<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">During the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> rain delay, <a href="https://twitter.com/nlbmprez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nlbmprez</a> described what made Jackie Robinson the right person to break the MLB color barrier: &quot;Failure was not an option.... It was more than just the racial pressure. He was also carrying the weight of 21 million Black folks on his back.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/n7SNhBQMKV">pic.twitter.com/n7SNhBQMKV</a></p>&mdash; Bally Sports Kansas City (@BallySportsKC) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsKC/status/1647365103379947520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Wonder how much the Chiefs being one of the top teams in the entire league for 5+ years has effected the attendence for the Royals. Only after the 2018 season did the average attendance slip back under 20k. Folks may just have less patience for the bullshit of small market baseball now that we have a consistent championship caliber squad next door.

Winning never gets old!

KC would support a winning Royals team as-well-as a winning Chiefs team.

I think you are right though that there is a correlation.

It is hard to support a bad baseball team when we know what winning is like.

I could do what Massey is doing at the plate. He looks so bad.

I mainly just dont wanna drive to Raytown

This team isn't recovering from this, not at all.

I was telling my wife yesterday that i can support a team that has hope. After so many seasons of not just losing, but bad baseball, I have lost that hope. We will probably make it up to one game in September, but that will likely be all.

Keep these guys in the lineup
Duffy... career 280 BA
Reyes..hit or miss but when he is on

Vinnie and Witt Jr seem to have progressed. Thats really all that matters this season. Hopefully Bubic, Pratto, Isbel, Melendez and the rest of the crew can as well. This season isn't about wins or losses. Everyone knew or should have known this was going to be one of the worst teams in baseball going into the season.

but why should we accept being the worst team in baseball? I wanna win
Besides Gavin Cross, who do have to look forward too?

CALL UP THE YOUNG GUYS LET THEM PLAY

We've got a real promising prospect in the pipeline.

Name is Downtown Stadium, should be up by 2030!

Maikel Garcia
Carter Jansen

We're finally letting the young guys play and seeing what we got, it ain't pretty -- but there was a reason why Dayton always signed dead-end vets and Matheny would play them over his rooks while ruining our bullpen arms to cheat their way to a 70-75 win season.

Because this, right here (especially 5-9 in our lineup) can be much harder to watch. But at least we'll know what we have and hopefully our top brass now has the wisdom and the freedom to draft their way into a regular small market contender. But that will take a while if both Dayton's bats and arms turn out to be a bust.

Exit Velo Park at Kauffman Downtown