Royals fans’ ability to cast All-Star Game votes continues to agitate others
You’d think that baseball fans would remember that the Royals are the defending World Series champions.
On Tuesday, the first round of vote totals for the All-Star Game were released. Three Royals are currently in line to start: Three-time Gold Glove winner Eric Hosmer, ALCS MVP finalist Lorenzo Cain and three-time Gold Glove winner Salvador Perez.
That doesn’t seem too outrageous, right?
But what seemed to really irk fans outside of KC is that four Royals were in second place: Kendrys Morales, Alcides Escobar, Mike Moustakas and Omar Infante. The latter was a particular source of angst.
CBS Sports, Fox and Yahoo Sports all wrote articles with headlines that said Royals fans were stuffing the ballot box. That was the claim a year ago when at one point eight Royals were in line to start the Midsummer Classic.
There were some people seriously upset about all of this:
If you voted for Omar Infante, your voting privileges should be revoked for life. https://t.co/uUDBbW7fO7
— Kayla Peffercorn (@VixenRogue) May 31, 2016
Royals fans stuffing the ballot boxes again. unreal. what a trash fanbase https://t.co/w00ImlPhYE
— LeMatt James (@mmirrored) May 31, 2016
we live in a world where omar infante has 140,000k more votes than Dustin Pedroia.
— T'Challa (@T_Hardin99) May 31, 2016
#Royals s/b DQ'd from All-Star Game voting, then forced to have Omar Infante as their token representative. See how they feel about him then
— Patrick Nolan (@SSS_pnoles) May 31, 2016
I always hate Royals fans but this time of year is the worst
— StrosNation (@AstrosOptimism) May 31, 2016
It's time to stop letting the fans vote for the all star game.. #royals fans ruining the ASG with ballot stuffing. #mlb #allstargame
— William Bender (@BenderIV) May 31, 2016
So should we require voter I.D.s for All-star ballots? Cause I'm pretty sure KC has some explaining to do on the #Royals vote count.
— Scott Criscione (@scottcriscione) May 31, 2016
So the Leading AL MVP Candidate is behind Omar Infante in the ASG Vote... Really? https://t.co/WnZoaVksna
— Mariners Nation (@MarinersNation_) May 31, 2016
My disdain for the Royals fan base grows daily https://t.co/KPZYvF22rW
— Josh Hesseltine (@JoshHesseltine) May 31, 2016
I am 100% certain that a hacking scam is why so many Royals are doing so well in the ASG voting. This isn't shade, this is real.
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) May 31, 2016
I got a bunch of notifications from https://t.co/0lnSz8i6YK thanking me for my max five votes in recent weeks. I have not voted at all.
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) May 31, 2016
Here are the examples of the messages. pic.twitter.com/mFmbGynbHJ
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) May 31, 2016
Omar Infante is 2nd in 2B voting for the All-Star game and Francisco Lindor isn't in the Top 5 for SS. Fans shouldn't vote anymore.
— Alex Hale (@DaSportsGenius7) May 31, 2016
I pray the @MLB doesn't allow the Royals fanbase to ruin the all star game again this year. Fan voting sucks
— Pat (@twiiterless_pat) May 31, 2016
Really? Omar Infante is going to be an all-star? Thank the Royals fanbase for the eventual loss of home field advantage.
— John Banuelos (@johnbanuelosjr) May 31, 2016
The Kansas City Royals are proof that fan voting for an All-Star game is just absolutely ridiculous. Get rid of it #MLB #AllStarGame #Royals
— Zack Royster (@ZRoyster) May 31, 2016
The royals have turned the all star game into an absolute joke
— Garan Stevens (@GaranStevens) May 31, 2016
Sounds like KC Royals fans are falsifying email accounts and stuffing the All Star Game voting. Good stuff, MLB!
— Andrew Keck (@andrewkeck) May 31, 2016
Anyone sick of the @Royals fans stuffing the ballot with players that have no business being in the game?
— Norman (@oneofakind88) May 31, 2016
Pete Grathoff: 816-234-4330, @pgrathoff
This story was originally published May 31, 2016 at 7:46 PM.