KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ever since George Brett retired, not much has gotten Kansas City Royals fans excited. But they united in a common cause Monday night: Dislike for the New York Yankees, the big city team with all the championship banners. Fans expressed their displeasure by booing the presence of Robinson Cano, and then cheering his failure at the Home Run Derby. The lustful booing came because Cano, the AL team's captain, didn't pick hometown slugger Billy Butler for the Derby squad. The excitable cheering was naked schadenfreude, pure joy at Cano failing to hit even one ball over the fence at Kauffman Stadium in defense of his 2011 Derby title.
So much for Midwestern kindness. These K.C. Royals fans were getting into Cano's head during ... a home run hitting contest. The positive feedback Prince Fielder got for winning the Derby for the second time was barely measurable by comparison. Royals fan Ryan Howell and his father, Bob Howell, sat in their second-row seats in left-center field, tucked between the outfield pasture and Kauffman's famous fountains and waterfalls. Amid the constant hissing of the water, the Howells cheered Cano's every pop-up, foul ball and near miss. That might have been the highlight of their night, except for one thing — when Toronto's Jose Bautista launched a gold ball toward the Howells.
"I kind of had to fight off my dad," Ryan Howell said. "There was another one Bautista hit that landed like a seat over on the swing before. I was like, 'I'm probably going to have to shoulder you out of the way a little bit' for this one. He was like, 'Yeah, go ahead and do what you have to do.' So I elbowed him out of the way a little bit. I was not going to let that one go. He was OK with it."
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ever since George Brett retired, not much has gotten Kansas City Royals fans excited. But they united in a common cause Monday night: Dislike for the New York Yankees, the big city team with all the championship banners. Fans expressed their displeasure by booing the presence of Robinson Cano, and then cheering his failure at the Home Run Derby. The lustful booing came because Cano, the AL team's captain, didn't pick hometown slugger Billy Butler for the Derby squad. The excitable cheering was naked schadenfreude, pure joy at Cano failing to hit even one ball over the fence at Kauffman Stadium in defense of his 2011 Derby title.
So much for Midwestern kindness. These K.C. Royals fans were getting into Cano's head during ... a home run hitting contest. The positive feedback Prince Fielder got for winning the Derby for the second time was barely measurable by comparison. Royals fan Ryan Howell and his father, Bob Howell, sat in their second-row seats in left-center field, tucked between the outfield pasture and Kauffman's famous fountains and waterfalls. Amid the constant hissing of the water, the Howells cheered Cano's every pop-up, foul ball and near miss. That might have been the highlight of their night, except for one thing — when Toronto's Jose Bautista launched a gold ball toward the Howells.
"I kind of had to fight off my dad," Ryan Howell said. "There was another one Bautista hit that landed like a seat over on the swing before. I was like, 'I'm probably going to have to shoulder you out of the way a little bit' for this one. He was like, 'Yeah, go ahead and do what you have to do.' So I elbowed him out of the way a little bit. I was not going to let that one go. He was OK with it."
So much for Midwestern kindness. These K.C. Royals fans were getting into Cano's head during ... a home run hitting contest. The positive feedback Prince Fielder got for winning the Derby for the second time was barely measurable by comparison. Royals fan Ryan Howell and his father, Bob Howell, sat in their second-row seats in left-center field, tucked between the outfield pasture and Kauffman's famous fountains and waterfalls. Amid the constant hissing of the water, the Howells cheered Cano's every pop-up, foul ball and near miss. That might have been the highlight of their night, except for one thing — when Toronto's Jose Bautista launched a gold ball toward the Howells.
"I kind of had to fight off my dad," Ryan Howell said. "There was another one Bautista hit that landed like a seat over on the swing before. I was like, 'I'm probably going to have to shoulder you out of the way a little bit' for this one. He was like, 'Yeah, go ahead and do what you have to do.' So I elbowed him out of the way a little bit. I was not going to let that one go. He was OK with it."
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ever since George Brett retired, not much has gotten Kansas City Royals fans excited. But they united in a common cause Monday night: Dislike for the New York Yankees, the big city team with all the championship banners. Fans expressed their displeasure by booing the presence of Robinson Cano, and then cheering his failure at the Home Run Derby. The lustful booing came because Cano, the AL team's captain, didn't pick hometown slugger Billy Butler for the Derby squad. The excitable cheering was naked schadenfreude, pure joy at Cano failing to hit even one ball over the fence at Kauffman Stadium in defense of his 2011 Derby title.
So much for Midwestern kindness. These K.C. Royals fans were getting into Cano's head during ... a home run hitting contest. The positive feedback Prince Fielder got for winning the Derby for the second time was barely measurable by comparison. Royals fan Ryan Howell and his father, Bob Howell, sat in their second-row seats in left-center field, tucked between the outfield pasture and Kauffman's famous fountains and waterfalls. Amid the constant hissing of the water, the Howells cheered Cano's every pop-up, foul ball and near miss. That might have been the highlight of their night, except for one thing — when Toronto's Jose Bautista launched a gold ball toward the Howells.
"I kind of had to fight off my dad," Ryan Howell said. "There was another one Bautista hit that landed like a seat over on the swing before. I was like, 'I'm probably going to have to shoulder you out of the way a little bit' for this one. He was like, 'Yeah, go ahead and do what you have to do.' So I elbowed him out of the way a little bit. I was not going to let that one go. He was OK with it."
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