Northeast News
June 24, 2015

The Kansas City Royals are, this year, obviously the hottest ticket in baseball. Once upon a time, it wasn’t fashionable to sport the powder blue in this doggie’s cow-town, but this year, apparel has done a 180 degree shift and that makes this news writing pooch pretty tickled. But Major League Baseball, the organization that oversees the operation of big league ball in the states, stomped their little crybaby feet last week as they threw a first class snit because of the way this year’s All-Star game balloting has gone and the way the Royals are running away with the show. Because of that, MLB decided to cancel between 60 and 65-million votes in the balloting process last week claiming they were bogus.

Really?

Let’s see if we get this straight. The very organization that set-up the procedure and the parameters for which votes are cast for the All-Star game is now crying foul because things didn’t go according to how they thought it should? Here’s a novel thought for MLB: Maybe if you had set things up differently, possibly like going back to the paper ballots passed out at the ball game, things wouldn’t have gone so horribly awry.

There’s an old adage that certainly seems to fit here. Don’t complain about how the ball bounces if you’re the one who dropped it. This pooch thinks the votes should stand pure and simple and it looks as if they will, according to MLB, but the trial by media has already done its damage, casting doubt on whether the votes for the boys in blue are actually valid. Right now there are eight Royals players leading the field in votes for this year’s All-Star game, as well as Ned Yost set as coach. If the balloting results in a Royal Blue American League team, then history will be made and that’s that. Questions from critics, however, will linger. To that end, this pooch has some sage advice. Vote for your favorites and remember, be Royal in your voting.