Swept by the Sox, I get mad at you the fans who did nothing wrong

We are all realizing something for the first time. As a lifelong Royals fan I have no idea how to feel about these current events. I mean after making the World Series last year it has somehow spun us into an alternate universe. The Royals twitter has grown so much that I almost feel like an outsider, the long time barren waste land of Royals merch has suddenly blossomed into something of a cash cow merged with a cult. Just a quick look for "Kansas City Royals" on etsy gives you 53 pages of results. That is in sharp contrast to my last Royals Merch post when etsy revealed just 8 pages of Royals merch. And holy Snots the Dog, was my last Merch post really all the way back in January of 2012!?!?!?!?! That is why I started this post because I had originally thought about a new Merch series post because why not. Still anymore it seems with the new influx of fans, like Royals fans have become hipsters.

Possibly Royals fans hanging out before a game, in mid June maybe?

 Does that bother me? Not really. I love the new revenue flowing into Kauffman Stadium and thus the Royals payroll and I love having all the new merch options. But...

Do I find the new stream of casual fans fairly annoying? Why yes I do. But hear me out on why I feel this way.

I have never been a bandwagon fan. I have stuck through the team through some awful awful seasons. So when I know that you did not care at all about the team then but now you are a die hard fan, well that ticks me off. Yeah it felt great becoming America's darlings during last years playoff and World Series run. But guess what? I am a jealous guy. Jump all over the Royals bandwagon, but do not act like you have been here for the long haul when you have not. Yes I am looking at all those people I have seen that like team X but now also like the Royals. I HAVE NEVER liked another team other then the Royals. I mean what seriously is the point of having more then one team? Does that defeat the whole purpose of having a favorite team to begin with? Why does the MLB app give me a chance to select favorite teams? No a fan should have one team, and only one.

But no this bandwagon jumping has much farther reaching consequences then just an influx of fans and lack of seat availability for any given day. (Which I love, I love not being able to get tickets and parking seemingly miles away somewhere in the wastelands beyond Arrowhead. Because that means we have a winning team and that is all that matters.)

No the problems lay with this new breed of fan who whines about stupid crap. Seriously today I saw someone complaining because:

"what kind of a lineup was That for a Labor Day weekend Sunday afternoon sold out game??!! No Hosmer, no Cain, Zob in right, Gordon DHing???? I can understand Gordo but like my buddy said after the game. " I shelled out $500 for my family to watch That lineup"??!!"

See! Have we seriously gotten to the point off complaining about a Sunday afternoon lineup? I seriously understanding the grumblings surrounding Cueto's poor outings. He was brought here short term to win and he has done just about everything but so far. But to complain about the Royals lineup today. I mean seriously just look at the lineup from 5 years ago today.
 I get it.
 We expect to win now.
Which is still a bit of a funny concept for me. And I get about as mad as anyone when we get swept by the ChiSox at home. Especially with Toronto breathing down our necks for best record in the AL and Minnesota still hanging in there even if it is just barely. But seriously after years of losing big time can we just enjoy the games? I am not saying we need to not worry about these three telling losses because they were very unsettling after the Detroit slugfest. But let us not forget to enjoy the ride we are on because as our parents grandparents learned it may not last forever.

But going back to the one main reason why this new fan is fairly annoying is this:

Taken directly from Royals.com. Connect with other single Royals fans. If you have been reading this blog for awhile you know I have been single for a very very very very long time. (Also if you've been reading RoRetc for a long time please accept my apologies for all my awful posts you must have had to read. My sincere condolences.) But with this new breed of Yogis in the outfield (not that there is anything wrong with that.Some Christians say Yoga pants = the devil's favorite clothing piece but I do not buy that. It would probably be this or this.) it gets harder when you go on a date (not that I'd know) and your date does not know Tony Graffanino, Chip Ambres, Ken Harvey, Jose Lima or a single member of the 2004 - 2009 Royals. Well then all you can really do is look up to the sky and say....

Wader, check please!

Thanks for as always for reading, and go Royals!

