Game 101 Thread: Diamondbacks vs. Royals
![Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (7) heads to the dugout after being tagged out during the game against the Chicago White Sox on July 21st, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/AJCyuxMCRSjhlLHcbrxmmDc_ZCU=/0x0:6000x4000/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73475835/2162339877.0.jpg)
Witt, Cole, let’s go
When I was a kid in about the year 2000 or so, I went to Kauffman Stadium to see one of my favorite pitchers play: Randy Johnson. The Big Unit was pitching for the Diamondbacks, and he absolutely destroyed the Royals. I was not a Royals fan at the time having recently moved from Cleveland, so I thought Johnson destroying the Royals was rad.
Anyway, today Cole Ragans is pitching for the Royals. Ragans isn’t Randy Johnson—no one was, no one is—but like Johnson, Ragans is a dominant lefty who might be on his way to winning a Cy Young. Let’s hope tonight is another notch on his belt, so to speak.
Diamondbacks lineup
Game 101.
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) July 22, 2024
⌚️ 5:10pm
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Royals lineup
Cole Ragans heads to the mound as our homestand continues with a series against the Diamondbacks. pic.twitter.com/ZHTNPsDQJT
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) July 22, 2024