Kansas City Royals News

The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with right-hander Gil Meche on a five-year deal worth US$55 million on Thursday as baseball's winter meetings neared a conclusion. Meche has a 55-44 career record with a 4.65 ERA in 147 games, all of them with the Seattle Mariners. ``We were proud to be a part of the process and delighted that Gil Meche made the decision to join the Royals,'' general ...

The Kansas City Royals played the spoiler role to perfection. The last-place Royals capped Detroit's late season free-fall by sweeping the Tigers and denying them the AL Central title. Needing one more victory to clinch the division, the sagging Tigers capped a five-game losing streak with Sunday's disappointment _ wasting a six-run lead and then watching all-star starter Kenny Rogers lose in relief 10-8 to the Royals in 12 innings. ...

The Detroit Tigers wasted a big chance to win the AL Central on Sunday, blowing a six-run lead and then watching all-star starter Kenny Rogers lose in relief 10-8 to the Kansas City Royals in 12 innings. The loss left the Tigers with the AL wild card, meaning manager Jim Leyland's crew will open the playoffs Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium against New York. Minnesota wound up as the Central champion, and will start the playoffs at home ...

Playoff-bound Detroit missed a chance to clinch the AL Central when David DeJesus hit a two-run triple in Kansas City's seven-run first inning, leading the Royals to a 9-6 victory over the Tigers on Saturday night. Detroit would have clinched the division with a win after the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3 earlier in the day, cutting the Tigers' magic number to one. Following a 1{-hour rain ...

A bronze bust of former Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett was found in a roadside box Friday after it was stolen this week from the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. An unidentified person found the box in a ditch near the Lake of the Ozarks community of Camdenton and called Camden County sheriff's deputies, the sheriff's office said. Camdenton is about 130 kilometres from Springfield, site of the ...

A surgically removed growth behind Royals manager Buddy Bell's left tonsil was cancerous, his doctor said Thursday. The biopsy revealed that tissue surrounding the growth, however, was free of cancer cells. The team made the announcement during Kansas City's game at Minnesota. Bell was examined by Dr. Michael Hinni, at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., as a follow-up to the surgery he had last Friday. Hinni said the procedure ...

Law officers and museum officials are looking for a bronze bust of former Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett that is missing from the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. The bust stood outside the Springfield museum as part of a ``legends walkway'' with about 15 other busts of athletes and three full-size statues, museum operations director Marty Willadsen said Thursday. ``We noticed it missing (Wednesday) so we think it ...

David DeJesus and Mike Sweeney homered, Mark Redman pitched eight strong innings, and the Kansas City Royals ended an eight-game losing streak with a 6-4 victory Wednesday night over the Minnesota Twins. Redman (11-10) allowed three runs and nine hits for the Royals, who won for the first time since a 7-4 home victory Sept. 16 against Seattle. John Buck went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Joe Nelson worked the ninth ...

Kansas City Royals manager Buddy Bell was released from the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Monday, three days after surgery to remove his tonsils and a growth behind the left one. Bell went to rest at his home in Chandler, Ariz., and was in ``good spirits,'' according to a release from the Royals. Doctors have not yet received biopsy results from the procedure. Bench coach Billy Doran is serving ...

Kansas City Royals manager Buddy Bell, who had surgery Friday to remove a growth near his left tonsil, talked to interim manager Billy Doran and the coaching staff by phone before Sunday's game against the Detroit Tigers. ``He told me to get the staff together and go into his office,'' Doran said. ``We went in and he told us he was doing fine. ``It was good to hear his voice. ...