The year was 2012, the month March, the first full and final month of spring training for the KC Royals. The Royals hadn’t contended for a long, long time. Ned Yost, hired by the club in January 2010 as an advisor and named manager just a few months later, was beginning his second full season as KC’s skipper. Salvador Perez was becoming the club’s regular catcher; Alex Gordon was already a Gold Glove left fielder. Young guns Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas were continuing the successful trip they’d been on together from the minor leagues to Kauffman Stadium.
Will this season be 2012 all over again for the KC Royals?
