The Royals dropped their season opener on Thursday against the Twins, a 4-1 loss on an otherwise gorgeous (albeit windy) afternoon. The baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint, and we have 161 games left to react to, but with an off-day today, there is only one game to chew on for the next 24 hours, so why not overreact to one game?
First of all, I attended the game and the K looked gorgeous. I actually thought the stadium was starting to show a fair amount of wear and tear last year (perhaps by design to galvanize support for a new stadium?