The Indians also have a divisional rivalry with the Kansas City Royals, mainly due to numerous bench clearing brawls in the recent past.

In recent years the rivalry with Minnesota has become more prominent, with the Twins ' consistent standings atop the division, as well as the relatively short drive between the two clubs in which many fans from Minnesota make the trip and heavily populate Royals home games versus the Twins.

Forgotten in recent years is the old division rivalry between the Royals and the Oakland Athletics.

Throughout their recent history, the Royals have enjoyed minor league affiliation with D. C. United, the nearby Major League Soccer franchise.

It is also the most recent playoff appearance for the Royals.

The Royals began 2011 with a hot start with a 10-4 record after 14 games, but success faded as the season progressed.

Most noted for his success as a manager, he led the Kansas City Royals to three consecutive playoff appearances from 1976 to 1978.

Appier enjoyed the most success with the Royals in the early-to-mid 1990s as one of the league's earned run average leaders, a Cy Young Award contender in and culminating in with a selection to the American League All-Star team.

He enjoyed great success with the " Royals " forming a formidable partnership with Kevin Doyle as Reading gained promotion to the Premier League in 2006.

The Royals did, however, see promising seasons from two rookies, center fielder David DeJesus and starting pitcher Zack Greinke.

He was however slated to appear in the 2012 edition of the Indian Premier League as the captain of Rajasthan Royals

The arrival of the Colorado Rockies, however, removed virtually all of the western portion of the Royals ' once-vast home territory.

He lost the game, however, in the 13th, as the Kansas City Royals emerged 4-3 victors.

He found a home in the British Army, however, and served two years as a non-commissioned officer in the Household Cavalry ( the Blues and Royals ) on the East German border during the 1950s.

The Royals, however, came back to even the series after two games in Kansas City, with McGraw picking up the loss in game three.

His skill did not hold in the ALCS, however, where he went 0-1 with an 8. 71 earned run average in two starts as the Blue Jays fell to the Kansas City Royals in seven games.

Terry Park Ballfield ( also known as the Park T. Pigott Memorial Stadium ) in East Fort Myers is currently not in use, however, it is the former home of the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Royals.

Affeldt struggled as a starter with the Royals, however, as he went 2 – 5 with a 7. 80 ERA in nine starts.

Aikens hit. 400 for the series, however, the Royals lost the World Series in six games.

His Royals returned to the post season, however, were swept by the Oakland Athletics in the 1981 American League Division Series.

They were defeated, however, by the Montreal Royals.

He did not appear in the 1978 American League Championship Series against the Kansas City Royals, however, he appeared in four of the six games of the World Series, and had two hits in twelve at-bats.

In 1986, Sundberg helped the Royals pitching staff lead the league in earned run average, however they fell to third place in the American League's Western Division.

In the World Series, however, San Diego was no match for Sparky Anderson's Detroit Tigers, a team that had won 104 games during the regular season ( having gone a record 35 – 5 by late May ) and swept the Kansas City Royals in the ALCS.

The single bright spot of an otherwise dismal season was the 3-1 victory over Northern Virginia Royals at the end of May ; elsewhere, however, Chaos suffered defeat after defeat, and having to endure a 7-game winless streak until the final game of the season, when they bested new boys Fredericksburg Gunners 3-2.

The eighth inning, however, proved to be the most memorable inning of the game, with the Royals clinging to their 3 – 2 lead and the Yankees threatening.

He spent with the Omaha Royals, but again failed to make the major league club, however, following his retirement as a player, Meacham received his first minor league coaching job from the Kansas City Royals.

Sawyer would remain in the game as a scout, however, for the Phils and the Kansas City Royals.

Picked by many to win their division in 2004 after faring well in the free agent market, the Royals got off to a disappointing start and by late June were back in a rebuilding mode, releasing veteran reliever Curtis Leskanic and trading veteran reliever Jason Grimsley and superstar center fielder Carlos Beltrán for prospects, all within a week of each other.

This brought a new rival for the Royals, as well as a new team in Ohio.

The 1998 season and the Royals were featured in the book " Unlucky: A Season of Struggle in Minor League Professional Soccer " by Dave Ungrady, who trained and played briefly for the Royals as well.

