Years ago, before the playoff berths and postseason runs, before the seasons numbed him to the unpredictability of baseball, maybe Eric Hosmer would be panicking. Tinkering with his swing. New approach every day. Anything to break out of a nasty slump.
But now, at the age of 27, Hosmer remains confident that such an approach can be the worst course of action. He says this now, even as his production lags in the final week of April, even as the Royals entered a three-game series against the White Sox coming off one of their worst seven-game offensive runs in club history.