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By
Stevo-sama | @yoshiki89
It’s always hard to evaluate the ways and means by which a
losing team continues to lose, and no evaluation seems to hurt the greater
majority the most than those that involve the 2012 Kansas City Royals.
This is primarily part of an unfair media backlash as a
result of their stunning rankings in the developmental realm during the 2011
season. They famously had the best farm system in baseball throughout 2011 and
generated the kind of hype and buzz that many of us have never seen. It’s hard
for even the most complacent fan to not embrace the excellent culture that so
many read volumes about last year; it’s even more difficult for loyal Royals
fans to accept the differential between the swell of last year’s blazing hope
and the smoldering reality that the Royals are going to do no better than even
the most hopeful pre-season projections…and quite possibly, even worse than
that.