SURPRISE, ARIZ.
The music would blare though the clubhouse in the minutes after 12 p.m., a full two hours before some teammates would arrive to the ballpark.
Kendrys Morales is an old soul of sorts, a fan of the classics, so as he made a home at Kauffman Stadium in 2015, he settled on a simple routine. He would show up to the stadium around noon, change into a pair of basketball shorts and a T-shirt and cue up a playlist from a past generation.
“Elvis,” Royals manager Ned Yost says. “Frank Sinatra.”
In his first season in Kansas City, the rhythms of Morales fit his new club perfectly.