PAPILLION, Neb.
It was early on Sunday evening and a Nebraska native named Dan Wilson clutched the handles of a black stroller and turned toward a throng of fans lining a railing here at Werner Park. On a breezy and idyllic summer evening in suburban Omaha, a horde of blue T-shirts and Royals jerseys had swarmed a left-field concourse that overlooks a walkway from the clubhouse to the baseball field.
Wilson looked at his son, Keaton, a toddler decked out in an Alex Gordon T-shirt, then motioned to his wife, Jill, also dressed in a powder blue Gordon shirt.