The guys wrapped up All Star Week with a star studded, action pack show! Mike, Troy, Chris and Jeff Herr were joined in studio by Curt Nelson, proprietor of the Royals Hall of Fame. (Jeff Logan was out on assignment.) The guys talked about the All Star experience with Curt but were quickly joined by Mayor Sly James.
The Mayor discussed what it took for the city and the success that this All Star Week was. Then the guys were joined by NFL Hall OF Famer and future Royals Hall of Famer George Toma who helped prep Kauffman Stadium's field. He told his story of catching the 1st pitch from Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson with a little help from Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins.
Finally the guys were joined by the Voice of Kauffman Stadium, Mike McCartney. Mike and Curt paired up to exchange stories of this week and weeks gone by. They told us how a ball hit violently by Mark Trumbo ended up on top of the Royals Hall of Fame and then inside the Royals Hall of Fame. Mike talked about how hectic the booth was and what it was like working with the networks.
This and so much more await you inside this weeks Kansas City Baseball Vault! For more tune in Sundays 7-8pm at www.RoyalmanReport.com for the Royalman Report and Thursdays from 6-7pm on ESPN 1510 for the Kansas City Baseball Vault.

In our second show of All-Star Weekend, we find the Royalmen in the epicenter of All-Star Festivities right outside of the Power and Light District at The Flying Saucer. We started out show with a bit of a scare as we went on the air right as a bomb threat occurred. Once that was cleared, we turned to happier topics such as what the All-Star festivities meant to Kansas City and Fan Fest. The first half of the show, Chris is joined by Rambling Morons cohorts Laurie Kunkel and Chris Atkins. The second half of the show focused on the Futures Game and features reaction from Michael Engel and Troy Olsen.

All-Star Sunday continues our coverage of All-Star Week and this show was a panel during a Baseball Prospectus event held at the Historic Gem Theater in the 18th and Vine District. Troy, Michael, Jeff and Chris along with Craig Brown of Royals Authority were all on the panel so we just decided to tape it and share it with you. We talked a little about how our podcast got its start, then talked about the Royals, their troubles, and their future. Thanks to all who came out, asked questions and participated at the entire event.

The motto of our new Radio Show on ESPN 1510 has been "You never know what will come out of the Vault." Well, this show stayed true to form as The Baseball Vault opened this week to kick off All-Star Weekend. We started off the show with a recap of the FanFest preview that Michael Engel and Chris Kamler attended. We talked with Toby Cook and some Hall-of-Famer named George Brett about Fan Fest and what holding the All-Star Game means to Kansas City. The usual cast of characters, Jeff, Jeff, Michael, Chris and Troy welcomed Bud Daley, two-time All-Star and two-time World Champion. He was also the Kansas City A's All-Star representative in 1960 when the All-Star Game was held here in Kansas City. Bud talked about his time in Kansas City, his appearance in the All-Star Game (he faced Roberto Clemente) and the fact that he was not, in fact, a knuckleballer. We were then joined by Bob Kendrick, the President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and all the amazing events that will be held over the All-Star Weekend. We finished the show with the usual sillyness and a spot-on impression of Yankee's announcer Suzyn Waldman. A whole lot of stuff crammed into a one hour show. Check it out, then enjoy YOUR weekend Kansas City. Go enjoy the All-Star Weekend in your city.

While Chris Kamler was hanging out in 100 degree heat watching little league and Jeff Herr was on assignment, Troy Olsen and Mike Engel had an afternoon discussion about the Royals weekend problems and their bipolar play lately.

They covered the Billy Butler all star announcement, guessed at his odds in the Home Run Derby and talked about other All Star selections.

The plight of Jonathan Sanchez came up as well, and they agreed that he's been about as bad as possible since coming to the Royals.

Things wrapped up by talking about upcoming all star events and there's an interview that Mike did with Craig Brown (@RoyalsAuthority) of Royals Review (formerly Royals Authority) to talk about the Royals blogosphere, Royals in contention and the fans' reactions and the Baseball Prospectus event.

Tickets to the BP event are still available http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=17278

**Note quality a little off from normal.

We took our normal look around the Royals system and checked in on the Tbones. We had a great look into the Vault with Jim Jumbo Nash and then talked to The guys from Biking for Baseball who are looking to see all 30 stadiums this summer by bicycling across America. We also talked about the PCL All stars and All Star week events. Then the guys got heated talking potential call ups including Wil Myers. Troy finished the show by ranting on Jon Sanchez.
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One hundred degree temperatures and a crappy showing against the Cardinals melted the Royalman Report team down to just Chris and special guest Dave Darby. We talked about a miserable series against the Redbirds and where the team goes from here. We also talked with Kansas City Star columnist, Sam Melliger about Jerry Sandusky, Sal Perez, Twitter Tuesday and the Olympics and finally finished up the show with Royals Bullpen catcher from 1984 to 2003, Bill Sobbe. Bill is currently the bench coach for the Kansas City T-Bones.

The guys were joined in studio by member of the 1985 World Series Champion Kansas City Royals, Greg Pryor and on the phone by current Royals Catcher Brayan Pena. Greg told stories about 1985 and was the target of our trivia question. Brayan told us why he loves the Royals, America, what he thinks of Sal Perez and Humberto Quintero and much much more! The KC Baseball Vault is on EVERY Thursday from 6-7 PM On ESPN 1510 AM in KC, World wide at 1510.com. Don't forget to join the guys Sundays from 7-8pm for the Royalman Report at RoyalmanReport.com.

All four of the members of the Royalman Report were in the Man Cave on Father's Day to celebrate a series win over the Cardinals, and in the shadow of a 15 inning victory over the Redbirds. We spent some time in the first segment recapping that series and a great week of exciting games. In our second segment we all got a little sappy talking about our favorite Father's Day and Baseball stories. As is usually the case, the talk turns to what to do about our rotation and when we're going to call up Wil Myers. In our third segment, we fought a few technical gremlins and the conversation again turned to what prospects we're going to call up. Our fourth segment features an extended interview with radio personality Nick Wright of Sports Radio 610 KILT in Houston, TX. You might recall Nick just finished his run at 610 Sports here in Kansas City and he had quite a bit to say about the state of radio in KC and how he got his position in Houston. (The Nick Wright segment starts at 57 minutes.)

Jeff Herr, Troy Olsen and Jeff Logan took over the hosting duties while Michael Engel and Chris Kamler were out on assignment. They were joined on the phone by Betty Caywood-Bushman and Monte Moore, the original announcers of the KC A's. We then talked about the Brewers series, the minor leagues, the T-Bones and the upcoming Royals Series. We then talked about the recent moves for the Royals. Next Week We have Danny Jackson and Greg Pryor in studio. Join us every Thursday, 6-7pm on ESPN 1510.