I never really plan to write these things. Like many of you, my sole concern after Thursday night was to find the quickest way possible to have an AL Central Champions shirt on my person to wear, spill on, sweat in, and generally cavort around Minneapolis (where I live) in a gloating fashion until someone with authority over me tells me to stop (i.e. my wife).

I settled on this one.

Majestic Kansas City Royals Charcoal 2015 AL Central Division Champions The Central is Ours Hoodie ($59.95)

Simple, to the point, a definitive statement that cannot be argued against, and is thankfully lacking in contrived marketing slogans that don't make a lot of sense (Always October, anyone? No. No it is not.). It's just a fact for a full year now: The AL Central belongs to the Royals. The sweatshirt belongs to me.

Anyway, I'm sure those of you that needed something similar applied some sort of logic to the process, bought some gear that was to your liking, and that was that. I, however, always get sucked down the rabbit hole on the Royals online stores though, and before I know it, I have 50 tabs open of things that make me go "hmmmm..." Normally I just stick to the Official Royals store, but I recently found that Fans Edge also has some things that just can not be ignored. Here are my new favorites, click the links to give MLB more of your money.

Let's start this off by looking at some clothing.

Klew Kansas City Royals Royal Blue Thematic Ugly Sweater ($69.95)

I don't mean to start this out with some sort of racial commentary, I really don't. I just think we can acknowledge that this shirt was likely drawn up by white people with white people in mind in the sweater art director's office. I can definitively say this not just because I speak with the authority of being a white people myself, I know it because it's referred to as an "ugly sweater". Not a "baseball sweater" or a "festive sweater" or "busy sweater" or whatever else you'd want to call it. Nope, this one's UGLY, and only certain factions of white people are that concerned with conveying to the world how advanced their sense of irony is. What's really concerning about this to me isn't that this exists, it's that it's one of 3 different "ugly sweater" designs available in the store. Irony has come full-circle now hipsters, the mainstream is onto your act and you're going to have to try harder than ugly sweaters now.

Kansas City Royals Award Ribbon ($3.95)

Kansas City Royals Men's Repeat Bow Tie ($19.95)

Ok Orville, let's move along before someone tells me my favorite bands suck.

Touch by Alyssa Milano Kansas City Royals Women's Cream Power Play T-Shirt ($39.95)

Kansas City Royals Star Wars 27x37 Vertical Banner by Wincraft ($27.99)

Yes, for those of you who want to show the world you're simultaneously hopeful yet fearful about JJ Abrams' vision for Episode 7 and the Royals's October chances, we now have officially licensed Star Wars/Kansas City Royals merchandise. It'll look great hanging in the yard, the neighbors won't mind at all.

Kansas City Royals Yoda & Darth Vader 2pk Can Cooler by Wincraft ($10.99)

Kansas City Royals Fan Fist Drink Holder by Coopersburg Sports ($24.99)

Wrong. Hulk Hands for beer! I believe this product is marketed towards guys named Mike or Steve or Rick that want to announce to all of the cars in their lot number that they do fully intend to go through that 24 pack of Bud Light that they brought, and no, they can't share any because the beer commercials told them that sharing shitty beer is an affront to their masculinity.

In summary, if you have $25, if you'd like to be readily identifiable as the most obnoxious person at your tailgate, and if you'd like to have issues on your regular 15-minute cycle trips to the port-a-john that may or may not end up viral on YouTube, by all means, buy the Hulk Hands.

Kansas City Royals Home Team Recliner ($839.99)

Would you want one? I'm not ashamed to say I would. The price point is a little high though, I feel like 90% of the people who would want this could never justify shelling out $800 for it. The company that makes them apparently agrees, as the Royals logos look suspiciously like they were MS Painted onto a blue recliner. I'm guessing the only person who is buying this is the person who is also buying a...

Kansas City Royals Man Cave Panoramic Photomint ($59.95)

Yep, a Man Cave sign, 2006's update to the "No Girls Allowed" sign. You can usually find them in just about any sporting goods store, and I guess there's nothing really special about this one - it's just that the dichotomy of plastering MAN CAVE on a nicely framed and matted Royals logo with an establishment date and coin on it is just ridiculous to me.

