Royals share funny Star Wars meme about win probability chart after comeback victory
Trailing by five runs entering the eighth inning of Tuesday’s game against the Reds, the Royals had about a 2% chance of pulling out a victory.
But the Royals scored twice in the eighth, put up four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning and won 7-6 on Salvador Perez’s RBI single.
After the game, Perez got a “Salvy Splash” from shortstop Nicky Lopez, and the Royals shared video of it on their Twitter account:
The Royals also tweeted about that win probability, and they used an altered version of a popular the “Star Wars” meme featuring Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman) and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) from the dreadful second episode of the movie franchise.
Padme at first thinks Anakin is joking about the benefits of dictatorships then realizes he’s not kidding. Chances are you’ve seen the meme, but if not, here are a couple examples of how it’s used:
The Royals twisted that meme in funny fashion, and even threw in the Han Solo quote about the not telling him the odds. It made for a really great tweet following a comeback victory:
If you missed the comeback, here are highlights from the ninth inning starting with a huge Reds error that helped pave the way for the Royals:
This story was originally published July 7, 2021 at 8:55 AM.
