🤦♀️ Never fun! Narnia wanted to provide a few updates on situations we have covered and continue to follow up on.
• In our recent post "What is Going On With Kansas City Sports Teams and These Scandals Anyway?", we wrote about what really looked to be a not-too-funny stunt involving a St. Joseph MO native rookie ballplayer named Carter Jensen. Of course, throughout that evening's ballgame and for about a week following the alleged "sleeping in", the memes and jokes on social media continued.
This was tweeted by one of the Royals' long-time television broadcast hosts during the ballgame two days later (Carter did not play the day after the incident):
Narnia is not sure why it was necessary to mention "since the oversleeping mistake". Oh wait, we probably do: lest folks should forget and move along. 😑The next day on Apr. 5, the Royals' television broadcast had Carter as a guest on the pregame show to show there was "nothing to see here" and yet the segment could not end without the same TV broadcast host bringing the subject up by "complimenting" the catcher on "how well" he was handling the situation. Just so folks don't forget.
In contrast, on the afternoon of Saturday, Apr 18, team captain and catcher Salvador Perez was not in a game lineup that was tweeted by the Royals at 08:51 CT. Carter Jensen was starting as catcher.
At 10:48am (not long before the 12:35 pm CT game started, 1:35 pm NY time), a more detailed explanation was quoted from Mgr Quatraro for Salvy's absence.
Anne Rogers' tweet had a total of 16 replies, of which none took exception in the comments with this decision until later that evening. Perez normally does not catch on Sunday afternoons - this has been the norm for the last several seasons as he has gotten older. Whether it's been Freddy Fermin or Carter or Luke Maile, whoever - they're usually catching on Sunday afternoons or in a day game following a night game. April 18 was a Saturday, but was an afternoon game following Friday night's game.
Giving Perez a day off from catching whether it's by letting him play 1st base or DH? This has been occurring for the last several years. It is nothing new. Even a couple of years ago, GM J J Piccolo had talked of needing to sit him down to have "that talk" - in order to preserve his longevity, he was going to give up some days of catching and supposedly last season, that talk took place and was better understood.
"You can't keep that guy out of the lineup! He just loves to play every day." That mantra has been enthusiastically but repeatedly shared to Royals fans. Every season.
And yet, after 7pm that evening, a little bit of hell broke loose when the veteran player suddenly tweeted:
The tweet stood out immediately and quickly began spreading around.
Instagram was covered as well. This was from Perez' Instagram account, calling the claim of needing a "mental break" fake.
Fans and local media's reaction was mostly in unison on the interpretation that Perez was calling out his manager because his tweet was directly quoting "mental breather". Many suspected clubhouse discord, perhaps even players vs. manager. A lot of melodrama and more what? Scandal.
Except this time, the headlines were different. Perez was painted as a renegade of a captain, "brave" to speak up against a manager who was already under disfavor by many fans.
This time, we had the likes of Newsweek:
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| "Salvador Perez fires back at manager over benching" |
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| "took to social media" |
"Perez rebuts Royals manager"
"Perez publicly refutes Matt Quatraro's reason"
"All-Star, 15-year MLB veteran, sharply rebukes manager"
By the next day, fans and media were provided with explanations, statements, and proclamations.
Lots of "nothing to see here". "All is well." "Misunderstanding". Apparently, the issue was that Salvy was receiving texts from concerned individuals close to him, who were alarmed by the phrase, "mental breather".
“Little confused,” Perez said of Quatraro’s pregame comment.
“It’s a little confused, you know, not the right communication. ... I’m good.
My family is good. Everybody is good. I got reached out by a lot of people
yesterday after the game. They sent me what Q said. I don’t have any problem
with Q. We talked today." - Kansas City Star, Apr 19, 2026
It's just perplexing that instead of texting back the concerned parties (his tweet occurred on Sunday evening, so it would seem like there would've been time to do this), Salvy chose to tweet out to the masses. Or hey, rather than texting his manager first? Instead of using social media? Even though Manager Q. says that the decision for the lineup change was relayed the night before:
“We’re in a good spot,” Quatraro said. “I think what stands
out to me is the ‘mental breather’ was, from my perspective, telling him the
night before he wasn’t playing so he can take some off his plate of preparing
for our starting pitcher in the game plan, the opposing starting pitcher and
just being a player every day.
“There’s a tremendous amount that goes into that for a guy
like him. And so, I think that’s where that became a little bit misconstrued.” - Kansas City Star, April 19, 2026
So when you think about it, if it was discussed the night before, then there never was a need for a tweet en masse.
Perez owns a lot of records in the Royals' books. He's popular amongst the fans and media. Television viewers are told how he "loves to play", "plays the same in the 1st inning as the 11th inning", "can't keep him out of that lineup", etc etc etc. He's a peacemaker. He "always has a smile on his face." And it's very obvious that the Royals players respect him tremendously. He's very popular amongst players all across the major leagues. There's no disputing all of this from Narnia or denial of flowers.
That doesn't mean though, that sometimes even the best can get a bit out of control if it's allowed to grow Paul Bunyan-like unchecked. There's been a sizeable ego involved for awhile, even though it seems to be one of those pink elephant topics. And maybe that's been part of the underlying issue.