"In man cave now. Hunted chicken wings, gathered peanuts. Eat wings, but use napkins! Is classy place. Grunt for beer."

Oh well, it could be worse.

Kansas City Royals Personalized Sports Pub Print ($49.99)

Like this. "Man Cave" is more of a personal pet peeve of mine that I wish would just go away, but I suppose it's acceptable in the lexicon of many people and I need to let it go. Being the proprietor of your own imaginary bar is something I have trouble letting go. For the record, this thing is not new; I've featured it in one of these articles before. What is new now are the directions on the image, which to me says something about the people that are purchasing this stupid thing. Like the process of figuring out which Photoshopped text goes on which part of the imaginary pub sign is so far beyond the Patrick Murphys of the world, the creators had to put the instructions on the image as a sort of de facto warning label that yes, this product will require input from you, the consumer. Make sure you're OK with this before purchasing and potentially ruining a customer service representative's afternoon.

Kansas City Royals Personalized Locker Room Print ($59.99)

One more item for your MAN CAVE here. I just wanted to highlight that they've updated this proud display of your arrested development to include Royals players that actually play for the Royals and are likeable (i.e. no more, Soria, Butler, or Yuni.) You're also just hijacking Dyson's number now instead of the late Dick Howser's retired #10, so you can at least feel better about yourself while looking like a 10 year old.

Kansas City Royals 3" Nice List Santa Ornament ($9.95)

This one's subbing in for the ubiquitous garden gnomes this time around. I like that Santa ditched the ugly Cardinal red getup for Royal blue because I'm absolutely the guy who's spiteful enough to ban the color red from my house during Christmas if October doesn't go to my liking. But it's not just that he's wearing blue, he's wearing a Royals robe and carrying a Royals nice list, which implies that he's a specifically Royals Santa.

So who's on that nice list? If he's a Santa for Royals players, the answer is NO ONE, at least according to rival fans and The Narrative. If he's a Santa for Royals fans... Where the hell has he been for the past 30 years? Is he like Father Christmas in Narnia, waiting years for the White Witch Glass's power to fade enough that he could give us a playoff appearance?

Kansas City Royals Peavey Pick Pack ($9.99)

I don't really have anything to say here, I think I just wanted Phil to know they exist.

Kansas City Royals Executive Pen With Authentic Dirt from Kauffman Stadium ($19.99)

Finally, tangible grit! All of the previous dirt collectibles were basically glorified display pieces, but this one has functionality! And who couldn't use a little intangibles boost in their day to day business dealings?

Kansas City Royals Vintage Baseball Calculator ($24.95)

A vintage Royals calculator, likely game-used from the 2012 analytics department. Has all of the necessary functions to calculate the essentials like ERA, RBIs, pitcher wins, and batting average.

Kansas City Royals 101 ($10.95)

I don't entirely know what this is. I assume from the man-baby Photoshop job on the front and the "my first team-board-book" sub header, this is a cardboard book made for infants. Which makes the fact that the title is "Kansas City Royals 101" even funnier. I'm imagining 20 pages full of just humorless, literal instruction.

This is a Kansas City Royal. It plays baseball.

This is Kauffman Stadium. Baseball is played here.

This is George Brett. He was good at baseball.

This is the I-70 Series. The Royals won. St. Louis Cardinals dispute this.

This is a blue book page. Write what you learned about the Kansas City Royals here. Do not gnaw or slobber on corners of pages.

Kansas City Royals Alex Gordon 10" Plush Figure ($19.99)

Oh boy, just what I also wanted. A neck-bearded, stoner-eyed Alex Gordon plush doll. If Alex doesn't re-sign here in the offseason, I'm blaming this atrocity.

Kansas City Royals 2015 MLB Team Color Robots by Foam Fanatics ($29.99)

As you can see, Wade Davis was depicted much more accurately in the toy line.

MLB Set KidRobot Munny - Do It Yourself Figurine ($12.99)

And finally, I'm posting this just because I think this might be the best chance at ever getting a Danny Duffy bear suit collectible, and I think a Danny Duffy bear suit collectible is necessary in this world.

Go Royals. Go deep.