Royals pack up for spring training, announce Cactus League TV and radio schedule
The sun came out Thursday in Kansas City. Temperatures climbed above the freezing mark. Snow that had fallen 24 hours earlier melted.
It could be a coincidence, but the improved weather came the same day the Royals packed up the first of two semi-trailer trucks and it left for the team’s spring-training home in Surprise, Ariz. You can see what that entailed in the video above from The Star’s John Sleezer.
Another sign of baseball’s imminent return came a short while later when the Royals announced their Cactus League radio schedule. Twenty games are set to be broadcast on KCSP (610 AM), but a pair of the games could be changed based on the fortunes of the Kansas State basketball team.
Here is the spring radio schedule. All game times listed below are Central time.
| Feb. 24 | at Oakland | 2:05 p.m. |
Monday | Feb. 25 | vs. Colorado | 2:05 p.m. |
Wednesday | Feb. 27 | at San Francisco | 2:05 p.m. |
Thursday | Feb. 28 | vs. San Diego | 2:05 p.m. |
Friday | March 1 | at Los Angeles Angels | 2:10 p.m. |
Sunday | March 3 | at Cleveland | 2:05 p.m. |
Tuesday | March 5 | vs. Arizona | 7:05 p.m. |
Wednesday | March 6 | at Chicago Cubs | 2:05 p.m. |
Thursday | March 7 | vs. LA Angels | 2:05 p.m. |
Friday | March 8 | at LA Dodgers (SS) | 8:05 p.m. |
Sunday | March 10 | vs. San Diego | 3:05 p.m. |
Monday | March 11 | at Texas (SS) | 9:05 p.m. |
Tuesday | March 12 | vs. Chicago White Sox | 3:05 p.m. |
Wednesday | March 13 | vs. Cleveland | 3:05 p.m. |
Sunday | March 17 | at San Francisco | 3:05 p.m. |
Tuesday | March 19 | vs. Chicago Cubs | 8:05 p.m. |
Wednesday | March 20 | at Colorado | 8:40 p.m. |
Friday | March 22* | vs. San Francisco | 8:05 p.m. |
Sunday | March 24* | at Texas | 2:05 p.m. |
Monday | March 25 | at Class AAA Omaha (Werner Park) | 6:05 p.m. |
Ten Royals’ spring-training game will be televised on Fox Sports Kansas City:
Saturday | March 9 | at Arizona | 2:10 p.m. |
Monday | March 11 | at Texas | 9:05 p.m. |
Tuesday | March 12 | vs. Chicago White Sox | 3:05 p.m. |
Wednesday | March 13 | vs. Cleveland | 3:05 p.m. |
Saturday | March 16 | at San Diego | 3:10 p.m. |
Tuesday | March 19 | vs. Chicago Cubs | 8:05 p.m. |
Wednesday | March 20 | at Colorado | 8:40 p.m. |
Friday | March 22 | vs. San Francisco | 8:05 p.m. |
Saturday | March 23 | at Milwaukee | 3:05 p.m. |
Sunday | March 24 | at Texas | 2:05 p.m. |
The Royals also will broadcast 10 games via a webcast. Here is that schedule:
| Feb. 23 | vs. Texas | 2:05 p.m. |
Tuesday | Feb. 26 | vs. LA Dodgers (SS) | 2:05 p.m. |
Saturday | March 2 | vs. Seattle | 2:05 p.m. |
Friday | March 8 | vs. Cincinnati (SS) | 2:05 p.m. |
Saturday | March 9 | at Arizona | 2:10 p.m. |
Thursday | March 14 | vs. Texas | 3:05 p.m. |
Friday | March 15 | at Colorado | 3:10 p.m. |
Saturday | March 16 | vs. Milwaukee (SS) | 3:05 p.m. |
Thursday | March 21 | at Cincinnati | 3:05 p.m. |
Saturday | March 23 | at Milwaukee | 3:05 p.m. |
This story was originally published January 31, 2019 at 2:33 PM.