There have been signs for awhile that game lineups might sometimes revolve around Perez's need and desire to play every day and no one in rightful authority being willing to rein that in.
So what happened on the evening of the 18th was a case of a star player who forgot themselves, resulting in overstepping and showing up their manager (and it should be said a manager who had the grace to respond in a manner of acquiescence). The use of social media to blurt displeasure was not becoming of a team captain. It wasn't a good example to set for all of those "whiffle ball" kids 😉 out there who watch everything.
The Royals team has lately shown signs of snapping out of their offensive struggles, having won 4 out of their last 5 games (after having lost eight in a row). Let's hope there won't be any further negative distractions.
Or manipulations. There shouldn't be a need to photo shop, right? From the Royals' Instagram:
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| This should be an organic moment |
If you have to photo shop, all that is, is a red flag followed by the question of why? What's being hidden?
We wonder why there have been questions and befuddlement. That fake photo (and you often have to blow these up to see the errors) is a red flag. 🚩
Using a young player's image, a player who has enough to concentrate on this season, does not need that image misrepresented. He doesn't need it. What are you doing?
"Thanks" to NDA clauses, today's athletes' hands (and mouths) are often tied. Except maybe when there's a "C" on the uniform?
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Speaking of uniforms, there are those delightful 70's era turnouts. And this author has been having Johnny and Roy withdrawal. Let's take a very brief break and hear it for the turnouts!
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| my favorite fashion choice - the navy jacket + turnout pants |
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| This is the best - turnouts, the white T and suspenders 😊 |
In Narnia's post from March, "Retreating from the Unknown: The Mystery Surrounding a Documentary", there were some oddities going on which were pointed out. This is a waiting period until the summer, when the "new" film documentary based on the legacy of James O. Page will begin to be shown at festival(s). Narnia has no idea what kind or level of marketing to expect, but as we pointed out in the post, things weren't off to a promising start. And in fact, the timelines of both projects are crossing beams and it's gotten to be a contradicting, jumbled bit of a mess.
So while director Mark Jacobs posted the news about "This Life, After All" last month (March), it sounds like the film is already completed and I don't know that we here at Narnia understood that. But from ems1 website:
"The film, set to release in late 2025" - well, that was last year!
There's even a trailer already and it's posted on the website for Individually Wrapped Films, which is Mark Jacobs' production company and the one responsible for the new film documentary. But on the "Feature Film Documentary" tab on their website, "This Life, After All" is showing for "2026".
So take your pick, 2025 or 2026, for its release. 😅 Narnia is done with the debate and research.
You would just think that if "This Life, After All" was started and completed last year, now involves the LA County Fire Museum and the likes of Kevin Tighe, that the links for "Into the Unknown" podcast would've disappeared long before this past Jan - Feb. We're just sayin'.
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Since last fall, this author has tried to make it clear that the show "Emergency!" and some of its characters were a source of great enjoyment and entertainment. When it appeared on these pages, it was about the fictional characters and yes, (the eventual plan was) how those television characters were portrayed, the way scripts were written and then interpreted by the actors, would be of interest to many of our readers. Narnia hadn't even had the opportunity yet to reach that point; the content thus far had been merely aesthetic.
Without going into detail, it has become very evident that Narnia's interest and inclusion of the show has resulted in a few negative outcomes and caused some unexpected reactions.
It needs to be made clear that this blog is not here to shift any amount of undesired attention onto two advanced-senior actors, but as this author stated on the main tumblr account, there is nothing "bad" or "wrong" with posting gifs, photos, and analysis on a television show and/or its fictional characters.
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"Good" to see Debbie Joel hasn't let up any, even though second baseman Jonathan India really is not a threat at all right now (and will not be due to an injury requiring season-ending surgery). Michael Massey has been an offensive boost for the most part and fans already knew he was very good defensively at second base; the question always was his ability to be a reliable every day player.
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Another day, another "illness", another "tragedy", another "scandal" for a member of One Direction. For those who are more sensitive to these stories, Narnia suggests the reader step away before reading further. 🚨🚨
And Narnia isn't buying this nonsense:
** yawn **
It is a continued, massive testament to the fortitude of the men of One Direction that they continue to appreciate and reach out to their fans in a number of ways. They verbally let their fans know that they see and care about them. That they need the strength and love that comes from their fans.
Narnia salutes the most publicly visible: Harry, Louis, Niall and Zayn.
Narnia also salutes the sharp, enduring and stalwart fans who continue to support and fight for these men.
The entertainment industry has not seen before the likes and strength of such a special relationship.
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| Jimmy Kimmel, Nov 20, 2014 |
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Update? No change: Jared and Jensen still entertaining their fans. And words still aren't necessary to describe how magical as ever they are together. They are without beginning, without end.
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| yes, they are in their 40's now 😂 |
Those are a few updates that we have.
Narnia thanks our readers for their patience and time in paying a visit this site.
Our pic sources: positivexcellence, tenor, dailyemergency, FETV, Kansas City Star,
ems1, imgur
our playlist: Girl Almighty - One Direction
Shame - The Motels
Good Mother - Jann Arden
Shakedown Cruise - Jay Ferguson
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - Pearl Jam
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