Winning the Royals Lottery

Last night, Americans watched fireworks as the Kansas City Royals throttled the Cleveland Indians. BEST FOURTH OF JULY EVER. There were quite a few noteworthy things from the game:

First, Ace Ventura came three outs away from the Royals first complete game of the year. That would have been his first career complete game shutout too. Despite the disappointment in losing the shutout (which was ruined by a solo home run from Michael Brantley in the bottom of the ninth), Royals fans have plenty to appreciate from it. Ventura is a rookie, so there should be plenty more chances for a complete game shutout. He never faced more than 4 batters in one inning, which is phenomenal. And he got a ton of hitting from his teammates, most notably Christian Colon, who was making his first big league start.

Colon was a beast, smacking 2 doubles and a triple while getting his first RBI and scoring 3 runs. He was playing second base for Omar Infante, who was scratched with a sore back. What a night though! He was the Royals first round draft pick in 2010 (4^th overall), and I am very happy and excited to see him reach the majors. He can fill a valuable role as a utility player for the rest of this season.

Second, THE ROYALS ARE NOW TIED FOR LAST PLACE WITH 49 home runs. They are no longer alone as the worst in the MLB. That is worth rejoicing. Mike Moustakas hit a 3-run bomb last night, giving the Roylas 49 on the season, and someone needs to hit another tonight so we can move ahead of St. Louis.

Third, the Independence Day hats that MLB teams wore are beauties. For those of you who missed my birthday on Thursday, I will take one of these hats please. Size 7 1/4. You can buy them here. Below is a pic of them:

 Finally, my friend Kevin basically won the Royals Lottery last night. He is living in Ohio, and was able to attend the game last night in Cleveland. He sat next to Colon’s dad, and got an autographed ball from Bruce Chen and Jeremy Guthrie. AND HE GOT TO SEE THE ROYALS THROTTLE THE INDIANS. Below is a pic that he sent me of the ball from Guthrie. What an amazing night.

Currently, the Royals are 45-40, and just 4 games behind Detroit. They are still 1.5 games out of the wild card standings, but have won 5 of the past 7 games, which includes 3 wins against AL Central opponents. They are 17-17 against the AL Central, which is very respectable. A win tonight and they are going streaking again.