The day the Royals made Kansas City stop was a gift from the baseball gods. Pure blue sky, light breeze, the kind of day you don’t mind walking a mile or two from wherever you parked to go stand with hundreds of thousands of friendly strangers, the biggest crowd that any of them had ever seen.
What besides sports could give us a day like this? The parade weaved through downtown, people lining the streets — 10, 15, 50-deep in parts — and nearly all of them in blue. Some of it was well-worn blue, hats with brims faded and folded tight, and some of it was brand-new blue — World Series championship hats and “Thank You Royals” T-shirts.