Watch: Ninth-inning blunder dooms White Sox in walk-off loss at Royals

Following a lead-off walk to pinch hitter Mark Canha, left fielder Drew Waters hit a pop-up to White Sox second baseman Chase Meidroth, which should have been an easy first out to the inning.

Instead, Meidroth lost track of the ball, and it hit him in the head before going into right field. 

Things spiraled from there, and the Royals tied the game without getting the ball out of the infield. Catcher Freddy Fermin reached on a bunt single to load the bases, while third baseman Jonathan India drove in the tying run on a ground ball up the middle despite a diving stop by White Sox shortstop Jacob Amaya.

Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. won the game with a deep hit to center.

For most teams, those events would be stunning. For the Sox (10-26), it's just another day at the ballpark.

Chicago is already 12.5 games out of first in the AL Central and coming off a historically futile 2024 season when it set the single-season MLB record for losses (121).

If something bad can happen on the diamond, the White Sox will probably do it. They've become the major's biggest joke, and after Tuesday, it's easy to understand why. The only thing Meidroth's blunder was missing is a laugh track.