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THE BURN KC
#BurnItDown
Welcome to the Burn KC, freelance sports writing and podcast written and hosted by yours truly. A hearty mix of humor, knowledge, statistical analysis, and overall chaos comparable to that of well...Kansas City sports. You like Kansas City? You like sports? You like off the wall individuals talking about KC sports? You have come to the right place.
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BURNING QUESTION: Do You Support a Move to Kansas for the Chiefs And/or Royals?
For this week's #BurningQuestion, we go back to an issue first posed when the Kansas City Royals proposed a move downtown. In summary, a...
theburnsportstalkk
Jun 6, 20243 min read
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Loving Lugo: Royals' Seth Lugo Posts American League Best Numbers, Gives Royals New Life
The Royals are 25-18 and making a strong case for American League Central supremacy. The bats of Bobby Witt, Jr., Salvador Perez, and...
theburnsportstalkk
May 14, 20243 min read
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Royals Restored: What the Royals Can Do (and Continue to Do) to Make a Run at the Playoffs
The Royals are currently 7-4 at the time of writing this piece and sit in 2nd place in the AL Central standings 1 game back behind the...
theburnsportstalkk
Apr 10, 20244 min read
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A Debriefing on the April 2nd Vote...
The April 2nd vote to extend the 3/8th sales tax for stadium and sports franchise funding has come and gone, with no being the vote...
theburnsportstalkk
Apr 3, 20244 min read
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Longtime Royal Eric Hosmer Retires
Today marks the end of a storied career for one of the greatest Royals ever. Former first baseman Eric Hosmer is retiring after 13...
theburnsportstalkk
Feb 21, 20244 min read
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The Crossroads Conflict: Two Sides to the New Proposed Kansas City Royals Stadium Location
The Kansas City Royals have been talking about a move downtown for about a year now, and with so little movement on the subject until...
theburnsportstalkk
Feb 15, 20246 min read
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Prime Pickings: Amazon Acquires Bally Sports, the World Rejoices
Let me tell you a story. A story of a company with ill-intent and not much forethought put into their grand plan of brand promotion. The...
theburnsportstalkk
Jan 17, 20243 min read
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After Santana: Who Is Next?
As I, the Nostradamus of sports, predicted, the Royals traded Carlos Santana. With how Santana was doing leading up to the trade, it made...
theburnsportstalkk
Jun 29, 20222 min read
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The Royals Listen: Call Up Vinnie and Trade Santana to the Mariners for Pitchers
They did it, they finally did it. The Kansas City Royals listened to their fanbase and to proper judgement, and capitalized on trade...
theburnsportstalkk
Jun 27, 20222 min read
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Should the Royals Tank?
The Royals are winning more as of recent. The losing is still there, don't you worry, but they've looked better. HOWEVER, this begs the...
theburnsportstalkk
Jun 20, 20222 min read
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Little Big League: Royals Win Three Straight off the Backs of Youth
(Were you expecting another Tyreek article? Nah, saving that for tomorrow's podcast, stay tuned) The Royals are streaking(!!!) and are on...
theburnsportstalkk
Jun 11, 20222 min read
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The Royal Boys Club
The Royals have a problem. Many of us know this already, as it is crystal clear through their play on the field, however there's a very...
theburnsportstalkk
Jun 8, 20222 min read
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It Can Only Go Up From Here: Royals have Officially Reached Rock Bottom. My Unapologetic Opinion.
The Royals have the worst record in baseball. They also have the worst run differential too, and to top it all off, I'd argue they have...
theburnsportstalkk
May 31, 20222 min read
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Royal Mismanagement
The Royals are bad, the Royals have been bad. This is nothing new, in fact it's something so old that Royals fans are fed up with it and...
theburnsportstalkk
May 23, 20222 min read
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The Young and the Restless
The Royals are having a bad year. At 14-23 now it seems like they'll have a mountain to climb if they have any shot at making the...
theburnsportstalkk
May 19, 20222 min read
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The First to Go: Royals fire hitting coach Terry Bradshaw
Now I know what you're thinking, no the Royals' now former hitting coach is not the former Steelers quarterback and NFL Hall of Famer....
theburnsportstalkk
May 16, 20222 min read
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Poll: Royals Post '22 Season. Clean House, or Let It Be?
In this article, I wanted to explore fan opinion on what we'll call a mildly sizzling, but continuing to get hotter, stove take. Many,...
theburnsportstalkk
May 10, 20222 min read
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A Royal Recap: A Change is Gonna Come
The Royals have gone 3-9 in their last 12 games, leading to an 8-15 overall record, worst in the American League. You can't blame them...
theburnsportstalkk
May 5, 20222 min read
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Skidding Salvy and the Reeling Royals, What to Do (And Not to Do) in a Slump
The Royals are bad this year. It's time to face the fact that if we don't see a turnaround very soon the playoffs are a far cry from...
theburnsportstalkk
May 3, 20222 min read
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50/50 Ball: Will the Royals Break .500?
As I write this post, the Royals have just lost a game to the Twins to dip back below .500 at 5-6. This has them finish 3-3 on the...
theburnsportstalkk
Apr 21, 20222 min read
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