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Most players do not spend 14 years in the majors, much less all with the same team. The KC Royals were fortunate to have this player pull it off.
It started with Alex Gordon being selected second overall in the 2005 amateur draft from the University of Nebraska. The excitement of a nearby college star who played third base, batted left-handed, and threw with his right brought the nostalgia of a certain KC Royals icon, George Brett.
A tough and unfair comparison for any player to live up to.