With roster moves and opening day bearing down on us, I wanted to explore some of the oddball and sometimes almost mystical occurrences in the history of the Royals and in baseball.
How rare is an Opening Day home run on the first pitch of the season? Turns out, it’s really rare. It happened only once, on Opening Day 1986, Boston’s Dwight Evans, batting leadoff, slammed the first pitch he saw from the Tigers Jack Morris into the left field stands of Tiger Stadium.
Who holds the all-time record for home runs by two teammates? Take a guess, no cheating with the phone.