Reign Reborn with the Kansas City Monarchs

Reign Reborn returns for the first offseason episode following another record setting 2022 season.  Dan Vaughan "voice of the Monarchs" welcomes the "man from the top step" Monarchs Manager Joe Calfapietra to the show. We also take a "boomerang" around winter ball and on Monarchs 101 with #DV we take a look at Cristobal Torrente a Hall of Fame member you need to learn more about. All of this on the official podcast of the Kansas City Monarchs. Join us!

Every year the biggest offseason news is the announcement of the Kansas City Monarchs schedule for the next season. This is the 2023 schedule show! Dan Vaughan breaks down the Monarchs schedule plus answers questions from the Facebook Live Show. 

Kansas City Monarchs Manager Joe Calfapietra stops by to chat with "voice of the Monarchs" Dan Vaughan on our final off season "hot stove" update plus a pair of Monarchs flashback moments all on this week's show. 

We go bonus content heavy this week on Reign Reborn with a look at the story of Heavy Johnson in Monarchs 101 with #DV and we flashback to 1920 when even in the early years the Monarchs were a huge deal. Dan Vaughan has your hot stove update as we are less than a month away from the 2022 season opener. 

This week we are joined by Kansas City Monarchs righty Jameson McGrane on Reign Reborn with the Kansas City Monarchs. Voice of the Monarchs Dan Vaughan also will talk about two key events in 1944 and 1945 that helped shaped the Jackie Robinson story plus we flashback to 1947 when two Monarchs were summoned to St. Louis to join the Major League Browns. 

On this week's edition of Reign Reborn with the Kansas City Monarchs we welcome Monarchs Manager Joe Calfapietra to the show to catch up on the hot stove.  Voice of the Monarchs Dan Vaughan will dive into some of the unique aspects of the Negro Leaguers becoming Major Leaguers and we flash back with a parallel story to 1939 in our Monarchs flashback moment. 

Our final show of March features our special guest Kansas City Monarchs Manager of Production & Digital Assets Morgan Kolenda, who join Dan Vaughan to discuss the promo calendar that was announced earlier in the week.  Dan then brings you a hot stove update, news and notes and a look into the fun story of Jackie Robinson as a Kansas City Royal in Monarchs 101 with DV. The show closes with a flashback to 1937 when the Monarchs hit the road to blank the Madison Blues in Wisconsin. 

A loaded edition of Reign Reborn with the Kansas City Monarchs is up. Off the top Monarchs slugger Darnell Sweeney joins Voice of the Monarchs Dan Vaughan to catch up then Dan updates the hot stove news. We take feature another installment of Monarchs 101 with DV  and the show wraps with a surprise visit from Pitching Coach Mike Henneman in the first installment of "Hen from the Pen".

Kansas City Monarchs Manager Joe Calfapietra joins "Voice of the Monarchs" Dan Vaughan Jr. on Reign Reborn with the Kansas City Monarchs. The show also features two audio highlight montages from the hot stove plus a Monarchs 101 and a flashback moment. The show starts with 2 Good Minutes with DV. Enjoy the show!

Our mid February show features special guest Kansas City Monarchs Coach John West. John is not just a coach but a baseball "lifer" who really does it all. We call him "the man of many hats" and he has plenty to share from stories to duties that keep him one of the busiest members of the Monarchs baseball family during the season. 

We will also dive into the hot stove update, plus news and notes from the promo team and we close with a flash back moment to a historic day in 1942 in Wrigley Field. Part of our partnership with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.