Royals
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Royals keeping things interesting
By Adam Gardner | Aug. 24, 2026 The Kansas City Royals have won eight-straight games. The Kansas City Royals have won eight-straight games. I had to type it twice because it looks so nice. It’s their longest such winning streak since winning eight games in 2024. It’s an entertaining, fun winning streak for the club…
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Royals on a fun run
By Adam Gardner | Aug. 20, 2026 Don’t look now, but the Kansas City Royals are on a bit of a fun run. They’ve already secured a series win over the Athletics with another game to play, and it’s inspired the tiniest bit of hope in me as a fan. But that’s kind of crazy,…
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Big series in LA – if you played pretend
By Adam Gardner | Aug. 13, 2026 I played pretend a bit this week as Kansas City traveled to Los Angeles. Two very different teams faced each other on the West Coast. The Royals know exactly when their season ends while the Dodgers are doing everything they can to make sure their last game of…
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Something relaxing about Royals games
By Adam Gardner | Aug. 10, 2026 There is something relaxing about following a sports team that has no hope for the current season. The Kansas City Royals took 2-of-3 against the Minnesota Twins and then went 1-2 against the Chicago Cubs over the weekend to finish their most recent homestand with a balanced 3-3…
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Royals are building towards the future
By Adam Gardner | Aug. 7, 2026 The Kansas City Royals picked up a series win over the Minnesota Twins this week, but that’s not really what the rest of this season is about. No, the rest of 2026 is more about 2027 and beyond. This year didn’t work out, but who’s going to prove…
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Royals make a couple deals
By Adam Gardner | Aug. 3, 2026 The Major League Baseball trade deadline has come and passed and the Kansas City Royals did make a couple deals, though was it enough? Lane Thomas and Kris Bubic were sent to the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers, respectively, but players like Michael Wacha and Seth Lugo…
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No Royals moves yet as deadline nears
By Adam Gardner | July 30, 2026 We continue to move closer and closer to the Major League Baseball trade deadline at 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, but there are no Royals moves yet. There haven’t been many moves league-wide, really, so it isn’t just Kansas City. “Despite a heavy lack of movement to…
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Three weeks later, KC in the same spot
By Adam Gardner | July 27, 2026 It’s been three weeks since the last post on The Looping Liner and despite some changes, the Kansas City Royals are still in the same spot. The Royals record in my last post on July 6 was 36-54. Prior to tonight’s game at Minnesota, the Royals are 45-62.…
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Apathy descends on Royals fans
By Adam Gardner | July 6, 2026 The disease of apathy has settled on this Kansas City Royals season. Poor play, injuries, short bursts of quality hitting and pitching followed by extended streaks of terrible baseball – it’s all led to apathy from the fanbase. Even I’ve succumbed to the disease without even realizing I…
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Royals contend? LOL, no
By Adam Gardner | June 29, 2026 I asked a question and was given an immediate, resounding answer. Do we dare dream about the Royals competing in 2026? That’s what I asked just a few days ago. I wrote the bulk of the post before Kansas City played the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday afternoon.…
