Long a punchline across baseball, the Royals are now the talk of Twitter-town, and Kansas City fans can be excused for dreaming of bigger things to come.
FBBCRev (Blue Springs, Mo.) How about those Kansas City Royals??? I guess the stadium isn't the only thing that is new!!! kyleparris can't believe the Royals are in first place. Did Brett come out of retirement or something? showmestater (Missouri) feels so good to have one of your local pro sports teams doing well after sucking for soo long. GO ROYALS!!!
A big reason for the Royals early-season success has been the phenomenal start of pitcher Zack Greinke. Greinke's troubles with anxiety issues have been well-documented, but with his demons under control the 25-year-old pitcher has been lights out. Through six starts, he has a 6-0 record with a sickeningly-low ERA of .40 while leading the league in strikeouts (54), innings pitched (45), complete games (3) and shutouts (2).
@JamesKLight snapped this photo from Greinke's Monday night start against the White Sox.
And across Twitter, Royals and non-Royals fans alike were quick with their praise for Greinke.
jazayerli I'm speechless. I have been rendered incapable of speech. Do y'all realize if Coco had a better arm, Zack's scoreless streak would be at 59? unclevermarv (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Happy to see Liriano get his first W, but am becoming more impressed all the time by Zack Greinke's start to the season. Wow. DouHan I keep seeing Zack Greinke's complete games and feeling the Royals are abusing him. Then I see he does that without breaking 100 pitches. kirkbiglione (Pasadena, Calif.) Zack Greinke is pitching like he's living in the 1970's. Another complete game shutout. I_R Zach Greinke is awesome. For those of you who do not know, Zach Greinke is piloting the Royals to the World Series paulk_ (Kansas City) While I'm a #Rockies fan at heart,I saw a most impressive pitching performance tonight by Zack Greinke!Could the #Royals be this years Rays? eugenephotoblog (Atlanta, Ga.) How good is Greinke (6-0, 0.40 ERA)? More than 6,500 fans bought walk-up tickets in KC on Monday, pushing the attendance to over 20,000