{"id":1953981,"date":"2025-08-11T13:38:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1953981"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:38:24","slug":"royals-rookie-has-brutally-honest-assessment-of-stupid-game-losing-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-rookie-has-brutally-honest-assessment-of-stupid-game-losing-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Rookie Has Brutally Honest Assessment Of &#8216;Stupid&#8217; Game-Losing Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"style_hfl21i-o_O-style_uhlm2\"\/>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hcy61wc5u\">Play the game of baseball long enough, and you&#8217;re sure to make some sort of blunder that you feel cost your team the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hwjkjd8c8\">Most baseball games aren&#8217;t won or lost on one play, but John Rave&#8217;s defensive miscue played an outsized role in the Kansas City Royals&#8217; loss to the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_azgppwbmo\">The Royals held a 3-2 lead and had one out in the eighth inning, when Rave turned what should have been a single by Twins outfielder Austin Martin into a triple, diving after a ball that was destined to fall anyway. Two batters later, the game was tied, and the Twins wound up walking off the Royals in the 11th inning.<\/p>\n<div data-mm-id=\"_9vo8p60ax\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"style_120ff32\">\n<figure data-id=\"_9vo8p60ax\" class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><canvas class=\"style_1e28o3x-o_O-initial_9vayoh\"\/><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\"><source\/><source\/><source\/><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"John Rave\" title=\"John Rave\"\/><\/picture><noscript><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5939,h_3340,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k2ck03bkw2z4v4tb97.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5939,h_3340,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k2ck03bkw2z4v4tb97.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5939,h_3340,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k2ck03bkw2z4v4tb97.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5939,h_3340,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_620,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k2ck03bkw2z4v4tb97.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5939,h_3340,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k2ck03bkw2z4v4tb97.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5939,h_3340,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k2ck03bkw2z4v4tb97.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5939,h_3340,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_620,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k2ck03bkw2z4v4tb97.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5939,h_3340,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k2ck03bkw2z4v4tb97.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5939,h_3340,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k2ck03bkw2z4v4tb97.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\"\/><\/picture><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><figcaption class=\"tagStyle_1ulimm5-o_O-text_1j8vahs\">Aug 6, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Kansas City Royals left fielder John Rave (16) celebrates with Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr (7) after scoring during the fourth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images \/ Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_b192oc9t3\">There wasn&#8217;t much Rave could say in defense of his play, but he also wasn&#8217;t the only reason the Royals lost on Sunday. They could have had more than one hit in their 15 at-bats with runners in scoring position, for example, or put up just a single run in one of the two extra innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_wvmab0qfb\">But Rave wasn&#8217;t hiding from the error in his postgame media availability, either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_iooehzzk7\">\u201cI was just trying to be too aggressive in a situation or in a time when I need to know the situation a bit better,\u201d Rave said, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1gn6yjz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/royals\/news\/adam-frazier-four-hits-royals-lose-to-twins-in-11-innings\" target=\"_blank\">per Theodore Tollefson<\/a> of MLB.com. \u201cHonestly, just a stupid read and need to know the situation better there. If we give up a single, we give up a single, but just trying to do too much.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_0mdz0a2pa\">Royals skipper Matt Quatraro wasn&#8217;t in the mood to bash Rave for his mistake, even giving the 27-year-old some credit for how close he came to making the catch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_cogs77phj\">\u201cI know if he had to do it over again, he would have played it as a single, if he knew he wasn\u2019t going to catch it,\u201d Quatraro said. \u201cBut he\u2019s probably a couple of inches away from catching that ball. So that\u2019s effort. That\u2019s intensity. That\u2019s trying to do the best you can.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_o1gbwudx4\">Accountability is good, but unfortunately, Rave is also batting .200 with a .623 OPS in 53 games this season. If he&#8217;s going to be on the field, he&#8217;d better be able to hold his own on defense. And the Royals don&#8217;t seem to have too many better options to take over left field on a daily basis, a poor reflection on how this roster was constructed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_lbq4mr9uq\"><em><strong>More MLB: <\/strong><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1gn6yjz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/royals\/news\/red-sox-8m-all-star-could-be-perfect-fit-for-royals-trade-this-winter-jackson3\"><em><strong>Red Sox $8M All-Star Could Be &#8216;Perfect Fit&#8217; For Royals Trade This Winter<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.si.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play the game of baseball long enough, and you&#8217;re sure to make some sort of blunder that you feel cost your team the game. Most baseball games aren&#8217;t won or lost on one play, but John Rave&#8217;s defensive miscue played an outsized role in the Kansas City Royals&#8217; loss to the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. 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