Lesky’s Notes: Thank you, Alex

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports I thought Alex Gordon might retire before the 2021 season. I don’t think I was ready for him to retire before the end of the 2020 season, though. I don’t know. It just seemed like we’d have some down time and then somewhere in mid-November, there would be an announcement and a press conference and all that. And then the guy just blindsides us all with this decision that is absolutely probably right for him and for the Royals, but still just sucks.

Gordon represented hope for a downtrodden franchise. And then represented redemption for a franchise desperately in need. And then he represented the tying run in the bottom of the ninth in Game One of the World Series…