KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Terrance Gore took batting practice with the rest of the Kansas City Royals’ reserves Thursday afternoon before Game 1 of their American League division series, though it was hard to see why he bothered. The chances of Gore batting in the series are close to zero.
You may remember Gore from last postseason, a pocket-size dynamo with meager major league experience whom Manager Ned Yost repeatedly trusted to pinch-run. A September call-up, Gore stole three bases in his first three postseason games. He scored the go-ahead run against Baltimore in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series, and added another run in his only World Series appearance, also in Game 2.