Frank White was fired by the Royals last month after refusing to take a pay cut to keep his job as their part-time television analyst, but his next job will keep the 61-year-old former All-Star and Gold Glove second baseman in Kansas City.
White has taken a job with the Kansas City T-Bones of the independent American Association. He’s expected to serve in a variety of roles, including first base coach.
White played his entire 18-year career in Kansas City and was the Royals’ first base coach from 1997-2001 before taking a role in the front office, which he later quit to focus on broadcasting. And according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports the Royals fired him in part because he was too critical of the team.