• MLB

    George Brett Would Like To Tell You About That Time He Pooped His Pants

    Not sure which spring training this video is from, but the video was just released to an unsuspecting public on Thursday, and is destined to go down as a classic; watch now as Royals Hall of Famer George Brett regales a teammate about the many times he's shit his pants. Seriously; Brett goes into great detail about this, and even at one point follows the poor guy across the field so that he can finish his story. At one point Brett says proudly: "I'm good twice a year for that. When's the last time you shit your pants?" America needs to know just how close it came to this being the subject of Brett's Hall of Fame induction speech. He is really into it. Video following the jump. More »

    10:15 AM on Fri Sep 19 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    29,696 views, 60 comments

    Most discussed tater: When you slide into third and you feel a little turd... ...diarrhea, diarreha! more »

  • MLB

    This Could Be Your Chance To Pitch For The Royals

    The young man you see here delivering a 79 mph fastball is Royals shortstop Tony Pena Jr., and I don't mean to mock, because he's certainly a better pitcher than me. Or Barry Zito. But what's he doing on the mound in a regulation game? The answer can be found in this morning's Kansas City Star, with the headline: Royals’ rally comes up 15 runs short against Tigers. Great Googly Moogly. More »

    11:30 AM on Tue Jul 22 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    7,133 views, 53 comments

    Latest by kad2105: @I'm Hafner the man I used to be: You took the words right out of my mouth. Additionally, is this the all-new more »

  • mexicutioner

    Joakim Soria's Nickname Is Blogger Tested, Mexican Approved

    It's about time the Kansas City Royals got themselves a bona fide All-Star, after branding Ken Harvey and Mark Redman as such. Joakim Soria is the Royals' scintillating closer, saving 25 of 27 games and sporting a 0.72 WHIP. With stats like that, a guy needs a legendary nickname, and he's got it now. Meet "The Mexicutioner." More »

    1:30 PM on Sat Jul 19 2008
    By Matt Sussman
    5,017 views, 27 comments

    Latest by Slant6: @josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance...: We could settle a lot of questions - Danica vs. Milka, Tony Stewart more »

  • purple prose

    The Big Ball Orchard In The South Bronx

    Slate's Robert Weintraub, like many of us, loves the old purple prose of early 1900s sportswriting, the Grantland Rices, the men who painted epic tales of warriors, grizzled combatants and lardywarks too manly to wear gloves. In an occasional series, Weintraub writes about the week's best baseball game in the style of the vaunted sportswriters of yesteryear. This week: Johnny Damon's big day against the Royals on Saturday.

    In its storied and celebrated history as a landmark sporting green, the Big Ball Orchard In The South Bronx has seldom hosted an event on such a day of beastial, Equator-like temperature. More »

    4:00 PM on Wed Jun 11 2008
    By robert weintraub
    1,775 views, 75 comments

    Latest by The Sports Hernia: @BigJimSlade: Dying more »

  • mlb closer

    The (Bleep) Pot Is Boiling Over In Kansas City. (Bleep)

    Speaking just for myself, I think it's refreshing that we have a profanity-laced, post-game tirade by someone named Guillen whose first name is not Ozzie. Meet JosĂ© Guillen, the Royals outfielder who lit into teammates on Wednesday following their 9-8, 10-inning loss to the Twins, which ran Kansas City's losing streak to 10 games. Hey, in his defense, someone must have told him it was a roast. More »

    10:40 AM on Thu May 29 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    7,384 views, 56 comments

    Latest by NYSportscene: Jose Guillen has been a clubhouse cancer since the day he figured out how to sign checks. Why any team more »

  • dark side of the locker room

    Even Joe Posnanski Gets Yelled At

    Being a sports reporter is, at times, an absolutely horrible job. Sure you get to watch games, travel and interact with athletes, but there is a horrendous downside. (Which is pretty much everything else.) And this is never more disturbingly clear than when a reporter has their first (or 50th) awful experience with a half-naked, exhausted athlete. Sometimes they'll be openly dismissive, sometimes they'll yell, and sometimes, well, they'll fart in your face. Most of these stories never end up in the newspaper the next day. So now, Deadspin proudly presents "The Dark Side of the Locker Room" where current and former sports writers can share some of their most distressing interactions. If you've got your own story to share, please send it along to ajd@deadspin.com.

    Today's story comes from venerable Kansas City Star sports columnist Joe Posnanski, who shares this tale of turbulence with former Royals' relief pitcher Jeff Montgomery. Posnanski's online musings can be found here. More »

    2:20 PM on Tue May 6 2008
    By DAULERIO
    11,133 views, 60 comments

    Latest by BlakeRedgrave: Hey, look at Jeff Montgomery. He's givin' it to T-bone. He's jumpin' up and down like some kind of monkey. more »

  • kansas city beef

    Gay Writer To Royals: Your Calendar Does Not Give Us Chubs

    When the Kansas City Royals unveiled a not-so-provocative calendar featuring candid photos of their 2008 squad, it provided ample opportunity for sports bloggers to point and laugh with the usual amount of unbridled enthusiasm. The calendar, whose proceeds go toward a female self-defense program in honor of a 19-year-old Kansas City lifeguard who was violently murdered (yeesh...), features "casual" photos of Royals photographed in what appears to be somebody's unfinished basement. Most upset by the blandness of the Royals' calendar was gay-sports site, Outsports, which accused John Buck, Alex Gordon and company of fearing the gays: More »

    6:00 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
    By DAULERIO
    5,969 views, 24 comments

    Latest by Colin White Devil: The Hall of Fame may be out of reach, but with all that brick wall the Royals are a collective more »

  • 2008 division previews

    Your AL Central "Preview"


    All right, well, the season has supposedly started, though rain on Opening Day has to be some sort of cruel trick from God. So let's wrap up the last division. More »

    6:30 PM on Mon Mar 31 2008
    By Leitch
    3,484 views, 18 comments

    Latest by ArmandTamzarian: And while we're on the subject of the AL Central, does anyone else think that Curtis Granderson needs a nickname? more »

  • baseball season preview

    Baseball Season Preview: Kansas City Royals

    For the third consecutive season, we are proud to introduce the Deadspin Baseball Season Previews. Yes, baseball is awfully close now; it's spring training, after all.

    Every weekday until the start of the season, a different writer will preview his/her team. We asked a gaggle of writers, from the Web, from print, from books, to tell us, in as many or as little words as they need, Where Their Team Stands. This is not meant to be factual, or dispassionate, or even logical: We just asked them to riff on why they love their team so much, or what their team means to them, or whatever.

    Today: The Kansas City Royals. Your author is Will McDonald.

    Will McDonald writes Royals Review and is a grad student writing his dissertation on eighteenth-century American poetry. His words are after the jump. More »

    1:35 PM on Tue Mar 18 2008
    By Leitch
    2,976 views, 41 comments

  • thats gotta hoit

    Felix Pie Out With A YEEEEEEEOOOOOOWWWW

    The Cubs have suffered a spate of unfortunate and somewhat bizarre injuries already this spring. Alfonso Soriano has a fractured finger. Jose Ascanio had a bruised face after getting punched in a robbery attempt. Mark DeRosa was hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat. But none has a painful tale as twisted as poor outfielder Felix Pie. More »

    4:30 PM on Mon Mar 3 2008
    By Christmas Ape
    19,213 views, 101 comments

    Latest by obfuscator: Ow Jesus ow shit ow. [en.wikipedia.org] as seen in an episode of The Venture Bros. more »