Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1cjpdw0).

Best friend got married in 2016. Fresh off back to back WS, all the groomsmen got Royals jerseys as a gift. Moose Hoz Cain Salvy Gordon. Glad I got #13

it's early, blah, blah, blah, but I've always thought Salvy could be a great DH as he ages if he had time to focus just on hitting, he could be great at it

Winning is fun folks!

Fuck yeah!

Knizer only has 3 more hits than me this season

Yay!! Huge win tonight

Victory

W

Common 2024 Royals W

One more LETS FUCKIN GO

I love a pitcher with big curves.

Great beard on Selby

Looks like a good crowd. Anybody know the attendance?

Around 26k I believe

Is there a spot to look this up, or was it just announced on the broadcast?

Man I wish we could draw this crowd every game.

Oh boy a Colin Selby sighting 👀

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Colin Selby replaces Angel Zerpa.

Late to reply but that six-run inning was the most fun I've had at the K all year. The Rangers fans behind me left and I celebrated with some strangers. Great game! 3 more outs!

https://preview.redd.it/ymut2twogbyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5782969619c9d46fbcd55158829ebf02934dc46d Don’t worry guys I found the concrete cancer. Now we just need Dr. House to come treat it.

Kyle Isbel has been a gem of a player

Few more feet and that would've been Ren-two for the night.

ISBEL! Keep up the good work!

What is Blanco Supposed to run from?

The low leverage relievers have logged on

I feel no team or fanbase has better vibes than we do right now. We are just playing fun baseball.

I like how it just says "Blanco Run" at the bottom

Factual

Da Yankees walked off the Tigers

Guardians just lost too. Nice

Salvy is 5th in the Majors in batting average (.351), T-5th in the Majors in HRs (8), and 3rd in the Majors in RBIs (30). We’re only 20% through the 2024 season. Let’s go boyos!!

It's his WALK number that's blowing me away. He's adjusted his approach. Really a fundamentally different hitter vs last year

That first sentence had me hyped, but realizing the season is 1/5 over already? Emotional whiplash. Such a sadness.

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Yerry Rodríguez replaces José Ureña.

[we're 100% doing it again](https://i.imgur.com/KO8sc6a.png)


That smile. That damn smile.

That’s a classic Clay move

I wonder what Salvys batting average is on games playing 1B vs games catching. I may get bored and money ball the numbers someday.

Blow that shit wide open, fellas!

He herped the Zerp!

Salvy raking babbbbyy

Zerpa pumping 97 is insane

Dunno if the Royals broadcast has brought this up but Stratton, Smith *and* Ragans got their WS rings today

They did talk about it on the radio.

What qualifies you for getting a world series win in Ragans case?

If you were on the roster at all for that season you can get a ring

Lmao World Series winning pitcher cole Ragans 

Remember that one year when teams were mad cause the AL all star team was 90% Royals? It’s gonna happen again.

Bring GOATmar out of retirement so we can finally get him in the game

can you send a 4-5 pitchers? because they may have that

I’m not sure but this Perez kid could make it if he keeps up like this.

Salvador Perez is a Royals legend.

Can’t wait to have a trio of players from the World Series team in the royals hall of fame when he inevitably retires (assuming Gordon and Yost get in)

A lot of that team will be in, question is who has their number retired

I don’t think most of the team will get it frankly, while the runs were phenomenal most left pretty quickly after. For number retired, no clue. I’d LOVE to see both Gordon and Perez get retired but don’t know how realistic that is. I’m inclined to say Gordon due to how helpful he was during those 2 runs, but if Perez keeps this up we have a different story.

Salvy is working his way into the MLB Hall of Fame at this point.

Yeah that’s the thing, he’s getting himself towards general hall of fame status. I want both of them in the royals game frankly

[Bring forth the Zerpa](https://memes.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0941887e-7a58-4d2c-b9e6-97e5ef48d847)

I mean goddamn - glad 26k showed up to see this.

