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Starting Five: New Dodger Garland Garners Win Over Former Team

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.You Oughta Know ...Jon Garland couldn't beat them. So he joined them. And then he beat the old them.Traded from the fourth-place Diamondbacks to the first-place Dodgers earlier in the week, Garland on Friday faced Arizona...

George Brett Doesn't Care to Hear Your Criticism of Trey Hillman

Many former players get courtesy titles in the organizations they played for, but few of them take those jobs quite as seriously as George Brett, the Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Royals. That's a nebulous title that could mean a lot of time playing golf and shaking hands, but Brett still takes his Royals...

The Dugout: the Reason Why Kyle Farnsworth is Still on the Mound

Last Wednesday, esteemed reader Craig pointed me to a statistical pile of manure:You realize the Royals are 7-6, but 6-1 in games that Kyle Farnsworth has not appeared in?Entering Saturday, the Royals are now 8-2 without him. The Royals haven't been 8-2 in any context since, like, 1207. As a Royals fan and unconditional...

Trey Hillman Is Feeling the Heat

They're only one game into the season, but Royals manager Trey Hillman is already feeling the heat that comes along with raised expectations. As I'm sure you've heard about or read about already, Hillman decided to leave Kyle Farnsworth in to face Jim Thome during the eighth inning of Tuesday's season opener with two...

Sidney Ponson to Be Royals Starter

There have been plenty of people, players and fans alike, who have expressed their displeasure with the World Baseball Classic this spring. Some people saw it as a distraction that only put their team's players at risk to injury, while some of the players in the WBC just thought it was a bit too boring for their taste. I'm...