Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino celebrates a home run against the Boston Red Sox on Aug. 7. Pasquantino broke his thumb in a collision Thursday night at Houston and will miss 6-8 weeks, the team announced Friday. Photo Credit: Ed Zurga/Getty Images/TNS
By Karl Zinke karl.zinke@examiner.net If the Kansas City Royals are to make the playoffs this season, it will have to be without its rising star…