The Kansas City Royals are expected to host the 2012 MLB All-Star game at Kauffman Stadium. The official announcement will come as early as next month’s winter meetings according to MLB sources. The Boston Red Sox were campaigning to have the events at Fenway as part of the Parks 100th anniversary celebration.

Rob Neyer from ESPN.com weighed in with his opinions, saying “In 2012 it will have been only 13 years since the last time the Red Sox hosted the All-Star Game, while it will have been nearly 40 years for Kansas City…Red Sox fans might argue that Kansas City doesn’t “deserve” an All-Star Game, that the All-Star Game should by hosted by cities full of passionate fans. I’ve got some sympathy for that opinion.”

Kauffman Stadium played host to its only other All-Star Game in 1973 when it was still referred to as Royals Stadium. Even though the Sox didn’t get the bid for 2012, there are still plenty of events to look forward to at Fenway. Don’t miss the Bruins Flyers Winter Classic showdown New Years Day, followed by the Legends Game the very next day. On January 8th Hockey East collegiate programs will get to face off on the Fenway ice. 2010 Boston Red Sox spring training and regular season tickets are available now!

Major League Baseball has just recently announced that Kansas City Royals phenom Zack Greinke is the winner of the 2009 American League Cy Young Award. Greinke won by a landside, ranking first on 25 of the 28 deciding ballots. He finished the season with 16 wins from his impressive 2.16 ERA. Other top candidates included Felix Hernandez, Justin Verlander, CC Sabathia and Roy Halladay.

The young 25 year old has already experienced his ups and down in the big leagues. He led the AL in losses in 2005 and quit baseball the following year for about two months while diagnosed with social anxiety disorder. He is now the most feared pitcher baseball, despite his team’s lack of victories. “Greinke deserved it. Before the season was over, I said my vote was for him,” said Hernandez. “This has taught me that I need to be perfect, I will prepare myself to be stronger next season. I will need a superb year because just a good one, it’s not enough.” 2010 MLB regular season tickets are now available!

Red Sox DH David Ortiz delivered once again, this time going deep in the fourth and knocking in three game total RBI’s as Boston went on to defeat the Kansas City Royals 10-3.  Clay Buchholz pitched brilliantly for the Sox, holding the Royals scoreless in his six innings pitched while battling a fever.

“I was expecting to have to battle through, especially after the first inning,” Buchholz said after his second scoreless outing this season. “I threw some good pitches that got hit, left some pitches up and was able to bounce back the next inning and got on a pretty good roll.”

Heading into the home stretch of the 2009 regular season the entire Red Sox lineup is also on ‘a pretty good role.’  They are now five games behind the Yankees in the AL East Standings and need just three more wins to clinch the Wild Card.  Their first game at the Bronx this weekend is scheduled for tonight at 7:05 pm.

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Boston designated hitter David Ortiz brought in three of his four RBI’s with a homer in the ninth inning, leading the Red Sox to blow out the Kansas City Royals 9-2.  Even though the fan favorite slugger got off to a slow start and is hitting .234 for the season, he has really turned it around for these last couple of months.  This year Papi has knocked 25 homers and has drove in 88 RBI’s.

Red Sox manager Terry Francona knew Ortiz would eventually find his swing, and the organization couldn’t ask for a better time heading into the 2009 playoffs.  “I remember saying look up in the end, his batting average is going to be lower and he has to live with that,” Francona said. “As long as he doesn’t walk to the plate looking at that, he’ll be OK. That’s what has happened.”

The Royals were only able to score two runs off Josh Beckett despite scattering 12 hits during his six innings pitched.  Boston looks forward to one more game at Kansas City before heading to New York to match up against the first place Yankees.

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After another disappointing loss to potential Cy Young winner Zack Greinke and the Kansas City Royals, the Boston Red Sox are eager to take the last two games and head in to the highly anticipated three-game weekend series against the New York Yankees in the Bronx. The Yanks just clinched a playoff spot last night with their win over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and hope to earn the AL division to finish out the season.  The Red Sox are six games behind New York in the division standings and seven games up on the Texas Rangers for the Wild Card. 

