The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are in the Central Division of the American League.

Franchise history

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Birth of the Royals

When the Kansas City Athletics moved to Oakland after the 1967 season, Kansas City was left without professional baseball for the first and only time since 1883. An enraged Senator Stuart Symington threatened to introduce legislation removing baseball's antitrust exemption unless Kansas City was granted a team in the next round of expansion. MLB complied during the 1967 winter meetings, awarding one of four expansion teams to Kansas City to start play in 1971. Pharmaceutical executive Ewing Kauffman won the bidding for the new Kansas City team, which he named the Royals after the American Royal Livestock Show, which has been held in Kansas City every year since 1899.

However, Symington was not satisfied and pressured MLB to allow the new teams to start play in 1969. Symington's intervention may have contributed to the collapse of one of the Royals' expansion brethren, the Seattle Pilots, who moved to Milwaukee as the Brewers after only one season.

Taking Off

Early Royals stars included 1969 Rookie of the Year Lou Piniella, Amos Otis, Paul Splittorff, Cookie Rojas and Hal McRae. In 1971, the Royals had their first winning season, with manager Bob Lemon guiding them to a second-place finish.

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Royals trade Teahen for pair of infielders
Dick Kaegel Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:13:00 -0400
Royals trade Teahen for pair of infielders
Royals decline options on three players
Dick Kaegel Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:00 -0400
Royals decline options on three players
Royals' Wright files for free agency
Dick Kaegel Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0400
Royals' Wright files for free agency
Bloomquist ready for another busy year
Dick Kaegel Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:15:00 -0400
Bloomquist ready for another busy year
Cast a vote for Royals' All-Time 9
Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:57:11 -0400

Royals' Crow hit hard in second AFL start
Brittany Ghiroli Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:58:00 -0400
Royals' Crow hit hard in second start

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Royals notebook: Options declined on Crisp, Olivo and Yabuta
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:15:00 -0600
It wasn’t just Mark Teahen who became an ex-Royal on Friday. The club also bought its way out of 2010 contract options on outfielder Coco Crisp, catcher Miguel Olivo and reliever Yasuhiko Yabuta. The moves were expected — but came at a combined cost of $1.1 million.
Mark Teahen as a Royal
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:26:00 -0600
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Zack Greinke, age 2 until now
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:25:00 -0500
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A look at the newest Royals
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:15:00 -0600
<strong>&bull;BATS:</strong> Right <strong>&bull;THROWS:</strong> Right
Trade underscores Royals' desire to increase inventory and gain financial flexibility
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:15:00 -0600
Two overriding factors surfaced Friday in explaining the Royals&rsquo; decision to send third baseman/outfielder Mark Teahen to division-rival Chicago with cash for second baseman Chris Getz and third baseman/outfielder Josh Fields. Increasing inventory while gaining financial flexibility.
Royals notebook | Options declined on Crisp, Olivo and Yabuta
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:41:00 -0600
It wasn't just Mark Teahen who became an ex-Royal on Friday. The club also bought its way out of 2010 contract options on outfielder Coco Crisp, catcher Miguel Olivo and reliever Yasuhiko Yabuta.

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