<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Source: Yankees are on the verge of acquiring Aroldis Chapman from the Reds.</p>&mdash; Jack Curry (@JackCurryYES) <a href="https://twitter.com/JackCurryYES/status/681582770091651072">December 28, 2015</a></blockquote>
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My girlfriend came back to KC with me for Christmas this year. She told me she never fully got how much the Royals mean to KC until now. Half the Christmas presents my family exchanged were some kind of Royals gear. My friends and family all swapped parade stories. Everyone was talking about Gordon and opening day.

Of course they are

@JonHeymanCBS: jagielo and davis go to reds in chapman deal

@zachrymer: If the Yankees do keep Chapman, Miller and Betances, they're basically the Royals...minus the speed, contact and defense.

Intresting factoid!

But nobody was more convinced that everything happens in threes than Royals rookie Paulo Orlando. He had to wait until age 29 to reach the big leagues. But once he got there, every time he looked up, he was dusting himself off at third base. Here are his first seven career hits, courtesy of loyal tweeter Ed Bartel: triple, triple, triple, single, triple, single, triple. So that's more triples in his first seven hits than Victor Martinez has unfurled in his first 1,776 hits.

Interesting factoid 2.

Exactly once in the history of the Royals had they ever pulled a pitcher working on a no-hitter in the sixth inning or later. Then, naturally, Ned Yost did it twice this year -- to the same guy (Chris Young).

Interesting factoid 3.
It's safe to say Jeremy Guthrie isn't as big a fan of Yankee Stadium as, say, Babe Ruth. In his May 25 visit to the Bronx, he gave up 11 earned runs. And four homers. And allowed 13 baserunners. And got three outs. So who else has ever done that, you ask? Nobody has ever done that.

That's what they've been trying to do for a couple years now, so no surprise. They don't have the contact hitters the Royals do, and their park is a better fit for the HR ball anyway.
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I'd rather he walk than pay that much. 5/75 would by my final offer.

In all fairness, the stadium was empty for 20 years when they sucked. Everyone loves them now, but I split season tix for a few years mid 2000s and you couldn't give them away back then. And we didn't even draw last year when we went to the WS the first time

Was hoping the Royals would sign him.

@MLBRosterMoves: .@Athletics sign RHP Henderson Alvarez to 1-year contract. #HotStove

Actually Lex, (And I had to go back and read and watch before I was certain), he entered the game as a replacement for CR Tony Armas who got hurt, and while tracking a long fly ball off Bobby Grich, the ball hit the palm of his glove as he hit the CF wall and it popped out of his glove and over the wall for a 2 run HR.

He was going to be scapegoated for the series.

@JonHeymanCBS: Henderson Alvarez, $4.25M plus 100K for 12, 15 gs, 150K for 18 gs, 200K for 21 gs, 300 for 24 gs, 350 26 gs, 400 28 gs. #a's

Dang, I'm going to have to go look that up now.