Once upon a time, Salvador Perez lurked — as effectively as a 6-foot-3, 240-pound ballplayer can, that is — in the Royals dugout after a victory, an amorphous concept forming in his mind.
There was an orange Gatorade cooler on the bench in front of him, the remnants of sports drink swirling within the container and waiting to be dumped into a dugout drain by a team attendant.
Perez had another idea.
He got the attention of Fox Sports Kansas City’s Joel Goldberg, who was interviewing the player of the game, and shushed him with a finger over his own lips.