- It was "K-State Day" for some dumb reason, so they were giving people purple KC hats and crap like that. So all through the stadium, "Let's go Wildcats" chants were breaking out when the Royals would mount a rally, and basically the whole thing was just annoying.
- Alex Gordon's walk-up song is 'Stranglehold' by Ted Nugent. This makes me respect the hell out of Alex Gordon.
- My wife filling out her All-Star Ballot. Hot. (Even though she went the girl route and only voted for players she thinks are good-looking, like Stephen Drew, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Gordon, etc.....it was still fun to watch her punch her ballot.)
- The Royals beat the Astros, and are now 4-22 when I am in attendance. Of the other three wins, two came against the Red Sox, and in the third, I lost a hundystick betting against the Royals. So this was officially the first time I walked out of Kaufmann happy that the Royals grabbed a W.
- From the "I couldn't even make this up" category: Matty P and I were throwing Wedding Crashers quotes around, and talking about how amazing that movie was when it came out, blah blah blah. During the 7th inning stretch, we had to pause our conversation, as the PA introduced the singer of 'God Bless America', Sarah McInerney or something like that. In the silence immediately following the introduction, some dude about 10 rows back yelled out "Courtesy of Sarah McLachlan!" You probably had to be there, but it was unbelievable. What are the odds?
- After a personally devastating two-year absence, the best chili cheese fries in the world are baaaaaaaaaaack!
- It was only Matty P, Teens and I at the game, so we weren't *tailgating* as much as we were just chillin' by our car, having a couple BL Smoothies before the game. We started talking to the two dudes in the car next to us, who were also just kinda hanging out. These dudes (Curtis and Grant) were a riot. Among many other topics, we had spirited and hilarious discussions about the mysterious saga of Cullen Finnerty; driving times in the Baltimore/Washington DC area; the side effects of getting violently electrocuted; and the best baseball stadiums in the league, as a math equation factoring in the beauty of the ballpark multiplied by how easy it is to sneak booze into said ballpark. Within 15 minutes, it felt like we had been friends for years, and when it was time to go into the stadium, I was legitimately disappointed that the conversation was over. Just in time for the College World Series next weekend, I was reminded of the interesting dynamic that takes place while tailgating. You can make a bunch of amazing friends within the span of a couple hours....and then never talk to, or really even think about, those people ever again for the rest of your life.
- There are three main reasons why I wish the Royals would finally put it together and just be decent already:
1. I am monetarily invested on them winning at least 77.5 games this year.
2. Most of my friends down here are Royals fans, and most of them have never even experienced a pennant race in their entire life. The last time the Royals made the playoffs was 1985, and they've only been within striking distance of the playoffs a couple times since. These poor bastards deserve it.
3. The country would find out how awesome Kaufmann Stadium is. Just a great place to watch a game.
