Royals fans haven’t lost sense of humor despite team’s scoreless streak
Look out 1968 Chicago Cubs, the Royals are coming up fast.
Heading into Tuesday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Royals’ scoreless streak is at 43 innings. The 1968 Cubs and the 1906 A’s* both had scoreless streaks of 48 innings, and that is the major-league record.
*When the A’s were in Philadelphia, well before they moved to Kansas City and then to Oakland
Of course, this is not a record that the Royals want. Despite seeing their team outscored 35-0 since the third inning of last Thursday’s game, Royals fans have kept their senses of humor.
As the scoreless frames have piled up, Royals fans have pulled out funny memes, GIFs and, of course, the Crying Jordan.
Here is a sample of what has been shared.
Fans have shared on social media
Hey Royals offense.... pic.twitter.com/Zdphb7We6Y
— RoyalsTwitFam (@RoyalsTwitFam) August 29, 2017
#Royals pic.twitter.com/zmzGHKpkPl
— Jeremy Scheuch (@jeremyscheuch) August 29, 2017
43 scoreless innings? @royals #MLB pic.twitter.com/ZYZdGXWVTt
— Kyle Chadwick (@coachkwick22) August 29, 2017
43 innings and 0 runs....#Royals pic.twitter.com/Bj56SvXjkS
— Ben Baker (@benbake23) August 29, 2017
Checking the Royals score... pic.twitter.com/O61ULFZW4S
— Alicia Marie (@KC_Goddess29) August 29, 2017
FORTY ONE! FORTY ONE SCORELESS #ROYALS INNINGS! AH AH AH. pic.twitter.com/XYu3lRohQK
— ♫ Todd C. Barton ♬♪♩ (@toddcbarton) August 29, 2017
Royals offense pic.twitter.com/nMOuVOE3Io
— Cody Tapp (@codybtapp) August 29, 2017
Forty three scoreless to break the record AKA Summer of George pic.twitter.com/GpXiAA99uC
— ~ Outläw ~ (@Outlaw_Bandits) August 29, 2017
Cain on offense tonight pic.twitter.com/iLW29p3cZe
— Chris (@iTovarisch) August 29, 2017
Let's check in with #Royals manager Ned Yost ..... @jbbrisco pic.twitter.com/DpEa6BvNXu
— Brad Porter (@bradkporter) August 29, 2017
The Royals scoreless inning drought is now a man. pic.twitter.com/PvFe1OnmY3
— Rob Brenton (@FastTalkinRob) August 29, 2017
In an effort to jazz up a listless offense, the royals pickup Wilfred friggin Brimley off waivers. pic.twitter.com/KXoI4wJFi2
— Seth Denney (@NTVSethDenney) August 29, 2017
Have the Royals considered unplugging the offense and plugging it back in? pic.twitter.com/YGFH1njdXs
— Ross Martin (@PCBearcat) August 29, 2017
More zeros for the #Royals
— Jason Lamb (@jasonlambkc) August 29, 2017
43 consecutive scoreless innings.
Ties AL record from 1913! ☹️#RaisedRoyal pic.twitter.com/rMUsSqqxE1
Royals over the last 5 games:
— Tyler Dierking (@TylerDierking) August 29, 2017
-Outscored 2-35
-Out hit 29-56
-Tied for the AL MLB record with 43 scoreless innings pic.twitter.com/x6FLLs7fQl
#facepalm #royals 4️⃣3️⃣ scoreless innings. pic.twitter.com/hVFzBngGSM
— Brian Cole (@bribritherunguy) August 29, 2017
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