Fast 4ward

On Feb 10 1984 in Lincoln Nebraska a child was born wearing a superman cape and that powered blue #4 jersey. He was a 2 time Gatorade Nebraska player of the year after belting 25 homeruns his senior year in high school. After graduating in 2002, he went on to play at the University of Nebraska.

In his junior year at Nebraska, he swept the collegiate awards for player of the year. Gordon won the Brooks Wallace Award, Dick Howser Trophy, and Golden Spikes Award in 2005. That year the Royals made Gordon the second overall pick in the 2005 MLB Draft.

Fast forward to Kansas City on August 27, 2014 as this same superman cape #4 jersey wearing kid goes crashing into the left field fence to make an unbelievable play that is worthy of any top 10 list on any network. Donning his cape the night before, he simply took one swing of the bat and made all well in Royals Nation again. (The offense was ice cold like they were challenged for the ALS Ice bucket challenge, but that’s a different article!)

Let me introduce you to Alexander Jonathan Gordon.

Sitting behind “Gordo Nation” Thursday night, packed with fans wearing custom shirts and waving cardboard cutouts, it was hard not to notice Royals fans love affair with Gordon.

Gordon is a legitimate contender for the 2014 MVP (which will probably go to the rare talent of Mike Trout but he deserves to be in the discussion.) He may be the best defensive left fielder in the game today. He won’t amaze you with 30+ homeruns or 150+ RBIs year in and year out, but I would challenge you to find a more consistent, aggressive outfielder in the game.

Like the icon superstar that is George Brett, Gordon too has battled in his first four seasons with going back in forth to the minors. He’s a 2 time All Star and 3 time Gold Glove winner in his first 8 seasons with the Royals. If Gordon stays with the boys in blue he has the capability to really leave a mark in the organization for this generation of Royals history. He may never hit .340 in a season or jack 45 homeruns, but he sure could rank up a high number of hits. He is the Royals franchise leader in leadoff homeruns with 12 and let me tell you first hand, he has a laser sighted Bazooka for an arm.

When his All Star skills are on display, he is throwing lasers from the corner of left field to any base; as well as hitting balls so hard that they get out of the park faster than a speeding bullet. This is the foundation of a franchise long love affair of a left fielder that walks out to the tune “Only When I Walk Away”. Gordon will only walk away after he has played 20 + years in the power blue uniforms, racked up enough hits to flirt with 3000 and is being honored with his number 4 being hung on the wall of the Royals Hall of Fame; a building that sits just behind the territory he current protects for his beloved Kansas City Royals.

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