VidCon 2025 took place this past weekend in Anaheim, California. And for the first time in its 14-year history, it had a pickleball activation. Let that sink in. For those unfamiliar, think of VidCon like Comic-Con, but swap the superheroes for influencers, viral stars, and Gen Z icons. This year, the convention hosted thousands of … Read more
The Kansas City Royals jumped out to an immediate three-run lead against the Texas Rangers, and while it turns out that is all they would need, Kansas City scored three more to put together a decisive 6-1 victory. Royals pitchers dominated all game. Seth Lugo started and has looked more and more like his 2024 … Read more
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Kansas City Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Jac Caglianone has finally been selected to the Royals roster and made his Major … Read more
The Royals’ offense has been one of the worst in baseball, and their slow start has resulted in a wide variety of changes in their batting order all season. The first four or five hitters for the Royals rarely change, but the back end of their lineup is consistently a revolving door, with hopes of … Read more
In a perfect world, the Braves would have an easy solution to getting both Drake Baldwin and Sean Murphy into the lineup on a nightly basis. It would surely help the team’s overall offensive production as approach. But such is life, you can only play one catcher, and short of bumping Marcell Ozuna out of … Read more
The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there’s a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play. As far as heralded accomplishments that can be achieved in one contest, … Read more
Drives are a lot of fun to hit! But unfortunately, that doesn’t mean that we should hit a drive on every third shot. There are some situations where the drive is the most effective third shot option, and others where the drop is the most effective option. Here is how you can determine whether you … Read more
We all know how bad Robert Sanchez is and we are all angry and completely puzzled as to why the manager keeps picking him, and why the club have not already replaced him with a top new number one. This is probably THE worst situation and THE most baffling one at our club right now, … Read more
Going into the offseason, outfield was a clear need for the Royals. They made a few rumored bids to improve their outfield situation, but nothing really came to fruition. As a result, according to FanGraphs’ depth charts Hunter Renfroe is once again slated to get about half of the plate appearances in right field in … Read more
Pace doesn’t phase strong players. That is a universal truth in pickleball. The stronger your opponents, the less likely it is that you will beat them simply by hitting hard, which means that you’ll need to beat them using placement. If you’re hitting an overhead, and your opponents are pinned at the baseline, they won’t … Read more