Going into the game on Sunday, September 16, 2018, the Royals were 52-96 and on their way to finishing an abysmal 58-104, the first of the franchise’s consecutive 100-loss seasons since the team did it three times in a row from 2004 through 2006.
The lean years were back, baby!
Of course, the horrible finish ended with the Royals obtaining the No. 2 draft pick in 2019, which they used to select a young shortstop out of Colleyville, Texas.
In hindsight, then, not so bad.
But back to the game. It wasn’t much of a game.