If you are among those who felt their last hope for this Royals season die in a disheartening 16-3 loss to the rotten A’s Monday night, the causes of death are as frustrating as they are by now well-worn:
u25aa The Royals’ worst month since Ross Gload was the first baseman gave this group an unmanageably small margin for error, to the point that any single loss — and, yes, especially a blowout loss to one of the worst teams in baseball* — feels like a fatal blow.
* The A’s are worse the closer you look.