The piece of paper was taped to the inside of his locker earlier this summer, a clubhouse prank that served as a statement of sorts. Whit Merrifield showed up to work one day, and there it was. On the front of a wooden cupboard door was a faux advertisement, neatly printed out and sized to 8 1/2 -by-11 paper.
There was Whit Merrifield’s body, set against a black backdrop. There was the Nike Swoosh. There were four words, set off in white lettering:
“We Are All Whitnesses.”
The piece of art had first appeared on Twitter in May, the creation of a Royals fan who goes by the alias Conrad McGorkin.