Kansas City Sports Monitor

The new NCAA rules on name, image, and likeness kick in on Thursday. That should be crazy. And let's discuss the Royals starting pitching. Is anyone to blame? If so, who?

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The expectations the people around the Royals and most of the fans have right now for the club are ridiculously low. Jorge Soler is batting second?! Oh, I have issues with the club, and I shared them in this episode.

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The Royals have sent two top pitching prospects back to the minor leagues recently saying they need to work on their mechanics. Why weren't the problems noticed before their promotions? Maybe because the mechanics excuses are garbage?

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The Royals scored four runs in the eighth inning to win the first game of their 10-game road trip. Max Scherzer was not pleased when Joe Girardi asked umpires to check him for foreign substances. And the College Football Playoff expansion keeps moving forward.

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The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a decision against the NCAA which could change college athletics as we know it. Adalberto Mondesi was placed on the injured list again, and the traditional media scoffs at the fans. And Chiefs DE Frank Clark was reportedly arrested.

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The Chiefs held their first day of mandatory minicamp and had a great turnout. Adalberto Mondesi was activated from the injured list but didn't play. I don't get that. Mike Minor continued the streak of poor starting pitching for the Royals. And MLB gave us details about the upcoming enforcement of pitcher cheating.

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We hear television broadcast crews, among others, blame fielders when they make an error and say they let down their pitcher. When do we say the pitchers let down their fielders? They are all on the same team. I'll explain why baseball is completely wrong on this topic. Oh, and the Royals still stink.

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Chiefs' OL Kyle Long suffered a knee injury that will likely keep him out at the start of the season. I talked a little about the state of the offensive line. The Royals finally got a win on this road trip. Mike Minor was terrific and the offense finally puts some runs on the board.

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The College Football Playoff could be expanding soon to at least eight teams and likely 12 according to Dennis Dodd. Kansas released its non-conference basketball schedule. And Kris Bubic struggled similarly to Jackson Kowar. I have that and more in today's podcast episode.

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The Kansas City Sports Monitor is now open to all without a paywall. I explain what this means in this episode. Jackson Kowar struggles in his MLB debut. And more...

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