As the hot air continues to swirl around the contentious Royals-A’s series last weekend, it might be useful, or at least fun, to take a look back at another Royals playoff team, its hated rival and how those guys played the game.
As you know, the Royals’ Kelvin Herrera was suspended for five games and Yordano Ventura was fined for their roles in the series, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday.
That weekend ruckus included a hard slide by Oakland’s Brett Lawrie that took out shortstop Alcides Escobar, a 99-mph fastball from Yordano Ventura that hit Lawrie, a Scott Kazmir pitch that hit Lorenzo Cain, and finally a heater thrown behind Lawrie, courtesy of Herrera, along with some kind of gesture.