As far as Royals fans go, I am one of the more optimistic.
I retained my family's season tickets while away at college so I wouldn't lose my childhood vantage point when the team finally returned to the postseason.
I attend upwards of 40 games a season since I moved back to the nation's bread basket in 2004.
I was so confident in General Manager Dayton Moore's abilities that I placed a bet with a buddy that Mike Jacobs would hit 30+ HR, and, given the spacious Kauffman Stadium outfield, Coco Crisp would have an OPS north of .790 with 30+ SB.*
* I was drunk with name recognition.
My thinking: Moore's a smart guy and if he brought these guys here at the expense of the bullpen, he must have seen abilities that mirrored my hopes*.
* After all, his tenureùin a nutshellùis basica ...
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