I remember checking the internet on my phone for the first time in almost a week after our cruise ship docked back in Galveston. The Royals were in first place in the division, but had only been about four games up on the Minnesota Twins for most of the previous month. Naturally, after a “we’re back” text to my parents, I pulled up Kansas City Royals news.
Then, my heart sunk. On July 8, Alex Gordon was carted off the field with a groin injury. It wasn’t season ending, thank God, but I read that he would be out for a few months.