Like the Ultimate Warrior and Satchel Paige, original birth records for the Don’t Kill the Mellinger Royals Over/Under Challenge are the subject of much speculation.
I believe this is the 10th year we’ve done it, which is a nice little anniversary, but it also might be the ninth or eighth. Royals Over-Under truthers are arguing this point in message boards across the Internet*.
*This is not true, not even a little bit.
If it’s the 10th, that means we’ve been doing this since Alex Gordon was a third baseman, Zack Greinke was a relief pitcher, Billy Butler was a rookie and Joakim Soria was a Royals relief pitcher (the first time).