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• KC Royals v Boston Red Sox for USA Today Sports Images

  The Kansas City Royals hosted the Boston Red Sox and let's just say that the Red Sox are red hot and the Royals couldn't cool them down.

  

• KC Royals v CWS pt. II for USA Today Sports Images

  For the second time this season, I photographed a match-up between the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox. It was an insane game that ended in a walk-off bunt/error in favor of the Royals. Whew.

  Here are a few of my favorite images from the game.

  

• Royals V Angels for USA Today Sports Images

  The Kansas City Royals hosted the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim yesterday, in a make-up game due to icy conditions back in mid-April. The teams donned number 42 jerseys in celebration and honor of (a belated) Jackie Robinson Day. Despite owning the worst record in baseball, the Royals eked out a 2-0 win over the Angels.

  

• Royals v White Sox for USA Today Sports Images

  Yesterday I photographed my first MLB game since the 2015 World Series in Kansas City. Needless to say, I was a little bit rusty but I wasn't alone because the Royals looked to still be shaking off the offseason dust as well. It was cold, attendance was low, and the Royals blew their two-run lead in the eighth inning. Here are a few frames that didn't suck.

  

• World Series Batting Practice

  The Kansas City Royals made their way back to the Fall Classic again this year, and I'm priviliged enough to make my way back as well. This year, I'll be running cards and photo editing for the New York Mets, as well as working for the marketing department at MLB, photographing advertisement partners. I was too impatient to wait for the games to get underway so today I drove out to the stadium to grab my credentails, mark my spot in the photo well and shoot a little bit of batting practice.

  

• Kansas City From Above

  Ever since a good friend of mine got his pilot's license last year, I had been itching to go up with him. This past weekend, I finally got my chance. We went up with two of his other friends, one of whom was a pilot as well. As far as first single-engine plane experiences go, I think I had a fantastic one.

  We took off out of the downtown Kansas City airport (Charles B. Wheeler) and flew north to do some take off and landing practices at a few small airports in Liberty and Cameron. Then we flew to Lee's Summit (and over/around the Truman Sports Complex) before taking a few laps around The Plaza. We got to do a touch-and-go at Kansas City International Airport (MCI), and then did a quick pass of downtown before landing again for the day.

  

• ALCS Game 4 (WE GOIN' TO DA 'SHIP!)

  The Kansas City Royals are World Series bound next week after a 2-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles. They've yet to lose a game in this postseason, and with the way they're playing and announcement that South Korean superfan SungWoo Lee will be in attendance for Game 1 of the Fall Classic, you have to wonder if they ever will.

  

  I also gave gif-making a try for the first time:
  

  © 2014 Major League Baseball Photos/Amy Stroth

• ALDS: ROYALS SWEEP ANGELS

  If you had told me one week ago that as of today, the Kansas City Royals would have won four-straight postseason games (three of which in extra innings, three of which against the team with the best record in baseball), I would have laughed. Last night I had the opportunity to head back to the K and photograph the boys in blue as they swept the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Despite a first inning blast by Mike Trout, the Royals pushed on and defeated the Halos 3-8. Up next: Baltimore Orioles.

  

  © 2014 Major League Baseball Photos/Amy Stroth

• AL Wildcard 2014

  Some Mondays suck, other Mondays the MLB calls you and asks you to shoot one of your favorite baseball teams as they duke it out in a winner-take-all wildcard game against the Oakland Athletics. This past Monday was the latter.

  As someone that has only been a Royals fan for the last three years, I don't quite understand what it's like to have gone through the 29 years of anguish the die-hard fans here in KC have. I do however, understand what a historical moment it was for Kansas City sports for the Royals to have made it to the postseason. Experts said they couldn't win, but in twelve glorious, nail-biting innings, they pulled it off. If you want to read a really fantastic piece on the game, I suggest THIS ONE, by Rany Jazayerli at Grantland.

  Those 10+ hours at the ballpark (and getting bathed in champagne in the Royals' clubhouse by outfielder Lorenzo Cain) are something that will stick with me throughout my career. Huge, HUGE thanks to MLB Photos editor Jessica Foster for giving me a shot despite my very short track record shooting professional baseball. Here's a "few" photos from the unforgettable night. WARNING: there are a lot.

  

  © 2014 Major League Baseball Photos/Amy Stroth