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Captions rejected by the Kansas City Star sports editors in favor of Royals catcher John Buck looked on disconsolately Sunday after Texas’ Hank Blalock scored the game-tying run on Chris Davis’ two-out, infield single in the eighth inning in Arlington, Texas

Royals catcher John Buck looked on lachrymosely Sunday after Texas’ Hank Blalock scored the game-tying run on Chris Davis’ two-out, infield single in the eighth inning in Arlington, Texas

Royals catcher John Buck looked on woebegone Sunday after Texas’ Hank Blalock scored the game-tying run on Chris Davis’ two-out, infield single in the eighth inning in Arlington, Texas

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The weight of the world resting awkwardly on his heavily padded shoulders, Royals catcher John Buck looked on Sunday after Texas’ Hank Blalock scored the game-tying run on Chris Davis’ two-out, infield single in the eighth inning in Arlington, Texas

His spirits lower than the yield on a T-bill, Royals catcher John Buck looked on Sunday after Texas’ Hank Blalock scored the game-tying run on Chris Davis’ two-out, infield single in the eighth inning in Arlington, Texas

Royals catcher John Buck had a case of the mean reds Sunday after Texas’ Hank Blalock scored the game-tying run on Chris Davis’ two-out, infield single in the eighth inning in Arlington, Texas

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Royals catcher John Buck worried about the next call from his bookie on Sunday after Texas’ Hank Blalock scored the game-tying run on Chris Davis’ two-out, infield single in the eighth inning in Arlington, Texas

Wearing a face that he keeps in a jar by the door, Royals catcher John Buck looked on Sunday after Texas’ Hank Blalock scored the game-tying run on Chris Davis’ two-out, infield single in the eighth inning in Arlington, Texas

April must have seemed the cruelest month to Royals catcher John Buck, having seen the best leads of his generation destroyed by shoddy bullpens, leading him to struggle through an existential crisis to rival the ones by Camus and Sartre, had they played baseball.*

Royals catcher John Buck expressed second thoughts about putting Jamey Wright on his fantasy baseball team after the reliever gave up a two-out, infield single in the eighth inning in Arlington, Texas

Wondering who would stop the rain — and the bleeding — Royals catcher John Buck looked on Sunday after Texas’ Hank Blalock scored the game-tying run on Chris Davis’ two-out, infield single in the eighth inning in Arlington, Texas.

Royals catcher John Buck beat on, boats against the current, as the Royals were borne back ceaselessly another game in the standings Sunday after Texas’ Hank Blalock scored the game-tying run on Chris Davis’ two-out, infield single in the eighth inning in Arlington, Texas.

Catcher John Buck spent his final fit, his final bellyache as the Royals bullpen blew another save — no surprises there.

Buck wept.
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* This one was contributed by Buzz Bissinger. He’s a terrible writer.
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