The Ultimate Nightmare: Soria Blows ANOTHER Save Chance

You’d be extremely hard-pressed to try scripting a more stunning, horrifying sequence of events than what has just taken place in Kansas City’s bullpen: One week ago, Royals Treatment posted a story acknowledging closer Joakim Soria’s sub-par start to the season, and the indicative un-Soria-like statistics which came with it. This ominous quote, courtesy of ESPN writer AJ Mass capped off the piece: “After all, if it were such an easy and obvious problem to correct, shouldn’t it have been taken care of long before it became necessary to make the problem a matter of public record?” However, not even the most sadistic rival fan could have envisioned what would take place next - Soria blew a 3-2 9th-inning lead in Baltimore, eventually serving up a 2-run walk-off home run to Orioles outfielder Adam Jones (his third blown save of the year) Texas Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz took a hanging slider deep out of the park to tie the game at 7, setting the st...