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It’s just not baseball season until the Kansas City Royals are forced to deal with a swarm of bees. For the third straight year a KC game has run into this issue, and while the first two happened during spring training, this time around the bees waited until May to attack the Royals at their home park. Kansas City is hosting the Cleveland Indians on Sunday and it’s pretty clear this is a new experience for the reigning American League champs. Continue to Article

May 07, 2017 3:16:pm EST

There was an unmistakable buzz inside Kauffman Stadium Sunday as the Royals concluded a series against the Cleveland Indians and celebrated the Negro Leagues on “Dressed to the Nines” Day. Oh, wait, those were bees. Royals officials had to manage a swarm of bees that took refuge in the upper deck on Sunday morning. Jeff Diekmann, a beekeeper and member of the Royals' tarp crew, was summoned to control the situation. No bees were apparently harmed during the proceedings, which should please Royals manager Ned Yost, a staunch ally of the bee community. “It’s just important for the environment,” Yost said last year during a spring training run-in with a hive of bees. “I saw a study a couple years Continue to Article

May 07, 2017 2:40:pm EST

Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona likes the expression of letting a sleeping dog lie when it comes to the Kansas City Royals. The Royals slumbered -- mostly their offense -- throughout April, losing their last nine games of the month. With the Indians playing the Royals Saturday in the second game of a three-game weekend series, Francona would like to keep those bats snoozing. Continue to Article

May 06, 2017 2:07:am EST