This Sucks

The Royals Can't Be This Awful

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and a desperate measure for the Royals would be to spend money.  If this is "Our Time" then make it our time.  Go sign Edwin Jackson, go sign Mark Buehrle, do something that shows the fans and players that you are committed to winning. I wish it was easier for me not to care about the Royals.  I would love to find an "unfan" button in my heart, just like an "unfriend" button on Facebook.  But as long as they play in Kansas City I am almost certain I will be a fan.

Last year at this time the Royals were doing all the little things right, and you felt like they were going to win every close game.  This year they remind me of a high school baseball team.  They are throwing to the wrong bases, getting picked off, and swinging at everything.  I think the Royals should just forfeit the final game of the series and have a movie day.  First, watch Moneyball, to learn how to play the game, work the count, move runners over, play baseball the right way.  Next, you can never go wrong with Rocky, I'm not sure which one would be best, so I'll let Ned decide.  Hmmm... This is a tough call, but for the third movie I'd go with Tin Cup, it is not baseball related but a damn good movie, and pretty motivational.  The obvious choice to finish off is The Sandlot.  This movie is a classic and every time I watch this I have the urge to go play baseball.  After further thought, a movie day is probably not a realistic solution, Blu-ray discs are pretty expensive.

I am finding it really hard to find positives.  I was going to mention how good Duffy has been but peer pressure got the best of him.  What is awful about the Royals is that their best starts this year haven't given the bullpen any sort of break.  They struggle to make it through five innings, leaving their bullpen overworked and exposed.  But don't worry, there is hope, it just happens to reside in a different part of the city.

Representing Kansas City Right

Sporting KC did lose their first game on Saturday, but they are still up four games on the Royals.  I'm not going to go into much detail on Sporting right now because I have a soccer post I've been working on coming out in a few days where I go into further detail on their season and team.  Thanks for reading, hopefully next time I write the Royals will have won a game.