"...[T]he Royals finished with the decade's worst record (672-948), losing a dozen more games than the Pirates (no easy feat). They averaged 95 losses a year with four -- count 'em, four -- 100-loss seasons and finished in last place five times. They had a 19-game losing streak. Like the Pirates, they suffered from zealous belt tightening and incompetent management, continuing to make questionable moves right up to the end, when they traded a top prospect for Yuniesky Betancourt. C'mon, Yuniesky Betancourt?"