Mellinger‘s Big Move, Spags Feeling it, Bay Area Media Targeted by Thieves

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Kevin Kietzman

Sports News, News:sports News, News, Politics

4.2 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Star columnist Sam Mellinger is leaving to join the Royals as Vice President of Communications. A typical reaction may be that it seems a little slimy to have a journalist selected by a team but that's far from the case here. Mellinger has been tougher on the Royals than anyone through the years and they recruited him for this position out of respect. This story has many layers. Over at Arrowhead, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is feeling so cocky about his defense, he's pointing out to the media things he's not good at. When that's happening, you know he's a confident coach. And another news crew has been targeted by criminals in the bay area as these thieves no they will not get locked up long even if they get caught. It's suddenly very dangerous to be in the media.

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0:00.0	Window World is proud to present.
0:03.0	Kevin Keatsman has issues.
0:05.0	Simply the best for less at WindowscansaCansas City.com.
0:09.0	I got to admit when I heard the news that Sam Mellinger from the Kansas City Star
0:12.3	had taken the position with the Royals as vice president of communications,
0:16.2	I was surprised.
0:18.0	I read it and I went, wait, what?
0:38.0	Really? And there's a tremendous compliment in there about Sam Mellinger. And this is going to be very complex. And this is one of those stories that I really love talking about on this podcast because it really is the intersection of so many things that I'm interested in and love,
0:44.2	whether that be Royals, baseball, professional sports, Kansas City, community, media, sports reporters.
0:44.9	All these things are tied up in this one story.
0:47.3	And it is a fascinating story about how Sam Mellinger has taken over for Mike Swanson,
0:51.0	who retired after many, many years as vice president of communications for
0:55.4	the Kansas City Royals. In short, it goes like this. Sam loves baseball. Sam knows baseball. Sam's
1:03.0	original love is the Kansas City Royals. And Sam loves Kansas City. While we are considerably
1:08.8	different people, I think probably idealistically or politically,
1:13.3	certainly in the way we speak, the way we talk, and our personalities are far different.
1:18.3	We share many things in common, not the least of which is Sam has had many opportunities
1:23.7	to leave Kansas City and work elsewhere, as I had opportunities to leave Kansas City and work elsewhere as I had opportunities to leave Kansas
1:28.1	City and work elsewhere and chose not to. I found what fit me best here. It was my dream job.
1:33.8	I loved it and made a life of it. It was great for me. It was great for my family. No regrets.
1:41.1	None whatsoever. Sam is the same way. So we have that in common. But I read this story and I'm like,
1:46.9	okay, Sam Mellinger has taken over as vice president of communications for the Royals. How did this happen?
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