The Kansas City Royals game used thread

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Here is my second Raul Mondesi bat. It is authenticated to KC AT BOS on August 28, 2016. Raul faced Eduardo Rodriguez in a 6 pitch battle that ended with a 95.5 MPH four-seam fastball being hit to SS Xander Bogaerts who was able to through him out at first base. The bat met its match on that pitch and nearly snapped in half. That is not the exciting part of this bats life though.

On August 24, 2016 the Royals were in Miami playing against the Marlins. Jose Fernandez was pitching that night. Raul went 1-3 against Jose. I have photo matched this bat to all three of those at bats. In his very first at bat against Jose he hit the first pitch he saw, a 94.8 MPH fastball, to CF Marcell Ozuna for a single. That would be his first and only hit off of Jose Fernandez and is his 14th career hit. In his next at bat against Jose he would pop out on a 95.2 MPH four-seam fastball to 3B Martin Prado. His final at bat against Jose Fernandez he strikes out swinging at an 85.4 MPH curveball in a four pitch at bat. That strike out would be Jose's 211th of the season adding on to the Marlins single season strike out record he established an inning earlier by striking out Alex Gordon. #RIPJF16.

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That would be his first and only hit off of Jose Fernandez and is his 14th career hit.

Made a typing mistake, it was his 16th career hit.

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A few days prior to Halloween the Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals AAA team) put on a Baseballoween event where families can come do trick-or-treating in a safe environment while at the baseball stadium. This year they also had a charity fundraiser going on in the form of a game used Jersey auction. So I got to do some trick-or-treating too and I ended up winning the Raul Mondesi jersey. Raul only played 14 AAA games for the Storm Chasers in 2016 and only 8 of them were home games. I have been fortunate enough to photo-match this jersey to his first AAA home game on July 14, 2016. He did play in four other road games prior to this one. If you look closely at the right side of the 5th Anniversary Werner Stadium patch you can see a black thread that has been stitched into the jersey. Out of his 8 home games I have two of his jerseys. It was a jersey off their backs auction for a special camo jersey. You can see it a few posts prior to this. Another fantastic photo match I made was that the bat he is used in this game is the first bat of his that I obtained. That bat was authenticated to August 3, 2016 as BATTER - RAUL MONDESI, PITCHER - JAKE ODORIZZI, TOP OF 3, GROUND OUT, I was also able to photo-match the bat to three MLB games (see post #332). Before that happened he also used that bat in his first AAA home game while wearing this jersey.

I also picked up a handful of awesome hats that Ill be posting soon.

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Was lucky enough to pick up these non-authenticated Alex Gordon Game Used cleats from the Royals Authentic's Store. When I got them I thought they were from the 2016 season even thought I had them style matched. When I got them in hand I found out I was wrong. I actually have them style matched to a handful games in April of 2015 including one game that he made two spectacular defensive plays with one of them being one of the top plays of 2015.

The Royals played the White sox on April 26, 2015 at U.S. Cellular Field. In the bottom of the 4th inning Gordon caught an Avisail Garcia line drive and then doubled up Melky Cabrera off second base.

http://m.mlb.com/video/v90228383

But the best one came in the bottom of the sixth inning when Gordon leaped into the stands to catch a Micah Johnson foul ball. He knocked down a couple of White Sox fans and ended up on his head with his feet to the sky but he caught the ball.

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/11493214/v90340983/?query=gordon%2Bleaps%2Binto%2Bstands

This was a top play of the season. I just wish I could photo-match the cleats to this game. I only found this style being used for a hand full of April 2015 games and have not been able to photo-match to any of them but the cleats have some good use on them.

Oh yea, Gordo also smashed a two run home run although in the end the Royals ended up loosing.

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Alright here we go back to a few hats:

Picked up these hats at the Storm Chasers Baseballoween this year. Some great Trick-or-treating for me.

First one:
Picked up this Raul Mondesi hat from the Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals AAA Team). I believe this hat to be the only one he had with the Vortex emblem on it. They primarily wore this style hat with home white jerseys in games during 2016. Raul played 14 games with the Storm Chasers with only 8 of them at home. The main reason I believe this to be the only one he had was because that's what he told us when my son and I inquired about getting his hat when we won the Jersey off his back auction referenced a few posts back. He told us he only had one. This hat also shows the most use out of the ones I got. This makes the second jersey/hat combo I have of his. One from AAA and one from MLB.

Second one:
This is the hat Raul wore with the regular road greys and features the lightning bolt "O". Raul played 7 road games with the Storm Chasers in 2016. I know they wore the road alternate jerseys at least once during that time and he would have had a different hat for that game. This one featured an awesome inscription in the hat. The first game (maybe first two games) he wore number 37. You can see the number 3 crossed out and and number 1 written over it. He wears #27 with the Royals but the Storm Chasers manager wears #27 so he tried a couple different ones at AAA. All the rest of the games he wore #17.

