The Royals are young and fun, but will they be good?
The Baby Royals are making baseball fun. The Royals were flying high. They were winning games in exciting, walk-off fashion with a lineup that featured six players age 26 or younger. And it wasn’t just a good week of play, it was two months of .500 ball, exceeding expectations. Baseball America ranked five Royals in their top 100 prospect list. The youth movement was starting to pay dividends and the future looked bright. The year was 2000. That team featured future All-Stars like Mike Sweeney, Carlos Beltran, Jermaine Dye, and Johnny Damon as well as other promising young hitters like…
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