Royals split squad Friday March 21 Spring Training Gamethread
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If I understand the schedule correctly, you can listen to the Mariners game on MLB Audio. The game against the Athletics is in a void; there will be no radio or television broadcast. If no one can listen to it on the radio or watch it on TV, did it really happen? Who knows. The Athletics are a team flailing around like a silk scarf in the wind.
Michael Lorenzen is scheduled to take the hill against the Mariners. Cole Ragans will start the game against the Athletics.
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