Who we are

After a year of posting anonymously, we’re ready to tell you a little bit more about ourselves.

Sort of.

This blog was created prior to the 2010 season by Kevin Kinder, a journalist (although, admittedly, not a sportswriter) who is a Kansas City expat currently living in Arkansas; and an author and industrial packing supply salesman and humorist who we’ll only call The Dude. They spent all year chronicling the losses of the Royals.

But the work was a bit of a burden, specifically because we don’t get paid for this (although, if you’d like to change that, we can tell you where to mail a check) and because the Royals, as expected, lost a TON of games last year.

So, we’ve recruited a few new writers, allowed The Dude to go into early retirement (he’s still in his 20s) and are ready to blog again.

Even though there are new faces, we’re going to try to keep things the same. There will be plenty of snark, some laughs, some mildly inappropriate pictures and language and, if the Royals do as we suspect, lots of musing about losses.

Want to get in touch with us? You can email us, if you like.

About the Authors:

Kevin “The Critic” Kinder has been writing at RoyalsRaceto100 since its inception. The Royals have lost the last seven games he’s attended live. He was three years old when the Royals won their last playoff game, but that does not stop him from listening to every game from his iPhone, as no self-respecting radio station in Arkansas will broadcast the Royals games, and he doesn’t blame them. He attends a lot of Northwest Arkansas Naturals games, mostly because they are close to his home, but also because they could very likely beat the actual Royals on many nights. In his time away from his real writing job and this blog, The Critic is a member of a comedy troupe. Seriously.

The Law likens the Kansas City Royals experience to a tragicomedy. She credits the 2010 Royals with helping her pass the Arkansas Bar Exam, as they reminded her throughout the summer that some things are more miserable than studying 12 hours a day for a two-day exam. The Law is now a fully licensed attorney – and no, she will not lend you money. In a previous life, The Law was hired to be a copy editor for her college newspaper’s sports section. She once got into a heated argument with her editor-in-chief about the proper way to pluralize “RBI.” She won the argument, of course.