Photo courtesy of the Kansas City T-Bones

By Greg Echlin

Before his recent release from the Kansas City Royals organization, outfielder Logan Moon could have used a good-luck charm.  But the Michael Jordan Space Jam jersey he lent three-time Royals All-Star Alex Gordon two years ago is gone forever.

Flash back to 2016 when everything was going wrong for Gordon after signing his four-year, $72 million contract to stay with the Royals.  He was off to a terrible start at the plate with a .211 average before fracturing his right wrist in a collision with Mike Moustakas during a road game at Chicago.  The collision wiped out the rest of the season for Moustakas.

During Gordon’s rehab assignment at Northwest Arkansas, he says he traded a couple of bats with a minor league teammate, Logan Moon, for his Space Jam jersey because Gordon was a big fan of the jersey.

“I was working out in my Michael Jordan Space Jam jersey and he came to me and said, ‘Hey, where’d you get that? I like that,’” recalled Moon, a Blue Springs native and a sixth-round draft pick from Missouri Southern in 2014.

“I took it off right there and I said, ‘Here,’” added Moon as he says he handed Gordon the jersey.

Gordon went 5-for-15 with a homer in his rehab assignment with the Double A team and soon returned to the big leagues.  With Moon’s jersey.

Over the long haul, Gordon’s run production hasn’t improved much.  Plus, what made matters worse this year was when Gordon had to break the bad news to Moon when their paths crossed again.  They were teammates in Omaha while Gordon was on his rehab assignment for his hip injury.

“He said, ‘Moon, I hate to tell this: Someone stole my Space Jam jersey,’” said Moon.  “I said, ‘What?!’ I said, ‘How did someone steal it? You lost it.’”

Moon recalls Gordon being very upset about it.

The bottom line is it’s gone and Moon could have used any type of antidote to heal a sick bat at Omaha this season.  After his release from the Storm Chasers, Moon plays independent ball for the Kansas City T-Bones.