Royals manager Ned Yost on veteran KC outfielder Alex Gordon from spring training in Surprise, Ariz. By
Royals general manager Dayton Moore looked out onto the field hours before a game last week in New York’s Yankee Stadium — a place that has seen some of the bright talents in the game fade and forced into the background of retirement — and watched his 35-year-old left fielder acting like a kid.
As the club’s relief pitchers walked to the bullpen and Gordon headed to the outfield to do his early work, he slapped the glove out of the hands of unsuspecting and wide-eyed rookie pitcher Richard Lovelady in a playful moment that let Moore know that his veteran cornerstone was still having fun, still had that “boyish attitude.