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The moment seemed strange, not the kind of situation befitting a once great closer whose blazing fastball and deadly cutter, complemented by a useful curve and slider, made opposing batters fear his very presence. But there was Wade Davis Friday night, in front of the biggest Kauffman Stadium crowd since before the pandemic, entering a game in the eighth inning with his KC Royals leading Minnesota by 12.
Save for Salvador Perez, Greg Holland, Danny Duffy, Jarrod Dyson, and Adalberto Mondesi, Davis is the only active Royal who played for the marvelous Kansas City clubs of 2014 or 2015.