Alex Gordon Retirement

I can’t believe the 2020 MLB regular season is already over, but before I do my roundup of favorite images, I wanted to pay tribute to one of the Royal Greats, Alex Gordon. Gordo announced his retirement from the major leagues last week and the outpouring of love from players and the community is a testament to his dedication and leadership. He will be missed dearly, but I hope he enjoys that retirement pizza!

Fittingly, the Royals rolled out the red carpet for him for his last home series.

My favorite moments from his farewell:

Salute to the Negro Leagues

Kansas City has a lot of small treasures that didn’t know about prior to moving here, one of which being the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the 18th and Vine District. This year they’re celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Negro Leagues. As part of that celebration, the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals wore throwback Negro League uniforms on Tuesday. Whew, they were fresh.

World Series Parade

By now you've all heard that the Kansas City Royals won the 2015 World Series. As a relatively new Royals fan and even newer Kansas City resident, I can only imagine the joy a long-time fan must feel based on my insane level of happiness. I got a taste of just how over-the-moon fans in Kansas City and the surrounding area are on Tuesday, when an 800,000 people crowded the streets of downtown Kansas City to watch their World Series Champions parade. Being present for the sea of royal blue fans, deafening shouts of "PAY ZOBRIST," Gomes' hilarious "unpolitically correct" speech and getting to hold the Commissioner's Trophy was amazing. This city is definitely a baseball town, whatever the naysayers may think. And despite wearing off the heel of one of my boots while walking the parade route a half dozen times, I had a blast covering the World Series Parade for MLB. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the day: