KC Royals Fans Broke All Star Voting in 2015 

As a Royals fan this was a great video.....so what if I have 92 email accounts... Omar had a sweet swing

Damn those Royals squads were so exciting to watch, the last successful small ball team.

I miss my 2014-2017 royals when we weren't garbage

I'm a Royals fan, and 2015 was the most fun I've ever had in my 30+ years of watching baseball. I did vote all Royals for the All-Star Game, but I only did it once. There was this prevailing expectation, this faith, that the Royals would play the All-Star Game and win home field advantage for our inevitable return to the Fall Classic, and then ALL of that happened. Beat the Mets in 5 games and had a parade on a beautiful November day in Kansas City. It was jubilant, with nearly one million people crammed together in front of Union Station and on the lawn of the World War I memorial. Out of everyone there, there was NO division - no christians or atheists, no democrats or republicans - everyone there was a ROYALS fan and that's ALL that mattered. The KCPD reported only 3 arrests during the event and I've never been more proud of my city.

That closing remark of Omar Infante having an OPS+ of 48 to end the season could literally have been the entire video

No one truly understands how those WS teams impacted Kansas City unless you lived here. Those teams gave a whole city hope again, which will probably never be replicated again.

Crazy to think just how much things have changed in 6 years! Also, I could see this happening with the Padres because of their popularity rn and just how many legit dudes they have on the squad

Yeah I remember being so mad when Omar Infante was leading the 2nd basemen voting in the AL.

I would just like to note that this team during that time and probably still today were loved by many fans from alot of nearby states who don't have professional teams like Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma. And I would guess alot of people from around the country included. Who loved underdogs. This wasn't just because of the people in Kansas City, MO.

Royales were misunderstood, before their time, love how flashy the teams get now as it brings new life to our beloved sport

As a Roylas fan, this was one of if not my favorite memories from being a Royals fan lol. In our defense the AL did win the All Star game that year lol

That team was electric. It was worth all the years of suffering us royals fans had to go through. We will be back someday soon

RIP Yordano Ventura

As a Royals fan, the 2013-2016 royals lead to some of the best moments in my life

Fun year to be a Royals fan, that's for sure. Miss those days

2016 NL is another great example because the entire Cubs infield started in the All-Star game. THID BETTER GET A VIDEO FOR TOO

sport storm uploads. today is a good day

As a royals fan I miss 2014-2015 good times👑🦁⚾️ #crownnation

Back in 2016 I was living in my car for a few months. McDonalds had a deal where if you installed the app you got a free sandwich...just had to use a new email address to create an account. I had about 60 gmail accounts and ate a lot of mcdonalds😏 It was a life saver though

Cubs had a similar season in 2016. Was pretty funny to watch Addison Russell start an ASG

It WAS a fascinating time. Kansas City, and the entire area, was absolutely captivated.

I love being a royals fan

Let me tell ya. As a royals fan, if you’ve even been somewhat decent. You’re gonna get love, in any sport Baseball, Football college sports.

Love the content bro keep it up

How about the HOF cases for Billy Wagner and Francisco Rodriguez? Both have pretty good cases, but K-Rod might have trouble with the character clause.

thanks for making a video about my royals. they don’t get enough love in my opinion, that 2015 squad just worked like a well oiled machine and is still my favorite ws. would love to see a few more royals videos! 💙💛💙

I was a middle school student in Kansas at the time. We would get extra credit in lots of our classes for voting for the Royals players 😂. That team meant evverything to the city, still does.

Great essay! Super interesting

Royals fans are a different breed when it comes to the all star game

Fun fact at 5:50 That game lead to the Oakland As hiring MORE POLICE OFFICERS for every royals game that season

This video makes me so happy as a Royals fan. They were ahead of the curve but always forgotten.

Thanks for the vid on the royals, we don’t get much attention

I miss tf out of Yordano man

this was crazy but remember literally the next year when the NL All Star starting infield was literally just the Cubs’

A big point to remember is how KC fans felt that Royals players were disrespected during the 2012 All-Star Game (when KC hosted). Fan favorite Billy Butler was among the league leaders in homers, but he was left off the Home Run Derby. Royals fans let their voice be heard then. So many people thought the 2014 Royals were a fluke, and then Royals players were disrespected by the opposing teams (and somewhat vilified by the media). So once again, Royals fans decided to get their back. It's not like it was wholly underserved either. KC had just come off a World Series appearance, and they had the best record in the AL. Escobar, Gordon, Perez, and Hosmer were all gold glovers; Cain should have won one by then (he finished 3rd in MVP voting that season), Moose had a nice bounce back season, and Morales wasn't exactly a slouch at the plate. Infante and Rios were just funny though.

That run from the wild card game in Oakland to the World Series in NY was almost like one continuous season. The 2nd year seemed preordained. Waiting for the world series felt like waiting to open presents Xmas morning. No doubts.

*Cries in Mets fan*

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Great video. I was afraid almost halfway through that it was a hit piece against the fun loving royals that brought me so much joy. I believe you're right that the small celebrations put a target on their backs, especially with the "that's what speed do" gesture (we only get the start of speedster Billy Butler's gesture here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JbLd7vlrDMY.html though we see the dugout giving it back to him) but stealing bases and putting the ball in play gets fans engaged. I'm conflicted; I love the long ball, I love dominant pitching, and I also love scrappy baseball

That fight montage was sick

Mike Sweeney was the last Royal in the all star game prior to the 2013 season. He was an all star in 2005

The 2015 Royals started Make Baseball Fun Again. We did that

I still have confetti from the WS parade. What a great time to be alive. Now its time to see what Patty Mahomes can do with the Chiefs! 😂

the 2016 Cubs also had 7 players elected to the All Star game. At the time 5 were named starts.

