Before Ronel Blanco threw his first four-seam fastball at 1:10 PM this Sunday at Minute Maid Park, Raul Ibáñez had been the last hitter at least 40 years old to line up for the Kansas City Royals in the Majors.
That was 10 years and exactly one month ago, on the evening of August 1, 2014 when the Royals faced the Oakland Athletics at O.co Coliseum. Ibáñe…