Welcome to the Daily Lancer, a daily posting on the state and prospects of my MLB favorites, the Kansas City Royals. Its a curse to be a Royals fan, not only for the obvious reasons -

-- They've stunk for the past 19 years
-- They have no money
-- They have no fan base
-- They have a beautiful but outdated stadium that doesn't produce enough revenue
-- Etc., etc., etc.

- but also because I live in New York City, where I have no one who can commiserate, and I'm stuck between obnoxious Yankees and Mets fans.

But I manage to keep up, and enjoy writing about the Royals, so we'll see how it goes.