7:43 wow how dare he be happy about getting his first career hit

I remember this giants doing it all too well. Loved it lol

Kansas City is the GOAT. Our sports have been so spoiled the past decade, I'm so glad I'm from this town.🔥🔥🔥🔥

the bit where the fan shows that the trick is opening an incognito window is really interesting cuz that seems to suggest it was just preventing you from cheating using a cookie that tracked that you had used that email address from that computer without any other form of check which is so crazily bad as a system

Eddie and Ace man. Always throwing hands gotta love it.

What would you think about doing a video on the 2016 Texas Ranger? They were a team that had the best record in the league but only 12th in run differential.

Hey I'd love to see a video of the 07 Phillies run. It gets over looked alot due to the Rockies run. The Phillies were 7 behind the Mets with 17 games left and went 14-3 including a 4 game sweep vs the Mets. Just think if they went 13-5 or lost 1 of those 4 vs the Mets we could of had 2 game 163 in 07.

When the 2015 Royals traded for Ben Zobrist, I wasn't entirely sure what he was for, and all the articles called him a "utility man" capable of playing almost any position. The question marks at the time were RF Paulo Orlando (the sub for the injured Alex Rios) and Infante, and because Infante and Alcides Escobar had an almost telepathic connection in the middle infield I thought for sure Zobrist would be playing CF with Lorenzo Cain taking RF and benching Orlando. Shows how much I knew. Without Zobrist taking over for Infante the Royals probably don't win the WS in 2015. IIRC Infante was batting under .100 in July before Zobrist came onboard. Zobrist was a perfect complement to the rest of the contact-hitting Royals, batting moneyball style right behind the white-hot free-swinging Escobar. Meanwhile, having Rios batting at 9 was a luxury compared to what the other AL playoff contenders generally had there. It also took the pressure off Rios to perform and allowed his form to return in time for the postseason.

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It was more than just KC, The Royals were America's team for the 2010's , iconic

I remember a lot of non-Royals fans said they would vote for the Royals so to make a mockery of fan voting. The attention and complaints Is what led to Omar Infante’s support to spike upward.

Respect, Royal fans.

I remember this it was wild

Ventura was a trash talker, but a extremely talented pitcher. So sad that he passed.

RIP Ventura. He was my favorite pitcher in 2015. So angry and fun. Huge potential too

You should look into the Chicago cubs 2016 starting all star game infield

Honestly I remember the 2010 Rangers with little celebrations towards the dugout after every hit.

Let’s go new vid

so i was little when the royals one it, i didn’t care much for baseball then so i thought my mom was crazy when she raved for this team. i regret it now seeing how broken the 2013-2017 royals were.

No one cares about kc anymore as a resident. It was so fun back in 2015 however. Going to playoff parties for each series and at Halloween walking from house to house with everybody having their garage door open so we could just walk and in talk and catch the world series game. Good times

R.I.P yordono vinturna

Bro as a young royals fan I never knew that the royals were a villain team

To be fair they were such a perfect team

Other teams may cringe but these years were so much fun living in KC.

I miss yordana ventura

Honestly, you can't blame Royals fans, they were just more passionate than other fan bases.

this is why we cant have nice things....

The Royals really weren’t a team you could hate. I’m a Tiger’s fan, and as much as it pained me to see a division rival win it all when my team didn’t, I’m glad it was the Royals

Idc if Yordano was a trash talker he was a hella good pitcher.

Oh also I miss these royals, they were so fun

I went to the library and sent votes from all their computers 🤣

I was at the game during that hard slide by lowrie

There seems to have always been an easy solution to this problem. Just make it so you can only vote for a max of 3 or 4 players per team. I was actually shocked they didn’t do that after 2015 and that whole close call with Omar Infante.

remember when stanton almost made the allstar game when he'd only played like 5 games all season

I was really enjoying this video, then u showed clipped of the royals a's wild card game.

Man can you imagine how much more exciting these Royals teams would have been for casual fans if they were allowed to celebrate like today?

We not gonna talk about the 2016 cubs? 7 starters!?

MLB : Allows fans to vote Also MLB : cries when fans vote

Royals would be lucky to get 2 now

R.I.P Ace

When manny absolutely haymakered ventura into another dimension

That’s “Future Hall of Famer, Omar Infante” to you

As an A’s fan i dispised this Royals team I hated playing them and they were always involved in fights. But hey its apart of the game and At least they got their ring tho. I do like the style of baseball that this Royals team played but I hated when my team played against them.

I’ll admit that I voted at least 8 times for the same royals players after I noticed I could vote like 35 times in 2015

Video idea. Posey hof case.

I remember the Royals throwing at the Blue Jays 4 times/ game with no consequence

2016 Cubs broke it too

Way to leave out the fact that Scott Kazmir tried to knee cap Lorenzo Cain in that game where Kelvin threw at Lawrie. The issue had been resolved when Ventura hit Lawrie in a blowout got tossed and everything was fine until Oakland tried to take out another Royals player.

I may get hated because of this, but MLB should have done what they did after Cincinnati. Fans get to vote for the final roster spot, maybe they can do campaigns for players, but that’s it. The rosters should be decided by the players, managers and coaches.

A case for the HOF: Mark Grace

Those were the days to be a royals fan lol

300,000,000 ballots for the all star game? If only politics could get those kinds of numbers…

As a Royals fan that voted in 15 I know for a fact I didn't even vote for Omar 😂

All Star voting should not be left up to fans. Period.

We went from underdog boys in 2014 to villains in 2015. Couldn’t have been a more fun stretch of fandom. The bullpen, the speed, the salvy splash, getting Cueto, Moose ascending after struggling for so long, Gordon being so clutch…. So fun.

The 01 mariners had the same amount in the all star game