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Leftridge: Royals’ Surprise Report (Surprise, I’m Not There)
Once upon a time, John Lamb was the future of the Royals. He threw a vicious fastball with movement, and he did it with his left hand. Baseball America said he was the 18th best prospect in 2011. Shortly after … Continue reading
Leftridge: Goodbye Garth, Hello Better Tomorrow
There are two infallible truths in baseball: superstition and tradition… They’re both unavoidable, even if the first isn’t always as widely visible. What I mean is that we didn’t see Wade Boggs scarf down chicken before each and every game. … Continue reading
Leftridge: TV Time: The Americans Returns Next Week, Will Probably be Good
If you haven’t watched the first season of FX’s The Americans, there’s still some time to check it out before Wednesday night’s premier. It’s not on Netflix, though, so you’ll have to find it on whatever virus-riddled Slovakian website you … Continue reading
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Leftridge: Pitchers and Catchers Report, Royals Poised for Perfect Season
I went to see a band called Neutral Milk Hotel on Thursday night, and it was outstanding… For the uninitiated—and trying to keep this as brief as possible—NMH was a band founded by probably-sometimes-crazy front man Jeff Mangum in Athens, … Continue reading
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Leftridge: Welp, Here Come the Olympics
I’m a hypocrite. I get it, and I’m okay with this… See, in last week’s Super Bowl preview piece, I spent a lot of words on the ridiculousness of media week, and specifically, on the “human interest” side of football. … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Leftridge, Elvis Stojko, Olympics, Russia
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Leftridge: Let’s Just Play the Super Bowl, Already
The worst part about the Super Bowl isn’t when they trot out the washed-up and/or hardly appealing “stars” for the halftime show… Nor is it the desolate stretch of barren time between the conclusion of the conference championship games and … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Leftridge, cleft palate, NFL, Super Bowl
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Leftridge: Buying Booze in Kansas
There are many important things to consider when moving to a new city… How are the schools? Will my children finish each day happy, confident and learned, or is there a high probability that they’ll be knifed at the water … Continue reading
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Tagged booze, Brandon Leftridge, Johnson County
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Leftridge: The Completely Hilarious Thing That Richard Sherman Did
So by now, you’ve seen it… You saw it live or you saw Karen Kornacki blathering about it, or maybe you saw it on social media or Jim Rome has already released some sort of “hot take” on it. But … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Leftridge, racism, Richard Sherman, Seahawks
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Leftridge: Your Conference Championship Winners
Even though the Chiefs are in decompression mode—quickly losing focus with video games, weed, unhealthy eating habits and extended excursions to exotic locales—that doesn’t mean the world ends. It doesn’t mean that there still isn’t some fantastic playoff football to … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Leftridge, Denver, NFL Playoffs, Seattle
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Leftridge: Totally Solid 2014 Sports Predictions
2013 was a year of tragedy, triumphant and tribulation in the sports world. Blah, blah, blah. Okay, it was mostly like any other year, really, which always seems to include equal measures of sorrow and agony as well as jubilation … Continue reading
Leftridge: Chiefs Lose, How They’re Like Breaking Bad (Hear Me Out)
I was going to sit down and write about the Chiefs’ loss. How it makes me feel. How it ripped my heart out and shat all over it, unceremoniously. How it’s not surprising, but it’s no less disheartening. How we … Continue reading
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Leftridge: Why the Chiefs Will Win Their First Playoff Game in 20 Years
Here we are, on the precipice of the Chiefs’ biggest game in 20 years, and it doesn’t really feel like it. Oh sure, the fountains are bloodbath-red, and there are roving hordes of local news people standing in a frigid … Continue reading
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Leftridge: Last Minute Ideas for New Year’s Eve Celebrations
Consider New Year’s Eve. It’s not a holiday in the truest sense of the word. It doesn’t involve the birth of a savior, the independence of a country or a gigantic rabbit rising from the dead in order to gallivant … Continue reading
Leftridge: Royals Offseason Moves A-Ok (Like the New Outfielder Aoki– Get it?)
Well, the Chiefs have locked up a playoff spot for official, and they’ve got an important game this weekend against the Indianapolis Colts (who likely figure to be KC’s first round opponent, too), but I’m sure another writer will post … Continue reading
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Tagged Aoki=A-ok, Brandon Leftridge, Hot Stove, KC Royals
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Leftridge: KSHB’s Jack Harry Offends, Fails to Admit Mistake
Jumping beans. Jakarta. Java. Javelin… These are all words that start with the letter “J.” Grandpa. Gross. Golf. Groundhog. These are all words that start with the letter “G.” Sometimes, you can get a “g” word that starts with a … Continue reading
Leftridge: Will the Royals Land Beltran, and Should They?
When a friend with inside knowledge told me on Tuesday (before it was being reported elsewhere) that free agent outfielder Carlos Beltran was visiting Kauffman Stadium and being wooed like a five star recruit—replete with the highlight real on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Leftridge, Carlos Beltran, KC Royals
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Leftridge: Thanksgiving Food, Ranked
According to some religion or another, we all know that gluttony is a sin, but we also know that aside from the whole “oh, boy am I so thankful for _______” aspect of the holiday, gluttony is the impetus of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Leftridge, hobo-murder, Stuffing, Thanksgiving, turkey
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Leftridge: Royals Offseason Chugs Along; My Predictions
The 2003-2004 offseason was an important one for the Kansas City Royals. Riding high on their first winning record since 1994 and picked by many to be an ’04 favorite to win the division, they did what any self-respecting organization … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Leftridge, Emilio, Jamey Carroll fail, KC Royals
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Leftridge: Chiefs Key to Success Hinges on Winning the Game
The Chiefs are less than three days away from what is inarguably their biggest test in 10 years. Not since the 2003 season’s playoff matchup against the Indianapolis Colts has a game meant this much. (I’m excusing 2010’s anomaly from … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Leftridge, Broncos, KC chiefs, Papa Johns
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Leftridge: Chiefs Midseason Report Card, One Game Late
Last year, I didn’t do a “midyear progress report” on the Chiefs, because how do you even grade horseshit? It would have looked something like, “oh man, is this team bad. I mean, really, REALLY bad. F’s all around. The … Continue reading
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