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The American Royal is a livestock show, horse show, rodeo, and barbecue competition held each year in September – November at various sites in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The Future Farmers of America (now the National FFA Organization) was founded during the annual Royal. The Kansas City Royals professional baseball team derived its ...
The Kansas City Royals' season of 2010 was the 42nd for the Royals franchise. It was also the 25th anniversary of their first World Series championship ( 1985 ). The Royals' payroll as the 2010 season opened was $70 million (21st in the major leagues).
The name "Royals" pays homage to the American Royal, a livestock show, horse show, rodeo, and championship barbecue competition held annually in Kansas City since 1899, [7] [8] as well as the identical names of two former Negro league baseball teams that played in the first half of the 20th century (one was a semi-pro team based in Kansas City ...
2.2 American League Championship Series MVP. ... in 2010 and then the "Esurance MLB Awards" in 2015. ... Kansas City Royals#Retired numbers. 5 - George Brett; 10 ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals have hired Ned Yost as a senior adviser to general manager J.J. Picollo, bringing back the manager who led them to back-to-back American League pennants and a ...
Additional American Royal livestock buildings were built adjoining Kemper in 1991–92 at a cost of $33.4 million (the City of Kansas City built the original American Royal Arena in 1922 nearby for about $650,000) In 1997, a $23 million expansion made significant changes to the original Jahn design—most notably a glass-enclosed east lobby.
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On May 13, 2010, Yost was named manager of the Kansas City Royals, replacing Trey Hillman. Prior to the 2012 season, the Royals signed Yost to a contract extension through the 2013 season. In the 2013 season, Yost posted an 86–76 record with the Royals, [11] their first winning season since 2003.