Paulo Orlando, Brazil, and the Royals

Brazilian Flag (Wikipedia)

For a long time the most known sports figures from Brazil have always been soccer stars. Brazil is a land where football is king. That all changed for at least a moment across the Midwestern United States and wherever else Royals fans found themselves watching or listening to Thursday's game against the White Sox. It was on this day a 29 year old Paulo Orlando, after ten years of minor league baseball would finally make his big league debut becoming only the third Brazilian to ever accomplish that feat. And when you really get down to it, the importance of the fact that Paulo finally made his debut for the Royals against the White Sox cannot be understated.
Before there was Paulo there was two other Brazilians to play at the highest level:
Catcher Yan Gomes and pitcher Andre Rienzo.
What might seem like a relatively non-important fact is really quite amazing. Because in baseball, like with God, there are no coincidences.
Yan Gomes, the Brazillian American who played college ball for Tennessee became the first Brazilian in the majors when he made his debut May 17th 2012 for the Blue Jays. Yan who now catches for the Indians seemingly has no ties to the Royals, but you'd be wrong. Yan Gomes hit his 25th career MLB homerun off of Danny Duffy July 6th of last year. But digging even deeper you would find that Yan is married to Jenna Hammaker, daughter of the Royals 1979 1st round draft pick, Atlee Hammaker. What is more impressive than that? The first Brazillian to ever play MLB married the daughter of a former Royals pitcher. Didn't I tell you there where no coincidences?
Still don't believe me, okay lets look at Andre Rienzo. On the surface he appears to be just another Chicago White Sock, but you would be wrong there. Recall that awful 5-2 Royals loss on August 21st 2013 and you'll see that, that was the night Rienzo won his first game. Becoming the first Braziallian born pitcher to receive a win and the only Brazilian born pitcher to ever beat the Kansas City Royals.
Still none of that has much to do with the speedy Paulo Orlando. No what has to do with Paulo Orlando is an obscure trade that happened on August 9th 2008 that sent reliever "HoRam" Horacio Ramirez to the White Sox for an outfielder who had spent the whole season in High Class A Winston-Salem and allowed the Royals to call up often forgotten pitcher Josh Newman who would go on to pitch in four games for Kc amassing a 7.71 ERA.

Horacio set into motion the events that would transpire yesterday. (Fox Sports)

From here time would take it's toll, and eventually people lost track of the trade. Ramirez would be out of the Majors by 2012 and retired after 2013. Josh Newman would be out of baseball by 2010. Yet time would not stop Paulo's dream. A ball in 2009 lead to him to AA in 2010. He would peak as high as AAA Omaha the following year before returning to AA in 2012. 2013 and 2014 both saw him continue to fight it out at Omaha but by now people had for the most part lost interest. In fact just last year South Side Sox in an article describing why the Sox should not fear trading within the division said this:

The Royals, though? That wall fell years ago, as they snapped a 14-year drought by making four trades from 2006 to 2009. Granted, none of those deals were worth remembering for either team:

July 24, 2006: Tyler Lumsden and Dan Cortes for Mike MacDougal

Dec. 16, 2006: Ross Gload for Andrew Sisco

Aug. 9, 2008: Paulo Orlando for Horacio Ramirez

Nov. 6, 2009: Josh Fields and Chris Getz for Mark Teahen

And although I take strong exception to the fact they think that anyone would not remeber Ross Gload, the fact remains the same. The White Sox had forgotten about the heart and drive of Paulo Orlando. A drive and a dream that was finally realized yesterday afternoon when Paulo went 1 for 3 with a triple and a walk. While one game does not make for something to get to excited about overall, for Paulo Orlando it made all the hard work worth it.

"It might not have looked like it," he said, "but I was nervous. There was a lot of emotions out there for me. Maybe next time I can control my emotions more." 

~ Paulo Orlando (Royals.com)

All smiles (Royals.com)

After ten years Paulo certainly has something to smile about, and not only him but all who love baseball in Brazil and are proving that soccer is no longer, the only sport.

Mildly recapping the start of the 2015 season

The Royals (1-0) looking to continue to stay hot tonight after terrible Tuesday in which they had a day off. Seriously I cannot stand that. We have to wait all winter for baseball to get here and then boom. After one game you are immediately followed by an off day. I get that the players can probably use the rest after playing the first meaningful game of the season, but c'mon what about us fans? That wait is killer.

But after one game there where some really encouraging signs.
For starters the Royals roughed up the White Sox's new ace former Notre Dame Wide Receiver and ex-Princess Bride hero Jeff Samardzija.

