Kansas City Royals

The week, game by game

Each game's fan misery, from first comment to the next game. ● marks a blowup.

• Mon, Aug 17W 9-5vs ATH40
• Tue, Aug 18W 4-3vs ATH20
• Wed, Aug 19W 9-7vs ATH44
• Thu, Aug 20W 6-2vs ATH60
• Fri, Aug 21W 5-2vs DET50
• Sat, Aug 22W 3-1vs DET18
• Sun, Aug 23W 11-7vs DET12

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the week, every six hours. Up is worse. Dashed lines are games.

What fans said

• “Imagine telling us that Strahm would get DFA’d and Erceg would end up in Omaha at the start of the year.”

  u/RyanNugentHoofkins▲ 136frustration

• “Are we still allowed to blame the season on Hawaiian Bros. Just saying, they killed the vibes and tanked the season”

  u/spfldcynic▲ 91frustration

• “And Estevez pitches 1 inning before a phantom injury keeps him out the rest of the year”

  u/sportsgambler2▲ 82frustration

• “32 games to go, 8 games back in the WC. F it.”

  u/Daoloath▲ 42despair

• “A 29–4 stretch is absurd even for a 100-win team.”

  u/mistergudbar▲ 40despair

• “Billionaires getting stadiums funded by taxpeyers so that taxpayers can pay to watch millionaires play sports with all the additional profits going back to billionaires, while they convince the taxpayers that the real problem is marginalized groups.”

  u/overfiend1976▲ 24rage

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