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Royals’ Salvador Perez met with Patrick Mahomes before Kansas City Chiefs’ game

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez waves to the crowds during the Chiefs warm up before the game against Buffalo on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez waves to the crowds during the Chiefs warm up before the game against Buffalo on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com

The two most popular athletes in Kansas City met Sunday night before the Chiefs’ game against the Buffalo Bills.

Royals catcher Salvador Perez, who led Major League Baseball with 121 RBIs and tied for the lead with 48 homers, was the drum honoree for the “Sunday Night Football” game.

Before swinging at the drum, Perez visited the sidelines with teammate Nicky Lopez and Mike Swanson, the Royals Vice President of Communications & Broadcasting.

Fox 4’s Harold Kuntz shared this video from before the game:

Perez met with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes before kickoff, as this video from Micaela Dea of News-Press Sports shows:

Here is Perez banging that drum and Cris Collinsworth quipped, “The drum may be in trouble:”

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