I can't find a link that isn't to a profanity-riddled forum, but it appears many (if not all) of the Royals players have decided that Sports Radio 810, WHB, needs to be boycotted for an incident that happened weeks ago.
The story goes that Jarrod Dyson and Eric Hosmer wanted to go to the 810 Zone (a sports bar) in the Harrah's casino after a game to watch the Floyd Mayweather boxing match. They weren't allowed inside because the building was already at fire safety capacity, and they would need to wait outside with everyone else for a few people to leave before they could enter. Casino security and the afternoon hosts on WHB all seem to be in agreement that both players tried to use their status as Royals to get inside, and when they were denied on fire code grounds and the fact that law enforcement was at the casino, anyway, they became angry and belligerent, ultimately leaving when they were told in no uncertain terms to do so.
The next day, several members of the WHB sports shows, and their superiors, went to speak with the miffed players, and by all accounts, everything seemed to be smoothed over and no big deal, as the impression from the WHB folks was that both players understood the reason for their denial of entry and accepted it, realizing its importance. It wasn't until
today that the locker room suddenly decided that a boycott of ALL employees from WHB was what needed to happen, when the "incident" occurred on the evening of
May 3rd. One of the afternoon hosts said he spoke to the Vice President of the Royals earlier today, and the VP was caught entirely off-guard by the players' boycott and had thought the entire issue was a minor one that everyone had long ago laughed off.
If even half of this is true, the Royals players are completely out of control. Dayton Moore's regime has already been fielding accusations of coddling and favoritism toward their own drafted players (such as Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer) and acquired players (such as Alcides Escobar and Lorenzo Cain), never sending them to the minors to work out their hitting woes or disciplining them in any manner for any clubhouse and off-field transgressions. No such grace has been granted to Alex Gordon or Billy Butler, who were drafted by the previous GM clearly aren't Moore's favored sons. If owner David Glass cared even one iota about his franchise, Moore would be out the door tomorrow and Moustakas would AT LEAST be retooling his swing in Double A, if not outright released. Hosmer and Dyson would be strongly disciplined for their behavior, and there would at least be
someone to hold the players accountable for what they do and don't do, even if that doesn't mean firing Ned Yost until the end of the season. Of course, none of that will happen, because as long as Glass can make a profit by putting in as little effort and money as possible, he won't give a rip. If nothing else, Glass truly is Wal-Mart personified.
"Tradition" is the reason for doing something you can no longer think of a reason for doing. -Pearls Before Swine