Forget what you've heard this guy is a baseball player. (USA Today)

Before growing a goatee and beard, Jeff played Inigo Montoya in the homeschool cult favorite, The Princess Bride

So try to remember that before jumping to any conclusions on whether the plunking of Lorenzo Cain following the Moustakas home run was intentional. It would only stand to reason that someone with a history of violet sports and past movie roles would be prone to occasionally let the situation get the best of him. I mean we are only one game into the season... and oh forget it he plays for the White Sox. Still what was most important about the HBP was the way the rest of the team stood up for Cain from the dugout, which is something the Royals have not always been too keen at doing.

All and all it was a very solid effort in the 10-1 victory. From the three walks drawn by Morales to Alex Rios going 3 for 4 it was a most exciting Opening Day. The only moment of cringe worthiness was when Yordano Ventura fell to the ground with a cramp in his thumb. Definitely something you do not want to see from your ace who just signed a big extension. But luckily it was as they say just a thumb cramp.

Aside from the big victory, the other feel good story was the solid top of the nineth pitched by Ryan Madson. After being out of the big leagues since 2011 it was definitely a cool moment to see (or hear on the radio as I did) all of Ryan's hard work to get back being fulfilled.

Of course to see these rings and the AL Pennet getting raised were also very much feel good stories, many years in the making.

Royals’ 2014 AL championship ring. (JOSTENS)

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article17551247.html#storylink=cpy

But ultimately the show must go on, and as we get set for tonight's game with Danny Duffy on the hill we can remember the past by voting for the franchise four,

So as the Royals get ready for tonight's game it is of the utmost importance to let the words of wisdom Chicago Tribune's Steve Rosenbloom ring through our heads:

"The Sox have the best hitter on the field in this series. They have the most to lose by resorting to some kind of fake-macho baseball. Being dumber than the Royals doesn’t help you get past a divisional opponent that went to the World Series. Being smarter and better than the Royals, now that helps a lot."

True words of wisdom. However it is just a shame the White Sox will never have the cunning to outsmart the Royals, maybe in the days of Trey Hillman or Buddy Bell, but no one in the world has the smarts of Ned Yost. And certainly you cannot base your hopes on being better than the Royals because that is just something impossible. Enjoy the game and thanks for reading!

2015 Royals and beyond!

Let us face it, this blog probably has not held much relevance since sometime in 2009. Granted though I was 18 than and all the post show that very cringe worthy fact. However 2015 is a brand new spanking year, and the Kansas City Royals are the defending American League Champions. No back in 2008 I never thought I would ever write that sentence but I just did, and let me tell you it feels great. Are blogs still as important here in 2015 as they where in 2008? Probably not. People have twitter now. Or I guess I should say baseball has twitter. because seriously the best place to watch any baseball game is at the ballpark, however the next best thing is on your front porch drinking a sweet tea and spitting sunflower seeds while summer sun fades and the crackling voice of Denny Matthews comes over the AM dial on an aging radio. After that the next best thing is the same situation, only with an FM dial. But if you don't have that, well then you at the worst should have a TV and a twitter because that is pretty darn fun to.

I am like Brett Farve in a way, I just do not know hen to gracefully call it quits. An obvious sign to anyone reading this who is thinking, "geez a new post from Royals on Radio Etc, I thought that guy was dead or something'. And to be honest I have lost touch with quite a few of the bloggers pantheon who have sense moved out of the basement and into the real world. (Is that even a thing? The real world...) Anyway I now have 31 hours of college complete including an A in English 102 (after a B in English 101) and Microsoft Word so... hopefully these posts are not going to suck as much from here on out.
And you know what? California, Mo is back on the Royals Radio Network map baby...

So here's hoping for another exciting and memorable season of Kansas City Royals baseball.
And I think I'm going to bring the sexy back to Royals blogging in 2015.

As always thanks for reading and Go Royals!

Because It's not everyday your dreams come true

Not everyone can trace back to the moment they first became a fan. For me though it had to be when I was 6 or possible 7. That’s when I received to pair of elastic shorts from a garage sale. One was an awful red with an ornate StL thing, the other was blue with a KcR inside of a crown.

 With someone else’s outgrown garage sale junk I would forever be a Royals fan.

