Halfway there.
Listen: We know we haven’t posted in a while. But it was hard to make fun of the Royals for a while. At one point in the season, they were 17-14 and at the top of the division.
Even when the laws of averages caught up with them and they started to lose a few games, there was still some excitement. Alex Gordon may have finally figured it out. Escobar plays a mean shortstop. They came the waves of new talent: Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Danny Duffy, etc.
Then…
Hell, I don’t know. The Royals started to play bad baseball again. Like, comically bad, must be made fun of, I’ve found inspiration again bad.
It is no coincidence that the Royals, losers of 5 in a row, are now nearing a pace necessary to lose 100 games. It’s also no coincidence that the recent revelation of how bad this team is comes when Kyle Davies is on the mound. After his rehab assignment, he seems to be in mid-season form. And by that, I mean he gave up a lot of runs and a lot of hits.
He also did something smart, presumably to help his bloated ERA – he made an error, throwing the ball up the first base line. Those runs, you see, don’t count against his ERA. Smart, huh?
So, the Royals are back to their losing ways.
And we’re back to writing.
