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A series of struggles: meet a Kansas City Royals bullpen in search of routine

Royals manager Ned Yost spoke to reporters following a one-run loss to the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on April 4, 2019. The Royals walked four batters to start the seventh inning in a tie game. By

Before I tried playing the game, I thought baseball superstitions were silly. The idea that eating chicken for every pre-game meal or crossing the foul line at the same time every day had anything to do with what would happen in that night’s game struck me as absurd.

I was wrong.

Baseball is played pretty much every day from mid-February to early November and as a result requires and rewards consistency.