When the Kansas City Royals announced that they were going to play three exhibition playoff games before the truncated 2020 season, my first thought was, “Wow! Games against other teams to be broadcast on television!” My second thought was, “Fantastic; I can finally make use of my overpriced YouTube TV subscription!”
I did not have a third thought, which was my folly, because in hindsight it would have been, “Gee, another three games that the Royals can lose! Yipeee!”
Lo and behold, the Royals did lose the three games, and none were ever particularly close. In two games against the Houston Astros, a very good team despite their penchant for cheating, the Royals never led.