catchers reported to their Spring Training sites on Thursday, a new Major League Baseball season begins to hit full swing. Many teams embraced the opportunity to shake up their rosters over the offseason, paving new expectations that could provide surprises in this year’s upcoming season. But as […]

Baseball: It’s a game to enjoy.

By: Bryan Peach, KCOU Sports As a sports fan, there are few events that are more exciting than baseball in October. The World Series Title and a place in the history of the sport are at stake, along with bragging rights for players and organizations. Postseason baseball features some of the biggest series of the […]

Red Sox Trading Deadline Reviewed

By: Ethan May, KCOU Sports Major League Baseball’s season consists of 162 games and one very important day in the middle. The trade deadline. This season one specific team dominated the trading deadline. It actually was not a team looking to win this season. The Boston Red Sox cleaned house and restocked the pantry as […]

The Championship Series: How Little We Know

By: Blake Tarrants, KCOU Sports There are countless sayings about the game of baseball that bring out its lack of predictability. “Baseball is a game of streaks.” “It’s not about who you play, but how they’re playing when you play them.” However, no amount of sayings or old clichés could prepare us for the wild […]

MLB Wild Card Format: #NotWorking

By: Joey Schneider, KCOU Sports Flashback to 2007, when the Colorado Rockies went on a September surge in which they won 14 of their last 15 regular season games. The mountainmen chased an experienced San Diego Padres team, tied their record of 89-73 in the regular season’s final day and forced a tiebreaker for sole […]