Diana Cervantes and her daughter Michelle Espinoza appeared already laden in Royals merchandise, poised at the center of the Royals Team Store.
Their darting eyes, however, revealed them as fans still on the prowl.
“We’re getting stuff we haven’t gotten before,” Cervantes, of Kansas City, said while shopping Friday.
That could be a challenge for many Royals fans who are just a year removed from going all in on the team’s surprising playoff run a year ago, which broke a generational drought.
Glassware, plush booties, Sluggerrr as a bearded gnome, the baserunning mustard and relish hot dog dolls — these would certainly qualify as things not bought before.