The Royals and NASA had a funny Twitter exchange about broadcaster Rex Hudler
We are nearing the ninth anniversary of one of the funnier moments in Royals broadcast history.
It was on May 14, 2014 that television cameras showed a full moon during a break in a Royals-Rockies game at Kauffman Stadium.
Bally Sports Kansas City broadcaster Ryan Lefebvre quipped it was a FCC rule that whenever there is a full moon it must be shown on a broadcast of a sporting event.
To which Hudler replied: “I like that rule. It’s a beautiful planet.”
That moment quickly went viral, and the moon-as-a-planet joke is still told often.
And it came up Tuesday in a Twitter exchange between NASA and the Royals. It started with NASA asking: “What’s your favorite planet?”
The Royals were among the more than 28,000 to offer a response and they quoted Hudler: the moon.
NASA came back with this zinger: “Wait. We thought you covered the whole ‘moon, star or planet’ concept with Hud.”
NASA has a sense of humor? Who knew?
