Reign Reborn with the Kansas City Monarchs

Reign Reborn returns for the first offseason episode following another record setting 2022 season.  Dan Vaughan "voice of the Monarchs" welcomes the "man from the top step" Monarchs Manager Joe Calfapietra to the show. We also take a "boomerang" around winter ball and on Monarchs 101 with #DV we take a look at Cristobal Torrente a Hall of Fame member you need to learn more about. All of this on the official podcast of the Kansas City Monarchs. Join us!

Every year the biggest offseason news is the announcement of the Kansas City Monarchs schedule for the next season. This is the 2023 schedule show! Dan Vaughan breaks down the Monarchs schedule plus answers questions from the Facebook Live Show. 

Kansas City Monarchs Manager Joe Calfapietra stops by to chat with "voice of the Monarchs" Dan Vaughan on our final off season "hot stove" update plus a pair of Monarchs flashback moments all on this week's show. 

We go bonus content heavy this week on Reign Reborn with a look at the story of Heavy Johnson in Monarchs 101 with #DV and we flashback to 1920 when even in the early years the Monarchs were a huge deal. Dan Vaughan has your hot stove update as we are less than a month away from the 2022 season opener. 

This week we are joined by Kansas City Monarchs righty Jameson McGrane on Reign Reborn with the Kansas City Monarchs. Voice of the Monarchs Dan Vaughan also will talk about two key events in 1944 and 1945 that helped shaped the Jackie Robinson story plus we flashback to 1947 when two Monarchs were summoned to St. Louis to join the Major League Browns. 

On this week's edition of Reign Reborn with the Kansas City Monarchs we welcome Monarchs Manager Joe Calfapietra to the show to catch up on the hot stove.  Voice of the Monarchs Dan Vaughan will dive into some of the unique aspects of the Negro Leaguers becoming Major Leaguers and we flash back with a parallel story to 1939 in our Monarchs flashback moment. 

Our final show of March features our special guest Kansas City Monarchs Manager of Production & Digital Assets Morgan Kolenda, who join Dan Vaughan to discuss the promo calendar that was announced earlier in the week.  Dan then brings you a hot stove update, news and notes and a look into the fun story of Jackie Robinson as a Kansas City Royal in Monarchs 101 with DV. The show closes with a flashback to 1937 when the Monarchs hit the road to blank the Madison Blues in Wisconsin. 

A loaded edition of Reign Reborn with the Kansas City Monarchs is up. Off the top Monarchs slugger Darnell Sweeney joins Voice of the Monarchs Dan Vaughan to catch up then Dan updates the hot stove news. We take feature another installment of Monarchs 101 with DV  and the show wraps with a surprise visit from Pitching Coach Mike Henneman in the first installment of "Hen from the Pen".

Kansas City Monarchs Manager Joe Calfapietra joins "Voice of the Monarchs" Dan Vaughan Jr. on Reign Reborn with the Kansas City Monarchs. The show also features two audio highlight montages from the hot stove plus a Monarchs 101 and a flashback moment. The show starts with 2 Good Minutes with DV. Enjoy the show!

Our mid February show features special guest Kansas City Monarchs Coach John West. John is not just a coach but a baseball "lifer" who really does it all. We call him "the man of many hats" and he has plenty to share from stories to duties that keep him one of the busiest members of the Monarchs baseball family during the season. We will also dive into the hot stove update, plus news and notes from the promo team and we close with a flash back moment to a historic day in 1942 in Wrigley Field. Part of our partnership with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City. 

After a long holiday in "dry dock" the show returns. We have breaking news off the top concerning our special guest the 2021 Pure Performance Rookie of the Year in the American Association, Morgan McCullough. We also play hot stove catchup and take a part 1 look into the story of Monarchs founder J.L. Wilkinson. The show closes with a look at the final game of Ernie Banks as a Monarch in 1953. 

Another loaded episode Reign Reborn with the Kansas City Monarchs. Dan Vaughan welcomes Monarchs Merchandise Director Lance Chandler to the show. Dan will also give you the "Two Good Minutes" segment with Buck O'Neil talk plus a audio montage of the big hot stove news for KC. In the back end we dive into the legend of Willard Brown in Puerto Rico and close with more Buck O'Neil from 1948.  Reign Reborn is the official Kansas City Monarchs podcast.

A special bonus episode of Reign Reborn with the Kansas City Monarchs features Savannah Bananas owner Jesse Cole.  The "Voice of the Monarchs" Dan Vaughan welcomes the owner of a team that is rewriting the way baseball is played. The Bananas and Monarchs will face off May 6, 2022 at Legends Field in Kansas City and fans will want to know exactly what is "Banana Ball" .  The show also features news and notes from the Monarchs as well as a look at the 1942 World Series in Monarchs 101 with DV. 

Our second edition of our fall podcast we call it the Veterans Day and part 1 of our Owners Special. Kans!as City Monarchs Owner Mark Brandmeyer joins Dan Vaughan to look back at 21 and ahead to 22. Dan also looks at several key points in the schedule and some changes the American Association made to the 2022 season. The show wraps with a look at the 1945 EOT World Series that featured two future Hall of Famers and was a preview of things to come just two years later. Glad you are hear and enjoy

We start out our off season coverage with a one on one with the 2021 American Association Manager of the year Joe Calfapietra. The winningest manager in Kansas City franchise history reflects on the 2021 season and the incredible ride the year was with the team winning the league pennant.  There are also news and notes plus a part 1 look into the 1942 Negro World Series in our Monarchs 101 with DV.  Join the voice of the Monarchs Dan Vaughan on the show.