Former beat writer covering the Royals for mlb.com. Pondering what is next. Author of Martyball!, Shame of Me, Sea of Red, and Lau’s Laws on Hitting.
Joined November 2009
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Jun 10
Hey friends, have some personal news. First, the good news: As of today, 18 months sober. The bad news: In February I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. There is a small spread but I am responding well to hormonal therapy. And began my 6 weeks of radiation Monday. Fuck Cancer.
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Jun 6
Hell of a comeback win for the #Royals, and hell of a showing from Alex Lange there in the ninth inning. Third save in the last four games for him. mlb.com/royals/news/alex-lan…
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May 30
Talked with J.J. Picollo about the state of the #Royals during this tough stretch, tough start to the season: mlb.com/royals/news/j-j-pico…
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May 29
And keep in my mind that as overall baseball revenue spikes due to competitive balance, the cap/floor would rise each year as well (see NFL). Late Royals owner Ewing Kauffman warned me in 1992 that the coming explosion of cable TV deals for large markets would kill small markets.
This is fascinating….
If you add up the payroll spend that would be LOST due to the proposed hard cap in MLB, it comes to just over $587 million.
Add up the money that would have to be SPENT by the lower-payroll teams to reach the proposed floor and it’s $570 million.
When we’re talking about this much money that’s essentially a wash. (That’s a difference of what Ronald Acuna Jr. makes in a year)
Seems like a pretty tough sell for the players union in their attempt to spin the idea that this proposal would take money out of the players pockets.
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May 28
BREAKING: As expected, MLB proposed a hard salary cap to union officials today as part of the next CBA, sources tell ESPN. The salary floor for teams beginning in 2027 would be set at $171.2 million which includes player benefits with the ceiling at $245.3 million.
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May 28
Amen. It certainly is not a fair fight. It hasn’t been since the early ‘90s. One small-market team has won it all since then — the Royals.
May 28
Rob Manfred says there's a $446 million gap between MLB's smallest and highest team payrolls.
"That's not a fair fight...fans want competition, and that’s what it’s about at the end of the day, and that’s what we need to get fixed."
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May 28
The Rays’ “newest analytical strategy” sure sounds a lot like the “anti-analytic” 2014-2015 Royals — don’t strike out/put the ball in play, bunt, steal bases, take extra bases, pitch to contact, play great defense. The Royals called it “action baseball.”
The Tampa Bay Rays' newest analytical strategy is breaking Baseball again
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May 19
Great read on the former Chief here.
May 19
If Tom Condon had one defining characteristic, it's that he always found a way. And in a new phase of life, he's trying to find a way again. My story is free to read here. nytimes.com/athletic/7241177…
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May 18
It’ll be a bullpen day tomorrow in Bubic’s absence. #Royals
May 18
Kris Bubic felt more sore than normal after his start last week, prompting the #Royals to be cautious and put him on the IL. He’s optimistic it will be a short stint, but he’ll get checked out and go through all the testing.
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Happy birthday to the legendary, George Brett 🥳
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May 9
Day 9
Do you think there will be a cure for ALS?
I do believe there will someday be a cure for ALS.
But if I’m being completely honest, I don’t believe we are even remotely close right now.
I still hold onto hope that all the advocacy, fundraising, clinical trials, and research being done today will eventually lead to a breakthrough. Maybe not tomorrow. Maybe not soon. But someday.
Unfortunately, as you read yesterday, in the eight years since my diagnosis, there has been little meaningful progress in treatments for ALS. That reality is difficult to accept, not just for me, but for every family walking this road.
So people often wonder:
How does someone continue fighting a disease when there is currently no survival rate?
How do you keep going when the odds never change?
The answer is hope.
Not necessarily hope for a miracle cure tomorrow, but hope in other forms.
Hope for another day.
Hope for more time.
Hope to be here for one more birthday, one more holiday, one more baseball game, one more laugh around the dinner table.
Hope to create more meaningful memories with the people I love.
The truth is, tomorrow is promised to none of us — with ALS or without it. This disease has simply forced me to understand that more deeply than most.
So I keep fighting for the same reasons anyone else keeps living:
for love, for purpose, for connection, and for the moments that still matter.
I don’t know how my story will end but it will never read ‘I give up’. Life is worth fighting for.
#ALSAwareness #ALS #FightLikeAGirl #SarahsSoldiers #Hope
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George Brett last at bat in the big leagues
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May 7
Ragans said he felt soreness/tightness in the bottom of his tricep & back of elbow during the third inning. He's been through two TJ surgeries: "I've been through the elbow stuff. I know it's not what I've been through before."
He'll undergo further evaluation tomorrow. #Royals
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May 7
Ragans left tonight's game with left tricep and elbow soreness, per the #Royals.
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Quality Start Stephen (Kolek).
6.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R/ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 83p-56s
He's delivered a Quality Start in all six starts of his Royals career.
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May 5
Brewers reliever Angel Zerpa will have Tommy John surgery on Monday. His season is over.
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May 5
Noah Cameron won't start tomorrow for the #Royals. Low back tightness. Stephen Kolek will come back from the IL and his rehab assignment to make the start.
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I’ll say it again — he is the best.
Apr 30
Bill Duplissea deserves a spot in the Royals Hall of Fame someday. He is the best.
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May 4
Carlos Estévez is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday with Triple-A.
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Bill Duplissea deserves a spot in the Royals Hall of Fame someday. He is the best.
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