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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 8, 2018) – The Kansas City Royals today announced the signing of Japanese 16-year old pitcher Kaito Yuki.  The Osaka, Japan native just completed his junior high season in May and chose to sign a professional contract with the Royals over attending high school.  Yuki, is a 6-2, 170 lb. right-handed ...

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The Salina Falcons surpassed their win total from 2017 before their toughest tournament of the regular season. Check off another box on the already impressive list. Pitchers Ethan Kickhaefer and Seth Catania combined for a three-hitter, Brayden Pavey and Cason Long drove in runs, and the Salina Falcons shut out the Millard North SR's 2-0 for the ...

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KANSAS CITY -- Rookie right-hander Brad Keller seemingly was cruising along with a three-run lead and two outs and no one on in the fifth. Suddenly the wheels came off. Keller gave up four runs in the inning, three on a bases-clearing double by Xander Bogaerts, and the Royals went on to lose to the Red ...

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KANSAS CITY -- Royals right-hander Jason Hammel's recent struggles continued in a big way on Friday night. Hammel served up a leadoff home run to Mookie Betts, and it didn't get any better after that as the Red Sox pounded him for eight runs before he exited after two innings in the 10-5 loss at Kauffman ...

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Join outdoor expert Bob Roberts on Saturday mornings on 1150 KSAL for the latest edition of Central Kansas Outdoors. Bob Roberts talks about fishing prospects for our lakes as we move into the middle of summer. Bob also questions the current length limits on Walleyes and Saugeyes after seeing the results for this year from the Kansas ...

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The 4th of July features fireworks, hamburgers and baseball. The diamonds of Salina are ready for the 28th annual Salina Regional Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Kansas Grand Slam, presented by Salina Regional Health Center. Over 35 games take place the next four days, concluding with 17U and 19U championships. Salina has two squads in the tournament, including ...

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LAWRENCE – University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas A. Girod today named Jeff Long as the university’s new director of athletics. Long brings more than two decades of experience in athletic administration at the Division I level, most recently at the University of Arkansas, where he led a program comprising 19 sports and 460 student-athletes from 2008 ...

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KANSAS CITY -- How bad is it going for the Royals? Their pitchers threw a combined four-hitter against the American League Central-leading Indians on Wednesday night and it still wasn't enough. Four Royals pitchers held the Indians down, but the Royals' offense -- last in Major League Baseball in runs scored -- couldn't produce, either, in ...

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KANSAS CITY -- Royals left-hander Danny Duffy was cruising along Tuesday night, carrying a lead into the sixth, and looking everything like the pitcher he had been over the last seven starts, a stretch in which he posted a 2.68 ERA. But Duffy's season bugaboo -- his secondary pitches -- bit him in the sixth. Duffy ...

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KANSAS CITY -- The fiery video is widespread now, and Royals first-round Draft pick right-hander Brady Singer seemingly knew a question about it was coming as he was introduced to the Kansas City media after being signed Tuesday afternoon. So, Brady, where does that competitiveness come from? "The woman in the front row," Singer said, pointing to ...

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KANSAS CITY -- The long-ball woes continue for Royals right-hander Jakob Junis. Junis, who came into Monday night's game having given up a Major League-leading 22 home runs, surrendered two more, both to Francisco Lindor, and the Royals fell to the Indians, 9-3, at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals have lost 22 of 26 games. Lindor belted a grand ...