What’s next: Royals back in familiar place — 1st

The holiday weekend is behind us, and Memorial Day’s poignant remembrances and patriotic celebrations reverberated throughout America and, of course, throughout the most American of sports.

There were ceremonial first pitches honoring war heroes, uniforms tinged with camouflage and a full slate of Major League Baseball games to enjoy. And now, as we head into the third month of the season in the shortened week ahead, what’s next?

A lot more drama to look forward to in June, that’s what.

Memorial Day, when it comes to the 162-game grind, represents an unofficial milestone of sorts, maybe the true end of small sample sizes. Then again, only one-third of the season is complete. There’s plenty of time for your favorite team to rally and make it all the way to October.

Things have to come together. The pieces have to fall in place. You’ve got to take it one game at a time. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

And if you’re rolling your eyes on a Tuesday morning because you’ve heard all of this before, how about hearing this one more time on May 31, 2016:

The Kansas City Royals are in first place.

Yep, you remember them. The defending World Series champions, the team that lost the Fall Classic in seven grueling games in 2014, the club that has charmed baseball and bedeviled opponents with its clubhouse camaraderie and relentless will to win.

Well, they’re starting to do a lot of that again. They have won four consecutive games, they came …

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