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Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer stands out from the crowd for the way he hits -- and for his fauxhawk.

JOHN SLEEZER | The Kansas City Star

Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer stands out from the crowd for the way he hits -- and for his fauxhawk.

Hosmer: The face of the franchise

The ball is hanging in the Arizona sky, a white speck in a cloudless blue, hurtling into the distance. Did you see that one? It clears the fence in right-center and keeps going, leaving onlookers to gawk and guess.

Yost’s big project is shaping Royals into a winner

Mar 31, 10:12 PM

He drives through the mud in rural Georgia, not far from the Alabama state line, steering with one hand on the wheel and the other wrapped around a coffee cup partially filled with tobacco juice and saliva. Royals manager Ned Yost is telling a story about the time his old friend, the late NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, invited him to Daytona to celebrate winning the 500.

Mellinger | No handbook for dealing with fame

Apr 5, 11:36 AM

Some ballplayers handle stardom so well they never deal with failure. Some handle it so poorly they never get back. This is the kind of good problem the Royals haven’t had to face much over the years, and unless everyone in baseball is dead wrong, they’ll be waist-deep in it fairly soon.


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    Cole Hamels proved to be the streak stopper the Philadelphia Phillies needed. Hamels, whose no-hit bid was broken up with one out in the sixth inning, allowed four hits through eight innings in Wednesday night’s 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals at Citizens Bank Park.


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