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Pablo Lopez admitted to feeling some anxiety when the Twins ace stepped on the mound to face the Royals on opening day. It didn't calm him down any when Maikel Garcia homered off him three pitches later. The All-Star right-hander eventually managed to get his nerves under control, holding Kansas City to just three more hits without a walk while breezing through seven innings Thursday.
Cole Ragans (0-1) set a Royals record for opening day with nine strikeouts in just six innings.
The fate of Arrowhead and Kauffman Stadiums in Kansas City, Mo., is in the hands of voters who will decide April 2 whether they approve of a sales tax extension to pay for renovating and building new stadiums.
Hunt denied that he promised Chiefs players a new locker room in their training facility, and ex-Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay backed him up.
The Chiefs and Royals called their CBA “historic,” but an expert who spoke with KSHB 41 News said it doesn't contain the transparency and accountability to be historic.