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Mellinger Minutes: promise and risk of Chiefs draft, uncertain future of pro sports, can Royals be saved?

Here is something I believe to be true, despite nearly all evidence so far: the Royals are a good, if flawed, major-league baseball team.

Here is something I also believe to be true: that may not matter.

The Royals ended their nine-game losing streak Monday night. Jorge Bonifacio committed aggravated assault on a baseball, banging it to a place normally reserved for Miguel Sano, and Eric Hosmer hit the Hosmer-est home run of all — line drive, absolutely crushed, to left center.

#VargyPitchedAGreatGame, three relievers struck out five and allowed no hits over three innings, and the Royals won for the first time in 12 days.