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The Dugout: The Celtic Warrior in Kansas City

WWE Champion Sheamus attended a Kansas City Royals game over the weekend, throwing out the first pitch and breaking character by being pictured with the only two things in the world whiter than him: a baseball, and a Royals jersey. Sometimes my two FanHouse titles ("blogger" and "pro wrestling writer") come together in...

The Dugout: Trey Hillman Is Like a Sporcle

The Kansas City Royals have fired manager Trey Hillman, the team announced late Thursday afternoon. He will be replaced by some roving combination of Eric Wedge, Davey Johnson, and Dusty Baker whenever he's available again. The best thing about being a Major League manager is that once you're a manager, you get to be a...

The Dugout: Sluggerrr and That Guy's Eyeball Part 2

Here's the story: A Kansas man is suing the Kansas City Royals and their mascot for inadvertently hitting him in the eye with a hot dog. The main is claiming detached retinas and over $25,000 in damages. Of course, I'm not going to read "man gets hit in face with hot dog" and not make fun of it for the next six weeks....

The Dugout: Greinke And The Brain

The streak is over. The American League completely ignored the 7-9 record and 1.62 WHIP of Cleveland's Aaron Laffey and named Kansas City's Zack Greinke as their 2009 Cy Young Award winner. With Greinke's accomplishment comes the realization that the Indians have no choice but to keep all of their pitchers next season...

The Dugout: The Royals' Playoff Hopes Are Suddenly In Doubt

Wednesday night's loss to the White Sox didn't help the Royals' playoff chances one bit. It was a sobering night for Royals fans, who now have to come to terms with the possibility that their team might not be playing baseball late into October.This team can still make it this year, though, if they do a few things right....