This week on the Kansas City Baseball Vault, we covered a little bit of everything. There were a few bright spots about the Royals play this year, though how much matters and how much is just spin was a question we tried to answer. There are still big holes to fill, especially starting pitching, and that led us to discuss the future rotation and who may be a part of it. Of course, that led us to the question of Luke Hochevar.

Comments in the Royals post-season press conference suggest that they'll bring Hochevar back. That same conference also unleashed a whole other set of questions about the organization and how it's looking to fix the problems.

On a brighter note, we got to talk with an Orioles fan - Neal Moorhouse - who you know as Carne Cabeza or the LuchadOriole from the final episode of the Royalman Report. He talked about Baltimore's response to their playoff win against Texas and the feelings within the city going into the next series.

Finally, we talked with Brad Cook from Out of the Park Baseball. The new version of the game simulator is out and all the different things you can do with it.

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We gathered a handful of Royals bloggers together to discuss the Royals in a roundtable format in the latest Kansas City Baseball Vault.

The discussion ranged from the Royals inability to develop pitching and what it means for next season and the offseason, as well as what moves or pitchers might be necessary to go after to turn things around, to the 40 man roster and who might be left off and who might stay on, and finally, wrapped up with a discussion on the Royals as an organization and their hesitance to adapt to new media, their approach to traditional and new media, and how a little adaptation might benefit everyone.

We'd really like to thank Dave Lesky (@DBLesky) from Pine Tar Press, Jeff Parker (@RoyallySpeaking) from Royally Speaking and Matt Whitener (@CheapSeatFan) from I-70 Baseball for joining us in the discussion.

If the Royals aren't going to be in a playoff race, the least we can do is talk about it with someone whose team is.

Nick Schaefer from FanSided's Southside Showdown joined us to talk about the White Sox division lead and their struggles against the Royals this year. In 18 games, the White Sox only scored 52 runs, leading to a 12-6 head to head advantage for the Royals. Nick had his theories.

We also talked about some of the Royals needs this offseason and continued to guess at the solutions for pitching next season. Nick offered his insight on Jake Peavy and his concern that the White Sox will try to keep him. We brought up Jeremy Guthrie, Edwin Jackson and Brandon McCarthy as potential options.

We finished up with some discussion of the Royals successful months (yes, there were some), and if it means anything. To his credit, Nick assured us that it'll all be better soon. We'll see about that ...

Well we had some internet gremlins make recording interesting but Jeff (Herr) and Troy (Olsen) managed to take you through the last 2 weeks and the upcoming week for the Chiefs, KU, Mizzou, KSU and Nebraska. What do you want to talk about? Have comments on the show? Hit us up. [email protected]

As the title suggests, we had to talk about the Royals latest approach to fixing Luke Hochevar and his spot in the organization. We considered the price to keep him, what he might have left in the tank and what the alternatives might be.

We also talked about Lorenzo Cain's injury, Omaha's quest (in vain) to repeat as PCL champs and which players might get dropped from the 40 man roster this winter. Salvador Perez was also a key figure in our discussion, as he had just matched Darrell Porter's team-record hitting streak for a catcher.

To finish up, we tossed out all the cliches and phrases we always hear as Kansas City sports fans. I think we've really turned a corner with this one...

Troy and Jeff went around the horn with Nebraska, Kansas, K State and Missouri. Then they talked about the top 25. After a break they talked about the Big XII contract followed by more Chiefs talk and an around the Horn with the NFL games. Due to technical difficulties this was posted late. Our apologies.

In the latest episode of the Kansas City Baseball Vault, we tried to settle on the value of Jeremy Guthrie, the fate of Luke Hochevar and discussed why Wil Myers isn't going to be called up this September.

That led to discussion about service time, the Rule 5 draft and Super Two status as well as what to look for this offseason as the Royals figure out their 40 man roster and who to offer arbitration. We also checked in on the playoff status of the Omaha Storm Chasers, Wilmington Blue Rocks and Burlington Royals.
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Last week The Royalman Report Ended, then the KC Baseball Vault ended on 1510, then we changed how we record things and reinvented the KCBBV Podcast. This week the new Vault of Jeff Herr, Mike Engel and Troy Olsen took to google hangouts and talked about the great August the Royals had, how much different the new additions have made and how much the removed players took away from this team. Then they talked about Kevin Goldstein going to the Astros and Kent Babb to the Washington Post and wished well to both of them.
Then the KCBBV switched to the EKOH Sports Report. Jeff and Troy talked about the Chiefs preseason and what it means for the regular season before switching to Mizzou, KU, KState and Nebraska Football talk.

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We dropped the final curtain on the radio portion of the Kansas City Baseball Vault this week with nothing less than perfection. Not us, of course, we spent the hour discussing the ownership troubles of the Royals and our favorite segments from past shows. The perfection I refer to was our guest, none other than 1956 World Series MVP Don Larsen. Larsen spent two years also as a member of the Kansas City Athletics. We talked with him about his time in Kansas City, the famed World Series Perfect Game and the state of pitching in the Major Leagues today. He politely declined our offer to come back and pitch a few innings for the Royals.

Even though this was our last show on 1510 AM, you can still catch us EVERY week with here with the new and improved Kansas City Baseball Vault LIVE SATURDAYS at NOON Central time on KingsOfKauffman.com/Podcast and downloadable on EKOHNetwork.com, RoyalmanReport.com and KCBaseballVault.com and of course Stitcher, Tunein Radio and iTunes - Thanks for everyone's support this season! We look forward to being back next year!

The Royalman Report welcomed a kindred spirit this week as we brought LuchadOriole, A.K.A. Neil Moorhouse to the program. Neil is an Orioles SuperFan and spoke about the genesis of his character, how it's been embraced by Baltimore and the Orioles and the chances for the O's this season. We also talked about Jeremy Guthrie's near no-hitter Sunday and gave a BIG announcement about the future of the show. Make sure to stay tuned to EKOHNetwork.com for more information about changes in dates, times and name for this podcast!! Thanks to everyone for their continued support. We're coming back bigger and better!