From the Ribbie Reporter -- When will it end?

Now that the Royals losing streak is at 12, I thought I'd turn things over to Joe Posnanski, the great KC Star columnist. Poz is supposed to be on leave all summer finishing a book, but he told his editor that he would come back to cover any long losing streaks the Royals had (Note: Whenever the Royals lose 10+ in a row Poz starts following the team and writing about it... brilliant, but depressing, stuff).
http://www.kansascity.com/180/story/642103.html
So anyway, there's the start of Poz's oddessy.
Also, the Burnt End Bomber found this little gem (also courtesy of Poznanski). This ran in the May 30 KC Star.


"There is a neat little program on the Internet called 'Win Expectancy
Finder' which lets you see how often a team has won or loss in just
about every situation between 1977 and 2006. In those30 years, this very
situation - home team up by five runs, runner on first, two outs in the
ninth - came up 826 times. The home team won, um 826 times. Until
Thursday night, when the Royals became the first team in over 30 years
to lose a game in that situation."

30 years! 30! Are you $%^* kidding me? (This is a family blog, right? I shouldn't right that probably).
The Bomber notes that the Royals starting shortstop, Tony Pena, is hitting .160 with a .190 OBP and a .200 slugging percentage. Bomber wants to call him Tony "Mendoza line" Pena, but I don't think that's fair to Mendoza, who at least could hit his weight.

A few years ago I started a post by banging my head on the keyboard. If the streak hits 15, we'll be back to that again.