KC Royals Looking To Avoid Dab Luck
By Scott Dillon
The KC Royals have adopted popular dance move, ‘the dab’, into their post-game celebrations. Will they be able to buck the bad luck associated with it?
If you’re looking for the typo in the title, it’s not there. Yes, it’s actually supposed to say ‘Dab’ instead of ‘Bad’ but it may not be a coincidence that the two words spell each other when read backwards. One more quick note before jumping into this hard hitting and serious analysis, note the sarcasm, yes this is an article about a dance move.
‘Dabbing’, the dance move not the drug related term, has become very popular of the last few months and even turned into a viral internet sensation. It’s still hard to digest that something being ‘viral’ is a good thing. It’s akin to ‘the results of the MRI were negative’, but I digress.
Josh Vernier, of 610 Sports, tweeted the following a few days ago:
The #Royals postgame clubhouse celebration award has changed this season from the '1738 Player of the Game' to the 'Dab Player of the Game.'
— Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier610) April 9, 2016
Watching the Royals dab the night away after a win would likely be very amusing throughout the course of the season. It’s a simple dance move that looks more like a sophisticated sneeze than something done on the dance floor.
Cam Newton may be the most famous ‘dabber’ out there right now. He become popular for doing the move following a touchdown and it really rubbed some people the wrong way (I’m not one of those people. Games are supposed to be fun!).
Cam’s celebratory dance didn’t get flashed too much during the Super Bowl. Then following the game both his smile and his dance move were nowhere to be found (Who can blame the guy for being upset?).
More recently, the North Carolina Tar Heels adopted the move as part of their celebrations. Coach Roy Williams even got in on the action.
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The Tarheels made it a great National Championship game but in the end they came up a little short. Now the Royals will look to shake the bad luck reputation that comes with ‘the dab’. Maybe it’s only bad luck for Carolina teams. Hopefully it’s that and not teams that wear a variation of blue, white, and grey (okay, the Panthers wear silver, but close enough).
The 1738 celebration worked out well for the Royals last season, but it was admittedly brought up 17 to 38 times too many. Maybe there is a little bit of a silver lining here. Both of those teams at least made it to the last game of the season. While the KC Royals and their fans would like to walk away with another World Series trophy, simply being there for three consecutive seasons is a feat in and of itself.
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Don’t take this article for more than it is. It’s a light-hearted look at a dance move and it very briefly ties in to the Royals.
So what do you think KC Royals’ fans? Do you believe in bad luck? Do you believe in ‘the dab’? Did you like the 1738 theme better? As long as the team keeps having fun and winning does it really matter? Let me know your thoughts in the comments’ section below.