The sun came out Thursday in Kansas City. Temperatures climbed above the freezing mark. Snow that had fallen 24 hours earlier melted.
It could be a coincidence, but the improved weather came the same day the Royals packed up the first of two semi-trailer trucks and it left for the team’s spring-training home in Surprise, Ariz. You can see what that entailed in the video above from The Star’s John Sleezer.
Another sign of baseball’s imminent return came a short while later when the Royals announced their Cactus League radio schedule. Twenty games are set to be broadcast on KCSP (610 AM), but a pair of the games could be changed based on the fortunes of the Kansas State basketball team.