I love it when worlds collide, that is when two or more of my favorite things meet.
In this case, I’m talking about the July 17 edition of the Pop Culture Happy Hour, one of my go-to podcasts. It’s what I always listen to on my way home from work on Fridays (on my way to work on Mondays, it’s always Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.
In a segment on “Who we’re pulling for,” guest panelist and former PCHH producer Mike Katzif discussed what basically amounts to jumping on a team’s bandwagon as many Johnny-come-latelys have done with the Kansas City Royals. As evidence, since this was right around the All-Star Game, he pointed out that in years past, the Royals could muster just the one required representative to the AS roster. This year, thanks to some questionable voting practices, the Royals contributed the manager, four starters, and a handful of bench players, way disproportionate to the rest of the teams.
Katzif contended that prior to last year, when the Royals unexpectedly made it all the way to the World Series, the team enjoyed — if that’s the word — only die-hards. With their new-found success, Katzif suggest, everyone ants to get into the act, to the consternation of those fans who have been invested for years. You can hear the segment here at about the 25:30 mark.
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