The baseball zoomed through the humid air, and in an instant everyone paying attention knew that even the league’s biggest outfield did not have enough room. Sometimes in sports — too often, really — guys are told to act like they’ve been there. But what if they haven’t?
Whit Merrifield, the nicest surprise in a Royals season full of plot twists, had done so much already in less than a month in the big leagues. He had started at three positions which, among other things, could be the single biggest reason Omar Infante is still on the roster.