Pete Grathoff
I write about baseball and the Royals for The Kansas City Star (@KCStar). My blog about the quirky side of sports was ranked No. 1 in the world by my mom.
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6 days ago |
kansascity.com | Pete Grathoff
A general view of the NFL shield logo on the field before Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium. USA TODAY Sports NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said last September that he hopes the league one day will play 16 international games. The league is nearly halfway there, having scheduled seven games in five cities outside the United States in the 2025 season. That includes the first contests to be held in Ireland (Dublin) and Spain (Madrid).
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6 days ago |
kansascity.com | Pete Grathoff
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Thursday shared a photo on social media of a meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who last month was deported to El Salvador. This is a sports story, so it might be strange to be writing about this, but it's what Garcia was wearing that caught the interest of many football fans. Garcia had donned a Chiefs Super Bowl LVII championship cap. It's unclear if that came from Van Hollen or if Garcia owned it, but multiple people on X commented about Garcia's cap.
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1 week ago |
kansas.com | Pete Grathoff
Things unraveled quickly for the Royals in the sixth inning of their 4-2 loss Tuesday to the Yankees in New York. New York led off the inning with an infield single before Royals starter Michael Wacha got two outs. The next two batters walked, loading the bases. Angel Zerpa replaced Wacha and walked in a run. Jasson Dominguez followed with a bases-clearing double that capped the four-run inning.
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1 week ago |
kansas.com | Pete Grathoff
The Royals’ Double-A team at Northwest Arkansas has only played 10 games this season but a lot already has happened. Top prospect Jac Caglianone has clubbed three long home runs and No. 3 prospect Carter Jensen caught a combined no-hitter on Tuesday night. Northwest Arkansas defeated San Antonio 3-0 and Ryan Ramsey, Chazz Martinez, Ryan Brady and Brandon Johnson allowed just two walks.
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1 week ago |
kansascity.com | Pete Grathoff
The Royals' Double-A team at Northwest Arkansas has only played 10 games this season but a lot already has happened. Top prospect Jac Caglianone has clubbed three long home runs and No. 3 prospect Carter Jensen caught a combined no-hitter on Tuesday night. Northwest Arkansas defeated San Antonio 3-0 and Ryan Ramsey, Chazz Martinez, Ryan Brady and Brandon Johnson allowed just two walks.
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Royals manager Matt Quatraro looked at the flight track of the ball hit by Bobby Witt Jr. for the game-winning sacrifice fly. "It looks like one of my drives: It slices to the right. (The wind) was definitely knocking the ball down."
Royals beat the Twins 3-2 and take three of four from Minnesota in the series. Royals are back above .500 at 7-6.
Jonathan India fouled off four consecutive 3-2 pitches before delivering an RBI single that has pulled the Royals into a 2-2 tie with the Twins in the seventh inning.