It wasn’t easy really and for the most part I had no clue what was going on. Being surrounded by Cardinals fans it was no walk in the park being a Royals fan especially when you have no ties to Kansas City. In fact one reason I think I never rooted for the Chiefs was because everyone was a Cardinals and Chiefs fan. Like what’s up with that? Yeah as I said earlier I cannot stand the color red. You better believe as the heat of the 1998 home run chase I rooted heavily for Sammy Sosa in his battle against Mark McGwire much to the chagrin of my classmates. I made a big Sammy Sosa cutout and a tiny McGwire in class, showing Sosa’s superiority. Yet everyone knows even though I could barely name any MLB players my heart belonged to the greatest slugger I who had ever lived, the mighty Jeff King.

Me circa 2004/2005

In 2002 I got my first real taste of Royals baseball, I had always rooted for them but never had a way to follow the day to day operations of the team. That year the local “Christian Tv” station would broadcast RSTN games on Sunday afternoons. I remember the Royals game being on and seeing Tony Muser the day I got online and eventually adopted my dog Flash from the Jefferson City Animal shelter. Oddly enough it was also a Sunday Royals game the day he got loose and almost attacked some teenagers walking down our road. We moved from Jeff to California, Mo in the winter of 2002. We had to get rid of my dog due to the move.

Flash

But it’s 2003 that would forever alter the course of my life. As an 11 year old kid I stumbled upon something on my radio. I had always heard Mike Shannon and his rants on my great grandma’s radio whenever I would come over. Which was every day since she lived next door to us in Jeff City. I couldn’t stand Mike Shannon. His macabre ramblings and ungodly fascination with the home run always struck a nerve with me. Something along the lines of “Ray Lankford at the plate and he hasn’t homered in 2 at bats, he’s due for a jack here!” No this was the opposite. A smooth voiced dream who called the games perfectly. You were there and could feel it. I fell deeply in love with Royals baseball because of Denny Matthews and Ryan Lefebvre. Occasionally Bob Davis and Fred White. I fell in love with Tony Pena and the 2003 Royals, clipping out newspaper clipping after newspaper clipping describing each game. Jose Lima! God what a beautiful man, no one in the history of the world had ever pitched as greatly as that man.

Me 2005

During this time my grandpa a Cardinals fan decided I the family should go to a real MLB game. I can still remember him and mom looking the computer going over possible dates in our basement. The only condition grandpa had was it had to be a Cardinals game. We could go to a game right away, but I wanted to go to a Royals game so we had to wait for what seemed like decades. On June 20^th 2003 I went to my 1^st MLB game. It was at Busch Stadium, Matt Morris against the greatest pitcher ever Jose Lima.  I refused my grandpa’s offer to buy me a Cardinals hat and in something you don’t see any more he bought me a Royals hat from a vendor inside the stadium. Even though I was just a fat kid I received a lot of slack from the Cardinals fans around us. Looking at the box score now I see that several Royals homered that day but I can only remember one. Ken Harvey. It was the first homerun I ever witnessed live and forever lives in my heart. The Royals would win the game 10-4. I was in euphoria. 

The Royals would go on to acquire such mythical players as Curtis Leskanic, Rondell White, Paul Abbott, Graeme Lloyd, Al Levine, and Brian Anderson. Kevin Appier was still pitching. Somehow we just fell short of the playoffs. It was awful.

In 2004 we would be graced by a crazy Royals team. Featuring the likes of decrepit old sluggers Juan Gonzalez, Benito Santiago and three of my all-time favorite Royals Matt Stairs, Tony Graffanino, and Jaime Cerda.

It was also during the Royals 2004 that the Royals Caravan stopped in California, Mo. It was here at California Ford I would met the incredible Jaime Cerda, Calvin Pickering, Dennis Leonard, and Ryan Lefebvre. Returning at 11:10am to Cal’s Thriftway to swipe the poster….

2004 was also the first time I would ever make it to the oasis that is Kauffman Stadium. I was 12 and it was crazy. I was given those two tickets by a man from church named Chris. I’m not entirely sure he wasn’t an angel. He came to our house for a 40 Days of Purpose study group and saw my Royals flag and ended up giving us four tickets. RIGHT BEHIND HOME PLATE!!!! I brought my favorite Royals baseball for some reason that day. I had hit it and lost it in my grandpa’s field for over a month but one day they cut the field and I found the ball completely unharmed. That was a miracle, and the fact I had never damaged the Royals logo on the ball by hitting it was also a miracle.  And on this day of miracles I met and got the autograph of the legendary Buck O’Neil!

