KC Royals: Who Did It Better Broken Bat Edition
By Scott Dillon
The KC Royals had another frustrating time at the plate last night. With an inability to break bats through contact, who broke lumber better out of anger?
The KC Royals have been struggling to do much with the bats lately and last night they mustered just four hits on the night. The left eight runners on base and went just 1-5 with runners in scoring position.
Lorenzo Cain‘s struggles at the plate continued last night. He’s not batting .200 on the year and added two more strikeouts. Having the third hitter in the lineup struggle so much would be an obvious answer as to some of the Royals’ offensive struggles this season.
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The KC Royals need Lorenzo Cain to get on base. He set’s the table for hitters like Eric Hosmer and Kendrys Morales. If he dips below the .200 mark, it may be time for the non-tinkering Ned Yost to make some lineup changes (before anyone thinks I mean bench Cain, I mean drop him in the order so he can get some confidence built back up).
That kind of frustration at the plate has led to players breaking their hardware in the past. Maybe it’ll be something as simple for that as Lorenzo Cain. After all, if he’s going to try a new piece of lumber because the old one is broken he’ll either have to make contact or take care of business himself.
Let’s get into which player did it better.
Astros’ outfielder Carlos Gomez left the batter’s box in frustration on Sunday and broke his bat over his knee as a result.
It’s a pretty impressive move. Not only does he make it look like a pencil breaking, he manages to make it look like he’s experienced at it. It’s nice to see that he’s able to break his bat in one fluid motion. It would be pretty embarrassing to be caught on film and have the bat not cooperate.
Whoops! It looks like it took some practice for his bat break to become a thing of beauty (Carlos if you’re reading this, please don’t hurt me).
While breaking the bat over your knee is a good way to let out some frustration, I think there may have been a Royals’ player who did it better.
Just in case he wasn’t authoritative enough when he was breaking his bat over his knee, he threw in breaking the bat over his helmet for good measure.
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So I’ll leave it up to you KC Royals’ fans? Which player is better at breaking their bat? Do you agree with this kind of display? What does Lorenzo Cain need to do to get going? Let me know your thoughts in the comments’ section below and be sure to vote on who did it better!