Royals' FanFest!

It's the best way to spend

a winter weekend!

300,000 square feet of

everything Royal!

Kansas City is always 

a fun place for us to go,

but this day was exceptional.

It was fun to see moments
that Davis remembered,
"There's Terrance Gore!"

(winning the 2014
American League Championship)

From the winning pitcher

of the final 2015 World Series game,

to the 2x WS Champ and 

Royals' First Base Coach,

Rusty Kuntz.

He was coaching runners

in one of the kids' areas,

and was nice enough

to sign a baseball for DJ.

DJ's first Green Screen appearance!

"Mi hermanito!
Lo Lo Cain!"

It's the Royals' broadcast personality,

Rex "Wonderdog" Hudler.

He's known for his quick quips such as,

"be a fountain, not a drain"

and

"he got to go"

Sometimes, fans become famous.

Sometimes, they try & fail.

Sometimes they become famous by failing.

Sometimes, not.

Davis is still working

to build his superfan personality

Some superfans even cash 

paychecks from the Royals:

It's KayCee Baseball,

the keeper of lore from the

1886 Kansas City Antelopes,

to the 1914 K.C. Monarchs.

In 2014 he began 'hanging the big W on the board'

high on the outfield wall after Royal home wins.

We didn't know this guy's name.

But, somehow DJ guessed it.

It's the Omaha Storm Chasers mascot

from the Royals' AAA farm team.

Stormy, is his/her/its name.

Maybe this year,

we'll make the trek to Omaha

for a series of games!

A familiar sight!

Davis was allowed to go

'on the other side of the ropes'

for a photo with the Arvest Ballpark backdrop.

(they also gave us free game tickets)

before 2015, there was 1985:

The Royals' first World Series trophy!

Davis can listen intently 

about stories from 1985.

"Was Siri born yet?

Let's ask her"

What 1980's George Brett would think about Siri

(click above to view the video)

"Oh. He seems to get upset 

when the umpire deferred to others

instead of thinking for himself.

Oh, my.

I don't think Siri was born yet.

Oh, my."

The last time we were in KC,

we basically had lunch with Salvador Perez.

It was a small restaurant, and it was

just his group & ours -eating empanadas

(and later took some photos & signed a baseball).

Since that time,

Sal & his teammates won the World Series,

he was named Most Valuable Player,

and also appeared on The Tonight Show.

We went back to the same restaurant

(didn't see his WS MVP prize parked in the lot)

-it was packed with Royals fans

Go Royals!