Blair Kerkhoff

They know the way from when they used to be a basketball school.

That's right.

Who on campus?

Well, I don't think the sentiment was wrong going into the season.

I thought last season ended up being a disappointment.

Following 86 wins in a playoff appearance with 82, but you could explain that away, the injuries to the staff, but you had a 3,100 season from Salve and from Vinny and –

And Michael Garcia having the year that he had and which numbers came down a little bit last year.

But it was what was he fourth in the MVP voting?

I mean, it was, you know, a great season.

And so every reason to believe going into this year that with healthier arms, that, you know,

Players like Garcia and Vinny and even maybe you would have expected a little bit of regression from Salve.

But otherwise, you know, a year better from Caglione and Jensen showed promise.

And I think they improved the corner outfielders.

Every reason to believe that this would be a next step type of season.

And that's what to me has kind of.

why we're in the mood that we're in about the Royals.

It's not because this is just another one of those double-digit games under .500 before June seasons.

It's because there was legitimate reason to feel good about this team's hopes going into this year, and they've just been kind of heartbreakingly bad.

So for all the reasons we understand, to me, it was the Carlos Estevez injury early, I thought, set the tone.

It screwed up the bullpen.