In light of last night’s loss, Boston aside from letting up five runs in the first inning shutout Kansas City for the rest of the game.  Victor Martinez kept his hit streak alive at 21 which set the bar for all switch-hitters in Red Sox history. “I just think a hitter like Victor, sometimes good hitters like that run into streaks,” said Red Sox manager Terry Francona. “He could line out four times. Hitters like Victor, you’re going to see that from time to time just because they’re good.”

Boston is scheduled to take on the Royals tonight and tomorrow before facing the Yankees on Friday.  Josh Beckett will get the start for tonight’s game.

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Longtime Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield threw five solid innings for Boston, letting up four runs with seven walks and two strike outs in the heavy rain.  The Kansas City Royals waited until the later innings to really get their offense going, scoring six runs in the sixth and one in the seventh to pull ahead 12-9. 

In less than ideal weather conditions, the Sox and Royals combine for a total of 23 hits.  Billy Butler, Mike Jacobs, Miguel Olivo, and Josh Anderson all contributed multiple hits for Kansas City.  Jason Bay led Boston’s offense with two hits including a homer in the third off the left-handed Lenny DiNardo.

Even though the Red Sox couldn’t come out with the win it was good to see Wakefield back in action.  Players and coaches alike were thrilled to see him on the mound once again last night. “Gutsy performance again,” said Bay. “Obviously, you can tell Wake is not 100 percent out there, no question. He still wants to go out there and help out as much as he can. Given the circumstances and the runs we put up, I think that he did an admirable job and did enough to warrant a win.”

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The Red Sox defeated the Royals in their last game heading into the all star break. With the Sox taking three of four from Kansas City and the Angels completing a three-game sweep of the Yankees, Boston extended their lead in the AL East to three games. Pitcher Josh Beckett threw a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits and no walks. With the win, he became one of only two pitchers in the AL with 11 wins, accompanied by teammate Tim Wakefield. Kevin Youkilis opened the game with anRBI single and rookie Aaron Bates hit an RBI double in the fourth inning. David Ortiz and Jason Varitek also hit rbi’s in the 4th inning. The Sox added two more runs by Ellsbury and Rocco Baldelli to make the game 6-0. Beckett earned his 100th career win and it couldn’t have come in a much better fashion.

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In an absolutely improbably turn of events, Cleveland Indians right fielder Shin-Soo Choo got a walk-off hit off of a seagull in centerfield. The chaotic scene resulted in a bird crashing to the ground, the ball zooming past a dejected Coco Crisp, and the Indians having a celebration in the middle of the infield. Destined for jumbotron blooper reels for years to come, the video is already one of the most-watched clips on the MLB’s website.

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The Boston Red Sox were able to free up some money, move an outfielder and pick up a solid reliever via a trade with the Kansas City Royals today.  Centerfielder Coco Crisp will be heading to the Royals in a deal for right handed reliever Ramon Ramirez.  Crisp split time in the outfield with Jacoby Ellsbury but was owed $5.75 million in 2009, too rich for a part time player.  The move also helps the Red Sox free up cash for a very good free agent market this off-season.

Ramon Ramirez appeared in 71 games in 2008 with a 2.64 ERA in 71 1/3 innings. He was 3-2 with one save.

The Jacoby Ellsbury of 2008 seems like a completely different player from the beast that hit .353 in September and .438 in the World Series. Despite an impressive 32 stolen bases, Ellsbury is only hitting .266 this season. On Wednesday night, he looked like the Jacoby of 2007. Ellsbury went 3-4 with a 2-out three-run homer off of Royals reliver Ron Mahay. Jason Bay continued to be a run machine, scoring two runs and going 2-5. Jed Lowrie and JD Drew drove in 2 runs each, and David Ortiz drove in another.

Wakefield tossed 6 stellar innings, racking up 6 k’s and giving up only 1 earned run. With the win Wake improves to 7-8 on the season. Scoreless innings from Delcarmen, Masterson, and Papelbon shut the door on the Sox second consecutive win.

Youkilis left the game after bing hit on the hand by a pitch by Hochevar in the first inning. The Sox say it’s just a contusion, and the Youkilis could be back in the lineup on Friday night. Dustin Pedroia was given the game off so he could get 2 in a row with the off-day Thursday. Jed Lowrie’s consistent production raises questions about what to do when Julio Lugo comes off of the disabled list.

With Tampa Bay, Boston, and New York all winning last night, the picture in the AL Pennant Race remains the same.