Local brands owned by British American Tobacco include: Benson & Hedges ( Bangladesh ), Belmont ( Colombia, Chile and Venezuela ), Jockey Club ( Argentina ), Stradbroke ( Australia ), Hollywood ( Brazil ), du Maurier ( Canada ), Prince ( Denmark ), North State ( Finland ), HB ( Germany ), Sopianae ( Hungary ), Wills ( India ), Ardath, Bentoel, and Country ( Indonesia ), Carrolls, Carrolls Kings, Grand Parade, Black Allen ( Germany ), Sweet Afton, Major ( Ireland ), Boots, Alas ( Mexico ), Gold Leaf ( Bangladesh, Pakistan ), Jan III Sobieski ( Poland ), Yava Gold ( Russia ), Courtleigh ( South Africa ), Benson & Hedges, Dunhill, Kent, Pall Mall, Perilly's, Peter Stuyvesant, and Rothmans ( Malaysia ), Parisienne ( Switzerland ), Maltepe ( Turkey ) and Xon ( Uzbekistan ), Marlboro ( with Philip Morris International ) ( Bangladesh ) Craven A ( Vietnam and Jamaica ) as well as BAT snus, Holiday, Freedom and Park Drive ( New Zealand ) Royals ( UK ), Embassy ( Kenya ), Viceroy, Newport, Lucky Strike in Dominican Republic and Delta in El Salvador.

As a grandson of Queen Victoria, the Duke was a first cousin of King George V of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India, as well as being a first cousin to the following European Royals: Queen Maud of Norway, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse, Empress Alexandra of Russia, Queen Marie of the Romanians, Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden, Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain, Queen Sophia of the Hellenes, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, and Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont ( the last two through his mother ).

The British force consisted of 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, a troop of the Blues & Royals, with two FV101 Scorpion and two FV107 Scimitar light tanks, as well as artillery support from two batteries of 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery and naval gunfire support provided by's 4. 5-in gun.

The zoo is adjacent to Rosenblatt Stadium, former home of the College World Series and the Triple-A Omaha Royals of the Pacific Coast League, as well as the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.

The stadium was razed and rebuilt prior to the 1955 baseball season and hosted the American League Kansas City Athletics from 1955 to 1967, the American League Kansas City Royals from 1969 to 1972, and the American Football League and National Football League Kansas City Chiefs from 1963 to 1971, as well as other short-lived professional teams.

A less noticed ( at the time ) aspect of Herzog's offensive philosophy was his preference for patient hitters with high on-base percentages: such players included Royals Brett, Hal McRae, and Amos Otis, and Cardinals Clark, Keith Hernandez, José Oquendo, and Ozzie Smith, as well as Darrell Porter, who played for Herzog in both Kansas City and St. Louis.

The stadium was also home to the Vancouver Whitecaps of the North American Soccer League during the 1970s and early 1980s, as well as the Vancouver Royals of the same league for their only year of play in 1968.

Norris spun a complete game shutout in the first round of the playoffs against the Kansas City Royals and pitched well in the AL Championship Series against the New York Yankees despite getting hit with a loss there.

The company owns the Los Angeles Galaxy, 50 % of the Houston Dynamo, 50 % of the Los Angeles Kings, Ontario Reign, Manchester Monarchs, Eisbären Berlin with Berlin O2 World Ice-Arena, Hamburg Freezers, 49 % of Hammarby IF Fotboll, as well as interests in the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Sparks, Hartford Colonials and Reading Royals.

During this exciting upcoming season, as an affiliate of a team with great history, the Royals plan to highlight the rich tradition of hockey in Reading-as well as Boston, an Original Six team.

His speed worked well with the Royals ' team philosophy of speed and defense.

as well as the Martensville Maddogs football team and the high school team Martensville Royals.

In 1974, Osborn became the sports director of TV station KMBA in Kansas City, Missouri, where he covered the NHL Kansas City Scouts as well as handling telecasts of the Kansas City Royals in 1975.

With an historic 19-game winning streak on the line and the game against the Kansas City Royals tied at 11 after the A's had blown an 11-0 lead, he pinch-hit with one out and the bases empty and drove a 1-0 pitch well over the right center field wall for a walk-off home run to give the A's a 12-11 win and an American League record 20-game winning streak ( the overall record, without ties, is 21 games, held by the 1935 Chicago Cubs ; the 1916 New York Giants had won 26 straight games with an interspersed tie for a record 27-game unbeaten streak ).

The Willie O ' Ree hockey rink has been open since 2008, and the Royals Field has been refurbished as well.

Moorebank also fields a soccer team in the Southern Districts Soccer Football Association, a cricket team in the Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Association, a baseball team ( the Royals ) in the Bankstown District Baseball Association and has netball and fishing clubs as well.

During the season, Blue Jays general manager J. P. Ricciardi criticized Wells, as well as teammates Troy Glaus and Shea Hillenbrand, for failure to perform during key situations after two losses to the Kansas City Royals just before the 2006 All-Star break.

In February 2008 it was announced that White was joining FSN Kansas City to serve as a part-time color commentator on Royals telecasts ( filling in for Paul Splittorff on select games ), as well as an analyst on the channel's Royals Live postgame show.