Kansas City Sports Monitor

Mike Matheny will have to be better with the clubhouse in Kansas City than he reportedly was in St. Louis. So far, it looks like he is doing just that. And Bill Self is looking for a new assistant coach as one of his left to go to Texas. This is the last publicly available episode of the Morning Monitor. Listen to what's next.

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The Royals improved to 3-1 on the season thanks to a nice start from Danny Duffy and another good offensive performance by Whit Merrifield. That and other news and notes in today's Morning Monitor.

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The Royals finally lost on Sunday, and starting pitching is a concern early on. The offense had some scary characteristics as well Sunday. But now the Royals head off on their first road trip of the season. And Baylor plays Gonzaga in the national championship game Monday night. It should be a good one.

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The Royals improved to 2-0 with another big offensive day from Michael Taylor and Whit Merrifield. The NCAA tournament championship game is set with the two best teams in the sport. Happy Easter!

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Bill Self received a lifetime contract from the University of Kansas on Friday. I explain the new contract in this podcast. Kansas State and Missouri have now essentially pulled off a trade in college basketball. And Oklahoma has a new basketball coach.

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It was a scary start to the season, but the offense responded, and the Royals beat the Texas Rangers 14-10. Brad Keller struggled and allowed five runs in the first, but the Royals put up five of their own in the bottom of the inning. I'll talk about the game and what we saw out of the new guys. There are a few other news items I have from the world of college basketball and the NFL.

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It's Opening Day in Major League Baseball, and the Royals host the Texas Rangers. Adalberto Mondesi was placed on the 10-day injured list before the season ever started. I talk about opening day and give you other news and notes from around the world of sports in this daily podcast.

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Danny Duffy pitched a perfect four innings. Can we trust him? The Rays sent down Wander Franco. I'll tell you why that has no impact on the Bobby Witt Jr. decision and why the Royals must have Witt in the majors to start the season. College basketball coaches are being fired. Kansas State is losing a forward to the transfer portal. It was a very busy Monday.

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We are just a few games into spring training but there is already one player who is making us take a second look at him. I’ll explain who that person is and if he can change the course of his career. I’ll touch on all parts of the roster as we are less than a month away from opening day.

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All three local schools had big games on Saturday and they all won. Saturday was billed more as big games for Missouri and Kansas, but it turned out that Kansas State decided that they too had a big game.

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