In a sparsely attended game Monday night at Kauffman Stadium, where Royals center fielder Brett Phillips could be heard in the press box calling “Got it!” for a fly ball in the first inning, there seemed to be little to care much about.
Some 60 miles north at Missouri Western State, the Kansas City Chiefs had wrapped up one of their final preseason practices in St. Joseph shortly after a brief shoving match broke out between offensive lineman Andrew Wylie and defensive end Jarvis Jenkins.
Here, a rookie battery was making its major-league debut together for the visiting Toronto Blue Jays.