The guys wrapped up All Star Week with a star studded, action pack show! Mike, Troy, Chris and Jeff Herr were joined in studio by Curt Nelson, proprietor of the Royals Hall of Fame. (Jeff Logan was out on assignment.) The guys talked about the All Star experience with Curt but were quickly joined by Mayor Sly James. The Mayor discussed what it took for the city and the success that this All Star Week was. Then the guys were joined by NFL Hall OF Famer and future Royals Hall of Famer George Toma ...
Jul 13, 2012•1 hr
In our second show of All-Star Weekend, we find the Royalmen in the epicenter of All-Star Festivities right outside of the Power and Light District at The Flying Saucer. We started out show with a bit of a scare as we went on the air right as a bomb threat occurred. Once that was cleared, we turned to happier topics such as what the All-Star festivities meant to Kansas City and Fan Fest. The first half of the show, Chris is joined by Rambling Morons cohorts Laurie Kunkel and Chris Atkins. The se...
Jul 11, 2012•1 hr 36 min
All-Star Sunday continues our coverage of All-Star Week and this show was a panel during a Baseball Prospectus event held at the Historic Gem Theater in the 18th and Vine District. Troy, Michael, Jeff and Chris along with Craig Brown of Royals Authority were all on the panel so we just decided to tape it and share it with you. We talked a little about how our podcast got its start, then talked about the Royals, their troubles, and their future. Thanks to all who came out, asked questions and par...
Jul 08, 2012•53 min
The motto of our new Radio Show on ESPN 1510 has been "You never know what will come out of the Vault." Well, this show stayed true to form as The Baseball Vault opened this week to kick off All-Star Weekend. We started off the show with a recap of the FanFest preview that Michael Engel and Chris Kamler attended. We talked with Toby Cook and some Hall-of-Famer named George Brett about Fan Fest and what holding the All-Star Game means to Kansas City. The usual cast of characters, Jeff, Jeff, Mich...
Jul 06, 2012•1 hr
While Chris Kamler was hanging out in 100 degree heat watching little league and Jeff Herr was on assignment, Troy Olsen and Mike Engel had an afternoon discussion about the Royals weekend problems and their bipolar play lately. They covered the Billy Butler all star announcement, guessed at his odds in the Home Run Derby and talked about other All Star selections. The plight of Jonathan Sanchez came up as well, and they agreed that he's been about as bad as possible since coming to the Royals. ...
Jul 02, 2012•1 hr 1 min
We took our normal look around the Royals system and checked in on the Tbones. We had a great look into the Vault with Jim Jumbo Nash and then talked to The guys from Biking for Baseball who are looking to see all 30 stadiums this summer by bicycling across America. We also talked about the PCL All stars and All Star week events. Then the guys got heated talking potential call ups including Wil Myers. Troy finished the show by ranting on Jon Sanchez. The KC Baseball Vault can be heard Thursdays ...
Jun 29, 2012•1 hr
One hundred degree temperatures and a crappy showing against the Cardinals melted the Royalman Report team down to just Chris and special guest Dave Darby. We talked about a miserable series against the Redbirds and where the team goes from here. We also talked with Kansas City Star columnist, Sam Melliger about Jerry Sandusky, Sal Perez, Twitter Tuesday and the Olympics and finally finished up the show with Royals Bullpen catcher from 1984 to 2003, Bill Sobbe. Bill is currently the bench coach ...
Jun 24, 2012•1 hr 27 min
The guys were joined in studio by member of the 1985 World Series Champion Kansas City Royals, Greg Pryor and on the phone by current Royals Catcher Brayan Pena. Greg told stories about 1985 and was the target of our trivia question. Brayan told us why he loves the Royals, America, what he thinks of Sal Perez and Humberto Quintero and much much more! The KC Baseball Vault is on EVERY Thursday from 6-7 PM On ESPN 1510 AM in KC, World wide at 1510.com. Don't forget to join the guys Sundays from 7-...
Jun 21, 2012•1 hr
All four of the members of the Royalman Report were in the Man Cave on Father's Day to celebrate a series win over the Cardinals, and in the shadow of a 15 inning victory over the Redbirds. We spent some time in the first segment recapping that series and a great week of exciting games. In our second segment we all got a little sappy talking about our favorite Father's Day and Baseball stories. As is usually the case, the talk turns to what to do about our rotation and when we're going to call u...
Jun 18, 2012•1 hr 30 min
Jeff Herr, Troy Olsen and Jeff Logan took over the hosting duties while Michael Engel and Chris Kamler were out on assignment. They were joined on the phone by Betty Caywood-Bushman and Monte Moore, the original announcers of the KC A's. We then talked about the Brewers series, the minor leagues, the T-Bones and the upcoming Royals Series. We then talked about the recent moves for the Royals. Next Week We have Danny Jackson and Greg Pryor in studio. Join us every Thursday, 6-7pm on ESPN 1510....
