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The Kansas City Royals hosted their first ever "Pride Night" on Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium. That would appear to make them the last team in Major League Baseball to host such an event, based on reports and a check of other clubs promotional schedules. Continue to Article

September 05, 2019 8:13:pm EST

Royals owner David Glass is expected to sell the team to local businessman John Sherman for more than $1 billion. When teams change hands, usually there's a significant organizational restructuring, but Jon Heyman reports that GM Dayton Moore is expected to be retained following the sale. Moore, 52, has been GM of the Royals since May 2006. Continue to Article

September 05, 2019 4:48:pm EST

Los Angeles Angels left-hander Tyler Skaggs died from an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol, the Tarrant County (Texas) Medical Examiner's Office said in a report released Friday. According to the examiner's report, the painkillers fentanyl and oxycodone, as well as alcohol, were in Skaggs' system when he was found dead in his hotel room in Southlake, Texas, on July 1 prior to the Angels' series against the Rangers. Per the report, Skaggs died by choking on his vomit without signs of trauma. Continue to Article

August 30, 2019 11:37:pm EST

The Kansas City Royals reached an agreement to sell ownership to a group led by local businessman John Sherman, the club's current owners announced Friday. Royals owner and CEO David Glass and his family had been in negotiations to sell for a reported price tag of about $1 billion. "The decision to sell the Royals was difficult for our family. Continue to Article

August 30, 2019 6:12:pm EST

In the ninth inning of a game with significant wild card race implications, it was a pop-out on a foul ball that handed the Oakland Athletics the winning run on Thursday. Facing the Kansas City Royals with runners on second and third with one out, A's second baseman Corban Joseph hit a foul pop-up that drifted toward his own dugout on the third base line. Royals third-baseman Cheslor Cuthbert easily reached the ball's landing spot, then extended out and caught the ball for an out. Continue to Article

August 29, 2019 11:33:pm EST