Revenge is a dish best served cold, and the Royals are looking forward to some payback against the Mets for Noah Syndergaard's wild brushback pitch to Alcides Escobar in Game 3 of last year's World Series.
Kansas City will face the Mets on opening night Sunday and again Tuesday, and the Royals will be seeking retribution for the controversial pitch, Newsday reported, citing unnamed sources.
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Syndergaard is scheduled to start in the second game against the Royals, but because they are playing in an American League ballpark he won't be batting. Whether the supposed declaration of revenge is real or just a ploy to get people to tune in to the game is unclear.
If the Royals are looking for retribution against Syndergaard, it will have to be while he is on the mound.
UPDATE:
Ned Yost on Royals-reliation-gate: "Some buffoon writes something and you guys are gonna jump like little monkeys in a cage for peanut."
— Rustin Dodd (@rustindodd) March 29, 2016