Former Royal Interviews Archives - Page 10 of 11

Fernando Cortez

Fernando Cortez played for the Royals during the 2007 season after coming over to Kansas City in Dayton Moore’s first ever player for player trade as Royals GM (J.P. Howell for Joey Gathright & Cortez). A middle infielder, Cortez also spent time at the major league level with Tampa, and finished his career logging major league playing time at second, third and short. Cortez recently joined Dave O to discuss his friendship with Tony Gwynn, predicting the trade to the Royals, rollin’ up to Kauffman Stadium in a Geo Metro, his George Brett memories and much more. (Photo Courtesy Kansas City Royals)

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Jeff Montgomery

Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery pitched for KC from 1988-1999, finishing his career with a franchise record 304 saves and 686 appearances. Montgomery was a three-time All-Star (1992, 1993 & 1996) and had a career Royals ERA of 3.20, good for third in team history. Montgomery currently serves as a broadcaster for the Royals and Fox Sports Kansas City, and recently joined Dave O to talk about the entire journey with baseball, from a kid growing up in Wellston, Ohio to the Reds minor leagues, from the trade to KC to the Royals Hall of Fame. A must listen for even the most casual Royals fan. (Photo Courtesy Kansas City Royals)

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Dwight Taylor

Dwight Taylor played for the Royals during the 1986 season after coming over from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Keith Creel. Prior to his times in Kansas City, Taylor helped the Arizona Wildcats win the 1980 College World Series, providing the game winning triple in a win over Cal that took ‘Zona to the CWS title game. Taylor recently joined Dave O to talk about playing in Omaha, both collegiately and professionally, how he stole 95 bases in a season at the minor league level, his times in Kansas City and much, much more. (Photo Courtesy University Of Arizona Athletic Department)

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Joey Gathright

Joey Gathright played for the Royals from 2006-2008 and overall, spent parts of seven years at the major league level. Gathright, who also played for the Rays, Cubs and Red Sox, stole 20+ bases three times in the big leagues and besides that, was known for his defense…. and for jumping over cars! Gathright recently joined Dave O to discuss more than just baseball and car jumping, though, as he opened up with testimony about his struggle with addiction and the amazing road to recovery, how former Royal Fernando Cortez predicted his trade to KC before it happened, his thoughts on breaking Bobby Jenks’ bid for MLB history and much more! (Photo Courtesy Kansas City Royals)

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Bobby Knoop

Bobby Knoop played for the Royals from 1971-1972 after coming over in a trade with the Chicago White Sox for infielder Luis Alcaraz. Knoop, who started at 2B for the American League in the 1966 All-Star Game, also won three Gold Gloves throughout his career (1966-1968) and during that time, set numerous MLB defensive 2B records. Following his career, Knoop was a coach at the major league level for 21 years and in September of 2013, was inducted into the Angels Hall of Fame. Bobby recently joined Dave O to discuss tons of items from his 30 years in MLB dugouts with, of course, a special emphasis on his time as a Royal. (Photo Courtesy Kansas City Royals)

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Gregg Olson

Gregg Olson pitched for the Royals two separate times, both in 1995 and 1997. A native of Omaha, where he won four state titles while pitching for his Dad at Omaha Northwest, Olson won the 1989 AL Rookie of the Year Award, was an All-Star in 1990 and four times in his career saved 30 games or more (1990, 1991, 1992 & 1998). Olson recently joined Dave O for a very entertaining and sometimes hilarious discussion on being a part of a combined no-hitter with Baltimore, not being able to figure out why the Royals would never bring him back, pitching for Tony Muser and much, much more. (Photo Courtesy Kansas City Royals)

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Steve Busby

Royals Hall of Famer Steve Busby pitched for KC from 1972-1980 and threw the organization’s first no-hitter in 1973. In fact, Busby threw two no-hitters and won 20 games in a season prior to the age of 25. Busby, a 6’2″ right hander, was also a two-time All-Star (1974 & 1975) and even despite injury cutting his playing days short, is still considered one of the top starting pitchers in Royals history. Busby recently took time during his busy season as voice of the Texas Rangers TV telecasts to join Dave O and talk about an enormous amount of topics, from pitching in the College World Series to both no hitters, to losing a grand slam because of Paul Splittorff and retiring a lifetime Royal. Listen for those topics and much more! (Photo Courtesy Kansas City Royals)

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Aaron Guiel

Aaron Guiel made his major league debut for the Royals in 2002 after spending parts of ten seasons at the minor league level. Guiel, who would end up playing in KC from 2002-2006, enjoyed his best season at the major league level in 2003, when the British Columbia native had a line of .346/.489/.835 with 15 HR and 52 RBI. Guiel recently joined Dave O to discuss what it was like spending ten years in the minors without a call up, how Chuck Knoblauch once went into the fountains during a game without anyone knowing, being a part of the magical 2003 team, playing as a teammate of Nori Aoki in Japan and much, much more. (Photo Courtesy Kansas City Royals)

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Jerry Lyscio

Jerry Lyscio was the first ever player to sign a contract with the Kansas City Royals on April 25^th, 1968. The Brainerd, Minnesota native wasted no time in showing why, either, as he won his first three starts at Dubuque (A) and was named Midwest Player of the Month in May of 1968. Unfortunately, a shoulder injury would eventually cut Lyscio’s career short while at Elmira (AA) but the 6-1, 190 pound righty recently sat down with Dave O, in person, to tell completely amazing baseball stories, including how he was able to complete 57% of the professional games he started (66 of 115) and how he was ALSO the first Houston Astro. The first ever Astro AND Royal – how cool is that?!? (Photo Courtesy Jerry Lyscio)

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Joe Lahoud

Joe Lahoud played for the Royals from 1977-1978 and overall, spent parts of eleven seasons at the major league level. A left handed hitting outfielder, Lahoud once hit three home runs in the same game for the Boston Red Sox in 1969 and received three plate appearances for the Royals during the 1977 ALCS. Lahoud recently joined Clubhouse Conversation and discussed how completely heartbreaking the ’77 ALCS was, his favorite memories of Kansas City, how difficult it was walking away from baseball and much, much more. (Photo Courtesy Kansas City Royals)

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