The '''Kansas City Royals''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. They were founded in 1969, after the 1967 move of the [[Oakland Athletics|Kansas City Athletics]] to [[Oakland]], [[California]] so enraged [[Missouri]]'s then-[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Stuart Symington]] that he threatened to revoke MLB's [[antitrust]] exemption. Since their founding, they have been part of the [[American League]], and are currently part of the Central Division. | The '''Kansas City Royals''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. They were founded in 1969, after the 1967 move of the [[Oakland Athletics|Kansas City Athletics]] to [[Oakland]], [[California]] so enraged [[Missouri]]'s then-[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Stuart Symington]] that he threatened to revoke MLB's [[antitrust]] exemption. Since their founding, they have been part of the [[American League]], and are currently part of the Central Division. |