Former Royals star Mike Sweeney goes viral after daughter pranks her All-Star dad
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- Mike Sweeney’s daughter posted a TikTok prank calling her five-time All-Star father.
- McKara said she found stats from 'like 2002' that she attributed to her dad.
- He played his first 13 seasons in Kansas City, was drafted in 1991 and joined the Royals.
Apparently, Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer and former star first baseman Mike Sweeney is so humble he doesn’t remember how good a player he was.
His daughter just reminded him in a TikTok prank that went viral.
Sweeney’s daughter, McKara Sweeney, phoned her 5-time Major League Baseball All-Star dad and recorded the call, which she posted a few days ago.
She told him that her cousin started talking to some guy at school who said he was on the baseball team — “and he keeps telling her that he’s going to get drafted, but we’re like, we don’t know if he’s actually good or not.
“So we looked up his stats, and I wanted to see if you thought he was good enough to get drafted, or if he’s just making this up, and he’s not really like that.”
“For sure, I can tell you,” said her dad, who retired from baseball in 2011 and now works in player development for the Royals.
McKara rattled off the mystery guy’s stats as her dad weighed in.
Batting average, 340.
“OK, that’s good,” Sweeney said.
RBIs, 86.
“That’s really good.”
Home runs, 24.
“That’s incredible!”
On-base percentage, 417.
“That’s really good.”
Stolen bases, nine.
“That’s average.”
Caught stealing bases, seven.
“That’s not good.”
“Do you think he has a chance or no?” McKara asked.
She was evasive when her dad asked the guy’s name and what college he attends.
“I can figure it out,” Sweeney said. “I can ask my scouts in like two minutes.”
But it didn’t take two minutes.
McKara ‘fessed up.
“His name is actually Mike Sweeney,” she said.
“What?”
“Those were your stats.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Those were your stats … I just found yours from like 2002.”
“No way.”
“Yeah.”
The first comment on her TikTok: “Your dad is royals legend Mike Sweeney?!”
Someone else noted, “the happiness in his voice when he answered your call is the biggest win! I love this!”
McKara jumped on an ongoing social media prank where kids prank their pro athlete parents with their stats.
The Royals drafted Sweeney in 1991. He played his first 13 seasons in Kansas City and later played in Philadelphia, Oakland and Seattle.
He was inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame in 2015.
McKara is a student athlete at the University of Dallas, where she plays soccer.
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