While you’re at Kauffman Stadium the next time the boys are in town, check out the general condition of the Royals gear worn by fans.
Most of it looks to be the same age. The T-shirts are deep blue with lettering only now starting to lose some sheen. The “KC” logos on ball caps remain bright and unfrayed.
That’s because of what happened not quite a year ago in the marketplace of Royals stuff.
Everyone bought at once when the surging club reached the postseason. The closets of Kansas City baseball fans, long bereft of hometown jerseys and polos, changed at Jarrod Dyson-like speed.