SportsNewser Royals Announcer Splittorff Battling Cancer By Cam Martin on May. 16, 2011 - 7:55 PM Paul Splittorff, who won 166 games for the Kansas City Royals and has served as a Royals broadcaster since his career ended in 1984, is battling two types of cancer, the Kansas City Star reports. The 64-year-old has both oral canc ...