Recognizing the Kansas City Royals Excellence but Lamenting Their 2014 World Series

Even though I still think their intangibles for this season are bad and I can not get over their sacrifice bunt decision in game seven of last year’s World Series, it is time to recognize the Kansas City Royals and their excellence.

They are (44-28), (only the St. Louis Cards have a better record) and clearly they have SHOWN (a Missouri “show me state” reference) as in sparkled, that they are a good team.

They swept this past weekend in Oakland vs the seemingly never to be A’s, and have a five and a half game lead in the A.L. Central.

However, “good luck,” getting as far as they did last year when they led the World Series two games to one and had a (4-1), 3rd inning lead, in game four.

The decision to bunt down a run and on a (2-0) pitch in Madison Bumgarner’s first relief inning, whether made by manager Ned Yost or the player, Alcides Escobar, was one of the worst in baseball history.

I said, or rather, screamed, watching that fateful, cowardly, passive decision which cemented the fact that the “S.F.” Giants and not the “K.C.” Royals would win the 2014 World Series.