When the Kansas City Royals announced last month that they were placing, Wade Davis, baseball's best reliever, on the disabled list, virtually everyone in thought the same thing.
The Royals were toast. Nice run, fellas. Take a bow. To resurrect a sport in one of the country's best baseball cities is a remarkable accomplishment.
Those back-to-back World Series appearances, including winning it all in 2015, will stand forever as a tribute to your talent, resilience and professionalism. All the Royals did this season was remind us how difficult winning is.
Things have to click in a dozen different ways.