Royals starter Danny Duffy kept an offseason promise on Friday night.
In the moments before his start against the Los Angeles Angels, his first home start at Kauffman Stadium, he warmed up to “I’ll Be Missing You,” a 1997 song by rapper Puff Daddy (now Diddy).
The selection is a tribute to former teammate Yordano Ventura, who died January 22nd in a car crash in the Dominican Republic. In the weeks after Ventura’s death, Duffy said he would choose the song as his warm-up music in 2017.
The song, which also features Faith Evans, samples The Police hit “Every Breath You Take.