by Bill Pollock | Sep 18, 2023 | News, Show Me Today, Sports Features
The professional sports teams in Missouri have given up on the legislature passing legalized sports betting. Cardinals president Bill DeWitt III joined Show Me Today to explain how our six teams that include the Cardinals, Royals, Chiefs, Blues, St. Louis CITY SC and...
by Bill Pollock | Nov 1, 2022 | Sports Features
The Kansas City Royals hired Matt Quatraro (kwuh-TRAH-row) as their new Manager. Quatraro, 48, spent the last five seasons on Kevin Cash’s staff in Tampa Bay, including one season as the Third Base Coach in 2018 and four seasons as the Bench Coach from 2019-22....
by Bill Pollock | Jan 5, 2018 | Sports Features
The Royals acquired right-hander Trevor Oaks and infielder Erick Mejia in a three-team trade with the Dodgers and White Sox. The Royals sent Joakim Soria to the White Sox and rid themselves of all but one million dollars of Soria’s ten-million dollar contract...
by Bill Pollock | Nov 13, 2017 | Sports Features
Royals manager Ned Yost is recovering at home from a 20-foot fall he suffered while working on a deer stand on his farm in Georgia on November 4. He shattered his pelvis and broke four ribs. After his surgery, Yost says the trauma surgeon told him that in falls as...
by Bill Pollock | Aug 11, 2017 | Sports Features
Dexter Fowler snapped a 3-3 tie with a grand slam in the seventh inning and the Cardinals held on to beat the Royals 8-6 at Busch Stadium. Fowler had five RBI for St. Louis, which overcame a 3-0 deficit after five innings to sweep the four-game, home and home series...