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The Kansas City Royals went from one of the worst teams in MLB last year to the playoffs this season. They lost the American League Division Series to the New York Yankees three games to one.

The Kansas City Royals have defeated the Baltimore Orioles in two straight games in the 2024 American League Wild Card Series. Now, they'll move on to face the New York Yankees in the next round.

Few might have guessed the Kansas City Royals would be competing in the MLB playoffs in 2024, after last season's near-last-place finish. Matt LaMar, editor of Royals Review from SB Nation, told KCUR's Up To Date the key moves that led to the historic turnaround season.

The Kansas City Royals clinched an American League wild card despite a 3-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Friday, after the Minnesota Twins were eliminated with a 7-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.

The Kansas City Royals tied the worst record in team history last year, with 56 wins and 106 losses. Just one season later, they're on pace to make the playoffs.

A statue of the baseball great, stolen and destroyed earlier this year, was replaced during a ceremony Monday night. The man who stole the statue was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the theft.

Attendance at Kauffman Stadium for Royals games is up, as of the MLB All-Star break, after their near-record-worst year last season. Across the state in St. Louis, the Cardinals have seen a drop in fans.

Kansas City author Phil Dixon has spent decades arguing that Major League Baseball should incorporate Negro Leagues statistics into its record books. That finally happened on Wednesday.

Major League Baseball's record books were officially updated Wednesday to include Negro Leaguers who played in one of seven leagues from 1920 to 1948.

Metalsmiths in Colorado are remaking Jackie Robinson in bronze after the theft of a beloved statue of the civil rights baseball icon from a park in Wichita, Kansas, set off a national outpouring of donations.

Only about 5% of college baseball players and coaches are African American. At Kansas Christian College, team leaders have made a deliberate effort to recruit from inner-city Kansas City — boosting Black representation in the process.

The 1954 landmark Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education marks its 70th anniversary today. While lead plaintiff Oliver Brown is the most well-known figure in the desegregation case, there were 12 Black women alongside him. Plus: A small Kansas college is trying something unique to recruit Black baseball players.