Call this an unintended consequence of MLB's interleague play: The Mets were forced Sunday night to watch, in person, the Royals' opening-day World Series celebration.
If you watched it, then you sensed it. In a word? Well, this was awkward.
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It wasn't Chris Christie behind Donald Trump awkward, but the 30-plus Mets players and coaching staff lined up along the third-base line didn't appear to be soaking in all the pregame pomp the way the Kauffman Stadium crowd was.