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Sources: Royals to move in fences at Kauffman Stadium Jeff Passan Jan 13, 2026, 11:00 AM ET • Like 33 The Kansas City Royals are moving the majority of their outfield fence in by 10 feet, drastically changing the offensive environment of a notoriously bad stadium for home run hitting into one the team hopes will play as league-average, sources told ESPN. The decision, which the Royals are expected to announce Tuesday, comes after years of discussion by Kansas City's front office about tinkering with dimensions and months after the organization commissioned its analytics department to find a palatable middle ground between the fly ball dead zone of Kauffman Stadium and other stadiums where home runs soar at extreme rates. "We want a neutral ballpark where if you hit a ball well, it should be a home run," Royals general manager J.J. Picollo told ESPN. "The second they start feeling like they can't get the ball out of the ballpark, they start changing their swing. I watched it for years and years and years, and I just felt like this is the time to try to push it and see if everything we felt for however many years is accurate." The Royals will keep center field at 410 feet.

A true beat down. I have some good friends in Pittsburgh and they might well be affected by this loss, but some of my animosities run deeper than friendship.

I don’t usually root for anything from Texas other than Willie Nelson. But I want Houston to beat the Steelers tonight.

Hey pal, this is the “complaints department.” We only handle complaints here… 😉

It’s not like Philadelphia is a version of heaven on earth… But yeah, I hear ya.

But if the world comes to an end, he’ll get screwed…

When I was a kid, I thought the Bears were kind of lovable because Bobby Douglas, their scrambling quarterback, would run for more yards than he could pass. I no longer really care, but if it’s a choice between Green Bay and the Bears, it’s the Bears all the way.

You make it sound so bad… but most everyone in baseball seems to be doing their version of running with the big dogs so you’ve got a point. I was never expecting Bregman. But I was expecting a lot more than what’s happened.

So do we need to condemn Scott Harris for being cheap and not offering him $45 million a year to play in a ballpark far less suited to his abilities?

And Ted Williams missed six years due to war. And he didn’t face the kind of pitching that he would face today but still he was basically unbelievable and even facing today’s pitching I get the feeling he would’ve made the adjustments necessary to still be reallt really good.

I am totally boring. I’ve never had success betting so I’ve never had a chance to get addicted. I also don’t drink or smoke or use drugs or buy sex… anymore.

Watching Jason announce Arizona v Kansas State in Big 12 play on FS1. Basketball is a pretty fast-paced game and there’s not much time for Jason‘s witticisms to take flight. He can do it all. I love his voice and after listening to him on Tigers broadcasts, whenever I hear him anywhere it feels like I’m home. It’s the Wildcats versus the Wildcats. I’m really happy for this man’s success. He’s a joy to listen to. “Bear Down“ Arizona, as we Tucsonans say. And even though I haven’t lived there in 38 years that’s where my formative development took place. A part of me still considers it home.

Get well Mark.

I loved Marvin. His voice made you feel like you knew him, like you were on a first name basis with him, and it’s tragic how he died. It makes me sad.

I don’t know how I missed this thread discussion about Ernie and Feliciano. I was there at the fifth game of the World Series in 1968 when José Feliciano sang his version of the Star-Spangled Banner and by my recollection, people in the third base box seats where I was sitting were more stunned than angry about it. When I got home and became aware of the news regarding it, I was really perplexed. It makes me love Ernie even more.

Losing on purpose sounds Avilaesque.

Nobody from California was damn fool enough to come to Indiana that I knew of. No, we were hicks in the sticks, making it all up. Making a reference about “Californians“ was a way of acting like you knew something when you didn’t.

When I lived in Indiana merely slowing down at a stop sign and then continuing was referred to as a “California stop.“ I’m not sure why, but I think we just all thought that everything was legal in California for some reason.

Although I’m just a bandwagoner in all this, I’m rooting for a .500+ season because I don’t know any better. And my local FOX affiliate in Idaho is actually letting me watch a game with two Midwest teams. I’m sure simply because of “da Bears.” But I’ll take it if they’re giving it to me.

This is one of these places where I can’t join you all in celebration of Michigan basketball because I lived in Tucson for 13 years and enjoyed the beginning of Lute Olsen era of University of Arizona Wildcat basketball after a 4-24 record the previous year. But I wish you all the best and think that Michigan’s number one standing in several poles is well justified.

I think the guillotine and the terror of the French Revolution is a good solution.

In terms of Vince Gilligan‘s Pluribus it appears he is in no hurry to get going on a second season. He said he’s tired he’s old and if you want quality work, you can’t just grind it out mechanically. So people will have to find something else to divert their minds from reality. Apparently he’s telling us in a roundabout way to “get a life.”