{"id":628963,"date":"2026-03-17T23:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T23:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/628963\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T23:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T23:06:35","slug":"royals-fans-think-derek-jeter-took-unnecessary-shot-at-kansas-city-after-wbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/628963\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals fans think Derek Jeter took unnecessary shot at Kansas City after WBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia is playing in the World Baseball Classic to bring home a title to Venezeula.<\/p>\n<p>But Garcia has opened eyes in the United States with his strong play.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia broke a tie with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/sports\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals\/article315081988.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RBI single;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">RBI single<\/a> in the seventh inning of Venezuela\u2019s 4-2 win Monday over Italy. On Saturday, Garcia hammered a two-run homer that gave Venezuela the lead in its upset win over Japan.<\/p>\n<p>You could say Garcia has been Captain Clutch for Venezuela, which has enjoyed a decided home advantage in games played in Miami during the WBC.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Clutch was one of the nicknames Yankees fans gave Derek Jeter, who is now a broadcaster for Fox Sports. After Venezuela defeated Italy, Jeter asked Garcia about the enthusiastic pro-Venezuela crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTake a look around, does it remind you of Kansas City?\u201d Jeter asked.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia replied: \u201cNot even close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeter\u2019s final season came in 2014, when the Royals made the American League pennant. The following year, the Royals won the World Series and Kauffman Stadium was rocking.<\/p>\n<p>Heck, it was loud when the Royals played the Yankees in the 2024 ALDS.<\/p>\n<p>Some fans thought Jeter took an unnecessary shot at Kansas City, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/sports\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals\/article315005771.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:had the best WBC TV ratings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">had the best WBC TV ratings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHating on the biggest viewing area of the tournament,\u201d one wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Another quipped: \u201cYankees try not to be so incredibly unbearable challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cwhy post this clip?,\u201d another opined \u201cits a stupid question from your blockhead panel that should know better than anybody that no atmosphere in the entire league compares.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one (of) the most dumbest questions I\u2019ve ever heard by a former big leader,\u201d another wrote. \u201cInterpreted: \u2018Let\u2019s get all the good players off of the Royals and send them to the Yankees. They need to be in the bigger markets.\u2019 Pisses me off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was perhaps the best fan response: \u201cYou could replace \u2018Kansas City\u2019 with any major league hosting city and it would be the same answer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia is playing in the World Baseball Classic to bring home a title to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[106,5,1351,6954,936,2123,55,2596,2595,2162,778,843,4,252,2122,1039,142],"class_list":["post-628963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kansas-city-royals","tag-aaron-judge","tag-baseball","tag-bobby-witt-jr","tag-derek-jeter","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-kansascity","tag-kansascityroyals","tag-maikel-garcia","tag-miami","tag-milwaukee","tag-mlb","tag-royals","tag-the-royals","tag-world-series","tag-yankees"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116247028281802159","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}