By now, I think, the parade traffic has cleared from downtown Kansas City. Though considering the sheer size and scope of that event, perhaps that is a bold assumption on my part.
What is not bold to assume is that general manager Dayton Moore and the other members of the Royals' front office did not take long to turn the page and start thinking about 2016, because this sport's increasingly year-round rigors demand it. The Royals are facing an obvious hurdle in their bid to repeat as World Series champions (nobody's done so since the 1998-2000 Yankees), but this is a team that has already shown an unmistakable ability to sustain success.