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The Year Of The Card

The Year Of The Card--Jose Rosado, 1999
A promising young lefthanded pitcher. No way that can go wrong. Right?
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The Year Of The Card--Bo Jackson, 1989
When the Royals had probably the "coolest" player on the planet.
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The Year Of The Card--Wally Bunker, 1969
So much of baseball is about timing.
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The Year Of The Card--Jim Rooker, 1970
Perhaps it is due to the fact that I grew up watching American League baseball, but I much prefer the DH to watching pitchers hit.
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The Year Of The Card--Pat Kelly, 1970
I’m certainly guilty of it myself, but I feel like when Royals fans discuss the many trades the team made in the franchise’s early days, we tend to…
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The Year Of The Card--Jeff Conine, 1998
I admit up front, this is an unusual entry in this series.
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The Year Of The Card--Roger Nelson, 1969
As has been mentioned in this space plenty of times, the expansion-era Royals, led by general manager Cedric Tallis, had a knack for acquiring…
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The Year Of The Card--Jose Lind, 1993
Middle infielders who don’t hit well--it’s a Royals tradition.
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The Year Of The Card--Joe Foy, 1969
For a man who played just one season in Royal blue, Joe Foy has an important place in team history.
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The Year Of The Card--Danny Jackson, 1985
As the 2020 season nears, Royals fans are understandably excited about the stockpile of pitching prospects the team has accumulated.
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The Year Of The Card--Bret Saberhagen, 1989
Which season would you pick as the most dominant pitching performance in Royals history?
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The Year Of The Card: Al Fitzmorris, 1975
The poets (and I guess I consider myself one) will tell you that the beauty of baseball is that it is timeless and unchanging and all that jazz.
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