After the Royals lost 3-2 to the Indians on Wednesday night, manager Ned Yost took a seat in the Kauffman Stadium interview room and chose not to waste time.
"Erratic," he said into the microphone.
Then he paused briefly. With a grin, he turned to Josh Vernier, a reporter for 610 Sports Radio, and said, "Your questions are the same every night, so I just went ahead and answered it."
The teasing offered a brief reprieve from the fact the Royals had just been swept in a three-game set for a second consecutive series despite the pitching holding the Indians to four hits in Wednesday's finale.