Once again it’s early on a Sunday morning and I’m trying to wake up by sticking a Folgers I.V. in my arm. I’m staring at schedules and won-loss records; you wouldn’t think adding them up would be that hard, but at this point in a morning I’m not sure I could name all my kids — and I’ve only got three of them.
Bear with me.
Saturday night the Royals won their 80th game; Sunday morning they have 14-game lead in the American League Central. Here’s why those numbers might scare a Royals fan.
In 2014 the Royals were not the best team that made it to the playoffs; they were the hottest team that made it to the playoffs.