K.C. Royals fans deal with ‘Munchkingate’

Funny item over at Deadspin today involving little people and the Kansas City Royals’ marketing department. As part of a promotion last weekend, the team welcomed Mickey Carroll, 87, billed as the “last living Munchkin” from The Wizard of Oz, to the ballpark, where he “threw a surprisingly good first pitch … and won a backpack during the fifth-inning dance-off.” But then a Deadspin reader pointed out that another elderly little person claiming to be an ex-Munchkin had been signing autographs the same day at Comic-Con in San Diego.