http://www.baseballprospectus.com/column/rany_on_the_royals/ http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16568 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16568 Barring unforeseen circumstances, this will be the last edition of "Rany on the Royals" for a while. It's not that I no longer enjoy writing about the Royals, because I do. It's not even that I'm fed up with the futility of covering a team that seems utterly hopeless, because as cynical as some of my recent columns have been, I'm actually more optimistic today than I have been in some time. Tue, 09 Apr 2002 19:46:00 -0700 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1416 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1416 Mon, 08 Apr 2002 23:00:00 -0700 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=14976 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=14976 It happens every spring. Some unknown kid shows up for camp, just happy for the opportunity to hang out with the big club before he's shipped out to the minor-league complex. Only when he takes the mound, he surprises everyone by throwing harder and better than he ever has before. And when he toes the rubber in an early March exhibition game, he creates a huge buzz by overpowering hitters and lighting up radar guns from here to Kissimmee. This year, the kid is Jeremy Affeldt. Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:02:00 -0800 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1384 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1384 Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:00:00 -0800 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=14984 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=14984 The 11th hour has begun. That, in itself, is a good sign. The Royals never got to the 11th hour with Johnny Damon. Jermaine Dye was shipped out of town at the slightest hint of urgency. But Mike Sweeney, whose contract expires with the 2002 season, is still in a Royals uniform. Sweeney represents the final chance at redemption for David Glass and the Kansas City Royals. Tue, 19 Mar 2002 18:13:00 -0800 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1379 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1379 Mon, 18 Mar 2002 23:00:00 -0800 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16550 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16550 If the Royals are in a good frame of mind, it must be spring. Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:38:00 -0800 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1372 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1372 Mon, 11 Mar 2002 23:00:00 -0800 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=953 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=953 Sun, 24 Feb 2002 23:00:00 -0800 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1336 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1336 Tue, 05 Feb 2002 23:00:00 -0800 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1326 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1326 Wed, 23 Jan 2002 23:00:00 -0800 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1317 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1317 Tue, 08 Jan 2002 23:00:00 -0800