Five times Alex Gordon melted our hearts

Alex Gordon turns 33 today.

Here are five times he made us blush.

Alex makes catch, despite a chair getting in his way

Since moving to the outfield full-time in 2011, the left field chainlink fence at The K has somehow survived multiple run-ins with Alex. This chair had yet to see Alex and still somehow survived.

Props to the chair.

Alex walks it off against the Orioles

Alex Gordon showed some signs of life after spending much of 2010 in Triple-A Omaha.

He hit .263/.327/.424 with four home runs from July 30-August 31.

He wound up being pretty good in 2011.

Alex robs J.J. Hardy in game four of the 2014 ALCS

Rest in peace, left-field LED fence.

Alex takes Darren O’Day deep to take game one of the 2014 ALCS

The chess master let a right-handed side-armer face Alex in the 10th inning of a tie game.

The Royals won the game.

Alex sends game one of the 2015 World Series to extras

Arguably the biggest hit in Royals history.

Give him his statue and put his number up on the Royals Hall of Fame.