So many tears I’ve cried. So much pain inside. But baby it ain’t over ’til it’s over. -Lenny Kravitz
Earl Wilson, the first black major leaguer to pitch an American League no-hitter, once said, “A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.” Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes. Here comes your nineteenth nervous breakdown. Actually, its only the Royals’ 4th nervous breakdown, but who’s counting? I’m counting. That’s who. By my count, after the Melkman delivered a single that drove in Chris Getz to end a game the Royals trailed 4-0 in the first inning, 6-4 in the eighth, all four of the Royals’ wins have come in their final at-bat. By my count, that matches an American League record. By my count, only two other AL teams have had their first four wins come in their final at-bat. Only the 1901 Tigers and only the 1989 Royals. How about that?
The original Kardiac Kids were the 1980 Cleveland Football Brown. The original Kardiac Kids had a penchant for deciding games in the final moments. Dr. Evil’s father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. But this isn’t about Dr. Evil’s father. This is about the Kardiac Kids.
- This is about stuff like facing a third and 20 from the Packers 46 yard line with 16 seconds left and having Brian Sipe complete a pass to Dave Logan for the winner winner chicken dinner.
- This is about stuff like Sipe and company fighting back from deficits of 10-0, 20-7, and 26-14 to defeat the hated Steelers in Cleveland with Ozzie Newsome hauling in the winning catch.
- This is about stuff like needing a win to secure the Central Division title and holding off the Bengals 27-24 with a Don Cockroft’s game winning field goal with 1:25 left in regulation.
Like my main man Michael from the Deer Hunter always says, “Stanley, see this? This is this. This ain’t something else. This is this.” I’ll tell you what is something else. The Kansas Royals are something else.
- Kila Ka’aihue getting the Royals’ ball rolling with a ninth-inning bomb on Friday night is something else.
- Alex “Don’t Call Me George Brett” Gordon having three hits Tuesday including a comeback starting two-run tater and an eighth-inning double that set up Billy Butler’s game-tying tater is something else.
- The entire Kansas City bullpen giving up just four runs in 23 innings for a 1.57 ERA is something else.
Peace out homies. Six two and even!
