Manny Castillo. He was a third basement for the Omaha Royals in 1980. I was a little kid going to AAA games at Rosenblatt Stadium in South Omaha. My dad and I always sat along the third base line, so Manny was easy for me to see. He was also one of the better hitters on the team and I would stop whatever I was doing to watch him at bat. I believe he was the first player I saw hit a home run. Towards the end of the season, he was called up to KC, and though I was disappointed I would not see him anymore in Omaha, I was sure he would have a huge career in the majors. Sadly that didn’t happen for him, but he was my first baseball hero, and is just as important to me as Salvy or Gordon or Brett. I will always be a Royals fan because of Manny Castillo.
Mike MacDougal. He threw so fast!…no control, but fast!
Kurt Bevacqua.
Johnny Giavotella. The original Italian nightmare
So many from the 1985 season. The first year I followed the entire season beginning to end. I lived about an hour from KC and foolishly thought that every year would be like that. Daryl Motley, Onix Conception, Buddy Biancalana were not nearly as good as I remembered them being. Is Frank White obscure? Not in royals history but yes in overall baseball history so I am going to go ahead and include him.
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Btw thanks r/mariners for the idea
Willie Bloomquist!
Mike aviles
Mike Macfarlane
Christian Colon. Name the top five biggest hits in Royals history and he may be listed twice.
Aaron Guiel
Jose Lima
willie wilson, he was our mookie wilson
Dusty Coleman. Some say he’s still stuck between third and home even today.
Omar Infante. Saw him hit a grand slam at the K. Pretty sure we were playing the Angels and it was in the sonic slam inning.
Matt Treanor. Every time his [goofy smile](https://biographymask.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Matt-Treanor-ff.jpg) popped up on crown vision I always laughed.
Mike GD Sweeney
Manny Castillo. He was a third basement for the Omaha Royals in 1980. I was a little kid going to AAA games at Rosenblatt Stadium in South Omaha. My dad and I always sat along the third base line, so Manny was easy for me to see. He was also one of the better hitters on the team and I would stop whatever I was doing to watch him at bat. I believe he was the first player I saw hit a home run. Towards the end of the season, he was called up to KC, and though I was disappointed I would not see him anymore in Omaha, I was sure he would have a huge career in the majors. Sadly that didn’t happen for him, but he was my first baseball hero, and is just as important to me as Salvy or Gordon or Brett. I will always be a Royals fan because of Manny Castillo.
Mike MacDougal. He threw so fast!…no control, but fast!
Kurt Bevacqua.
Johnny Giavotella. The original Italian nightmare
So many from the 1985 season. The first year I followed the entire season beginning to end. I lived about an hour from KC and foolishly thought that every year would be like that. Daryl Motley, Onix Conception, Buddy Biancalana were not nearly as good as I remembered them being. Is Frank White obscure? Not in royals history but yes in overall baseball history so I am going to go ahead and include him.