Cain on Bauer: "He was like a 17-38 to the plate." Hosmer on his RBIs against Cleveland: "I'll take 17. I'll take 38."
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015
Coming to a television near you: Lorenzo Cain saying, "You can name 17, 38 great plays we've made."
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015
Moustakas on Hosmer's pick: "Hoz picks that thing 17 out of 38 times."
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015
The upstanding citizens and newspaper beat writers of the heartland, who cling to their traditional values and vast acreage of corn fields, did not understand.McCullough: "I am not putting that in newspaper." Moustakas: "Why not?" AM:: "It makes no sense." Moose: "It makes perfect sense."
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015
1738 was the birth year of King Kamehameha I, a Hawaiian "royal." 1738 was also the year in which German clockmaker Franz Anton Ketterer added a cuckoo bird to his clock, creating the first ever cuckoo clock. George Brett also likely ate between 17 and 38 crab legs before he shit himself in Las Vegas.Still yearning for a more clear answer, Missourians turned to the dark art of numerology.KC players are fining each other if they don't use "1738" in postgame interviews. I have no idea what it means. Success has driven them mad.
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015
But maybe this was too far. The answer was right under their nose the whole time.REMY BOYYYYYZZZZZZ#Royalluminati https://t.co/NuMS2pzhQN
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015
Fetty Wap, the genius behind "Trap Queen," hails from the crew "Remy Boyz", which is named after the cognac, Remy Martin 1738 Accord Royal––"Royal." "1738" is one of the first things Fetty Wap says in the song, which also happens to be Lorenzo Cain's walk-up music. But this obviously was too hip of a reference for the Kansas City media.Abiding to our strict journalistic principles, VICE Sports reached out to plaid-loving, hipster glasses wearing Kansas City Star Royals beat writer Andy McCullough, the exact type of person you would expect to miss a Fetty Wap reference."If Remy Martin gives endorsement deals to any Royals players, I just want a finder's fee that covers my credit-card debt," McCullough told VICE Sports in an exclusive interview.As proof of this claim, McCullough supplied this screenshot from May 22, in which he recommended that Cain make the song his walk-up music.Really makes you think.Oh, it has to do with Trap Queen? Then I am fully on board.
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015