Greg Walker

On Sunday afternoon, Michael Wacha took the mound in Kansas City with a chance at a sweep over the Minnesota Twins. Pitching to a tight strike zone from home plate umpire Shane Livensparger, Wacha threw a gem, punching out seven Twins batters across seven scoreless innings. The Royals completed the sweep — an emphatic victory against a division rival that pushes the Royals 2.5 games ahead of the Twins in the postseason race and still just three games behind Cleveland at the top of the AL Central. The sweep was fueled by starting pitching, with Cole Ragans, Alec Marsh, and Wacha combining for 18 innings with just two runs allowed.

An absolutely maddening defeat.

The Nine-Banded Armadillo is fast on his feet. (Submitted photo)

A dominant effort from the pitching staff has the Royals on the precipice of the ALDS.

It's been six years since the release of Universal Audio's Apollo X range of interfaces.

Several Royals could take home some defensive hardware, but which are most deserving?

Our local school board voted down a social-emotional learning curriculum. My feelings about this are mixed. Social-emotional learning integrates lessons of morality and getting along with others into the variety of classes many students take. This makes some sense. Schools have our children for the best hours of their days and such lessons of self-and-other awareness are necessary for growing up. The home is the best place for these lessons, but more often than we would like to think, it is not happening. In fact, parents can be very destructive to their children.

A flock of spring gobblers on a pasture in south Putnam County. (GREG WALKER / Daily News correspondent)

Andy Cilladi (left) and Chad Schroeder hold up signs denoting their Xtreme Classic victory. (GREG WALKER / Daily News correspondent)

Seth Lugo did not win the Cy Young.