Jun 15, 2012•1 hr
Jeff Logan and the guys from the Royalman Report returned to the ESPN 1510 studios with a fresh Royals draft behind us, Paulino being hurt and hopes of returns of some of the DL'ed Royals Players. They were joined by Buddy Biancalana who was funny and real about his career and the amazing 1985 Championship run. The guys talked about the minor league All Stars, Clint Robinson being called up, the Royals Major Announcement and the Draft Picks. The Royalman Report also announced the details of the ...
Jun 08, 2012•1 hr
The Royals had a great start to the homestand, taking 2 out or 3 from the Athletics and we were joined by KCTV 5's Brad Fanning to break down the series. Brad also talked to us about his story on the Royals Baseball Academy that graduated MLB'ers such as Frank White and Texas Manager Ron Washington. Then we were joined by Wilmington Blue Rock's starting pitcher Jason Adam who talked to us about needing run support and Twitter. We finished the show with Royalman's Rant and what may or may not be ...
Jun 04, 2012•1 hr 29 min
Chris, Troy, Mike, Joff H and Jeff L kicked off another week of their show on ESPN 1510. They were joined by former KC A's catcher and current Colorado Sky Sox Hitting Coach, Rene Lachemann. He told us about his days with the A's along with other stories from his 50 years in baseball. They were also joined by Andy from HighHeatstats.com as High Heat made their Royals Mount Rushmore. The guys also did their normal banter talking about Wil Myers, Jason Adam, Melky Cabrera, and more. They took a lo...
Jun 01, 2012•1 hr
Pretty slow week with the Royals taking a 3-game series from the Orioles, but losing a series earlier in the week to the Yankees. So we did what we do best... yammer about stuff. On this week's Memorial Day episode, we were joined by podcast veterans Laurie Kunkel and Chris Atkins and hit such topics as in-stadium proposals, the Royalman NASCAR sponsorship. We also recapped the soap opera that Danny Duffy quitting twitter has resulted in. We also recapped the all-star event that the Royalman Rep...
May 28, 2012•52 min
In our third episode of the Kansas City Baseball Vault, we had the pleasure to speak with legendary groundskeeper George Toma. Toma shared stories of working the grounds at Municipal Stadium when the A's were in Kansas City, working with Charlie Finley and an incident with monkeys let loose in the ballpark. No, really. We also got to talk with John Sadak (@johnsadak) the voice of the Wilmington Blue Rocks. Sadak discussed the progress of Jason Adam, Yordano Ventura, Cheslor Cuthbert and gave us ...
May 25, 2012•1 hr
Our intrepid reporter, Fake Ned, also known as Chris Kamler, spent last weekend in Omaha with the Storm Chasers. We present to you a short show compiled of interviews with members of the Storm Chasers staff. You'll hear an interview with Martie Cordero, the GM of the Chasers about Werner Park and what a great option it is for a short summer trip. We also talked to Park Hill South alum Tommy Hottovy about his tour with the Royals earlier this year and some advise he has for Danny Duffy. Finally, ...
May 25, 2012•37 min
After a series loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Royalmen focused this week on the pitching woes of the starting staff and what type of help might be available in the minor leagues. Fake Ned produced some sound from his recent trip to Omaha as he talked to Pitchers Tommy Hottovy and Jake Odorizzi as well as Storm Chasers General Manager Martie Cordero. The boys finally focued on what's going right with the team as the bats of Billy #CountryBreakfast Butler and Mike Moustakas are carrying thi...
May 21, 2012•1 hr 18 min
This week on the Kansas City Baseball Vault, we jumped right into the future of Royals baseball, welcoming Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus and ESPN.com and discussing Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi and their potential to reach the big leagues this year, Eric Hosmer's slumps, Mike Montgomery's trouble, Mike Moustakas's success and a few other prospects down the pipe. Goldstein and the Baseball Prospectus crew will be in Kansas City July 8 for an All-Star Weekend conference at the Negro League Ba...
May 18, 2012•1 hr
We were out last week while we prepared for the debut of the Kansas City Baseball Vault but came back with plenty to talk about, including Danny Duffy's injury and his potential replacements in the rotation. We all figure he'll see DL time (and at time of the episode's upload no announcement had been made by the team), and we discussed the Royals injury problems this year and how it impacts the rest of the year. The team's been playing better, though, so we brought up the possibility of a resurg...
May 14, 2012•1 hr 24 min
Well kids we made it to the radio! 1 year ago KCRoyalman made a podcast called the Royalman Report hoping to take it to the radio airwaves. Enter Jeff Logan and the Historical Society who asked us to help host his new show, The Kansas City Baseball Vault. This first episode we talked about the current Royals along with the history of baseball in Kansas City. We were joined by Mike Hershberger of the KC A's and Clint Robinson, 1b/DH for the Omaha Stormchasers. Listen live every Thursday 6-7pm on ...
