The lightning is escaping the bottle

At the end of last year’s horrible season, if a person from the future had arrived and told me that on September 23, 2024, the Royals would be 82-74 with a one game lead in the Wild Card standings and only six games to go, and nothing else at all about how the season played out, I would’ve been ecstatic.

Now, though, having lived through this grueling month, this most cruel of months (T.S. Eliot got it wrong), I am the opposite of ecstatic.

I am not static.

I am racked with worry.

I have concerns.

MLB: San Francisco Giants at Kansas City RoyalsWill the Royals offense ever score another run? Will the Royals win another game this season? Will the Royals hold off the Twins and the Mariners?

Will the…