Brandon Finnegan Makes Royals Fan’s Dream A Reality
The Kansas City Royals are set to play game three of the ALCS and Brandon Finnegan has a new fan in the stadium to watch him.
The Kansas City Royals find themselves in a rather enviable position right now. They are up two games to none over the AL East’s Baltimore Orioles, and they are awaiting three straight home games. Brandon Finnegan, a rookie reliever for Kansas City, decided to let a fan live in the excitement with the team.
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Finnegan, the former TCU Horned Frog, has flown through the Royals system and has become somewhat of a secret weapon out of the bullpen in the MLB playoffs. His name was relatively well know before, and since bursting onto the scene, has become even more so.
A Royals fan with a dream of watching his favorite Royals play in the LCS reached out to Finnegan. While not sounding like a pest, the fan shared his dream, and Finnegan made it come true. Check out the conversation:
@bfinny29 help a broke Royals fan out with a couple playoffs tix so I can take my gf. #please
— Nicholas (@nknapple) October 10, 2014
@nknapple Tuesday in kc?
— Brandon Finnegan (@bfinny29) October 10, 2014
@nknapple I have 2 for you tomorrow night
— Brandon Finnegan (@bfinny29) October 13, 2014
@bfinny29 thanks man, you have no idea how much I appreciate this! Good luck out there! This is a dream come true for me and my gf.
— Nicholas (@nknapple) October 13, 2014
The fan even offered to pay Finnegan back with dinner, to which Brandon responded in even more of a good guy way:
@bfinny29 is Wed a go then? Again my name is Nicholas Knapple. Let me by u some kc bbq to pay u back sometime #gates #oklahomajoes
— Nicholas (@nknapple) October 14, 2014
@nknapple yea man you got em, and I'll gladly go eat with you but you don't have to pat
— Brandon Finnegan (@bfinny29) October 14, 2014
To end quite a cool exchange, the fan was obviously on top of the world:
@bfinny29 na man. I'll save some money. It's on me. Really no one has ever done anything like this for me in my life. God bless you
— Nicholas (@nknapple) October 14, 2014
I feel like I won the lottery
— Nicholas (@nknapple) October 14, 2014
In closing, Brandon Finnegan you are the exact type of ballplayer kids look forward to meeting today. At 21 years old, you’re setting an example for plenty of major leaguers much more advanced in age than yourself. Thank you for that.
As far as Nicholas Knapple, way to take a chance, now go enjoy your dream.
Game three of the Orioles and Royals series takes place tonight, with the first pitch scheduled for 8:07 pm est.
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