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If memory serves, Justin Upton was the consensus to go number one overall to the Diamondbacks. That year, the Royals held the number two overall pick in the draft. Apparently, 2005 was not the best time to set up a blog dedicated to Royals baseball.īut there was a glimmer of hope. (I have always had difficulty coming up with catchy names for things like this.) Within two months, Tony Peña was fired and the Royals were spiraling to a franchise-record 106 loss season. I fired up a blogspot account and posted at a site christened Warning Track Power. Still, inspired by the work of Alex Belth and Cliff Corcoran at Bronx Banter and Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts along with Ken Arneson at the Baseball Toaster, I considered giving this blogging thing a try. The Royals were a miserable team and even worse organization. When Gordon was drafted by the Royals, I (along with my future partner in crime Clark Fosler) was in the first year of writing about them on the internet. If you will, please allow me to indulge in a bit of navel gazing. The quiet heart of the championship teams will exit in front of only his teammates and coaches, denied the one last ovation he deserves due to a global pandemic.Ĭan you imagine the scenes there would’ve been at Kauffman Stadium this weekend if fans were allowed in? With the retirement of Alex Gordon, the Royals are losing one of their cornerstones. Sunday will mark not just the finale of another baseball season for the Royals.