Alex Gordon is the original modern Royal. He was here before anyone else. Before Ned, before Dayton, before Salvy. He made his big-league debut a year before the Kauffman Stadium renovation. Significant, then, that this might be his last ride.
He’s talked about it with his wife. He doesn’t know. Maybe he’ll retire. He has three kids at home, and he misses them fiercely. Maybe he’ll keep going. He does love this game. He loves it especially now, which is a weird thing to say, because the Royals lost 104 games last season.
“I just want to have fun,” he said.