It's a Record, Baby! We Suck!

It's official. The Royals suck. I mean really suck. Like a Hoover powered by a scramjet. Thirteen losses in a row, eclipsing the team record set in 1997.

Royals manager Buddy Bell kept the clubhouse closed for 30 minutes after the loss.

``When they got the four runs, we can't stop playing,'' Bell said. ``We've got to keep playing. The nature of the game is to keep going. I didn't think the focus was there at the end after they got the four runs. That can't happen. I'm kind of running out of answers.''

Should just keep the clubhouse permanently closed. The answer, Buddy, is that we just ain't any good.