The Royals aren't fighting with everybody.......

Royals-Tigers series makes for the start of a healthy rivalry

By VAHE GREGORIAN
vgregorian@kcstar.com


As he considered the cosmic meaning of the Tigers salvaging a split in their four-game series against the Royals with a 6-4 victory on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium, Detroit manager Brad Ausmus shrugged and said, “I don’t know that there were any eureka moments.”

But there were a few of to be derived from a compelling series in which the last three games were sellouts. That means that the Royals through 13 home games have been at capacity more times this season (five) than in 81 regular-season games last year (four).

“I knew back in the day when we weren’t getting good crowds that it was still a baseball town,” left fielder Alex Gordon said, “and that once we started playing well, they were going to come out and support us.”

The crowds, of course, are testament to the Royals’ resurgence — not to mention the giveaway Saturday of a Salvador Perez bobblehead commemorating the 2014 American League wild-card win over Oakland that was transformative for the franchise.

This was about something else, too, though: the anticipation of a budding — and notably respectful — rivalry with the Tigers. ...............(more)

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