At Kauffman Stadium on Sunday, baseball fans got a mix of the young and the old on the diamond. In the Futures game that featured top minor league prospects, the USA team pounded the World team, 17-5.
Five-time all-star Frank White always thought he would finish his baseball career at the Royals. He was the hometown guy who played second base with the team for 18 seasons, starting in 1973.
Baseball’s Willie Mays Aikens has done a lot of living in his 57 years. He’s now a hitting instructor for the Kansas City Royals, something he knows a thing or two about: he was the first major leaguer in history to hit two home runs in a game twice in the same series.
The marketing catch phrase for the Kansas City Royals this year has been, "This is our time." But after a disastrous homestand, the Royals ad campaign has backfired.