Still got a couple more hats to post. So hang in there.

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Here is the last Raul Mondesi hat I got while trick-or-treating at the Storm Chasers Baseballoween event. This hat was the alternate road jersey hat during the 2016 season. It's a powder blue hat with a black lightning "O" and black bill.

Second hat is a Hunter Dozier alternate home hat. The hat is powder blue with the letters "SC" in white and has red baseball stitches in the letters. The inside back of the sweat band and size tag area has been cut out. This was common with these hats for many members of the team. The hat shows lots of use. Of the Dozier hats I saw this one showed the most wear and had a good amount of dirt on it. Dozier had a great year in the minors in 2016 and earned a September callup with the Royals.

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Last hat from my trick-or-treating at Baseballoween is this Alex Gordon Storm Chasers hat. Alex played in two games with the Storm Chasers on a rehab assignment. He played left field the first game and DH the second. I took my son to the second one which was Super Hero night and a jersey off their backs auction, unfortunately I did not win a jersey this night. Anyways, this is the style hats the Storm Chasers wore during batting practice in 2016. I am not 100% sure he ever wore it as there is no signs of wear but the price was right. He would have worn this hat for just a couple hours at most between the two games if he did wear it for BP. So it should not have much for signs of wear in the first place. The hat is a darker blue with the letters "SC" and red baseball stitches in the letters.

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1985 Steve Balboni Jersey... Year he set the Royals record with 36 homers in a season which still stands today. Also World Series winning year, that I believe they wore there regular season jerseys in? Anyway, pretty cool...

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Here is another helmet from the Royals 2016 season. This helmet helped to make history. Raul Mondesi was the first player in MLB history to make his debut in the World Series. He wore this right handed batting helmet during his first regular season at bat, becoming the first player to have his first regular season at bat after a post season MLB debut. As a side note I also have the ball he hit during this at bat. The helmet was also used the rest of the season when he batted right handed.

I was able to photomatch the numbers on the back of the helmet.

Also as note Raul is a switch hitter and during this game he used both this helmet and his left handed batting helmet during the game. His last at bat was from the left side of the plate.

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Here Raul Mondesi's left handed batting helmet. This is the helmet that he used the most during the season and it shows the wear. He was wearing this helmet for his first MLB hit on July 27, 2016 which was also his 21st birthday, Also making him one of the few players to get their first MLB hit on their birthday. Wearing this helmet he also hit his 1st MLB homerun on August 16, 2016 and his second on September 25, 2016 both against the Tigers in Detroit. His first homerun was against 2016 CY award runner up Justin Verlander. It was the second time in 2016 that Verlander gave up a Royals rookie first MLB homerun. The first was to Brett Eibner.

Mondesi's helmets have a habit of falling off his head while he is running. That is evident by all the dirt that is on the inside of this helmet. He also has a habit of touching his helmets/hats where the brim and the rest of the helmet/hat meet quite a bit. He will use both right and left hands to nearly molest that spot. All the hats and helmets I have of his have this trait. Dirt/wear at those spots. You can see it clearly on the first picture of the front of the helmet. I see this as a usage trait of his and would be cautious of any hat or helmet of his that does not display this trait.

I have photomatched this helmet to his first hit as well as his first and second HR's.

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Raul Mondesi alternate blue jersey. Used on September 11,2016 in Chicago against the White Sox. Got his 21st career hit in the top of the 9th inning against Nate Jones.

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Today is a sad day for Royals Nation. Yordano Ventura was killed in a car accident at 25. The only thing I have in my collection at this time is a ball he pitched to Mike Trout on August, 26 2015. It was a 99 MPH fastball that Mike hit for a fly out to right field. I'm posting this today to honor his memory. I enjoyed watching him pitch. I enjoyed his enthusiasm. I enjoyed his fearlessness. I will miss not seeing him pitch again. One of the last games I went to in 2016 was a game he pitched against the Blue Jays in August. I loved watching him duel against reigning MVP Josh Donaldson, Jose Batista, and the rest of the team. The Royals won that game. Also pictured is my Yordano Ventura autographed ball. Thanks for the memories, you will be missed. #RIPACE

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Hello all,

Will any GUU members be attending this weekend's Royals FanFest?

Being from Pittsburgh, I'm unfortunately unable to attend.

Please contact me as I am looking for any Jason Kendall items that might be available for sale. I'm willing to pay finders fees! : )

Any assistance would be tremendously appreciated!

hawkeye8278 @ yahoo.com

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I will be attending Fanfest and will keep an eye out for Jason Kendall items.

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Thanks TBM!!!

This forum is the best!!!