The Kansas City Royals are atop the AL Central division, sporting a 61-38 record. Coming off a Word Series appearance, playing this well makes baseball fun…and with fun comes funny things players do to pass the long, 162-game season.
Remember how it felt to talk to your friends, around parents; using all the newest slang they had no idea about? Well apparently, the Royals have incorporated hip-hop artist Fetty Wap’s “Trap Queen” into their daily routine. According to the Kansas City Star’s Andy McCullough, the team is currently trying to confuse reporters asking them questions by using “1738” somewhere in their answer:
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
Here are some examples of how the players are dropping the lyric:
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
Moustakas on Hosmer’s pick: “Hoz picks that thing 17 out of 38 times.”
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015
Not understanding the joke, one reporter shared this hilarious exchange with a player:
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
After realizing the joke, McCullough jumped right aboard and thought it was very funny. Who’d a thought a song called “Trap Queen” would get so much love in pop culture? [h/t Bleacher Report]