The only downside was Jimmy Gobble and the Royals lost to Johan Santana after one of my all-time least favorite Royals Ryan Bukvich blew the game. (Santana was on and we never had a chance but someone had to take the blame) And if you are wondering Rudy Seanez is my all-time least favorite Royal, looking back he really was not to terrible but I couldn’t stand the guy.

The next few years were filled with many losses and long nights listen to Denny Matthews call the game as I lay out on our trampoline with my brother and sister, or setting on the porch with a glass of mint tea and a scorecard as the night slowly enveloped the Mid-Missouri sky. It was a time of highs that to the casual baseball fan didn’t mean a lot but to me each win was special. Every player was legend just waiting to turn the team around. Yeah I got slack for being a Royals fan but when the Royals on Radio would come over the crackling sounds of KRLL 1420 AM California, Mo it was pure nirvana.

 And when I wasn’t outside I was in my room following along in front of my radio. I had a ton of tacks and kept my “broadcast” all filled out.

I even had a magical Royals rally root.

 And believe it or not when I would tap it on my clipboard when the Royals desperately needed a rally it actually worked more times than not.  And every year I would make a book of players and keep stats. 

In 2006 I was 15 and cutting grass. Rather than getting paid for my work I received stamps from my parents. It started as an idea for a school assignment to write to a couple MLB players and ask them what glove company they used and maybe score an autograph if they weren’t too busy.

One man, Jim Thome would put an end to my index card campaign. I sent him an index card and he sent me this instead of returning the index card. A DH sending me and signing a card of him with his glove company visible. It was truly something special. So that summer and the next I spent the year writing to numerous ballplayers. Sending the most to One Royal Way.

Sometimes a player wouldn’t write back and that was to be expected. But the only one that ever truly hurt was the one I wanted to get an autograph for someone else, my sister. Mike Sweeney was her favorite player, once she cried when some drunk fans in the outfield chanted “Sweeney Sucks”. So I wrote to the captain and asked if he could please give me an autograph for my sister. But that autograph never came, even as I received signatures from way bigger stars. Eventually she stopped caring about baseball and go rid of her Sweeney stuff. I kept her keychain though to remind myself that faith in the Captain was unwarranted.

But on a positive note, I also wrote Ryan Lefebvre and got this amazing card that made my whole month!!!

In 2007 I joined the old Royals Nation proboard that eventually led me to create this blog and the rest is history.

I write all this because I wanted to, I’ve felt the agony numerous 100 loss seasons, and a 19 game losing streak. But I’ve also felt the joy of Matt Stairs grand slam in the Sonic Slam inning, and Zack Grienke Cy Young. The crushing loss of having KRLL 1420Am drop the Royals on Radio at the start of this season. Yet nothing can compare to the feeling I have felt today. Never thought in a million years this team would make the World Series. I write now because I have been afraid to all season, baseball by it's very nature is a superstitious man's game. honestly I didn't write because I was afraid it would mess them up. But I feel safe doing it now that they are in the World Series.

I owe a sincere heartfelt apology to Dayton Moore, Ned Yost, Rex Hudler and even David Glass. Call me Aaron Thomas because I’m eating Crow and doubted the process. But never gave up. You’ve got to remember that after losing all the time and getting picked on by Cardinals* fans and others all the time you get pretty angry and ready to just win already for Brett’s sake!!! *(Not the classy ones that run blogs but the ones at your local grocery store or the ones you find on twitter)

The day the Royals clinched the postseason for the 1^st time in my 23 years on earth I was running sound for a local theatre production and could barely focus on the play I was so excited.

I so wanted to write a blog post then and again after me and my brother went to the AL Wildcard game and watched the greatest game I’ve ever seen in my life from Section 423 Row ZZ. Literally the top of Kauffman Stadium, perhaps the closet to heaven I have ever been!

But now we are here.

The World Series!!!!!!

I really want to put into words what this means to me, but they seem so inadequate. The hours I’ve spent, the cheers I’ve yelled, the anger I’ve felt and the tears I’ve cried all coming to this moment. 

