The 2003 season was almost a great year for Royals fandom. A team that shouldn’t contend but was in the mix right up until the end. Lima time! It was a blast. A short, small spurt of summer fun in an otherwise endless winter of mediocrity and futility. When 2004 came and the team was terrible again, I checked out for a while.
I followed the team through the Greinke years, but I was less invested. Like many others, turning on the TV to watch your favorite team lose was not something I did a lot of. Then 2013 happened, and 2014.