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Eyeing 2017 return, Royals infielder Mike Moustakas revels in ‘blessing in disguise’

No way Mike Moustakas would have drawn it up like this: to have his season snuffed out in May by a freak collision with Alex Gordon that relegated Gordon to the disabled list and left Moustakas with a torn ACL.

While there were plenty of other factors in the Royals’ inability to repeat as World Series champions, or even return to the playoffs, few loom larger than that instant.

Not wishing something to have happened, though, maybe isn’t necessarily the same as regret.

For one thing, Gordon’s and Moustakas’ rabid pursuit of that foul ball was the very essence of what got the Royals where they’ve been.