"It's wrong," Escobar said.
"It was weak," Alex Rios chimed in.
"Very weak," added Eric Hosmer. "I thought it was unprofessional."
So, yeah, the Royals were definitely talking about that pitch long after Mike Moustakas barked his last expletive at Syndergaard from the dugout. Problem is, they didn't do nearly enough talking with their bats and Yordano Ventura didn't do nearly enough silencing with his arm. Escobar's first-inning at-bat, which resulted in a strikeout, had absolutely no bearing on the outcome of the game.
You wonder, though, if it will have any bearing on the outcome of this Series, which resumes with Game 4 on Saturday night (7:30 p.