Kansas City, Mo., police ask for crime to pause while Royals game is on

Cops love baseball too. Just like the rest of the community felt the excitement of the Kansas City Royals being in the playoffs Tuesday night for the first time in 29 years, so did the Kansas City (Mo.) police. One problem, of course: It's hard to depend on criminals also catching Royals Fever so thoroughly that they forget to commit crimes so law enforcement also can enjoy the game.

But, in case local scofflaws were feeling the least bit civic, the KCPD took to Twitter in the late innings of Kansas City's 9-8 victory against the Oakland Athletics in the American League wild-card game:

One of the greatest tweets of all time. The best part, aside from the half-joking audacity and sass, is the "really." We really need this, you guys. It wasn't an unreasonable request, given:

That's also the case with most of the Royals players, except for Raul Ibañez (with any certainty).

So did it work? Did crime stop, so the police could enjoy the end of the Royals game? Unlikely, but a quick scan of crimereports.com shows that, from 10:51 p.m. local time when the request was sent until the end of the game, no crimes were reported in the Kauffman Stadium area.

You can book it, Danno.

The incident above occurred after midnight, (not too) long after the Royals ended the A's season. Plus, "recovered property" doesn't even count. That's, like, a repo or something.

So, here's to K.C. police, along with their rivals on the other side of the law, for creating an opportunity to enjoy the Royals' first playoff success since the 1985 World Series.

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