May 11, 2012•1 hr
The powers that be decided to let Jeff "airquotes" Herr run the show this week and he put together a doozy. After opening with the end of the Royals losing streak and how bad it actually got. In our second segment, we were joined by Alan Jaeger of Jaeger Sports. Alan is an expert in pitching mechanics and trains the "long toss" program. We spoke with him about the pros and cons of Minor Leaguers using long toss and how that training program is sometimes squelched by Major League clubs. We examin...
Apr 30, 2012•1 hr 26 min
The Royals' losing streak hit ten games and the Royalman Report went into therapy mode. We spent some time discussing the streak, but then we focused on the silver linings and we were able to find a few. Mixed in we had Jeff laying on our "therapy couch", we had talks of naked batting practice, Cool Runnings and Kelly's Westport Ben. This streak has been rough on all of us, but hopefully this episode will be a nice distraction until our next win.
Apr 23, 2012•1 hr 7 min
We spent the morning of Royals Opening Day dodging raindrops and podcasting from an undisclosed location that may or may not have been near or in the Truman Sports Complex. We spent 90 minutes at a wonderful tailgate in anticipation of what would be a beatdown of Luke Hochevar and the Royals. However, before that happened, we talked with hosts Troy Olsen @kcroyalman, Michael Engel @michaelengel and Chris Kamler @thefakened about Opening Day memories, favorite tailgates and booze. We were joined ...
Apr 14, 2012•1 hr 33 min
The bunting was out for the Royals 2012 Opening Day, only the fourth being held by Major League Baseball this week. But the Royalman Report checked the schedules and confirmed the day. We broadcast live from our great sponsor, Kelly's Westport Inn for an Opening Day pre-game show. The "B" team of Chris Kamler and Jeff Herr let things off with our predictions for the upcoming season. Then we took it around the room to many of our favorite listeners (and even Mrs. Fake Ned). Listen closely, as you...
Apr 08, 2012•1 hr
We were pleased to feature a trio of local sports commentators on the latest Royalman Report. Curtis Kitchen covers a bit of everything at CurtisKitchen.com but primarily focuses on the Big XII and Kansas State sports. He also works with 610 sports. He joined us to discuss the Frank Martin escape from Manhattan and the state of KSU basketball. We then jumped into Royals baseball with Nate Bukaty, who you’ll recognize from his reporting during the Royals pregame and postgame shows. We covered a b...
Apr 03, 2012•1 hr 28 min
The Royalmen celebrated the First "podiversary" of the Royalman Report. What once started as two Royals fans trying to organize their thoughts has now turned into this... The best podcast in Kansas City. To celebrate, we recorded live from Kelly's Westport Inn and were joined by dozens of our closest friends in our biggest tweetup yet. During this episode, you'll hear about tattoos, the burning of Peyton Manning, the Royals closer situation as well as Fat Billy Joel. You'll hear young Zachary, a...
Mar 26, 2012•1 hr 25 min
We weren't in the Man Cave, but we still got it together to have a full discussion on the Royalman Report. It was a busy week for the Royals and we covered the Salvador Perez injury and his potential replacements after surgery. Alcides Escobar signed an extension and we covered the importance and the symbolic gesture behind it. We dug into the pitching staff, particularly the final two starting spots, the enigma that is Luis Mendoza and the overstocked bullpen. We even tossed in a bit of Chiefs ...
Mar 17, 2012•1 hr 29 min
With Senior Editor Michael Engel out on assignment this week, the Royalmen were joined by Justin Ivey of The French Quarter fan club. The men were educated for the majority of the hour by Jason Parks (@ProfessorParks) from Baseball Prospectus and the Up and In Podcast. We talked with Jason about his impressions of Royals Spring Training, who he saw that was "awful" and who impressed him. We also talked Jeff Francouer, Yuniesky Bettancourt and his flagrant man-love for Eric Hosmer. Make plans to ...
Mar 13, 2012•1 hr 12 min
On the day before the first Royals spring training game, we gathered on a Saturday night for an episode of the Royalman Report where we discussed the Royals camp news to that point, the addition of Bruce Chen (@ChenMusic) and Willie Aikens (@WAikens) to Twitter and some of the best tweets from Royals players this spring. We also talked at length about Salvador Perez, his extension, and his potential on the team now and going into the future. We also got minor league pitcher Brooks Pounders on th...
Mar 05, 2012•1 hr 26 min
A random meeting in the Kauffman Stadium Team Store led Troy "Royalman" Olsen to meet Royals Assistant General Manager J.J. Picollo. After a brief conversation, J.J. agreed to join us on the Royalman Report and this is the result. Picollo discussed the things the Royals are looking at in Surprise during spring training, who he expects to bounce back, and who the Royals hope to see big breakouts from. The team's thoughts behind the Yuniesky Betancourt signing and reflections on negotiations with ...
Feb 27, 2012•1 hr 19 min
