Since We Last Met: Kansas City Royals

Next up on the docket of five straight series against the atrocious American League Central: the 42-96 Kansas City Royals.

Ah, the Royals. The City of Kansas. Live Stock. Barbecue. Rex Hudler. Pedro Grifol. The ghosts of Ned Yost*. All of the most annoying things.

(*Ned Yost is alive and well to the best of my knowledge, but what would a tongue-in-cheek preview piece be without a little wordplay self-amusement?)

Oh, Kansas City. The one team White Sox fans can reliably expect to be worse than our own team. They are, as a matter of fact, the team with the worst record in baseball entering play today. Yet, they are the franchise whom those running the White Sox organization most desperately want…