On Monday afternoon, Nick Pratto likely will slip on a Royals jersey and answer questions at a news conference at Kauffman Stadium.
But it won’t be the first time Pratto, who was selected by Kansas City with the 14th overall pick in last Monday’s draft, has worn a Royals uniform. Eleven years earlier, he played for the Royals in his little league in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Obviously, the uniform wasn’t an exact match, but his dad, Jeff, chuckled at the memory in a phone interview on Sunday.
As the manager of his son’s little league baseball team, Jeff Pratto each season had the opportunity to choose the team’s uniforms from a list of Major League Baseball teams provided by the league.