Kansas City Royals Can't Handle New Role As Favorites And Already Fold Under Pressure

Kansas City pro-sports teams have always been more comfortable with the role of underdog and continually disappoint during crunch time. Already this season the Royals look frustrated and uncomfortable playing the favorite.

Here's the latest example:

ESPN: Five Royals ejected after latest incidents vs. Athletics

Fox4KC: Yost, Eiland ejected in latest Royals-Athletics incident

Call it performance anxiety or the hard cruelty of high expectations but Kansas City pro athletes have never been good living up to all of the hype that mainstream media creates. Now that national news outlets are jumping on the bandwagon, the fall is going to be even harder.

Fear not . . . Just when we think they're out of it and have given up all hope . . . The Royals will enjoy a predictable bounce that's also function this tragic trend.

Dealing with pressure is a difficult task and life is full of disappointments, nowhere is this more clear than in the play of the Royals and the travails of their fanboys and paid media advocates who never stop believing even when a clear pattern of Kansas City FAIL has presented itself in nearly every season for a generation.

Still, the point here is that Kansas City doesn't know how to play anything but the underdog and that state of mind is inherently limiting.

Humility, modesty and politeness are overrated Midwestern virtues which are mostly crippling for superstar athletes or just about anybody else who wants to perform at top levels. The "underdog mentality" is just another Kansas City neurosis that limits locals for the benefit of the common good or to enforce the inherent mediocrity of the ruling class.

Also, the last year's fluke season is already starting to fade into memory.

Developing . . .