Hoo-boy the Royals stink, and we'll get to that soon because it's approaching historical levels, but first a quick thought:
Someday, we may all laugh about this. No, really. The same way you chuckle at that rathole you had in college, with the leaky windows and moldy carpet and pyramid of beer cans. The same way you laugh at the Royals once losing because they — wait for it — hit the cutoff man, the same way you're now in on the joke about Buddy Bell saying it can always get worse.
Comedy is tragedy plus time, after all, and this is the very beginning of the Royals' new brand of tragedy.