Shane Costa

Some of you who are parents may be glad to hear what I'm about to tell you. As I was interviewing players last week in the Royals clubhouse, I noticed that on one particular day, players received bundles of fan letters. Of course, some of the players received much more than other players, but regardless of how much a player receives, I can only imagine how difficult it must be to find the time to read all of it.

I saw Shane Costa taking the time to go through his. He was seated at a table and reading the letters—several of which had baseball cards depicting Shane's image, and the letters contained an obvious request for an autograph. Shane signed each baseball card he pulled out. He could have been doing a lot of other things—especially while he was at the ballpark, but he took the time to interact with fans on a personal level and I thought that was a story that needed to be passed on.