Skoglund followed Yost's advice and became overwhelmed by the standing ovation from the crowd of 21,864 at Kauffman Stadium. What followed was an unplanned, epic hat tip as Skoglund saluted virtually every section in the stadium.
"It gave us all goosebumps," Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer said of the emphatic hat tip, "because you think about your first game. ... You don't really have control of your body.