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Column: Accountability rolled under bus

KANSAS CITY, MO - JULY 21:  Starling Marte #6 of the Pittsburgh Pirates is tagged out by Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals as he tries to score in the ninth inning at Kauffman Stadium on July 21, 2015 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images)
Starling Marte is tagged out by Royals catcher Salvador Perez in the ninth inning Tuesday. -- GETTY

Neil Walker spoke to reporters for precisely six seconds, per my count, and somehow still managed to say everything that needed to be said.

Starling Marte is tagged out by Royals catcher Salvador Perez in the ninth inning. -- GETTY

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Neil Walker spoke to reporters for precisely six seconds, per my count, and somehow still managed to say everything that needed to be said.

Unless, of course, anyone feels compelled to build a thesis on how a reliable, experienced big-league second baseman butchers maybe the most routine ground ball that ever came his way, even though he was in the knee-down safety-first stance to stop it, even though ...

Oh, here, just look at it. It's at the 1:40 mark.

From there, look at Walker's reaction when reporters surrounded his stall afterward:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghHmtMzmtIQ

Know what that is?

It's called accountability.

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