The Royals averaged 90 losses in each of outfielder Johnny Damon’s first five full seasons in the majors leagues, and that lack of success took its toll.
Damon wrote about the team’s struggles as he looked back his career in an essay for The Players’ Tribune. The headline is “Letter To My Younger Self,” and Damon offers advice to himself as a child.
Much of the essay is about helping the Red Sox win the 2004 World Series, the franchise’s first in 88 years. But Damon also writes about his time with the Royals and how difficult it was on him.