Royals Trade Hosmer, Perez to Toronto

Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore and manager Ned Yost

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI— The Kansas City Royals completed a blockbuster trade today, sending two of the team’s best-known players to Toronto. Coming just days before the start of the 2016 season, the surprising deal sent fan favorites Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez to the Blue Jays in return for slugger José Bautista and a player…

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Eat Like You’re at The K… Even When You’re Not

A trio of Coney dogs.

Baseball is back, and with it comes the joy of finding new cheese, meat, and sweet things to love. True fans cheer with their mouth full. But since you may not have $100 to shell out for Opening Night at Kauffman Stadium, we thought there’s another way for you to experience the joy of ballpark…

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The Weekend Starts Today

Baseball players waiting in the dugout.

Forget what astronomers tell you. The true start of spring has nothing to do with the vernal equinox. Spring actually starts when baseball season begins. In other words, the sneeziest season starts in earnest this weekend when our world champion Royals play Sunday night. The game, a World Series rematch with the Mets, will be nationally televised on ESPN.…

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Review Meets Preview

2015 2015 Flatland Locator Icon over prairie

The Preview: We hate to humblebrag, but Flatland has had a big year. Inside the Hale Center, we burned through a lot of coffee gearing up for our October relaunch, where we showed off our new look. But Flatland is more than a pretty face. We’ve also re-tooled our digital focus, finding new ways to bring you into the…

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What’s in a Trademark? Law. Lots and Lots of Law.

Royals shirts

In 2014, while stuck in Kansas City rush hour traffic listening to N.W.A.’s infamous track, “Straight Outta Compton,” Mattie Green had a great idea. Why not replace “Compton” with “Kauffman” – a reference to the Kansas City Royals’ home field? In March 2014, Green had a single T-shirt printed with the phrase and a photo…

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