Old-timers will remember an era when the fleet Royals of George Brett, Willie Wilson and Amos Otis would habitually torment the Red Sox by seeming to hit more triples and steal more bases in a single series than the plodding Sox would all year.
The slightly younger old timers will remember Bo Jackson achieving all sorts of breathtaking feats as a Fenway visitor in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, the highlights of which NESN showed before the game for no other apparent reason than the Royals are in town and Bo highlights remain forever awesome.
Heck, it was just four years ago that the Royals of Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer and Salvatore Perez won the World Series.