Between his father’s death on Feb. 14 and the funeral, Royals outfielder Alex Gordon and his brothers reflected on what made Mike Gordon the understated, special man he was and all the ways he helped make them who they are.
They mourned and they laughed.
And they clutched certain memories with new preciousness.
“I have this picture,” Gordon started saying the other day.
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One that stood out among the many they went through after his father was liberated into peace at age 63 after five years of being afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease.