Ryan Meyer made waves with an article bashing KC Royals fans a couple days ago and he’s received plenty of backlash for it. Here’s my take on the situation.

Mr. Meyer put the article out on The Odyssey Online on April 11th. If you haven’t read it already, take a few minutes to read the article.

When it’s all said and done, the words that are dripping with jealousy are trying to make one point: Kansas City Royals‘ fans are bandwagon fans. To Ryan Meyer in that regard, you may be right. There are most certainly some new Royals’ fans out there, but don’t assume that there were no diehard fans before now. Who doesn’t love an underdog?

The Royals shocked the world by showing resolve in 2014 and 2015 with a ‘never say die’ attitude. Mr. Meyer talks about the Cardinals having one of the ‘greatest moments in baseball’ during the 2011 World Series:

It doesn’t hurt that one of the greatest moments in baseball, coming in the 2011 World Series, happened to be by a Cardinals player—not only that, but a St. Louis native born and raised. Every knowledgable sports fan can recall when David Freese hit a solo home run to center field to send the World Series to a game seven along with Joe Buck’s infamous call, “We will see you tomorrow night!”

It should be noted that when the article was first published, Mr. Meyer had mentioned this moment coming during the 2006 World Series instead of the 2011 World Series. It’s amusing that the word knowledgeable is A.) spelled wrong and B.) used in a very condescending way.

It’s intent is that ‘intelligent and well-informed fans will remember this play over others’. Not only is that statement a very ‘our team is the best team’ sentiment, it’s also hilarious that the writer himself obviously wasn’t able to recall when that happened.