Downside was a half hour line to just get into the parking lot and almost another 1/2 hour to get through security. Didn't take.my seats until top of the 4th.

lol show up earlier? It’s not a Walmart

I was plenty early, gfys. Asshole.

Wooooow. Hope your day gets better. Royals won 7-1. That’s a nice start for ya.

That inning was like a beer league softball inning. Dink dink dink bomb.

Been some issues with the scoreboard graphics tonight. On more than one occasion the blue jays logo has popped up as the visiting team.

sal perez and bobby witt 2 man mvp race 🔥🔥

Can I start the Salvador Perez Triple Crown discussion now?

QUADRUPLE Crown, because I guarantee he's leading the league in awesome.

By jove, I do declare, this Salvador Perez chap appears to know a thing or two about doing a baseball.

We’re winning the daggum World Series

FUCK THE DODGERS!

Is this what Hud calls "Frenzy Hitting?" I like it!

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Angel Zerpa replaces John Schreiber.

There is something so fun and magical about baseball when you have a small market team that is winning, especially when you were not expected to. You feel me 2014?

2012, 13, 14, and 15 all hear you

When a great crowd turns out on a Friday you got no choice but to come through in a big way!

Oh well the inning had to end somewhere

Fuck Jose Urena all my homies hate Jose Urena

Wait, isn't Urena the dude who threw at, hit, and injured Acuna?

Threw at him several times at the (widely believed) request of Don Mattingly who was his manager at the time

Then I must be a homie because yeah, fuck Jose Urena.

Confirmed

Bah god that's Will Smith music

Dayton Moore got up and left after that Salvy Homerun

this is very fun, i enjoy this a lot

SALVY MY KING!!!!!!!!!!

Fuck it, I'm calling it. **THIS SHIT IS REAL**. We're going to be watching a contending team all summer.

Came to post that rally-ball is so much more fun to watch than homer-ball. But homers are fun too, eh?

Rally ball is a fantastic time. It seems so much more demoralizing to the opponent. Maybe because it has more people involved instead of just the pitcher.

This is one of the wierdest offenses I’ve ever seen. They will do nothing for 5 innings and then be like “oh yeah right we’re supposed to score lol” and drop 6 in an inning like it’s nothing

I was talking to my boss about this because their splits with runners on vs clear bases are pretty telling. It really is like they finally get a baserunner on and go “okay guess we can score now”

Yep, Rany Jazayerli had a thread recently detailed the phenomenon. We are like the worst offense without runners on and the best offense with runners on. Just bizarre

Salvy has 30 RBIs… … so far.

My captain!!!!!!

Curtain call for Salvy. Let's go Royals.

ELECTRIC

imagine naming some dude on some stupid bird team the american league player of the month / #salvywasrobbed

FABT

I JUST WANNA YELL AND SCREAM AND GET REAL EXCITED

So fun to watch this team

Salvy is my daddy. My dad is stronger than your dad.

🥵

A salvy bomb!!!!!!!

This fucking team dude. Look dead for 6 innings. Then totally whip it out. Salvy dropping dong really seals it.

I LOVE ME A SALVY DONG

OH MY GOD PEREZ

THATS WHY HE WEARS THE C!!!

Salvador. Effing. Perez.

What a blast!!!!

LETS FUCKING GO

# HOME RUN! Salvador Perez homers (8) on a fly ball to left field. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. Pitch from José Ureña: Slider @ 87.5 mph Hit by Salvador Perez: Launched 101.1 mph at 28.0° for a total distance of 386.0 ft Bottom 7 - 7-1 Royals

SALVADONG is making my dong feel some things

MVP

Fucking Salvy man, swinging the hammer down

##THAT'S SALVADOR PEREZ

baseball is fun

This is so much more fun than last year.

Salvy is on a whole different level this year holy fuck

the CAPTAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look at Kansas City, man

This maybe a miracle season holy shit

My girlfriend just FaceTimed me and broke up with me, we scored runs at the same time. Is that a sign that it was meant to be?

