The mood's always interesting before these matchups against St. Louis. On the one hand, there's our healthy AL chauvinism. On the other, there's a natural pessimism regarding games against the Cardinals, as well as lots of angst surrounding the possibility of the K being overrun with "the best fans in baseball".

• 2007 Draft Class (Rounds 1-5) | Kings of Kauffman | A Kansas City Royals Blog
• Brian Bannister: The Five Inning Pitcher
• More of the Same - Royals Authority
• Minda pimps for Omar Quintanilla at Royal Blues
• Mellinger Rants on the Royals
• Baseball Prospectus | Unfiltered - Rant Against Retrograde Stadium Design

• Willis Back to the DL; Figaro to Start Saturday - Bless You Boys
• It's never to early to start worrying about resigning Albert Pujols I guess. 
• Khalil Greene may be reactivated soon. Baseball has found a way to cure social anxiety/depression in two weeks!
• The Columbus Dispatch : Rochester pounds Columbus starter Cassel from start (Oh, and some guy named Huber had two hits as well. I love Rochester Wings baseball!)
• Revisiting the projections - Viva El Birdos
• Fact or Fiction: Dogs Can Talk: Scientific American (But can they play shortstop?)
• This is an oldie but a goodie: Evaluating Defense | U.S.S. Mariner
• Pedro Martinez to the Rays Seems Unlikely Based on Asking Price - DRaysBay
• Royals are actually in the top ten, and bested by only one NL team: BtB Power Rankings: Through Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 - Beyond the Box Score
• Granderson’s Odd Season | FanGraphs Baseball
• Nationals Shopping Dunn & Johnson
• I've often wondered, would I rather teach in a HS, or in prison.