What if I told you, back in 2010, that Edison Volquez would be starting the first game of an LCS five years later? And that he would go 6.0 shutout innings, striking out four but, true to form, walking four as well? Would you believe me?
I wouldn’t have believed me, but there he was last Friday night, taking the bump for the Royals in the 2015 ALCS as I watched from behind the Kauffman fountains.
To rewind this story a bit, finding myself in Kauffman Stadium for Game 1 of the ALCS was bizzare enough. Not four days before, I had never even thought of going to Kansas City and instead had plans for a weekend trip to Chicago.