Royals Rundown: A Kansas City Royals Podcast

Often times when your spouse says that you need to "stop by" or "visit" your in-laws, he/she promises that it won't take long. "Don't worry... we'll be quick. We just have to say hello and sit and chat for a bit." Those experienced spouses though know that your spouse is lying to you. You are inevitably going to spend 2+ hours there watching CSI: Miami re-runs, being grilled over when you are going to have your first or next baby, and listening to them gripe about President Obama.

This same sentiment is normally expressed whenever we start recording the Royals Review Radio podcast. Generally there are only four or five items we have down to talk about, and assume maybe 10 minutes or so per topic. Much like the "in-law problem", Royals Review Radio hosts/guests always seem to go way, way, way longer than we plan to. Tonight's episode is no different.

You would think that having just two participants would lead to a quick conversation, but to our credit we are very good at going off-topic for too long.

On this episode of Royals Review Radio the host Shaun Newkirk is joined by solo-guest, and noted Savannah resident, Joshua Ward.

Topics include:

The Royals playoff roster

Not playing the Yankees

Playing the Astros

Wade Davis is historical

Josh and Shaun try summing numbers to get to 25

The oral history of Royals Review by Josh Ward

Abandoning Twitter

The indigestion that was the 2004-2008 Royals

Dogs barking

Jose Guillen

Sean Rodriguez

Music:

Intro: Lil B - New York Subway

Outro: The Band - When I Paint My Masterpiece

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In this edition, the gang discusses a variety of subject thats include:

Brandon Finnegan, BMI, and getting screwed

Music:

Misery Signals - Homecoming (Intro)

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On Episode 8, the gang (Minds Haas, Matthew LaMar, Josh Ward, and Shaun Newkirk) discuss:

Johnny Cueto and Ben Zobrist

Music:

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Part I: In which the gang (Max Rieper, Matthew LaMar, and Shaun Newkirk) discusses

(Listeners and readers alike should note that this portion of the podcast was recorded the Sunday prior to airing)

Johnny Cueto

The impact of having an "ace" in your rotation

Trading away prospect

Former Royals Brandon Finnegan, Cody Reed, and John Lamb

Foreshadowing a Ben Zobrist trade

What to make now of the rotation

Shaun Newkirk earnestly trying to ponder Jay Bruce, Justin Upton, and other trade targets and being shot down

Alex Gordon working at Craft and Draft

*See footnote 1

Part II - John Sickels of Minor League Ball (begins at 59:30)

Noted Kansan and Twins fan John Sickels joins us to talk prospects

Prospects traded away in the Johnny Cueto trade

Sean Manaea and Shaun's profound love for him

Raul Mondesi needing to show "results"

Union Civil War general George McClellan and not being him

Sleepers in the Royals system

The mystifying Paulo Orlando

See footnote 2

Part III - Max and Shaun Duet (begins at 01:34:00)

The trading of Ben Zobrist

The price of Sean Manaea

Taking risks

Probabilities

Shaun again confesses his profound love for Sean Manaea

Comparing the packages of recent trades

Thanking new members and listeners

The voice(s) of reason

Total run time: 01:54:41

Intro music: Cold War Kids - Royal Blue

Footnote 1. Interlude 1 music: Bastille - Flaws

Footnote 2. Interlude 2 music: King Charles - Wilde Love

Outro music: St. Paul and the Broken Bones - It's Midnight

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Dayton Moore's press call after the Royals first two selections of the 2015 draft. Audio is poor due to multiple people on the call and speakerphone recording.

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On episode five Matt LaMar and Shaun Newkirk take over the handle of host/co-host and discuss Jeremy Guthrie, Bubba Starling, Prospects, Chris Young, and what is going on with the Royals rotation. Also discussed are the Royals playoff odds and a little bit of inpertant at the end.

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In episode four, Josh Duggan and Josh Ward talk with Max Rieper about the first two weeks of the Royals season and the Royals dust-ups with the Angels and Athletics. Later, Max talks to Brandon Warne at Fangraphs about the rival Twins and Hookslide at Bless You Boys about the division champion Tigers.

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In episode 3, we make our predictions for the season with writers Josh Ward and Shaun Newkirk. Later in the show, we take a look at the Indians with Jason Lukehart of the blog "Lets Go Tribe" and the White Sox with Jim Margalus of "South Side Sox."

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In this episode, Max Rieper, Shaun Newkirk, and Matthew LaMar talk spring training and prospects, and Chris Kamler ("The Fake Ned") discusses his book on last year's amazing Royals run and his experience hosting Sung Woo Lee.

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