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Kansas City Royals

Top 10 Closers Heading Into the 2016 MLB Season

10. Glen Perkins, Minnesota Twins http://gty.im/485460384 2015 Stats: 3.32 ERA, 32 SV, 54 SO 2015 All-Star Glen Perkins is called upon by the Minnesota Twins to get the last three outs of close ball games. Like many closers, Perkins is a converted starter who relies on changing speeds with his fastball and uses a nasty slider against left…
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The Mockery That Has Become All-Star Game Voting

http://gty.im/502301222 If you run the words "All-Star Game" through the Wikipedia search engine, here is the how the second paragraph starts: All-Star games are organized like regular games, but are often played with less emphasis on victory. Competing goals are to give many players time in the game and to avoid injury. In hockey, for…
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Royals Come Back Again, Win World Series In 5 Games

2015 World Series Game 5 Kansas City Royals at New York Mets http://gty.im/495287180 The Royals had a big three run eighth inning in Game 4 to take a three games to one lead over the Mets. Edinson Volquez got the start for the Royals, going up against Matt Harvey of the Mets. This was a rematch of Game 1, when both starters went six innings and…
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