Detention Lecture: Your 2011 Kansas City Royals

As the regular season winds down, 22 teams are facing an offseason filled with golf rounds and hot-stove strategery. But we're not going to let them get off that easy. No sir. No way. In an attempt to bring some closure between franchise and follower, we're giving a blogger from each team the opportunity to detain their squads for the equivalent of a Saturday morning stay. Up first in our series is Nick Bromberg, the Kansas City Royals expert around these parts. He's taking a break from pressing thousands of 2012 All-Star Game t-shirts to deliver this tongue-lashing after another losing season. Young men of the Royals! Look up! Both you and I know that your future looks bright. But the future isn't the present. And in the present, you look like a bunch of bored high schoolers causing mischief when they could easily be on a path to making the Dean's List in college. Your potential is easily recognizable and maybe with a few punishments, it will be tapped into s...