4 Wins away from being World Champions. 

I still can’t fully understand it, like perhaps I am in a coma or possibly dead and this is all a crazy dream. Perhaps Ebola already killed us all and we just haven’t realized it yet?

 I don’t know for sure but I can’t stop smiling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See the Royals are the closet I have ever been to a relationship, I’ve only ever really fallen for one girl and that’s yet to take off yet..... So the Royals have always been my “bae” as the kids now in days call it. It’s been rough, but beautiful, and today every single loss, tear, and moment of frustration and remorse are all so very worth it.

My 18th Birthday Cake

I don’t know if I’m going to make it to a World Series game, it’s a bucket list thing to see the Royals in a World Series game so we’ll see. I don’t know if I have an extra $700 or so dollars, but I do have a kidney, so we’ll see……..

But in the meantime it’s champagne showers and smiles from ear to ear. I’d be remorse if I didn’t stop to think the many Royals fans who’ve been there with me the whole way, you guys I can’t believe this is happening!

Me and my brother after the Royals won the AL Wildcard

And as I close this for tonight I leave you with a partial list of past Royals since 2003 that have forever made an impact on our hearts and made us who we are today:

Angel Berroa, Dee Brown, Adrian Brown, Emil Brown, Gookie Dawkins, David DeJesus, Mike DiFelice, Carlos Febles, Aaron Guiel, Ken Harvey, Mendy Lopez, Brett Mayne, Joe Randa, Michel Tucker, Miguel Asencio, DJ Carrasco, Chris George, Jason Grimsley, Runelvys Hernandez, Darrel May, Mike MacDougal, Kyle Snyder, Brad Voyles, Les Walrond, Kris Wilson, Jose Bautista, Andres Blanco, Byron Gettis, John Buck, Tony Graffanino, Wilton Gurrero, Aaron Guiel, Ruben Mateo, Abraham Nunez, Paul Phillips, Desi Releford, Kelly Stinnett, Mike Tonis, Denny Bautista, Shawn Camp, Nate Field, Matt Kinney, Dennys “Big Sweat” Reyes, Jimmy Serrano (Was at his MLB debut), Eduardo Villacis, Mike Wood, john Buck, Mark Teahen, Chip Ambres, Shane Costa, Alberto Castillo, Matt Diaz, Ruben Gotay, Dennis Hocking, Jon Huber, Terrance Long, Eli Marrero, Joe McEwing, Jonah Bayliss, Ambiorix Burgos, Chris Demaria, Ryan Jenson, Leo Nunez, Andrew Sisco, Steve Stemle, Paul Bako, joey Gathright, Esteban German, Mark Grudzielanek, Jeff Keppinger, Mitch Maier, Kerry Robinson, Angel Sanchez, Reggie Sanders, Ryan Shealy (We both call August 29^th our birthday), Doug Mientkiewicz, Steve Andrade, Chris Booker, Elmer Dessens, Scott Dohmann, Brandon Duckworth, Scott Elarton , Seth Etherton, Luke Hudson, Bobby Keppel, Joe Mays, Joe Nelson, Joel Peralta, Odalis Perez, Mark Redman, Todd Wellemeyer, Craig Brazell, Fernando Cortez, Jason LaRue, Tony Pena Jr, Jason Smith, John Bale, Ryan Braun, Kyle Davies, Jorge De la Rosa, Gil Meche, David Riske, Jason Standridge, Jon Thomson, Kila Ka’aihue, Jose Guillen, Matt Tupman, Jeff Fulchino, Devon Lowery, Ron Mahay, Neal Musser, Hideo Nomo, Horacio Rameriz, Carlos Rosa, Brett Tomko, Kip Wells, Yashuhik Yabuta, Robinson Tejeda, Lenny DiNardo, Roman Colon, Luis Hernandez, Willie Bloomquist, Tug Hulett, Mike Jacobs, Rick Ankiel, Yuniesky Betancourt, Wilson Betemit, Jason Kendall, Bryan Bullington, Jesse Chavez, Juan Cruz, Andrew Lerew, Victor Marte, Sean O’Sullivan, Josh Rupe, Kanekoa Texeria, Phillip Humber, Lucas May, Josh Fields, Matt Treanor, Nate Adcock, Ramon Ramierez, and many more!

And that one time Garth Brooks was at Spring Training....

THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me ALCS Game 3

Thanks as always for reading!!