It was not hard to get six-time All-Star Zack Greinke’s former teammates and coaches to tell stories about his time in Kansas City from 2004 to 2010. It was much harder choosing which ones to include in this story looking back a decade after his last game in a Royals uniform.



Paul Phillips, catcher: As soon as you were like, “Hey, I’m doing a story on Zack,” I was like, “Oh, I remember when …”



Mark Teahen, third base: I lived in Kansas City one offseason. My girlfriend and I had a dog, and Zack was living in Kansas City part of the offseason. He would text me and say, “Can I take Espy for a run?” I’d be like, “Sure.” He’d stop by our apartment, grab our dog, not really say much, go take her for a run for an hour and come back. We’d ask, “How was it?” He’d be like, “Good,” give us the dog back and be gone.



Brian Anderson, pitcher: There were times...