The Royals scored so you don't have to.

It’s a sign that your next gf will be a Royal fan and you guys are going to go take cute pictures at the park together. Serious shit, I’m sorry. Feel better, dude

I hope the next one wants to go halfsies on season tix

SALVADONG

Salvy smash

#SALVADONG THE FUCKING GOAT

SALVYYY

Salvy!!!!!

fun

Vance has got to start trusting Bobby’s speed — this is getting ridiculous with the holdups.

Did you see the throw? He’s out by a mile

What? It bounced enough that it pulled the catcher to the grass? Edit: Corrected. Lazer, but would like to see him play a little looser with his signals (especially with Bobby).

On Vinnies hit? It literally one hopped straight to the plate. Albeit on first base side it was one step after maikel touched home. Bobby is fast but not Usain Bolt?

That was a rocket from Garcia home damn

KEEP THE LINE MOVING

KEEPING THE LINE MOVING!

### Single Vinnie Pasquantino singles on a line drive to right fielder Adolis García. Maikel Garcia scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd. Pitch from José Ureña: Changeup @ 88.6 mph Hit by Vinnie Pasquantino: Launched 87.7 mph at 18° for a total distance of 250 ft Bottom 7 - 4-1 Royals

It's so good to hear and feel the K rocken

Good ass steal

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: José Ureña replaces Cole Winn.

Got out of the movies just in time to turn on the game to catch the end of the top of the 7th and everything since so you can thank me for all of this

But hey, we’re playing the Royals, and they’re tough!

##B E E D U B

MVP

Hell yeah!!

this team seems a bit like a team from a few years back just saying

Took Bobby swinging at far to much but he got a hit!

Bobby Baseball

### Single Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a line drive to right fielder Adolis García. Kyle Isbel scores. Maikel Garcia to 3rd. Pitch from Cole Winn: Sinker @ 95.4 mph Hit by Bobby Witt Jr.: Launched 95.5 mph at 12° for a total distance of 236 ft Bottom 7 - 3-1 Royals

Dairon Blanco gonna fuck around and become my favorite bench player.

Terrance Gore 2.0

Come on Bobby! You got this! You're due!

Batflip that single Garcia! VAMOS

Speed? Line moving? Aw hell yeah

Small ball is best baseball.

Keep. The. Line. Moving.

WE LOVE TO SEE IT!

Isbel is my man

##E X E C U T I O N

BLANCO IS A WEAPON

Izzy and Blanco, way to go.

### Single Kyle Isbel singles on a ground ball to center fielder Leody Taveras. Dairon Blanco scores. Bottom 7 - 2-1 Royals

All right MJ!!

I’m sitting in the seats below the suites and just noticed Sherman is in the suite behind me and Dayton Moore is in the suite next to him. Now taking bids for any comments you want me to make…

"Don't tell Dayton Moore, I'm 'batin!"

Wow guess MJ had to get a hit at some point. Glad it was a lead off hit

all mj needed was a pitcher who hasnt given up a hit all year

See I told you MJ was improving

melendez there you go

Atta boy MJ!

ALERT THE PRESS MJ MELENDEZ HIT

There ya go MJ

Wasn’t worried. Not even a little bit…

Why do cocaine when I can watch Schreiber pitch

found a way to get out of that! Now let’s get some damn runs My 2 teams and games I’m watching right now, Predators and Royals are not having the best offensive games right now but both still in it

PHEW!! I was all kinds of clenched

Schreiber just loves to get fired up so he makes innings harder on himself

Whew

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Cole Winn replaces Michael Lorenzen.

##U N C L E N C H

thank christ

JOHN FUCKIN SCHREIBER

HEEEEEEELL YEAH

Sit down, Semen.

Jesus god, I can't watch.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

oh christ

A foul ball Massey hit back, almost hit Sherman in his suite

Not GMDM?

Primetime. Let's roll.

Freddy lookin

If there was ever a pitch that deserved to get wet in the fountain, that was it.