Thank You, Royals

The lowest point of my life as a Royals fan? That’s easy: May 28, 2008.

You might be shuffling through your memories of the bad old days now; was that the 19-game losing streak? No, that was in 2005. Was that when Kerry Robinson climbed a wall to catch a fly ball that landed behind him on the warning track? No, that was 2006. Was it something involving Ken Harvey or Neifi Perez or Ricky Bottalico? Nope.

Really, you might not even remember this game; it was just another loss back when the Royals did that every night seemingly. Let’s set the stage. The 2008 Royals looked like they might be mildly competitive. They’d signed Jose Guiilen! They’d signed Miguel Olivo! They had Zack Greinke and Gil…