Grey cinderblock shoot perfectly captures Royals constant rebuilding, depressing aura

Now that the Kansas City Royals have improved their record to 3-0, the new darlings of baseball have apparently become instantly marketable as you can see in the clever photography shown above from their new calendar . 

The edgy stills are just creepy teasers of what's available in the full set, shot by renowned bearded hipster and full-time scarf wearer, Nathan Van Wilderhauser of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 

One thing we've been able to draw for certain from this victory of a photo shoot is that there's a new sheriff in town, and his name is Mark Grudzielanek (picture after the jump).

The three galleries from the shoot are available here, here and here.